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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
formatting 1045
formulas in 1052
gridlines 1045
grips 1038
inserting blocks in 1047
merging cells 1039
previous release formats and 1427
row height 1038
selecting elements 1039
table styles 1045
text in 1047
title rows 1045
updating linked data 1042
tables (lookup tables) 823
tables of contents 350
Tablet mode 564
tabs in text 963
tangential objects
arcs and lines 568
circles 571
tapering
polylines 574
TARGA files 1246, 1392
teams
master drawings 1279
shared tool palettes 77
sheet sets and 366
templates
attribute extraction templates 782
block template files 1270
drawing templates 196
hyperlinks to 1468
layout templates 334
new layer notification and 410
saving 220
sheet creation templates 342
sheet sets 361
startup routines and 184
web page templates 1495
temporary files 227
test plots 447
testing
dynamic blocks 807–808
part dimensions 1140
text
alignment 943, 990
annotations 859, 871
checking spelling 1028
columns in 970
creating 938
dimension text 1076, 1133
editing 1018, 1032
fields 994
finding and replacing 1023
fonts 1006
height 1014
hyperlinks 1001, 1460
importing 974
justification 1027
leader objects 975
mirroring 676, 1018
model space settings 294
model vs. paper space 1026
moving 1019, 1021
multline text (mtext) 946
obliquing angle 1015
OLE object text 1328
orientation 892, 1016
overlapping 451
pasting 974
plotting 447
previous release file formats
and 1426
properties 1021
Quick Text mode 447
resizing 1026
scale ratios 295
scaling 1019, 1021
searching for 122
simplified display 447
single-line 942
tables 1037, 1045, 1047
text editors 1032
text styles 1003
types 938
text editors 1032
text files
exporting block attribute data
to 782
importing 974
text styles
about 1003–1004
Index | 1587