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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
cells (tables)
address format 1052
AutoFill feature 1052
blocks in 1047
cell ranges 1052
formulas in 1052
merging 1039
modifying 1038
text in 1047
center location overrides 1115
center marks in dimensions 1060, 1114
centerlines in dimensions 1060, 1114
centers of gravity 526
certificate authorities 1446, 1457
certification of hardware and
software 179
Chain Actions property 827
chamfering
hatch boundaries 694
objects 694
characters
formatting 953, 1004
height 1014
international 1009
stacking 967
Unicode text 1474
wildcard characters 121
checking spelling 1028
CIP (Customer Involvement Program) 6
circles
calculating geometric data for 524
dimensioning 1114, 1120
donuts 578
drawing 570
grips on 638
isometric circles 580, 1515
modifying 601
circular references between xrefs 1313
circumferences 524
classic menu bar 35
Classic workspace 181
cleaning
clearing screen 144
screen display 628
clearing screen 144
Clipboard (Windows) 631
clipping
blocks 1297
layout viewport boundaries 315
underlays 1379
xrefs 1297, 1321
clipping boundaries
blocks 1297
layout viewports 315
raster images 1399–1400
underlays 1379
xrefs 1284, 1297
closed polylines 573
code pages 1474
coincident grips 638
collaborative sheet set use 366
collaborative web sites 1476, 1481
collected leader lines 978
collections of content 91, 93–94
color books 425
color libraries 420
color mapping tables 1229
color palettes 420
color-dependent plot style tables
about 1221
color mapping tables 1229
object color and 1193
plot styles in 1215
switching to named 1216
color-dependent plot styles 1215–1216
colors
ACI colors 420
application window elements 143
applying 419
backgrounds 1377
blocks 770–771
changing 423
color books 425
color intensity 1231
color palettes 420
converting to grayscale 1232
current color 419–420
defaults 382
DIC color guide 420
dimension elements 1067
display speed and 1412
dithering 1231
Index | 1549