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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
Quick Reference
GROUP
Creates and manages saved sets of objects called groups.
PKFSTGROUP
Opens the legacy Group Manager.
QKUNGROUP
Removes a group definition from a drawing.
GROUPDISPLAYMODE
Controls the display and grips on groups, when group selection is on.
PICKFIRST
Controls whether you select objects before (noun-verb selection) or after you
issue a command.
PICKSTYLE
Controls the use of group selection and associative hatch selection.
Create Groups
In addition to choosing the objects that will become the members of a group,
you can give the group a name and description.
When you create a group, you can give the group a name and description. If
you copy a group, the copy is given the default name Ax and is considered
unnamed.
The objects in your drawing can be members of more than one group, and
groups themselves can be nested in other groups. You can ungroup a nested
group to restore the original group configuration.
When group selection is on (PICKSTYLE system variable set to 1 or 3), selecting
a member of an exitsting group for inclusion in a new group, selects all
members of the former group. To enable individual seleciton of grouped
objects turn group selection off (PICKSTYLE set to 0 or 2).
Unnamed groups are not listed in the Group Manager unless you select Include
Unnamed.
Named groups are not maintained when you use a drawing as an external
reference or insert it as a block. However, you can bind and then explode the
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