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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
magnifying views 241
major grid lines 494
manufacturer data
DesignCenter 93
mapping
fonts 1012
markers
equal segments on objects 516–517,
519
geographic 200
object snaps 489
point markers 517, 519
tracking points 509
Markup Set Manager
responses to markups 1506
viewing markups 1501
markups 1499
inserting 1501
markup sets 1501
publishing 1500
republishing 1508
responding to 1506
revision clouds 596
status 1506
viewing 1501
masking objects 932
mass properties 526
master drawings 1279
material condition symbols 1156
materials
converting 1346
previous release formats and 1346
mathematical calculators 529
MaxArray system registry variable 671
maximum material condition
values 1156
measurement units
about 191
converting 539
coordinates 466
dimension text 1085
dimensions 1088
model space 293
plot scale 1206
QuickCalc display 535
measurements
dimensions 1057
equal intervals 516–517, 519
tolerances 1154
menus
classic menu bar 35
shortcut menus 53
workspace arrangements 180
merging
cells in tables 1039
metadata
entering 198
publishing options 1270
metric units
converting to imperial 191
linetype definition file for 429
Microsoft Excel spreadsheets
accessing data from 1042
opening attribute extraction
files 786
Microsoft Windows Clipboard 631
Microsoft XPS Viewer 1493
MicroStation DGN files
attaching 1360–1361
exporting 1419
importing 1352
layers 1371
terms 1365
migrating
Initial Setup 185
minor grid lines 494
mirroring
grip methods for 637
objects 637, 676
text 676, 1018
misspellings 1028
MMC symbol (maximum material
condition) 1156
model space
accessing from layout viewports 308
annotations and 293, 861, 863
defined 299
DGN file conversions and 1353
dimensioning in 1101
display options 152
drawing process in 291, 304
1570 | Index