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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
filtering selection sets by 609
grid elements 494
grips 759
layer property overrides 395
layers and 380, 382, 391
masking objects with 932
names 420
numbers of 264
Pantone color books 420
pasted objects 632
plot styles 1231
RAL color sets 420
raster images 1392, 1404
screening 325, 1231
shades 909
table elements 1045
tints 909
True Colors 420
underlays 1377
xref layer properties 1284
columns (multiline text) 970
columns (tables)
adding or deleting 1039
formatting 1045
modifying 1037
combining
regions 592
comma-delimited files (CDF) 784
comma-separated files (CSV)
linking to tables 1042
command line
about 41
colors in 143
entering commands on 41
entering system variables on 45
hiding 51
prompts on 49
switches 183
switching between dialog boxes
and 49
syntax 184
command line switches
customizing program startup 183
command prompt calculator 545
command window
about 41
hiding 51
moving and resizing 50
navigating in 46
commands
adding to toolbars 21
aliases 42
canceling 43, 626
command history 46
command line 41
command prompt calculator 545
creating tools for 62
Dynamic Input and 479
executing 42
multiple command tools 62
options 42
performing calculations in 532
prompts for 49
repeating 42, 46
searching for 13
shortcut menus 46, 53
text window 47
transparent commands 43
comments
digital signatures and 1451
markups and 1506
composite regions 592
composite tolerances 1158
compound objects 701
compression
JPEG files 1422
conflicting xref names 1314
constant block attributes 776
constants 541
constraint bars 725
constraint icons 724
constraint parameters
blocks 762
constraint points 721
constraints
AutoCAD LT functionality 1432
constraint bars 725
construction geometry and 774
contraint points 721
dimensional constraints 730
displaying 724, 734
dynamic blocks 762, 799
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