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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
IG4 files 1392
imperial units
converting to metric 191
linetype definition file for 429
QuickCalc display 535
importing
DGN files 1352
files into drawings 1351
layer states 417
layouts as sheets 348
named page setups 1166
OLE objects 1328
plotter configuration settings 1188
text 974
tool palettes 77
WMF files 1358
in-place reference editing
about 1304
inheritance and 1309
saving changes 1308
undoing changes 1308
In-Place Text Editor
columns 970
fonts in 1008
indents and 963
multiline text 946
table text and 1039, 1052
incremental saves 221
indenting paragraphs 963
indexing
Content Explorer results 104
Home view and 112
watched folders 107
infinite lines 589
InfoCenter 3
inheritance
blocks 770
in-place reference editing and 1309
joined objects 704
Initial Setup
about 185
initializing layouts 1192
input
QuickCalc calculator variables 541
input properties 823
inserting
blocks 753, 1047
content with tools 59
DesignCenter content 86
drawing files as blocks 753
fields in text 994
formulas 1052
markups 1501
objects at equal intervals 516
OLE objects 1325
insertion point for blocks 840
inspection dimensions 1140
inspection rates 1140
installation
color books 425
Interactive Graphics System DGN
files 1360–1361
Intergraph MicroStation DGN
files 1360–1361, 1365, 1371
international character sets 221, 1009,
1474
Internet
attaching xrefs from 1485
Autodesk Seek 1497
Buzzsaw sites 1475
DesignCenter Online 90
FTP sites 1469
navigating to specific
locations 1470
network access 1459
opening drawings from 1469
publishing drawings to 1258
raster images from 1395
saving drawings to 1469
sharing drawings on 1459
transmittal packages 1486
Internet-based drawings 1469
interrupting commands 43
intersecting objects
dimension breaks 1145
double lines 560
regions 592
trimming 678
intervals on objects 516–517, 519
intranets 1459
Index | 1565