2012
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
ordinate dimensions 1122
Ortho mode 500
orthographic views 257
overlapping objects
draw order 451
selecting 601
overlaying xrefs 1287
overlays 380
overrides
angle overrides 506
array properties 667
center locations of dimensions 1115
dimension styles 1065, 1151
dynamic block actions 837
grid spacing 496
identifying 395
layer property overrides 383, 394,
412
linetypes 434
lineweights 445
object snaps 491
previous release formats and 1425
removing 397
sheet set page setups 343, 361
snap spacing 496
tool properties 68
overshoot of extension lines 1070
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Page Setup Manager
creating page setups 1163
page setup override files 343, 361
page setups
Create Layout Wizard 1187
importing plotter configuration
settings 1188
named page setups 1163, 1166
overriding 343, 361
Page Setup Manager 1163
plot settings 1196
settings 1163
sheet sets 343, 361
pages
page setups 1163
sheets in sheet sets 337
Pan tool 249, 269
panning
about 241
dynamic 241
layout viewports 308
SteeringWheel tools 246
Pantone color books 420
paper drawing sets 1261
paper size
fitting drawings on 1207
layout settings 1171
modifying 1203
plot scale and 1206
scaling drawings to fit 1180
settings 1200
paper space
about 299
blocks and 768
dimensioning in 1102
drawing in 299
exporting objects from 311
hiding objects 1209
layer states and 413
layout work process 305
lineweight display in 441–442
moving objects to model space 305
navigation tools 275
object visibility 322
plotting options 1209
text in 1026
paper-saving features 1203
paragraphs (multiline text) 946
parallel dimensions 1147
parallel lines
construction lines 590
filleting 692
parallel projections
creating 256
parameter groups 746
Parameter Manager 746
parameter sets 805
parameters
adding actions to 810, 815
Block Authoring palettes 805
Chain Actions property 827
custom properties 829
Index | 1575