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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
ribbon contextual tabs 1361
unloading 1370
undoing actions
correcting mistakes 625
Quick Access toolbar 21
ungrouping groups 624
Unicode fonts 1009
Unicode text 947, 1427, 1474
unions
regions 593
units of measurement
about 191
converting 539
coordinate unit types 466
dimensions 1085, 1088
model space 293
plot scale 1206
QuickCalc display 535
unloaded raster images 1406
unloading
raster images 1411
underlays 1370
xrefs 1320
unlocking
layers 381
unnamed groups 620
unreconciled layers
about 407
displaying 409
unreferenced linetypes 429
unused layers 388
updating
annotations 863, 889
associative dimensions 1062
block attributes 792
block definitions 86, 788
block references 793
display 448
fields 999
lookup tables 823
OLE objects 1326, 1329
Quick View images 213
sheet sets 366
table data 1042
xrefs 1279, 1292
uploading
AutoCAD WS files 1481
Autodesk Seek content 1497
URLs (Uniform Resource Locators)
opening drawings with 1469
saving drawings to 1469
user-created properties 134
users (multiple) 1481
V
validating
digital IDs 1457
digital signatures 1453–1454
files 1454
values
dimension values 1088
dynamic block parameters 834
lookup tables 824
QuickCalc display 534
searching by 121
suppressing zeros 1093
text fields 994
variable block attributes 776
variables 541
Vault 1437
vector expressions 545
verifying constraints 724
versions of AutoCAD 185, 1428
versions of online files 1482
vertical dimension text 1082
vertical dimensions 1106
vertical ribbon 24
vertical text 1016
video cards 178
view transitions 144
viewers
DWF and DWFx files 1269
published files 1269
viewpoints in 3D space 257
Viewport Overrides filter 394
viewports
aligning views in 329
annotations in 861, 863
arranging 282, 286
creating 281
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