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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
file is corrupt, you might be able to recover it. See Repair, Restore, or Recover
Drawing Files
(page 50).
Change the Default Drawing Folder
Each time you start AutoCAD LT, the Documents folder is the default path in
each standard file selection dialog box.
Alternatively, you can start AutoCAD LT in the current folder from the
Terminal window. Set REMEMBERFOLDERS to 0 and then start AutoCAD LT
from the current folder.
See also:
Work with Layouts in a Project (page 84)
Open and Save Drawing Files from the Internet (page 516)
Work with Multiple Open Drawings
You can preview and switch between open drawings and layouts in a drawing
and transfer information between open drawings.
Preview Open Drawings and Layouts
With QuickView, you can easily preview and switch between open drawings
and layouts in an open drawing.
The Show Drawings & Layouts button on the status bar allows you to do the
following:
Open drawings. All open drawings are displayed along the left side of
the QuickView dialog box. Double-click a drawing thumbnail to switch to
the corresponding drawing file, or right-click a drawing thumbnail to
display a list of available options. For more information, see
Switch Between
Open Drawings
(page 45)
Layouts in an open drawing. Displays the Model layout and named
layouts in the current drawing or the selected drawing when there is more
than one drawing open. Double-click a layout thumbnail to switch to the
corresponding layout and drawing file, or right-click a layout thumbnail
to display a list of available options. For more information, see
Switch
Between Layouts in the Current Drawing
(page 45)
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