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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
Include Information with Projects, Groups, Layouts, and
Views
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Publish Layouts and Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Use Projects in a Team . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Use Projects in a Multiple Operating System Environment . . . . 96
Chapter 6
Create and Modify Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Control the Properties of Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Work with Object Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Overview of Object Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Display and Change the Properties of Objects . . . . . . . 100
Copy Properties Between Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Work with Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Overview of Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Use Layers to Manage Complexity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Create and Name Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Change Layer Settings and Layer Properties . . . . . . . . 106
Override Layer Properties in Viewports . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Group and Sort the List of Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Reconcile New Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Work with Layer States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Work with Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Set the Current Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Change the Color of an Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Use Color Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Work with Linetypes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Overview of Linetypes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Load Linetypes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Set the Current Linetype . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Change the Linetype of an Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Control Linetype Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Display Linetypes on Short Segments and Polylines . . . . 123
Control Lineweights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Overview of Lineweights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Display Lineweights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Set the Current Lineweight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Change the Lineweight of an Object . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Control the Display Properties of Certain Objects . . . . . . . . 127
Control the Display of Polylines, Hatches, Gradient Fills,
Lineweights, and Text
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Control the Transparency of Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Control How Overlapping Objects Are Displayed . . . . . . 129
Control the Display of Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Use Precision Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Work with the User Coordinate System (UCS) . . . . . . . . . . 130
Overview of the User Coordinate System (UCS) . . . . . . 130
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