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862 | Index
Aerial View window, 133, 134
displaying the entire drawing in
, 135
panning with
, 133, 134, 135
resizing the image in
, 134, 135
updating the image in
, 134, 136
updating viewports in
, 136
view box
, 133
zooming with
, 133, 135
affine calibration
, 845
aliases
, 845
entering commands with
, 36
for commands, table listing of
, 845
aligned dimensions
, 510, 536, 538, 845
creating
, 538
extension line origins
, 536
See also dimensions
aligning
dimension text
, 524, 552
with dimension lines
, 522, 524
the grid
, 238
lateral tolerances
, 533, 534
leader text
, 484
objects
, 379
in different layout viewports
, 600
marking equal segments on other
objects
, 250, 252, 253
marking measured intervals on other
objects
, 250, 251, 252
text
in database table columns
, 735
multiline text
, 474, 506
single-line text
, 469, 471
aligning, text, multiline text
, 474
alignment paths (AutoTrack)
in object snap tracking
, 246, 247
alignment paths, in polar tracking
, 241
ALT+letter keys, choosing menu options
, 29
alternate units (for dimensions)
, 528
adding and formatting
, 529
conversion values
, 528
symbol for
, 527, 528
alternative font
specifying
, 492, 494
format code
, 505
ambient color (of materials)
, 845
ambient light
, 846
American Standard Code for Information
Interchange (ASCII)
, 846
analyzing 3D solids
, 308
`and' operator
, 758
AND operator, in Help topic searches
, 5
angle brackets
double close (>>), transparent command
prompt indicator
, 37
open (<), polar coordinate delimiter
, 214
open and close (< >)
primary units symbol
, 527
angle conventions. See angle direction; angular
units
angle direction
, 104
specifying
, 107
for polar coordinates
, 214
angle overrides
operations with precedence over
, 244
specifying points
, 244
angles
bisecting, with construction lines
, 291
calculating
, 254
defining 3D views with
, 141, 142
dimensioning. See angular dimensions
locking, specifying points by
, 244
for polar coordinates
, 214
polar. See polar angles
snap angle
, 238, 240, 856
text obliquing angle
, 487, 495
format code (multiline text)
, 506
units. See angular units
angular dimensions
, 510, 544, 846
creating
, 544, 545
definition points
, 554
extension line order
, 518
See also dimensions
angular units
, 846
setting
, 104
types
, 211
annotations
, 846
See also dimension text; labels; leader text
anonymous blocks
, 846
ANSI (American National Standards Institute)
,
846
ANSI code pages supported by Windows
, 524
anti-aliasing
, 846
AOTC (Autodesk Official Training Courseware)
,
12
aperture box (AutoSnap)
, 237
apostrophe (’), transparent command character
,
37
appending objects to selection sets
, 362
applications
destination. See container applications
(destination applications)
dragging objects from other applications
,
705
embedding objects in other application
documents
, 708, 709
linking views to other application
documents
, 708, 709
ObjectARX
, 724
opening attribute extraction files in other
applications
, 348
source. See server applications
approximation points
, 846
arc polylines, drawing
, 263, 265, 281, 282
arcball (3D Orbit view)
, 147, 153