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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
defined 814
dependencies 812
dynamic blocks 838
grips and 838
groups 746
key points 815
labels 830
lookup tables and 823
parameter sets 805
Parameters Manager 742
parametric constraints 740
values 834
visibility parameters 843
Parameters Manager 742, 762
parametric constraints 1343
about 713
dimensional constraints 730
displaying 724, 734
editing constrained objects 727, 736
formulas 740
geometric constraints 717, 720
parameters 740
relaxing 716
removing 716
parametric drawing
about 713
parametric constraints 713
partial saves 220
Partner Products and Services
(Autodesk) 5
parts
DesignCenter Online content 91,
93
inspection dimensions 1140
parts lists 782
passwords
case sensitivity 1442
DWF files 1363
encryption passwords 1441
entering 1442
password-protected xrefs 1442–1443
published files 1270
removing 1442
viewing passworded drawings 1442
pasting
converting data while pasting 632
lists 957
objects 632
objects from other drawings 218
text 974
path arrays 660
paths
default file locations 208
path arrays 660
raster image files 1409
support files 227
underlay files 1388
patterns
converted DGN files 1353
hatches 908, 917
libraries 908
PC2 files (legacy plotter
configuration) 1188
PC3 files (plotter configuration)
about 1191
PCP files (legacy plotter
configuration) 1188
PCX files
attaching 1392
plotting to 1246
PDF files
exporting 1416
layers and 1371
plotting 1248
publishing 1262
underlays 1360–1361
pen plotters
pen assignments 1234
pen settings
color mapping tables 1229
importing into layouts 1189
plot style assignments 1234
raster plotters 1235
virtual pens 1235
penless plotters 1235
performance improvement
arrays and 671
demand loading xrefs 1321–1322
fills display 447
groups and 621
hardware acceleration 178
incremental saves 221
1576 | Index