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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
editing 723, 736
editing constrained objects 727, 736
fix constraints 722
formulas 740
fully constrained drawings 715
geometric constraints 717, 720
multiple constraints 722
parameters 740
Parameters Manager 742, 762
parametric constraints 713
relaxing 716
removing 716
unconstrained drawings 714
underconstrained drawings 715
construction geometry 774
construction lines
drawing 589
modifying 601
content
accessing 131
accessing in DesignCenter 82
adding to DesignCenter 86
Content Explorer 96
content sources 108
DesignCenter Online 90
downloading 114
indexing 104, 112
Network Machine view 117
predefined searches 123
Seek view 114, 1497
types of 93
working with 132
Content Explorer
about 96
accessing content 99
advanced searches 121
Content Service and 97
customizing views 130
indexing content 104
Network Machine view 117
predefined searches 123
search feature 120
Seek view 114
starting 99
watched folders 107, 117
working with files in 131
Content Service 97, 118
content sources 108
context menus 53
contextual fields 999
continued dimensions 1109
contrast in raster images 1377, 1403
control points on splines 584, 709
control vertices 583
conversion units 1420
converting
about conversions 1341
colors to grayscale 1232
custom objects 1347
DGN files to DWG 1352
dimension units 1089
dimensions to annotations 876
drawing units 191
drawings to other formats 1414
file formats 1341
files to AutoCAD LT 1431
fonts 1012
lighting 1346
lists of files 1350
LMAN layer states 417
materials 1346
multiline text 1345
nonassociative dimensions to
associative 1131
older files 1427
pasted objects to block
references 632
plot style tables 1216
previous release file formats 1350
tables 1346
text in model or paper space 1026
text to annotations 871
units of measurement 539
coordinate filters 506
coordinate systems
origin 466
Tablet mode and 564
types of 455
WCS (world coordinate system) 455
coordinates
2D coordinates 468
3D coordinates 473
Index | 1551