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Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Get Information
- The User Interface
- Tools in the Application Window
- Other Tool Locations
- Access the Classic Menu Bar
- Toolbars
- Status Bars
- Keytips
- The Command Line Window
- Shortcut Menus
- Tool Palettes
- DesignCenter
- Content Explorer
- Overview of Content Explorer
- Understand the Relationship between Content Explorer and Content Service
- Understand the Content Explorer Window
- Understand How Content Is Indexed
- Understand Watched Folders
- Manage Content Sources
- Basic Searching with Content Explorer
- Advanced Searching with Content Explorer
- Manage Saved Searches in Content Explorer
- Browse Folders with Content Explorer
- Filter Results in Content Explorer
- Sort and Group Results in Content Explorer
- Customize the View in Content Explorer
- Perform Tasks with Files in Content Explorer
- Perform Tasks with Objects in Content Explorer
- Streamline Searches with User-Created Properties in Content Explorer
- Troubleshooting Content Explorer
- Customize the Drawing Environment
- Start and Save Drawings
- Control the Drawing Views
- Organize Drawings and Layouts
- Create Single-View Drawings (Model Space)
- Create Multiple-View Drawing Layouts (Paper Space)
- Work with Sheets in a Sheet Set
- Create and Modify Objects
- Control the Properties of Objects
- Work with Object Properties
- Work with Layers
- Work with Colors
- Work with Linetypes
- Control Lineweights
- Control the Display Properties of Certain Objects
- Use Precision Tools
- Create Objects
- Select and Modify Objects
- Select Objects
- Correct Mistakes
- Erase Objects
- Cut, Copy, and Paste with the Clipboard
- Modify Objects
- Add Constraints to Geometry
- Control the Properties of Objects
- Define and Reference Blocks
- Work with Blocks
- Create and Modify Blocks
- Add Behaviors to Blocks (Dynamic Blocks)
- Overview of Dynamic Blocks
- Quick Start to Creating Dynamic Blocks
- Create and Edit Dynamic Blocks
- Add Action Parameters to Dynamic Blocks
- Work with 3D Models
- Annotate Drawings
- Work with Annotations
- Hatches, Fills, and Wipeouts
- Notes and Labels
- Tables
- Dimensions and Tolerances
- Understand Basic Concepts of Dimensioning
- Use Dimension Styles
- Set the Scale for Dimensions
- Create Dimensions
- Modify Existing Dimensions
- Add Geometric Tolerances
- Plot and Publish Drawings
- Specify Settings for Plotting and Publishing
- Save Plot Settings as Named Page Setups
- Reuse Named Page Setups
- Specify Page Setup Settings
- Select a Printer or Plotter for a Layout
- Select a Paper Size for a Layout
- Determine the Drawing Orientation of a Layout
- Set the Plot Area of a Layout
- Adjust the Plot Offset of a Layout
- Set the Plot Scale for a Layout
- Set the Lineweight Scale for a Layout
- Select a Plot Style Table for a Layout
- Set Shaded Viewport and Plot Options for a Layout
- Other Ways to Create Page Setups
- Print or Plot Drawings
- Overview of Plotting
- Use a Page Setup to Specify Plot Settings
- Select a Printer or Plotter
- Specify the Area to Plot
- Set Paper Size
- Position the Drawing on the Paper
- Control How Objects Are Plotted
- Preview a Plot
- Plot Files to Other Formats
- Publish Drawings
- Specify Settings for Plotting and Publishing
- Share Data Between Files
- Reference Other Drawing Files
- Link and Embed Data (OLE)
- Work with Data in Other Formats
- Convert Drawing File Formats
- Import Other File Formats
- Attach Files as Underlays
- Attach Raster Image Files
- Export Drawings to Other File Formats
- Use Drawings from Different Versions and Applications
- Access External Databases
- Collaborate with Others
- Protect and Sign Drawings
- Use the Internet for Collaboration
- Use Markups for Design Review
- Render Drawings
- Glossary
- Index
attached xrefs
demand loading and 1294
Internet-based xrefs 1485
notification of 1282
relocated xrefs 1291
updating 1292
attaching
block attributes 775, 779
DGN underlays 1361
digital signatures 1445–1446, 1449
DWF underlays 1361
DWFx underlays 1360–1361
files to drawings 1351
passwords 1441
PDF underlays 1361
raster images 1395
xrefs 1282, 1287
attribute definitions 778
attribute extraction templates 782
attribute tags 778
attributes of blocks 775
auditing drawings
examples 230
Auto-hide option 163
auto-hiding palettes 65
Auto-list feature 956
AutoCAD
previous releases 1424
working in AutoCAD and AutoCAD
LT 1431
AutoCAD Architecture (ACA)
objects 1347
AutoCAD Classic workspace 181
autocompleting commands and
variables 42
Autodesk Authorized Training Centers 4
Autodesk Consulting 5
Autodesk Content Service 97, 118
Autodesk Design Review
about 1493, 1499
publishing for 1256
viewing drawing sets in 1269
viewing DWF files 1243
viewing DWFx files 1244
Autodesk Developer Network (ADN) 5
Autodesk e-learning program 5
Autodesk Exchange 4
Autodesk InfoCenter 3
Autodesk Official Training Courseware 5
Autodesk products
information resources 4
late-breaking information about 5
Autodesk Seek 83, 108, 114, 1496
Autodesk Seek online 115
Autodesk Vault 1437
AutoFill feature 1052
automatic saves 233
AutoSnap 485, 489
AutoStack feature 967
AutoTrack feature 509
axes
coloring 143
reflection lines 821
WCS 455
B
back, moving objects to 451
background colors
drawings 143
hatches 909
text 947
background publishing 1256
backgrounds
underlays 1377
backup files
restoring drawings from 233
saving 220
sheet set data 343
base points
snap base point 496
baseline dimensions 1109
basic dimensions 1096
batch conversion 1350
beveled corners 694
Big Fonts
properties 1009
bills of materials (BOM) 1037
binding
dependent named objects to
drawings 1314
object definitions 1314
1546 | Index