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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
printable areas 1203
revision clouds 597
sheet and sheet set properties 358
sheets 349
splines 709
tables 1037, 1047
text 1018, 1032
text styles 1004
underlays 1373
xrefs 1301, 1303
educational products 1284
electronic drawing sets
plotting 1261
publishing 1255, 1258, 1262
republishing 1267
viewing published files 1269
ellipses
calculating geometric data for 524
drawing 580
grips on 638
modifying 601
elliptical arcs
modifying 601
email hyperlinks 1466
embedded objects (OLE) 632, 1325, 1332
empty text objects 628
encryption
about 1441
drawing properties and 1444
keys 1445
endcaps 559
EPS files
plotting to 1249
equations
parametric constraints 740
erasing objects 628
errors
block attribute extraction files 786
correcting 625
dynamic block definitions 808
reporting 235
xref error messages 1311
eTransmit feature
creating transmittal packages 1486
prior versions and 1490
saved transmittal settings 1489
underlays and 1390
evaluating new layers in drawings 407–
408
Excel spreadsheets
accessing data from 1042
opening attribute extraction
files 786
exploded dimensions 1061, 1129
exploding
block references 702
blocks 797
compound objects 701
objects 701
xrefs 702
exporting
block attribute data 782
DGN files 1419
drawings 1414
DWF or DWFx files 1414
DXF files 1417
export file formats 1414
layer states 417
layout objects to model space 311
OLE objects 1335
PDF files 1416
plot files 1242
raster files 1422
tool palettes 77
WMF files 1421
expressions 534, 545
Parameters Manager 742
parametric constraints 740
extending
3D objects 681
chamfered objects 695
filleted objects 690
objects 680
splines 711
extension lines
angular dimensions 1120
appearance 1069
arc length dimensions 1125
arcs and 1113
breaks in 1142
defined 1060
oblique 1111
Index | 1559