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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
island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538
ISO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538
isometric snap style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538
knot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538
landing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539
landing gap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539
layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539
layer index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539
layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539
layout viewports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539
leader tail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539
limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539
line font . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539
linetype . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539
lineweight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540
LL84 coordinate system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540
main customization file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540
merge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540
mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540
mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540
model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540
model space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540
model viewports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540
multi-functional grip menu options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541
multileader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541
named object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541
named objects, dependent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541
named view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541
node . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541
non-associative dimension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541
noun-verb selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541
object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541
ObjectARX (AutoCAD Runtime Extension) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541
object enabler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542
Object Snap mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542
object snap override . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542
origin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542
orthogonal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542
Ortho mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542
page setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542
palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542
pan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542
paper space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542
parametric design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543
parametric drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543
PC3 file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543
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