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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
Dynamic Input 479
dynamic prompts 481
grips 840
settings 144
tracking
object snap tracking 509
polar tracking 502
specifying points 512
tracking points 509
training 4
translating data from DGN files 1352
translation mapping setup 1354
transmittal packages
creating 1486
sheet sets 361
underlays and 1390
transmittal setups (saved transmittal
settings) 1489
transparency
hatches 920
layers 382, 450
objects 450
palettes 65
plot options 450, 1209
raster images 1393, 1404
windows 163
transparent commands 43
triangles 556
trimming
3D objects 681
chamfered objects 695
filleted objects 690
hatches 922
objects 678
splines 711
True Color colors 420
TrueType fonts
about 1007
PostScript font equivalents 1011
proxy fonts 1013
text height 1014
vertical text 1017
trust hierarchy for digital IDs 1457
TrustedDWG files 207
TXT files
importing 974
typefaces 1006
U
UCS (user coordinate system)
definitions
saving 460
UCS icon
Block Editor 802
coloring 143
display options 462
functions of 33
UCSs (user coordinate systems)
AutoCAD LT functionality 1431
Block Editor 802
defining 455
named definitions 460
preset orientations 460
restoring 460
UCS icon 463
workplanes 455
unbounded hatches 895, 922
unconstrained drawings 714
underconstrained drawings 715
underlays
about 1360
backgrounds 1377
clipping boundaries 1379
colors 1377
contrast 1377
detaching 1369
DGN files 1360–1361
display settings 1377
DWF files 1360
DWFx files 1360–1361
External References palette 1385
fade settings 1377
finding files 1388
grips 1374–1375
layers and 1371
listing 1385
monochrome settings 1377
object snaps 1375
PDF files 1360–1361
previous release formats and 1425
Reference Manager and 1391
Index | 1589