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Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Get Information
- The User Interface
- 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 Layouts in a Project
- Create and Modify Objects
- Control the Properties of Objects
- Use Precision Tools
- Work with the User Coordinate System (UCS)
- Enter Coordinates to Specify Points
- Use Dynamic Input
- Snap to Locations on Objects (Object Snaps)
- Restrict Cursor Movement
- Combine or Offset Points and Coordinates
- Specify Distances
- Extract Geometric Information from Objects
- Use a Calculator
- 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
- Define and Reference Blocks
- Work with 3D Models
- Annotate Drawings
- Work with Annotations
- Overview of Annotations
- Scale Annotations
- Overview of Scaling Annotations
- Set Annotation Scale
- Create Annotative Objects
- Display Annotative Objects
- Add and Modify Scale Representations
- Set Orientation for Annotations
- Hatches, Fills, and Wipeouts
- Notes and Labels
- Overview of Notes and Labels
- Create Text
- Create Leaders
- Use Fields in Text
- Work with Text Styles
- Change Text
- Check Spelling
- Format Multiline Text at the Command Prompt
- 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
- Work with Annotations
- Plot and Publish Drawings
- Specify Settings for Plotting
- 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
- Named Page Setups with Projects
- 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
- Share Data Between Files
- Reference Other Drawing Files
- Work with Data in Other Formats
- Import Other File Formats
- Attach PDF Files as Underlays
- Attach Raster Image Files
- Export Drawings to Other File Formats
- Use Drawings from Different Versions and Applications
- Collaborate with Others
- Render Drawings
- Glossary
Overview of Dimensioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Parts of a Dimension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
Associative Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
Use Dimension Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
Overview of Dimension Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
Compare Dimension Styles and Variables . . . . . . . . . . 379
Control Dimension Geometry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Control Dimension Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
Control Dimension Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
Set the Scale for Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397
Create Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398
Create Linear Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398
Create Radial Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402
Create Angular Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406
Create Ordinate Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
Create Arc Length Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
Modify Existing Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
Modify A Dimension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
Apply a New Dimension Style to Existing
Dimensions
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423
Override a Dimension Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423
Add Geometric Tolerances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424
Overview of Geometric Tolerances . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424
Material Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426
Datum Reference Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426
Projected Tolerance Zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427
Composite Tolerances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427
Chapter 10
Plot and Publish Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429
Specify Settings for Plotting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429
Save Plot Settings as Named Page Setups . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429
Reuse Named Page Setups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430
Specify Page Setup Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
Select a Printer or Plotter for a Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
Select a Paper Size for a Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
Determine the Drawing Orientation of a Layout . . . . . . 432
Set the Plot Area of a Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432
Adjust the Plot Offset of a Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433
Set the Plot Scale for a Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433
Set the Lineweight Scale for a Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . 434
Select a Plot Style Table for a Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . 434
Set Shaded Viewport and Plot Options for a Layout . . . . 434
Named Page Setups with Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435
Print or Plot Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435
Overview of Plotting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435
Use a Page Setup to Specify Plot Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437
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