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Table Of Contents
Export MicroStation DGN Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1418
Export WMF Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1421
Export Raster Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1422
Use Drawings from Different Versions and Applications . . . . . . . 1424
Work with Drawings in Earlier Releases . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1424
Save Drawings to Previous Drawing File Formats . . . . . . . . 1428
Work with AutoCAD Drawings in AutoCAD LT . . . . . . . . . 1431
Work with Custom and Proxy Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1434
Chapter 35
Access External Databases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1437
Manage Files with Autodesk Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1437
Collaborate with Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1439
Chapter 36 Protect and Sign Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1441
Drawing Encryption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1441
Overview of Encryption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1441
View Password-Protected Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1442
Sign Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1444
Overview of Digital Signatures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1444
Personally Sign Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1446
View Drawings with Digital Signatures . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1453
Chapter 37
Use the Internet for Collaboration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1459
Get Started with Internet Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1459
Add Hyperlinks to a Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1460
Overview of Using Hyperlinks in a Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . 1460
Use a Hyperlink to Access a File or a Web Page . . . . . . . . . 1461
Use a Hyperlink to Create an Email Message . . . . . . . . . . 1465
Use Hyperlinks in Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1466
Use a Hyperlink to Start a New Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1468
Work with Drawing Files over the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1469
Open and Save Drawing Files from the Internet . . . . . . . . . 1469
Share Drawing Files Internationally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1473
Access Buzzsaw for Project Collaboration . . . . . . . . . . . . 1475
Use AutoCAD WS for Drawing File Collaboration . . . . . . . . 1481
Work with Xrefs over the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1485
Package a Set of Files for Internet Transmission . . . . . . . . . 1486
Review and Markup Files with Design Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1493
Use the Publish to Web Wizard to Create Web Pages . . . . . . . . . 1495
Use Autodesk Seek to Add and Share Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . 1496
Chapter 38
Use Markups for Design Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1499
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