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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
Select a Printer or Plotter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438
Specify the Area to Plot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438
Set Paper Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439
Position the Drawing on the Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439
Specify the Printable Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439
Set the Position of the Plot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440
Set Drawing Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440
Control How Objects Are Plotted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441
Set Plot Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441
Set Options for Plotted Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442
Use Plot Styles to Control Plotted Objects . . . . . . . . . 443
Use Color-Dependent Plot Style Tables . . . . . . . . . . . 445
Use Named Plot Style Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446
Change Plot Style Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448
Preview a Plot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452
Plot Files to Other Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452
Plot Adobe PDF Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452
Publish Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453
Overview of Publishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453
Create a Drawing Set for Publishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453
Publish a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454
Chapter 11
Share Data Between Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455
Reference Other Drawing Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455
Overview of Referenced Drawings (Xrefs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455
Attach and Detach Referenced Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456
Attach Drawing References (Xrefs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456
Nest and Overlay Referenced Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . 458
Set Paths to Referenced Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459
Detach Referenced Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461
Update and Archive Referenced Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . 462
Update Referenced Drawing Attachments . . . . . . . . . 462
Archive Drawings That Contain Referenced Drawings
(Bind)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463
Clip External References and Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465
Edit Referenced Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467
Edit a Referenced Drawing in a Separate Window . . . . . 467
Edit Selected Objects in Referenced Drawings and
Blocks
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468
Use the Working Set to Edit Referenced Drawings and
Blocks
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470
Save Back Edited Referenced Drawings and Blocks . . . . . 470
Edit Referenced Drawings and Blocks with Nesting or
Attributes
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472
Resolve Referenced Drawing Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472
Resolve Missing External References . . . . . . . . . . . . 472
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