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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
You can export a drawing as a DXF (drawing interchange format) file. DXF
files are text or binary files that contain drawing information that can be read
by other CAD programs. If you are working with consultants who use a CAD
program that accepts DXF files, you can share a drawing by saving it as a DXF
file.
You can control floating-point precision of the DXF format up to 16 decimal
places and save the drawing in either ASCII or binary format. ASCII format
results in a text file that you can read and edit; binary format results in a
significantly smaller file that is faster to work with.
If you do not want to save the entire drawing, you can choose to export
selected objects only. You can use this option to remove extraneous material
from drawing files.
Export Raster Files
You can create a device-independent raster image of the objects in your
drawing.
Several commands can be used to export objects into device-independent
raster images in the bitmap, JPEG, TIFF, and PNG formats.
Objects are displayed in the raster image as they appear on the screen,
including objects in shaded viewports.
File formats such as JPEG are compressed as they are created. Compressed files
take up less disk space, but they might not be readable by certain applications.
Use Drawings from Different Versions and Ap-
plications
You can share drawing files from AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT, drawing files
from previous versions, and drawing files that contain custom objects. In some
cases there are limitations.
Work with Drawings in Earlier Releases
When you work with drawings created in AutoCAD LT 2008 (and later releases)
in AutoCAD LT 2007 (and earlier releases), you should be aware of the
following visual fidelity issues.
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