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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
layers and 381
lineweights and 441, 447
performance tuning 178
raster image display 1411
software acceleration 178
text display 447
performance tuner 178
perimeters 524
perpendicular lines 500
perspective views
AutoCAD LT functionality and 1434
pickbox cursor 32, 601
PICT files 1392
pinned files 16
pixels
raster images 1392
removing strays on display 628
plan views
changing viewpoints 259
defined 257
planar closed spline curves 524
planes
workplanes 466
plot areas
printable areas 1203
setting 1177, 1199
plot settings
objects 1209
orientation 1205
page setups and 1196
scale 1206
transparency 1209
plot stamps
about 1193
turning on 1209
Plot Style Manager 1219
Plot Style Table Editor
editing plot styles 1230
managing plot style tables 1225
plot style tables
assigning to layouts 1183, 1218
color mapping tables 1229
creating 1219
editing 1230
modifying 1219
Plot Style Manager 1219
Plot Style Table Editor 1225
predefined 1222, 1228
switching types 1216
types 1192, 1215, 1221, 1223
plot styles
about 1213
layers and 382, 391
modifying 1230
NORMAL style 1226
object plot styles 1223
plot style tables 1183, 1215
selecting 1209
settings 1230
types 1192, 1214
Plotter Configuration Editor
paper size 1171
plotter configuration files
about 1191
Plotter Manager
about 1191
plotters
configuration files 1191
offsetting plots 1204
paper size 1200
paper-saving features 1203
pen assignments 1234
raster plotters 1235
selecting 1170, 1198
plotting
about 1191
draw order and 451
drawing sets 1261
exporting files 1242
file formats 1242
fit options 1180
hardware linetypes 428
layout process and 301
lineweights 439, 442, 1209
model space settings 294
new layer notification and 409
offsets 1178
OLE objects 1326
orientation 1176, 1205
page setups 1163, 1196
paper size 1200
paper space objects 1209
Index | 1577