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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
non-associative arrays 658
nonassociative dimensions 1061, 1128,
1131
nonassociative hatches 904, 929
nonrectangular layout viewports 314
nonsystem plotter drivers
PDF output 1248
plotting to 1242
PostScript driver 1249
raster driver 1246
nonuniform rational B-spline curves 582
Not Found raster images 1406
notes
about 935
annotations 859, 871
creating text 938
markups 1506
notification
attached xrefs 1282
changed xrefs 1293
new layers added 408
relocated xrefs 1291
nudging objects 647
Number of Grips property 838
numbered lists 955
numeric values
block attribute data 784
dimensions 1088
rounding 1092
suppressing zeros 1093
NURBS curves 582
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object enablers 1435
object linking and embedding
(OLE) 1325
object properties
about 373
assigning 373
blocks 770
colors 419, 423
copying 379
inheritance 1309
layer defaults 382
linetypes 428
lineweights 439
xrefs 1309
object snap tracking 509
object snaps
about 485
angles of 496
AutoSnap 489
base points 496
double lines 560
grid snap 494
isometric drawings 1513
object snap tracking 509
overriding 491
PolarSnap feature 501
running object snaps 486
shortcut menu 486, 488
underlays 1375
ObjectARX applications
custom and proxy objects 1435
objects
3D objects 851
aligning 653
arrays of 657
assigning to other layers 423, 434,
445
breaking 699
chamfering 694
colors 419
Content Explorer tasks 132
converting to revision clouds 597
copying 631, 641, 654
counting 8
custom objects 1434
cutting 631
deleting 631
deleting duplicates 628
deselecting 602, 605
draw order 451
drawing 549
editing 601, 634
equal intervals on 516
erasing 628
feature classifications 1436
filleting 689
filtering 609
geometric data 521
Index | 1573