2004

Index | 863
architectural blocks, accessing
collections of
, 59, 60
architectural units
scale ratios for text sizes in model space
, 105
specifying
, 102
suppressing zero feet/inch values
, 530, 531
archiving drawings with xrefs
, 676
arcs
connecting
, 277
creating object profiles from
, 311
dimension line arcs
, 544, 849
dimensioning. See radial dimensions
drawing
, 274, 278
tangent to lines/arcs
, 277, 278
elliptical arcs
, 286, 720
filleting
, 398
joining to polylines
, 424
as rendered in PostScript
, 720
See also objects (AutoCAD)
arcs (in revision clouds)
editing lengths
, 353
setting default values for lengths
, 353
setting lengths
, 351
areas
adding
, 256, 258
calculating
, 255, 257, 258
enclosed. See regions
hatching
, 450, 453, 454
plot area. See plot area
subtracting
, 256, 258
See also printable area; rectangular windows
ARG (profile text) files
, 66
arrays (multiple copies)
, 382, 846
3D
, 383, 385, 386
creating
, 382
limiting in size
, 383
polar
, 382, 384, 386, 855
rectangular
, 383
arrowheads
, 511, 518, 846
choosing
, 518
customizing
, 518, 519
illustrated
, 846
oblique stroke arrowheads
, 516
order of
, 518
scale factors
, 519
arrows. See arrowheads
ASCII (American Standard Code for Information
Interchange)
, 846
ASCII Encoded 2D stream format
, 837
asi.ini file
, 767
Asian-language fonts. See Big Fonts
Ask Me tab (Help window)
, 4, 6
See also natural language queries (in Help)
aspect ratio
, 846
Associated Standards File(s) icon
, 116
associating
dimensions
, 555, 556
standards files with drawings
, 112
association points (of dimensions)
, 555
associative dimensions
, 512, 846
associativity. See associativity (of
dimensions)
converting into nonassociative
dimensions
, 556
converting nonassociative dimensions
into
, 556
as disassociated automatically
, 553
filtering selections
, 512
modifying
, 553
object types supported/not supported
, 512
updating
, 512
associative hatches
, 450, 846
associativity
, 450
exploding
, 421
selecting
, 365
updating
, 450
associative hatches, associativity
, 422
associativity (of dimensions)
, 512
changing
, 555, 556
the default
, 513
determining
, 512
maintaining when saved to previous release
formats
, 723
partial
, 553
system variable controlling
, 513
types
, 512
at sign (@)
relative coordinate specifier
, 212, 214, 216,
220, 222
Attach Digital Signatures dialog box
, 782
attached labels
, 748
creating
, 751
offset options
, 748
See also labels
attached URLs from a previous release, converting
to hyperlinks
, 799
attached xrefs
notification of
, 667
changed xrefs
, 671
relocated xrefs
, 687
attaching
attributes, to blocks
, 339, 341
digital signatures
, 780, 781
digital IDs for
, 780
file types supported
, 782
to multiple files
, 779, 782
with passwords
, 774, 783
to read-only files
, 783