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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
starting
customizing program startup 183
drawings 189, 1468
starting tables 1044
static coordinate display 466
status bars 38
STB files 1193, 1215, 1228
SteeringWheels 267
stray pixels 628
stretch actions 819–820
stretch-moves 647
stretching
blocks 819
grip methods for 638
objects 685
stretch-moves 647
styles
annotations 869
dimensions 1064
leader objects 987
reference points 588
text 1003
subsets of sheet sets 345
substitute fonts 1008, 1011
subtracting
areas 525
regions 593
sunlight
geographic locations 200
support files
search paths 227
switches
customizing startup with 183
switching
between command line and dialog
boxes 49
between Model and layout tabs 152
between model space and paper
space 303
dictionaries 1029
drawings 211
workspaces 181
symbol libraries
creating 773
inserting blocks 754
updating block definitions 788
symbols
arcs 1125
block attribute extraction data 785
bullets in lists 955
file names 221
inserting 947
material conditions 1156
projected tolerances 1158
symbols of termination 1060
tolerances 1096
wildcard characters 121
xref symbols 1283, 1314
symmetrical tolerances 1096
synchronizing
AutoCAD WS files 1481
syntax
command line switches 184
QuickCalc 534
system variables
bitcodes and 45
command line changes and 43
command line entry 45
dialog box display and 49
T
table styles 1045
Table toolbar 1039
tables
converting 1346
previous release formats and 1346
tables (data extraction)
previous release formats and 1427
tables (inserted)
adding rows or columns 1039
annotations 859
AutoFill feature 1052
breaking into parts 1038
cell styles 1045
column width 1038
creating 1037
data links 1042
defined 1037
deleting rows or columns 1039
editing 1038
fields in 994
1586 | Index