2004

Index | 905
opening (continued)
drawings
, 87, 88, 89
authenticity check
, 88
with DesignCenter
, 52, 54
from the Internet
, 800, 801
partially
, 92, 93
validating digital signatures when
, 785
from Windows Explorer
, 88
See also starting drawings
files associated with hyperlinks
, 796
in blocks
, 798
template files
, 799
Plot Style Table Editor
, 640
Query Editor
, 754
standards check files
, 119
opening, Properties palette
, 171
operators. See query operators
optimizing AutoCAD performance. See
performance improvement
Options dialog box
environment settings
, 62
precedence
, 65
Options dialog box, Files tab
, 90
OR operator, Help topic searches
, 5
order of sheets in drawing sets
, 822, 826, 830
ordinate dimensions
, 545
automatic
, 546
creating
, 546
definition points
, 554
See also dimensions
organizing objects on layers
, 174, 175, 180
orientation
of drawings
, 576, 610, 619
text
, 496
origin
, 853
origin (coordinate systems)
, 210, 222
plot origin
, 577, 578
See also UCS origin
Ortho mode
, 854
orthogonal
, 854
locking (Ortho mode)
copying objects with
, 380
drawing lines
, 240
moving objects with
, 373
overrides
, 240
and polar tracking
, 240
turning on/off
, 241
orthographic projections. See parallel projections
(of 3D views)
OSNAP button (status bar)
, 237
Outer hatching style
, 455
output folders for DWF files
, 828
overall dimension scale, setting
, 535
overlapping
objects, display order
, 208, 365
overlaying xrefs
, 669, 670
vs. attaching xrefs
, 669
with DesignCenter
, 668
overlays. See layers
overlining multiline text, format codes
, 505
overrides. See dimension style overrides
overriding configuration settings
plotters
, 835
resolution
, 836, 837
P
page settings. See page setups
Page Setup dialog box
, 571, 576
not displaying automatically for new
layouts
, 572
page setups
, 570, 586, 608, 615
for batch plots
, 660, 661
importing
, 587
named
, 585
creating
, 585, 586
deleting
, 586
renaming
, 587
saving
, 585, 586
settings
, 571, 615, 823, 827, 830
specifying
, 608
page setups, settings
, 622
page size. See paper size
pages, scaling drawings to fit
, 621, 622
palettes
Auto-hide, turning on/off
, 171
See also color palettes
See also Properties palette
palettes. See color palettes
palettes. See tool palettes
pan box. See view box (Aerial View window)
PAN command
, 128
panning
, 128, 854
in 3D Orbit view
, 154
with the Aerial View window
, 133, 134, 135
by dragging
, 128
dynamic (Realtime option)
, 128
restoring previous views during
, 137
in nonrectangular viewports
, 605
to objects linked to database records
, 743
by specifying points
, 128
PANTONE color books. See color books
paper
boundaries in DWF files
, 834
positioning drawings on
, 618, 619
paper drawing sets
about
, 820
creating
, 825, 826
paper image
, 571
See also printable area