2004

866 | Index
Batch Standards Checker, 115
starting
, 118
See also batch audits
batchplt.exe file
, 657
beveling objects. See chamfering
Bezier curves
, 847
BHATCH command
, 450
Big Fonts
, 490
assigning to text styles
, 491
font file
, 490
specifying
, 487, 491
bills of materials, creating
, 342
binding
dependent named objects to drawings
, 675,
676
xrefs to drawings
, 676, 677, 847
BINDTYPE system variable
, 684
bisecting
angles, with construction lines
, 291
bitmaps (BMP images)
, 92, 444
mapping onto 3D object surfaces. See image
mapping
See also BMP (bitmap) files
bitmaps (BMP images);BMP (bitmap) files
, 847
BK* files
, 97
blips
, 847
removing
, 371, 372
BLK files
, 343
block attributes. See attributes (of blocks)
block definition tables
, 316, 848
block definitions
, 317, 847, 848
copying
, 320
creating
, 317, 319, 338
creating drawing files from
, 323
libraries of
, 320, 321
modifying
, 328, 330, 337, 339, 678, 679
modifying attributes in
, 331, 332
removing
, 316, 350
saving as drawing files
, 86
tables
, 316
updating
, 51, 54, 329, 330
block descriptions
, 329
modifying
, 329, 330
block instances
, 848
block instances. See blocks
block instances. See blocks (block references)
block libraries (symbol libraries)
creating
, 320, 321
block library drawings (symbol library drawings)
inserting block definitions from
, 326
updating block definitions from
, 329
block references
, 317, 325
blocks as. See also blocks
block references (instances)
, 848
block references. See blocks (block references)
blocks
, 316, 847
attaching attributes to
, 339, 341
attributes. See attributes (of blocks)
base point
, 317, 322
clipped
, 673
clipping
, 673, 675
colors
insert settings
, 323
copying
block definitions
, 320
paper space objects between drawings
,
322
creating
, 316, 317, 319
in block libraries
, 320, 321
drawing files as
, 321, 322, 323
database links in
, 739
defining
, 317, 319, 338, 340
descriptions. See block descriptions
drawing files as
creating
, 321, 322, 323
inserting
, 326, 328
updating block definitions from
, 329,
330
editing. See also in-place reference editing
exploding
, 338, 421, 850
grips in
, 417
vs. groups
, 366
hyperlinks in
, 798
opening files associated with
, 798
information in
, 316
inserting drawing files as
, 326, 328
inserting. See inserting blocks
linetypes
insert settings
, 323
lineweights, insert settings
, 323
modifying
, 328
block attributes in
, 332, 335
See also in-place reference editing
nested. See also nested blocks
object properties
, 316
insert settings
, 323
OLE objects in
, 684, 708
pasted text as
, 486
as references in drawings
, 316, 325
selecting block geometry
, 390
selection sets of objects within. See working
sets
updating
, 332, 334
vs. xrefs
, 322
See also block definitions; named objects;
title blocks
blocks (block references)
accessing
, 48
online
, 55
adding to tool palettes
, 52
anonymous
, 846
discarding changes to
, 684