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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
finding DesignCenter Online
content 91, 94
finding drawing files 198, 226
finding paramenters 747
finding raster images 1409
Network Machine view 117
predefined searches 123
Seek view 114
text search and replace 1023
underlay files 1388
user-created properties and 134
wildcard characters 121
security of files
about 1441
digital ID levels 1446
Seek utility 1496
Seek view 114
selecting
classification properties and 609
CP and WP selection 605
customizing object selection 613
default options for 615
deselecting 602
groups 622
highlighted objects 614
irregularly shaped selection
areas 605
layers 388
methods for 605
multiple objects 604
objects 601
output devices 1170, 1198
preventing object selection 607
previewing selections 614
selection fences 605
selection windows 604
suppressing highlighting 1413
tables or table elements 1039
selection fences 605
selection preview 602
selection sets
defined 815
selection windows 604
self-extracting executable files 1489
sending objects to back 451
servers
AutoCAD WS 1481
proxy servers 1459
setting up pages 1163
shaded images
AutoCAD LT functionality 1432
creating 264
hiding lines 261
shaded UCS icon 463
shaded viewports
plotting options 1185, 1209
shades (colors) 909
sharing drawings 1481
sheet creation templates 342, 361
sheet list tables 350
Sheet Set Manager
about 337
features 339
locking and unlocking sheets 366
shortcut menus 340
team collaboration 366
sheet sets
archiving 361
backing up and recovering 343
basing on drawing files 343
creating and modifying sheets 349
creating sets 342
defined 337
DST files 342
example sheet sets 343
label and callout blocks 350
locking and unlocking 366
metadata 1270
opening drawings within 349
organizing 345
overrides 361
page setups 343, 361
properties 358
publishing 361
reassociating moved sheets 349
saving 367
saving sheet selections 362
sheet names and numbers 349
Sheet Set Manager 339
status 367
subsets and categories 345
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