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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
Draw Construction and Reference Geometry . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Draw Reference Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Draw Construction Lines (and Rays) . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Create and Combine Areas (Regions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Create Revision Clouds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Select and Modify Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Select Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Select Objects Individually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Select Multiple Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Prevent Objects from Being Selected . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Select Objects by Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Customize Object Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Group Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Correct Mistakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Erase Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Cut, Copy, and Paste with the Clipboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Modify Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Choose a Method to Modify Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Modify Objects Using Grips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Move or Rotate Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Copy, Array, Offset, or Mirror Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Change the Size and Shape of Objects . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Fillet, Chamfer, Break, or Join Objects . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Disassociate Compound Objects (Explode) . . . . . . . . . 242
Modify Polylines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Modify Splines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Add Constraints to Geometry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Overview of Constraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Constrain Objects Geometrically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Overview of Geometric Constraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Apply or Remove Geometric Constraints . . . . . . . . . . 252
Display and Verify Geometric Constraints . . . . . . . . . 256
Modify Objects with Geometric Constraints Applied . . . . 257
Constrain Distances and Angles between Objects . . . . . . . . . 259
Overview of Dimensional Constraints . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Control the Display of Dimensional Constraints . . . . . . 261
Modify Objects with Dimensional Constraints
Applied
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Constrain a Design with Formulas and Equations . . . . . . . . 263
Overview of Formulas and Equations . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Control Geometry with Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Chapter 7
Define and Reference Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Work with Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Overview of Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Insert Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
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