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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
hyperlinks in 1467
inserting 753
layers and 752
leader objects and 990
linetypes 771
model space settings 294
nested 772
OLE objects and 1310, 1328
orientation 892
paper space and 768
pasted objects as 632
pasted text as 974
properties 770
saving changes to 1308
scaling 753
table cells and 1047
updating 793
visibility 761
xrefs vs. 768
block template files 1270
blocks 765
BMP files (bitmaps)
exporting 1422
importing 1392
pasting 632
plotting to 1246
BOM (bills of materials) 1037
Boolean operators
searching with 121
borders (table cells) 1045
boundaries
boundary edges 678
gaps in 593, 905
layout viewports 315
polylines 552, 574
recreating 930
regions 592
zooming to 242
boundary sets
defined 552
hatches 905
polylines 574
bounded hatches 896
breadcrumbs 126
breaking
objects 699
OLE links 1330
breaks in dimensions 1142
brightness 1403
bringing objects to front 451
browsing folders 126
bulleted lists 955
bullets 955
Buzzsaw location shortcuts 1476
Buzzsaw project collaboration
service 1475
Buzzsaw sites 1475
BYBLOCK setting
block definitions 771
C
CAD Manager Control utility
DesignCenter Online and 92
calculating
angles 521
areas 523
circumferences 524
command prompt calculator 545
converting measurement units 539
distances 521
model space scale factors 295
perimeters 524
point coordinates 521
QuickCalc calculator 529
calculator variables in QuickCalc 541
calculators
command prompt calculator 545
QuickCalc 529
callout blocks
annotations 859, 880
sheet sets 350
CALS files 1246, 1392
canceling commands 43, 626
caps 1125
Cartesian coordinates 466, 468, 473
catalogs of parts 90, 93
categories
DesignCenter Online content 91
sheet set views 345
CDF files (comma delimited) 784
cell libraries (MicroStation) 1353
1548 | Index