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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
model space settings 294
modifying 1126
nonassociative 1061, 1128, 1131
ordinate 1122
previous release formats and 1425,
1429
radial 1113
scale 1101
spacing between 1147
styles 1064, 1150
text 1060, 1076, 1133
text styles 1086
types 1057, 1104
units of measurement 1085, 1088
values 1088
direct distance entry 466, 514
disassociated dimensions 1127
disassociating compound objects 701
display drivers 178
display performance 447, 1412
displaying
alignment paths 510
annotative objects 887
colors 264
constraints 724
dimensional constraints 734
draw order 451
drawing properties 199
drawing units 293
grid 494
grips 639
isolated objects 453
layers 382, 401
linetypes 437
lineweights 441
OLE objects 1337
overlapping objects 451
plot areas 1177
plot styles 1230
published files 1269
Quick View images 210–211, 215
raster images 1412
search results 130
simplifying 447
toolbars 37
underlay frames 1383
unreconciled layers 409
distance coordinate display 466
distance multiplier property 837
distances
calculating 521
coordinate display 466
equal intervals 516
fuzz distance 704
polar distances 503
specifying 513
distributing
dimensions 1147
items in arrays 661
leader lines 979
dithering 1231
dividing
objects into equal segments 516–
517, 519
docked palettes 64
docked toolbars 37
docked windows 50, 163
doglegs 975, 1113
donuts
drawing 578
exploding 702
simplified display 447
double click actions
editing 635
opening Quick Properties
palette 375
double lines 559
downloading
AutoCAD WS files 1481
Autodesk Seek content 114, 1497
DesignCenter Online content 91,
93
draft quality display of raster
images 1412
dragging objects 647, 656
draglines 559
draw order
changing 451
hatches 925
OLE objects 1328
drawing
arcs 565
Index | 1555