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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
incremental saves 221
layer indexes 1321
layer property overrides 412
layer settings 412
layer states 412
layout templates 334
markups 1507
objects 220
page setups 1166
partial saves 220
predefined searches 123
preview images 226
previous release formats 1341,
1348, 1350
publish options 1270
selection filters 609
sheet selections 362
sheet sets 367
spatial indexes 1321
tool palettes 72, 77
UCSs 460
unreconciled layers and 410
viewports 286
views 253
visual fidelity and 221, 867, 1424
xref editing changes 1308
scale
annotations 861, 863, 889
dimensions 1089, 1101
drawing units 192
drawings 293
layout viewports 320
linetypes 435
plot scale 1180, 1206
scale factors 686
scale actions 817
scale factors
layout viewports 320
model space settings 294
raster images 1397
scaling objects 686
scale locking in layout viewports 309
scaling
annotations 861, 863, 889
arrowheads 1074
blocks 753, 817
drawings 294
drawings to fit paper 1180
grip methods for 638
hatch patterns 917, 927
linetypes 328, 435, 1237
lineweights 1182
model space settings 293–294
objects 637, 686
OLE objects 1337
plot scale 1206
raster images 1397
scaling by reference 686
tables 1037–1038
text 1019, 1021, 1026
text scale ratios 295
underlays 1373
views in layout viewports 320
schedules
tables 1037
scientific calculators 529
screen display
cleaning up 628
clearing 144
color display options 264
number of colors 264
performance 447
quality 1412
updating 448
screening
layout viewports 325
plot settings 1231
scripts
customizing program startup 184
suppressing dialog boxes 49
SDF files (space-delimited format) 785
search paths
default file locations 208
referenced drawings 1290
specifying 227
searching
advanced techniques 121
basic searching 120
Content Explorer indexing 104
content sources 108
default searches 125
finding commands 13
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