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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
D
damaged drawing files 229
data extraction 1346
converting older files and 1427
data extraction tables
converting older files and 1427
data links
defined 1042
locking linked spreadsheets 1043
updating 1042
data types in tables 1045
databases
about 1437
block attribute data in 782
dates
date stamps on layouts 318
date-related searches 127
datum
composite tolerances 1158
geometric tolerances 1157
ordinate dimensions 1122
DC Online tab (DesignCenter) 92
deleting
block attributes 792
block definitions 763
clipping boundaries 1401
color mapping tables 1229
constraints 716
dimension breaks 1144
duplicate objects 628
fillets 691
geometric constraints 720
group definitions 624
hyperlinks 1467
layer property overrides 397
layers 388
linetypes 429
objects 628, 631
objects from groups 624
passwords 1442
sheets 349
table elements 1039
text styles 1004
tools and palettes 72
unused named objects 628
demand loading (xrefs)
about 1319
saving xrefs with indexes 1321–
1322
temporary xref file copies 1323
updating xrefs 1294
dependencies
dependency highlighting 812
deselecting objects 602, 605
Design Review
about 1493
publishing for 1256
design review process 1494
DesignCenter
about 79
accessing content 82
adding content from 86
attaching xrefs 1282
blocks in 773
copying block definitions 788
creating tools 87
DesignCenter Online 90
display options 80
file metadata 198
inserting blocks from 755
layouts in 334
raster images in 1395
toolbar 81
tree view 82
updating block definitions 86
DesignCenter Online
about 90
downloading content 93
searching for content 93
types of content 93
detaching
raster images 1398
underlays 1360, 1369
xrefs 1292
deviation tolerances 1096
DGN files
editing 1373
exporting 1419
importing 1352
layers and 1371
Index | 1553