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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
DWG files
saving underlays as 1389
DWG to PDF driver 1248
DWT files
saving layouts as 334
sheet creation templates 361
starting drawings 196
DXF files (drawing interchange format)
converting to DWG 1351
exporting 1417
exporting block attribute data 785
saving 220
DXX files 785
dynamic block definitions
about 758, 799
actions 810, 815
assigning data to 823
AutoCAD LT functionality 1433
block attributes 775
Block Editor 801
construction geometry 774
correcting 808
creating 800
dependencies 812
designing 800
grips and 838
inserting blocks 753
lookup tables 823
parameter sets 805
parameters 838
properties 829
saving 808
testing 807–808
value sets 834
visibility states 843
workflow 800
dynamic block references
about 758, 799
actions 815
block attributes 775
constraints 715
grips 759
modifying 762
restoring 762
dynamic blocks
action parameters 759
dynamic constraints 734, 1343
dynamic coordinate display 466
Dynamic Input feature 479
dynamic panning 241
dynamic prompts 481
E
e-learning program (Autodesk) 5
earlier versions of AutoCAD 1428
edges
boundary edges 678
cutting edges 678
hiding 261
editing
associative arrays 666
AutoCAD WS files 1481
block attribute definitions 779
block attributes 790, 792
block definitions 788, 1301
block references 788, 1303
columns of text 970
constrained objects 727, 736
constraints 723, 736
custom objects 1435
dictionaries 1029
dimension styles 1067
dimensions 1126
dynamic blocks 762
fields in text 994
fills 925
grip modes 637
groups 623
hatches 925
hyperlinks 1462, 1467
layer objects 383
layers 391, 413
leader objects 977
markups 1501, 1508
objects 601, 634
OLE objects 1337
paper size 1203
plot style tables 1219, 1225
plot styles 1230
polylines 703
predefined searches 123
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