2004

868 | Index
CDF (comma-delimited) files, 347
CD-ROMs, distributing drawings on
, 820
CELTSCALE system variable
, 107, 199, 272, 599
center marks
, 511, 542
center points
zooming to
, 130, 132
centerlines
, 511, 542
creating
, 543
centimeters
converting inches to
, 103
converting to inches
, 103
certificate authority for digital IDs
, 780, 787
certificates for digital signatures. See digital IDs
chain dimensions. See continued dimensions
CHAMFER command
, 403
chamfering
, 403
3D solids
, 430
distance method
, 403, 404, 406
length and angle method
, 403, 405, 407
line segments
, 406
polylines
, 406, 407
and trimming
, 405
without trimming
, 407
chamfering multiple sets of objects
, 408
chamfers
, 403
creating. See chamfering
line placement
, 404
Change Page Setup dialog box
changing sheets in drawing sets
, 823, 827,
830
Changes to a Printer Configuration File dialog
box
, 835, 836, 837, 839
channels, in Communication Center
, 15
character formatting
in multiline text
, 473, 475
as affected by modifying text styles
,
488
character formatting, in multiline text
, 475
Character Map dialog box, accessing
, 473
character spacing (multiline text), format code
,
506
characters
ISO 8859 Latin/1 character set as rendered in
PostScript
, 720
for passwords
, 775
stacking
, 480
See also character formatting; special
characters
Check Standards dialog box
, 114
checking
3D solids
, 442
drawing files, for file errors
, 97, 99
drawings
for authenticity
, 88
for standards violations
, 110, 114,
117, 120
spelling
, 502, 503
checking (continued)
in another language
, 502
text not checked
, 502
See also dictionaries
Checking Complete alert summary (standards
checking)
, 115
CHECKSTANDARDS command
, 114
chords (in revision clouds)
editing lengths
, 353
CIRCLE command
, 309
circled sphere icons in 3D Orbit view
, 153
circles
calculating areas/circumferences
, 255
creating cones from
, 309, 313
creating cylinders from
, 309, 314
dimensioning. See radial dimensions
drawing
, 279, 280
polygons within/around
, 267, 268
tangent to objects
, 279, 280
extruding
, 309, 311, 315
filleting
, 398
as rendered in PostScript
, 720
revolving
, 311
with surface characteristics, exporting
, 721
See also objects (AutoCAD)
circular references (between xrefs)
, 848
resolving
, 691
circumferences, calculating
, 255
circumscribed polygons, drawing
, 267
classification property, selecting objects by
, 361
cleanup (of 3D solids)
, 442
clearing, OLE objects
, 711
Clipboard (Windows)
copying objects to
, 444, 445
cutting objects to
, 372, 443, 445
pasting objects from
, 444, 445
clipdepth (of clipping boundaries)
, 674
clipped
references
, 673
clipping
3D objects
, 143
in 3D Orbit view
, 159
references
, 673, 675
xrefs
, 695
clipping boundaries (for blocks and xrefs)
, 673
clipdepth
, 674
displaying
, 667
turning off
, 673
types
, 673
clipping planes
, 159, 848
creating slices with
, 159
rotating objects through
, 159
setting (adjusting)
, 143, 145
in 3D Orbit view
, 159
turning on/off
, 159
closed polylines
drawing
, 263, 281