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Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Get Information
- The User Interface
- Tools in the Application Window
- Other Tool Locations
- Customize the Drawing Environment
- Start and Save Drawings
- Control the Drawing Views
- Change Views
- Use Viewing Tools
- Display Multiple Views in Model Space
- Organize Drawings and Layouts
- Create Single-View Drawings (Model Space)
- Create Multiple-View Drawing Layouts (Paper Space)
- Work with Sheets in a Sheet Set
- Create and Modify Objects
- Control the Properties of Objects
- Work with Object Properties
- Work with Layers
- Work with Colors
- Work with Linetypes
- Control Lineweights
- Control the Display Properties of Certain Objects
- Use Precision Tools
- Use Coordinates and Coordinate Systems (UCS)
- 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
- Draw Geometric Objects
- Change Existing Objects
- Add Constraints to Geometry
- Control the Properties of Objects
- Define and Reference Blocks
- Work with Blocks
- Create and Modify Blocks
- Add Behaviors to Blocks (Dynamic Blocks)
- Overview of Dynamic Blocks
- Quick Start to Creating Dynamic Blocks
- Create and Edit Dynamic Blocks
- Add Constraints to Dynamic Blocks
- Add Action Parameters to Dynamic Blocks
- Work with 3D Models
- Create 3D Models
- Overview of 3D Modeling
- Create Solids and Surfaces from Lines and Curves
- Create Solids
- Create Surfaces
- Create Meshes
- Create Wireframe Models
- Add 3D Thickness to Objects
- Modify 3D Models
- Create Sections and 2D Drawings from 3D Models
- Create 3D Models
- Annotate Drawings
- Work with Annotations
- Hatches, Fills, and Wipeouts
- Notes and Labels
- 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
- Plot and Publish Drawings
- Prepare Drawings for Plotting and Publishing
- Quick Start to Saving Settings for Plotting and Publishing
- Specify Page Setup Settings
- Overview of Page Setup Settings
- Select a Printer or Plotter for a Layout
- Select a Paper Size for 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
- Determine the Drawing Orientation of a Layout
- Use the Layout Wizard to Specify Layout Settings
- Import PCP or PC2 Settings into a Layout
- Create and Use Named Page Setups
- Use Named Page Setups with Sheet Sets
- Plot Drawings
- Quick Start to Plotting
- 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
- Prepare Drawings for Plotting and Publishing
- Share Data Between Files
- Reference Other Drawing Files
- Link and Embed Data (OLE)
- Work with Data in Other Formats
- Import Other File Formats
- Attach Files as Underlays
- Attach Raster Image Files
- Export Drawings to Other File Formats
- Use Drawings from Different Versions and Applications
- Extract Data from Drawings and Spreadsheets
- Access External Databases
- Overview of Using External Databases
- Access a Database from Within AutoCAD
- Link Database Records to Graphical Objects
- Use Labels to Display Database Information in the Drawing
- Use Queries to Filter Database Information
- Share Link and Label Templates and Queries with Other Users
- Work with Links in Files from Earlier Releases
- Manage Files with Autodesk Vault
- Collaborate with Others
- Protect and Sign Drawings
- Use the Internet for Collaboration
- Use Markups for Design Review
- Render Drawings
- Draw 2D Isometric Views
- Add Lighting to Your Model
- Materials and Textures
- Render 3D Objects for Realism
- Glossary
- Index
edge display 272
rendering 2109
visual styles 257
shaded UCS icon 576
shaded viewports
plotting options 1540, 1571–1572,
1575
resolution settings 1574
Shaded visual style 257
Shaded with Edges visual style 258
shades (colors) 1272
Shades of Gray visual style 258
shadows
hardware acceleration and 267
lighting and 2013, 2049
raytraced shadows 2131
rendering 2130
shadow mapping 2130
shadow mode settings 2131
visual styles 267
sheet creation templates 436, 454
sheet list tables 444
Sheet Set Manager
about 431
Buzzsaw sites and 1960
eTransmit and 1975
features 433
locking and unlocking sheets 459
publishing options 1636
shortcut menus 434
team collaboration 459
sheet sets
archiving 454
backing up and recovering 437
basing on drawing files 437
creating and modifying sheets 442
creating sets 436
defined 431
DST files 436
eTransmit and 1975
example sheet sets 437
label and callout blocks 443
locking and unlocking 459
metadata 1647
named page setups and 1549
opening drawings within 442
organizing 439
overrides 455
page setups 436, 454
placeholder fields in 1352
properties 451
publishing 454, 1636
reassociating moved sheets 443
saving 460
saving sheet selections 455
sheet names and numbers 443
Sheet Set Manager 433
status 460
subsets and categories 439
team collaboration 459
titles and tables of content 444
transmitting 454
updating 459
views 443
working without Sheet Set
Manager 461
sheets in sheet sets
defined 431
layouts and 436
modifying 442
named page setups and 1549
names and numbers 443
opening 442
page setups 454
placeholder fields in 1352
properties 451
saving sheet selections 455
Sheet Set Manager 433
status 460
subsets 439
templates 436, 454
title sheets 444
views 443
working with 442
shelling solids 1138
shortcut menus
about 65
shortcuts
keytips 53
shots (ShowMotion) 340, 343, 346
ShowMotion 340
SHX fonts 1368–1369, 1371, 1376
2244 | Index