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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
plot scale 1206
plot style tables 1183
plot styles 1209, 1213
positioning image on paper 1203
previewing 1241
publishing 1255
scaling drawings for 1180
screened objects 325
selecting output devices 1198
terminology 1191
test plot performance 447
text frames 447
transparent objects 450, 1209
underlays 1389
wipeout objects 932
PNG files (Portable Network Graphics)
exporting 1422
importing 1392
plotting to 1246
web page images 1495
point clouds
AutoCAD LT functionality 1434
point markers 517, 519
pointer input 479
points
block base points 765
control points 709
coordinates 521
direct distance entry 514
drawing 588
equal intervals between 516–517,
519
fit points 709
geometric data 521
key points 814–815
offsetting objects from 515
point markers 517, 519
specifying 512
tracking points 509
polar angles 502
polar arrays 663
polar coordinates
2D coordinates 470
about 466
cylindrical coordinates 475
spherical coordinates 477
polar parameters
grip numbers 838
values 834
polar stretch actions 820
polar tracking 501, 509
PolarSnap feature 501
polygons
calculating geometric data for 524
drawing 556, 573
polyline arcs 573
polylines
calculating geometric data for 524
chamfering 696
closed 573
drawing 551
exploding 702
filleting 691
grips 637, 704
joining 704
linetypes 437
modifying 601, 703
offsetting 674
polyline arcs 573
revision clouds 596
simplifying display 447
wide polylines 551, 574
portrait orientation 1176, 1205
PostScript driver
plotting with 1250
PostScript files
plotting to 1249
PostScript fonts 1011
precedence in calculations 534
precision
calculators 529
coordinate systems 455
cursor movements 493
distances 513
drawing units 194
Dynamic Input 478
geometric data 521
numeric values 1092
object snaps 485
offset locations 506
point locations 506
1578 | Index