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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
grouping 619
highlighting 614
isolating 453
large objects 207, 222, 1490
layers 380
layout viewports and 308
linetypes 427
lineweights 438
magnifying 242
masking 932
mass properties 526
mirroring 676
moving 647
offsetting 641, 673
OLE objects 1325
overlapping 451
paper space and 305
pasting 632
plotting 1209
proxy objects 1435
reshaping 685
resizing 685
rotating 650
saving 220
scaling 686
searching by type 127
selecting 601
simplified display 447
snapping 485
stretching 685
transparency 450
visibility 322
oblique extension lines 1111
oblique text 1015
offset snaps 641
offsetting
construction lines 590
copying objects 641
objects 673
plot offsets 1178, 1204
temporary reference points 515
OLE (object linking and
embedding) 1325
OLE objects
attached xrefs 1310
breaking links 1330
display options 1337
editing 1337
embedding 1325, 1332
exporting 1335
linking 1326, 1329
nested 1327
opacity 1328
pasted text as 974
pasting 632
plot quality of 1326
reconnecting 1330
resizing 1337
text in 1328
updating 1329
online copies of files 1481
opacity
transparency settings 450
Open Documents list 17
opening
attribute extraction files 786
DesignCenter drawings 86
drawings 205, 1469
files 14
files in other formats 1351
files with hyperlinks 1468
files with large objects 207, 222
layouts 210
multiple drawings 210
older files 1424
sheets and sheet sets 349
source applications for OLE
objects 1337
templates 1468
operators
Boolean operators 121
calculations 534
Parameters Manager 742
ordinate dimensions 1122, 1128, 1142
orientation
annotations 892
drawings 1176, 1205
text 1016
origin
coordinate systems 455, 466
displaying UCS icon at 463
hatches 914
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