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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
circles 570
construction lines 589
curved objects 565
direct distance entry 514
donuts 578
double lines 559
ellipses 580
isometric circles 580, 1515
layout viewports and 308
lines 549
object properties 373
objects 549
Ortho mode 500
parametric drawing 713
polygons 556, 573
polyline arcs 573
polylines 551
precision 455
rays 589
rectangles 556
reference points 588
revision clouds 596
splines 582
squares 556
tangent arcs and lines 568
triangles 556
viewports and 284
wide polylines 574
drawing extents 242, 1177, 1199
drawing files (DWG)
backups 232
file locations 227
finding 198, 226
inserting as blocks 753
markups 1499
metadata 198
opening 205
previous release formats 1424
repairing 229
revision information 318
saving 220
TrustedDWG 207
drawing interchange format (DXF files)
converting to DWG 1351
exporting 1417
drawing orientation 1176, 1205
drawing properties
adding 198
displaying 199
encryption and 1444
finding file with 135
finding files with 198, 226
metadata 198
Drawing Recovery Manager
recovering work 234
drawing sets
plotting 1261
publishing 1255, 1258, 1262
republishing 1267
sheets in 1258
viewing published files 1269
drawing status bar 40
drawing templates
creating 196
DGN seed files 1420
hyperlinks to 1468
opening 196
saving 220
starting drawings with 196
startup routines and 184
web page templates 1495
drawing units
about 191
angular units 194
converted DGN files 1353
converting 192
linear units 194
model space settings 293
precision 194
rounding off 194
drawings
annotations in 859
archiving 1295
background colors 143
colors 419
converting to AutoCAD LT 1431
copying between 218
counting objects in 8
creating tools from 87
DesignCenter drawings 86
digital signatures 1444
encryption 1441
1556 | Index