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dimensions (continued)
values. See dimension values
See also dimensioning
DIMGAP system variable
, 485
DIMLINEAR command
, 498
DIMREASSOCIATE command
, 512, 513, 555
DIMREGEN command
, 512
DIMSCALE system variable
, 106, 535
direct distance entry
, 211, 849
drawing lines
, 249
specifying points
, 249
Direct Interpretively Evaluated String Expression
Language (DIESEL)
, 849
direction
of axes, positive, determining
, 226
directories, support directory search paths
, 847
disassociating
compound objects. See exploding compound
objects
dimensions
, 556
discarding
changes for in-place reference editing
, 684
dishes
solid, creating
, 310
displacement
moving objects by
, 374
display (screen). See screen display
Display Alert upon Standards Violation option
(CAD Standards Settings/Check
Standards dialog boxes)
, 115, 116
Display Lineweight dialog box
, 205
Display Standards Status Bar Icon option (CAD
Standards Settings/Check Standards
dialog boxes)
, 115, 116
displayable attributes. See labels
displaying
files in Autodesk Express Viewer
, 825, 832,
833
distance and angle coordinate display
, 211
distances
calculating
, 254
converting between model space and paper
space
, 501
entering directly. See direct distance entry
fuzz distance
, 424
offsetting objects by specifying
, 387
specifying
, 249
dithering
, 642, 850
turning off/on
, 642, 643
dividing
objects
into equal segments
, 250, 252, 253
docking
command window
, 42, 43
DesignCenter
, 47
preventing
, 22, 48
docking (continued)
Tool Palettes window
, 22
toolbars
, 28
documentation
interim updates added to Favorites tab
, 12
updates from the Web
, 12
dollar signs ($)
bound named object name dividers
, 676
domes
solid, creating
, 310
donuts
creating
, 461
drawing
, 284
exploding
, 421
extruding
, 311, 315
fill style options
, 649
line widths, changing
, 205
modifying
, 423
simplified display
, 206
double-clicking objects
, 371
double lines.See multilines
downloading
drawing viewers (Autodesk Express
Viewer)
, 819, 820
fonts in DWF files. See capturing fonts for
DWF files
online content
, 56, 59, 60
dragging
, 705
as copying and pasting
, 705
as cutting and pasting
, 705
drawings, into the drawing area from
Windows Explorer
, 88
and grid snap
, 20
lengthening/shortening objects by
, 398
objects, into drawings
, 705
panning by
, 128
zooming by
, 131
dragline. See rubber-band line
drawing
arcs
, 274, 278
tangent to lines/arcs
, 277, 278
circles
, 279, 280
tangent to objects
, 279, 280
construction lines
, 290, 291
donuts
, 284
ellipses
, 285, 286
elliptical arcs
, 286
equilateral triangles
, 266, 267
isometric circles
, 285, 286
lines
, 262
in model space
, 201
tangent to arcs
, 277, 278
using direct distance entry
, 249
using orthogonal locking
, 240
in viewports
, 165
multilines
, 269