2012
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
absolute values 466
calculating 521
coordinate filters 506
cursor location 466
displaying values 529
Dynamic Input and 479
entering 466
geographic locations 200
relative values 466
types of 455
unit types 466
copying
arrays of objects 657
block definitions 773
demand loading and 1323
dragging objects 656
formulas to table cells 1052
grip modes and 641
hatch properties 926
layers 388
multiple copies of objects 655
object properties 379
objects 631, 654
objects to other drawings 218
offsetting objects 673
corners
beveled 694
chamfering 694
filleting 689
correcting
dynamic block definitions 808
mistakes 625
spelling 1028
CPolygon selection 605
crashes, recovering from 234
Create Layout wizard 306, 1187
Create Sheet Set wizard 342
crosshairs
coloring 143
functions of 32
crossing polygon selection 605
crossing selections 605
CSV files (comma-separated) 1042
CTB files 1193, 1215, 1221
current viewports 284
cursor
appearance and functions 32
coordinate display 466
Dynamic Input and 479
locking movement 506
moving in tables 1047
polar tracking 501
restricting movement 493
rubber-band line 500, 512
curved objects
drawing 565
modifying 601
CUS files 1029
custom block authoring tools 811
custom grips 759
custom objects 1434
converting 1347
previous release formats and 1347
custom properties
grips and 759
sheets and sheet sets 358
Customer Involvement Program 6
customizing
arrowheads 1074
dimension text 1086
hatches 908
Home view 112
navigation bar 277
object selection 613
paper size 1171, 1200
predefined searches 123
ribbon display 29
search results view 130
spelling dictionaries 1029
tool palettes 71
user-created properties 134
workspaces 181
cutting
cutting edges 678
objects 631
cutting edges 678
Cycling property 840
cylindrical coordinates 475
1552 | Index