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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
Work with Dynamic Blocks in Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Overview of Dynamic Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Work With Action Parameters in Blocks . . . . . . . . . . 275
Work With Constraint Parameters in Blocks . . . . . . . . 277
Remove Block Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Create and Modify Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Define Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Create Blocks Within a Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Create Drawing Files for Use as Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Control the Color and Linetype Properties in Blocks . . . . 281
Nest Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Create Block Libraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Attach Data to Blocks (Block Attributes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Overview of Block Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Define Block Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Extract Block Attribute Data (Advanced) . . . . . . . . . . 289
Modify Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Modify a Block Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Modify the Data in Block Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Modify a Block Attribute Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Disassemble a Block Reference (Explode) . . . . . . . . . . 298
Chapter 8
Work with 3D Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Create 3D Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Create Wireframe Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Add 3D Thickness to Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Chapter 9
Annotate Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Work with Annotations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Overview of Annotations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Scale Annotations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Overview of Scaling Annotations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Set Annotation Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Create Annotative Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Display Annotative Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Add and Modify Scale Representations . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Set Orientation for Annotations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Set Orientation for Annotations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Hatches, Fills, and Wipeouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Overview of Hatch Patterns and Fills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Specify Hatch and Fill Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Control the Appearance of Hatches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Choose a Hatch Pattern or Fill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Control the Hatch Origin Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Control the Scale of Hatch Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
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