2004

878 | Index
drawing (continued)
objects
, 261
using polar distances
, 243
using polar tracking
, 241, 243
parallel lines
, 269
polygons
, 263, 266, 267, 281
within/around circles
, 267, 268
polylines
, 262, 264, 280, 282
freehand
, 272
in model space
, 201
rays
, 291, 292
rectangles
, 267
reference points
, 290
to scale
, 102, 104
splines
, 288
squares
, 266, 267
wide polylines
, 263, 265, 281, 283, 461
See also drawings
drawing (DWG) files
adding sheets from
, 822, 826, 829
as blocks
creating
, 321, 322, 323
inserting
, 326, 328
updating block definitions from
, 329,
330
checking
for file errors
, 97, 99
checking, for authenticity
, 88
creating, as blocks
, 321, 322, 323
displaying with Autodesk Express Viewer
,
819, 820, 825, 832, 833
distributing
, 820
file name extension
, 83
finding
, 89, 90
inserting, as blocks
, 326, 328
previewing
, 89
recovering damaged files
, 96, 97, 98
saving block definitions as
, 86
sending for review
, 814
transmitting on the Internet. See transmittal
sets
See also drawings
drawing area
, 850
dragging drawings into, from Windows
Explorer
, 88
plotting all objects in
, 578
right-clicking in
, 31
with a command in progress
, 31
with no command in progress
, 31
turning off shortcut menus in
, 30, 72
drawing boundary. See drawing limits
drawing content. See content (DesignCenter)
drawing environment. See AutoCAD
environment
drawing extents
, 850
illustrated
, 850
plotting to
, 578, 650
zooming to
, 70, 130, 132
in 3D Orbit view
, 155
in nonrectangular viewports
, 605
drawing interchange binary files. See DXB
(drawing interchange binary) files
drawing interchange files. See DXF (drawing
interchange format) files
drawing limits. See grid limits
drawing nodes (dbConnect Manager)
, 731
drawing orientation, setting
, 576, 610, 619
drawing planes (in 3D space)
, 228
specifying
, 225
drawing projects. See projects
drawing properties
, 95
defining
, 96
displaying
, 96
encrypting
, 775
of password-protected drawings, viewing
,
778, 779, 785
Drawing Properties dialog box
, 95
Drawing Set Descriptions (DSD). See DSD
(Drawing Set Descriptions) files
drawing sets and sheets
adding layouts to
, 822, 826, 829
adding sheets to sets
, 822, 826, 829
copying sheets
, 823, 827, 830
creating sets
, 822, 826
deleting layouts
, 831
deleting sheets
, 822, 826, 830
drawing path names
, 821, 823, 827, 830
electronic drawing sets
, 820, 821, 822
loading lists of sheets
, 831
modifying sets
, 829
page setup
, 823, 827, 830
paper drawing sets
, 820, 825, 826
path names
, 821, 823, 827
renaming sheets
, 822, 826, 830
reordering sheets
, 822, 826, 830
republishing
, 831
saving
, 823, 827, 831
viewing
, 833
drawing standards. See standards (for named
objects)
drawing templates/template files
, 81
creating
, 81, 82
default files
recovering
, 81, 82
starting drawings with
, 79
for extracting attribute information. See
attribute extraction template files
file name extension
, 81
starting drawings with
, 81, 82
with a default file
, 79
See also templates (template files)