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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
Maintain Associativity in Dimensions
Associative dimensions created in AutoCAD 2002 or later generally maintain
their associativity when saved to a previous release and then reopened in the
current release. However, if you modify dimensioned objects using a previous
release to the extent that new objects are formed, the dimension associations
change when the drawing is loaded into the current release. For example, if
a line that was dimensioned is trimmed so that an interior portion of the line
is removed, two line objects result and the associated dimension applies to
only one of the line objects.
Dimension associativity is not maintained when a drawing is saved as an
AutoCAD R12/LT 2 DXF file and then reopened in the current release.
Save Drawings with Large Objects
Drawings saved to a legacy drawing file format (AutoCAD LT 2007 or earlier)
do not support objects greater than 256MB. For more information about saving
drawings that contain large objects to a previous release, see
Maintain Com-
patibility with Large Object Limits
(page 48).
Limitations of Saving to Earlier Versions
Saving a drawing in Release 2000/LT 2000 format is subject to the following
limitations:
File size can increase.
Saving a drawing in Release 12/LT 2 DXF format is subject to the following
limitations:
Lightweight polylines and hatch patterns are converted to Release 12
polylines and hatch patterns.
All regions, ellipses, leaders, rays, tolerances, and xlines are converted to
lines, arcs, and circles as appropriate.
Groups, complex linetypes, and preview images are not displayed.
Many objects are lost if you save a drawing as Release 12 and open it in
Release 2000/LT 2000 or later.
Multiple layouts and layout names are lost. Only the Model layout and
the current named layout are saved.
Spaces in the names of layers and other objects are converted to
underscores, and their maximum length is 32 characters.
The status of external references as unloaded is lost.
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