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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
exporting layout objects to 311
layer states and 413
layer visibility settings 309
lineweight display in 439, 441
markups and 1502
moving objects to paper space 305
parallel projections 256
plot scale 1206
plotting from 294, 1200, 1209
switching to layouts 215
text in 1026
viewports 281
model space viewports
creating 281
modifying
AutoCAD WS files 1481
block attribute definitions 779
block attributes 790, 792
block definitions 788, 1301
block references 788, 1301, 1303
colors 423
columns of text 970
constrained objects 727, 736
constraints 736
dictionaries 1029
dimension styles 1067
dimensions 1126
dynamic blocks 762
fields in text 994
fills 925
hatches 925
hyperlinks 1462, 1467
layer objects 383
layers 391, 413
layout viewports 314, 319
leader objects 977
lineweights 445
markups 1501, 1508
objects 601, 634
OLE objects 1337
paper size 1203
plot style tables 1219, 1225
plot styles 1230
polylines 703
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
tools 59, 72
xrefs 1301, 1303
moments of inertia 526
monochrome settings
underlays 1377
mouse devices 278
move actions 816
moving
blocks 816
dimension text 1133
dragging objects 656
grip methods for 637
jog lines 1138
layer objects to other layers 391
navigation bar 276
objects 637, 647, 673
objects between model and paper
space 305
referenced drawings 1291
sheets to other sets 349
stretch-moves 647
text 1019, 1021
toolbars 22
tools on palettes 72
UCSs 455
mtext (multiline text) 946
mtext objects 946
multi-functional dimension grips 1129,
1134
multi-functional grips 637, 704, 709
multi-functional grips, leaders 985
multileaders (leader lines)
annotations 859, 880
blocks in 990
breaks in 1142
creating 977, 985
landings 978
modifying 977
previous release file formats
and 1426
Index | 1571