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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
Create and Name Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
Change Layer Settings and Layer Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . 390
Override Layer Properties in Viewports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
Filter and Sort the List of Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400
Reconcile New Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407
Use New Layer Notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
Work with Layer States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
Work with Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419
Set the Current Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419
Change the Color of an Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423
Use Color Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425
Work with Linetypes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427
Overview of Linetypes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428
Load Linetypes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429
Set the Current Linetype . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432
Change the Linetype of an Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433
Control Linetype Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435
Display Linetypes on Short Segments and Polylines . . . . . . . 437
Control Lineweights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438
Overview of Lineweights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439
Display Lineweights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441
Set the Current Lineweight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443
Change the Lineweight of an Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445
Control the Display Properties of Certain Objects . . . . . . . . . . . 446
Control the Display of Polylines, Hatches, Gradient Fills,
Lineweights, and Text
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446
Control the Transparency of Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450
Control How Overlapping Objects Are Displayed . . . . . . . . . 451
Control the Display of Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453
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Use Precision Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455
Work with the User Coordinate System (UCS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455
Overview of the User Coordinate System (UCS) . . . . . . . . . 455
Control the User Coordinate System (UCS) . . . . . . . . . . . . 458
Work with Named UCS Definitions and Preset
Orientations
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460
Control the Display of the User Coordinate System Icon . . . . . 462
Enter Coordinates to Specify Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465
Overview of Coordinate Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466
Enter 2D Coordinates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468
Enter 3D Coordinates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473
Use Dynamic Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478
Snap to Locations on Objects (Object Snaps) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485
Use Object Snaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485
The Object Snap Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488
Set Visual Aids for Object Snaps (AutoSnap) . . . . . . . . . . . 489
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