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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
exporting 1414
extents 242
file formats 220
file locations 208, 227
finding 198, 226
fitting on paper 1203, 1207
fully constrained drawings 715
geographic location 200
importing files into 1351
incremental saves 221
information about 7
inserting as blocks 767
international files 221
Internet-based 1469
layers 380
layouts 299, 301
linking to databases 1437
markups 1499
measurement units 191
metadata 198
model space 291
multiple open drawings 210
naming 221
object properties 373
opening 132, 205, 1469
orientation 1176, 1205
page setups 1163
partial saves 220
passwords 1441
plot settings 1163
plotting 1191
previewing 210, 1241
previous release formats 1341,
1348, 1350, 1428
publishing 1255, 1475
repairing damaged drawings 229
revision information 318
saving 220, 1341, 1348, 1350, 1469
saving as templates 196
scaling 293
sharing 1459, 1481
sheet sets 337
sheets 337, 1258
starting 189
switching between 211
templates 196
text in 938
transmittal packages 1486
TrustedDWG drawings 207
unconstrained drawings 714
underconstrained drawings 715
underlays 1360–1361
viewports 281
views 241
xrefs 1279
drivers 179
DSD files (drawing set
descriptions) 1258, 1267, 1270
DST files (sheet set data)
creating 342
team member access to 366
duplicates, removing 628
duplicating objects 654
DWF files (Design Web Format)
about 1493
exporting 1414
layers 1371
markups 1499
metadata 1270
multi-sheet files 1270
plotting to 1243
publishing 1255, 1262
security options 1270
underlays 1360–1361
viewers 1243, 1269
web page images 1495
DWF Viewer 1493
DWFx files
about 1493
exporting 1414
layers 1371
markups 1499
metadata 1270
plotting to 1244
publishing 1255, 1262
security options 1270
sheet set properties in 361
underlays 1360–1361
viewers 1244, 1269
viewing 1269
web page images 1495
Index | 1557