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
predefined searches
creating 123
preset 3D views 257
previewing
drawings 210, 226
files 20
layouts 210
object selections 614
online content 91
plotted drawings 1241
previous release formats
annotative blocks 1344
annotative objects 1344
associate dimensions and 1344
batch conversion 1350
converting lists of files 1350
custom objects and 1347
data extraction and 1346
dimensions 1344
layer properties and 1345
lighting and 1346
limitations 1343
materials and 1346
multiline text objects and 1345
restoring conversion settings 1348
saving conversion settings 1348
saving drawings in 1341, 1350
tables and 1346
previous releases
converting files 1424
fields and 1000
lineweights and 443
saving drawings as 1428
underlays and 1389
printable areas 1163, 1170, 1178, 1199,
1203
printers
offsetting plots 1204
selecting 1170, 1198
printing
page setups 1163
plotting 1191
privacy 91
private keys 1445
profile tolerances 1154
project lines 1069
project sites
accessing Buzzsaw sites 1476
creating 1476
projected tolerances 1158
prompts
command line 49
dynamic prompts 481
properties
arrays 666
blocks 770
colors 419
Content Explorer view 131
copying 379
dimension lines 1067
dynamic blocks 829
fills 920
floating properties 770
hatches 920, 926
layer property filters 401
layers 380, 391
linetypes 427
lineweights 438
lookup tables 823
mass properties 526
metadata 1270
objects 373
OLE objects 1337
overriding 394
plot styles 1213
searching by 121, 134
selecting objects by filtering 609
sheets and sheet sets 358
simplifying display 447
tables 1037
text 947, 1021
tool overrides 68
tool properties 67
user-created 134
views 253
Properties palette
limits 376
object properties 375
performing calculations in 532
table properties 1037
Properties panel
limits 376
Index | 1579