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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
MicroStation and AutoCAD
terminology 1365
seed files 1420
translation mapping 1354
types of 1360
underlays 1360–1361
DGN seed files 1420
dialog boxes
calculations in 533, 546
display options 49
suppressing display 49
transparent commands and 43
diameter constraints 731
diameter dimensions 1113
creating 1113
definition points 1128
text 1078
DIC color guide 420
dictionaries 1029
digital design workflow 1494
digital IDs
about 1446
certificate authorities 1446, 1457
obtaining 1446
root certificates 1457
digital signatures
about 1444
attaching to files 1449
comments in 1451
digital IDs 1446
file types supported 1449
invalidation of 1446, 1453
keys 1445
root certificates 1457
signed file information 1454
time stamps 1451
validating 1453–1454
digitized signatures 1445
digitizing coordinates 474
digitizing tablets
Tablet mode 564
dimension lines
angular dimensions 1120
defined 1060
leader objects vs. 976
linear dimensions 1104
Dimension Style Manager
creating styles 1064
dimension values 1089
fractions 1100
text options 1077
text styles 1086
dimension styles
about 1064
applying 1150
listing 1065
modifying 1067
overriding 1151
system variables 1065
dimension text 1076
Dimensional CALS format 1246
dimensional constraints
about 730
displaying 734
editing 736
editing constrained objects 736
illustrated 713
Parameters Manager 742
dimensional input 480
dimensions 1344
about 1057
alignment 1081, 1147
angular 1120
annotations 859, 875, 1101
arc length 1125
arrowheads 1060
associative 1061, 1127, 1130
basic 1096
breaks in 1142
converted DGN files 1353
creating 1057, 1104
customizing contents 1086
dimension lines 1060, 1067
dimensional constraints 730
elements of 1060
exploded 702, 1061, 1129, 1134
extension lines 1060
grips 1127
inspection 1140
jog lines 1138
lateral 1096
linear 1104
1554 | Index