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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
origins of 1104
properties 1069
text on 1077, 1082
external databases 1437
external references (xrefs)
about 1279
archiving drawings with 1295
attaching 1282, 1287
Autodesk Educational Products 1284
binding 1295, 1309
blocks and 754, 768
circular references 1313
clipping 1297, 1321
constraints 715
copying 1321
defined 1279
demand loading 1294, 1321–1323
DesignCenter and 1282
detaching 1292
editing 1301, 1303
error messages 1311
exploding 702
fields in 999
freezing layers of 1321
icons 1282
Internet-based xrefs 1485
layer properties 1284
layer states and 414
log files 1316
missing 206, 1312
name conflicts 1314
nested 1287
notifications about 1282, 1291,
1293
OLE objects and 1310, 1328
overlays 1287
password-protected 1442–1443
paths 1289–1290, 1323
properties 1309
reloading 1292
relocated xrefs 1291
saving changes to 1308
saving with indexes 1321–1322
sheet sets and 349
temporary file copies 1323
underlays as 1360–1361, 1391
unloading 1320
updating 1279, 1292
xref tools 59
External References palette
loading or unloading images 1411
raster image information 1405
underlay information 1385
externally referenced dimension
styles 1065
extracting
block attribute data 782
geometric data 521
extracting data 1346
F
fade settings
raster images 1403
underlays 1377
xref objects 1303
favorites
DesignCenter 83
predefined searches 123
Favorites links (DesignCenter) 83
feature classifications 1436
fields (databases)
attribute extraction and 782
fields (text)
about 994
AutoCAD LT functionality 1431
hyperlinks in 1001
previous releases of AutoCAD
and 1000
file formats
attribute extraction files 784
converting 1341
digital signatures and 1449
drawing interchange formats 1245
export file formats 1414
importable files 1351
pasted objects 632
plot files 1242
plottable formats 1243–1246, 1248–
1249
publishing drawing sets 1255
Quick View images 210
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