2004

Index | 867
blocks (block references) (continued)
downloading
, 56, 59, 60
editing in place
, 679, 680
placing
, 20
redefined
, 512
saving back changes to
, 683, 684
BMP (bitmap) files
creating (exporting drawings as)
, 718
See also bitmaps (BMP images)
bold typeface, formatting multiline text in
, 473
boldfacing multiline text
, 475
Boolean operators
Help topic searches
, 5
in queries
, 758
borders (of viewports)
, 590
hiding
, 593
boundaries
creating
regions out of
, 292, 294
implied
, 390
of layout viewports, redefining
, 604
selecting block geometry as
, 390
See also clipping boundaries; drawing limits;
hatch boundaries; raster image
boundaries
boundary edges
, 390
Boundary Hatch and Fill dialog box
, 453
Pattern area
, 451
boundary points, specifying
, 458
boundary polylines, creating
, 264, 265, 281,
283
boundary sets
for boundary polylines
, 264, 266, 281, 283
for faces of 3D solids
, 433
for hatch boundaries
, 454, 456
defining
, 457
bounding box
for multiline text
, 472
BOX command
, 308
boxes
solid boxes
, 308, 313
text boxes for leader text
, 485
view box (Aerial View window)
, 133
See also pickbox cursor
BP3 (batch plot list) files
, 657
BP3 files. See batch plot lists
braces ({}), format codes for
, 505
brackets. See angle brackets; square brackets
BREAK command
, 408
breaking
links
, 702, 704
objects
, 408, 409
breaks (in objects), creating
, 408, 409
broken pencil icon
, 233
Browse the Web dialog box
, 800
opening drawings from the Internet
, 803
saving drawings to the Internet
, 804
specifying the default Internet location
,
803
browsing
for online content
, 58, 59
B-spline curves
, 848
Bezier curves
, 847
building queries
, 753, 754, 758
with multiple parameters
, 759
with a single parameter
, 759
specifying a sort order for
, 760
specifying fields for
, 760
bump maps
, 848
button menus
, 848
Buzzsaw sites, accessing
, 800
BYBLOCK property
, 848
BYBLOCK setting
, 175, 324
color value
, 188
linetype value
, 196
lineweight value
, 204
BYLAYER property
, 848
BYLAYER setting
, 170, 175, 323
color value
, 188, 189
linetype value
, 196, 197
lineweight value
, 204, 205
C
CAD Standards Settings dialog box, 111, 115
CAD standards. See standards (for named objects)
calculating
angles
, 254
areas
, 255, 257, 258
circumferences
, 255
distances
, 254
drawing limits
, 106
perimeters
, 255
point coordinate values
, 254
CALS files
, 653
camera (in 3D views)
, 149
adjusting distance
, 150
positioning
, 149, 150
positioning the target
, 149, 150
CAMERA command
, 149
and the 3DORBIT command
, 149
canceling commands
, 36, 369
capturing fonts for DWF files
, 839
caret (^), stacked text indicator
, 479
Cartesian coordinates
, 210
catalogs (in databases)
, 729
catalogs (of parts) (online)
, 57
accessing
, 55, 58