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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
xrefs to drawings 1295
bisecting objects with construction
lines 590
bitcodes 45
bitmaps (BMP images)
exporting 1422
importing 1392
pasting 632
plotting to 1246
bitonal raster images 1404
blank text objects 628
BLK files 1270
Block Attribute Manager
duplicate tags 792
reordering prompts 779
block attributes
about 775
annotative 865
attaching 779
attribute definitions 778
attribute extraction templates 782
attribute tags 778, 783, 792
attribute values 792
constant 776
definitions 792
editing 779
error handling 786
invisible 776
modifying 790
nested blocks 786
removing 792
searching by 122
stand-alone 780
updating 792
variable 776
Block Authoring palettes 805
block definitions
about 765
actions 810
annotations 859, 883
base points 765
block attributes 775
Block Editor 801
block libraries 773
colors 770
copying 773
creating 765
dependencies 812
descriptions 789
drawing files as 753, 767
dynamic block definitions 799
fields in 994, 999
hyperlinks in 1467
in-place editing 1303
inserting blocks 753
linetypes 770
lineweights 770
model space settings 294
modifying 788, 1301, 1303
object properties 770
OLE objects in 1310
removing 763
saving 808
tool palettes 774
updating 86, 788
Block Editor
about 802
Block Authoring palettes 805
correcting block definitions 808
custom block authoring tools 811
custom properties 829
dependency highlighting 812
saving block definitions 808
testing blocks 807
block libraries
creating 773
inserting blocks 754
updating block definitions 788
block references
action parameters 759
annotations and 883
associative dimensions and 1062
block attributes 775
clipping 1297
colors 771
constraints 715
descriptions 789
dynamic blocks 799
editing 788, 1303
exploding 702, 797
grips 645
groups compared to 619
Index | 1547