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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
raster formats 1392, 1422
saving drawings 220, 1348
saving in older formats 1428
trusted formats 207
web page publishing 1495
file input and output commands 1469
file management 1437
files
attaching 131
backups 232
Buzzsaw sites and 1476
Content Explorer tasks 131
creating 14
currently open 17
default locations 208
digital signatures and 1446
encryption 1441
exporting 1414
finding 198
Home view settings 112
importing 1351
inserting 131
large objects in 207
markups 1499
metadata 198
migrating 185
navigating to 1470
opening 14, 131, 205, 1468
pinned 16
plotting to 1261
previewing 20
publishing 14, 1255, 1262, 1475
recently used 15
repairing damaged files 229
saving 220
search paths 227
sheets and sheet sets 337
validating 1453–1454
Fill mode 447
filleting
objects 689
splines 711
fills
boundaries 903, 930
gradient fills 909
modifying 925
plot styles 1240
properties 920
solid fills 896, 908
turning off display 447
wipeout objects 932
filtering
about 127
date-related searches 127
dimension types 1061
disabling 127
enabling 127
layers 388, 400
object selection 8, 609
object-type searches 127
paramenters 746
predefined searches 123
unreconciled new layers 407, 409
viewport overrides and 394
filters 127
finding
advanced techniques 121
basic search feature 120
commands 13
Content Explorer indexing 104
content in files 131–132
content sources 108
default searches 125
DesignCenter Online content 91,
94
drawing files 198, 226
Network Machine view 117
paramenters 747
predefined searches 123
raster images 1409
Seek view 114
text 1023
underlay files 1388
user-created properties and 134
wildcard characters 121
fit points in splines 709
fit points on splines 584
fitting
dimension text 1077
Fix constraints 722
fixed-length extension lines 1071
FLIC files 1392
Index | 1561