2004

Index | 911
polyface meshes
creating
, 301, 303
edge visibility
, 303
vertices
, 303
polygon selection windows
, 855
crossing polygon selections
, 358, 359
window polygon selections
, 358, 359
polygon windows. See polygon selection windows
polygonal clipping boundaries
, 674
polygons
calculating areas/perimeters
, 255
circumscribed
, 267
as clipping boundaries
, 674
CPolygons (crossing polygon selections)
,
358, 359
drawing
, 263, 266, 267, 281
within/around circles
, 267, 268
extruding
, 311, 315
inscribed
, 268
line widths, changing
, 205
revolving
, 311
WPolygons (window polygon selections)
,
358, 359
polyline clipping boundaries
, 674
polyline segments
chamfering
, 405
joining
, 424
tapered, trimming/extending
, 392
tapering
, 426
polylines
, 855
arc polylines
, 263, 265, 281, 282
boundary polylines
, 264, 265, 281, 283
calculating areas/perimeters
, 255
chamfering
, 406, 407
as clipping boundaries
, 674
closed
, 263, 281
creating
object profiles from
, 311
decurving
, 425
drawing
, 262, 264, 280, 282
freehand
, 272
in model space
, 201
exploding
, 421
extruding
, 311, 315
filleting
, 398, 401, 403
fitting
curves to
, 425
splines to
, 425
joining
to lines, arcs, or polylines
, 424
line widths
changing
, 205, 424
setting
, 202
linetypes
changing
, 201
generating
, 425
setting
, 200
polylines (continued)
modifying
, 423, 425
as rendered in PostScript
, 720
revolving
, 311
segments. See polyline segments
smoothed. See curve-fit polylines; spline-fit
polylines
wide. See wide polylines
See also objects
polylines, for wipeout objects
, 465
Portable Network Graphics files. See PNG
(Portable Network Graphics) files
portrait orientation
, 576
positive direction
of axes, determining
, 226
of rotation about axes, determining
, 226
PostScript (EPS) files
, 719
creating
, 654, 655, 720
formats
, 654, 719
objects as rendered in
, 719
plotting to
, 654, 655, 720
PostScript Support file
, 719
PostScript driver
, 654
PostScript fonts, TrueType equivalents
, 492
PostScript formats
, 654, 719
PostScript Support file
, 719
PostScript(EPS) files
customizing
, 719
pound sign (#), stacked text indicator
, 479
precedence of standards files
, 112
reordering
, 113
precision
drawing tools
, 209
drawing units
, 102
prefixes (for dimension text)
, 526
preset views
3D Orbit view
, 152, 158
3D views
, 140
preview images (of drawings)
displaying
, 89
DWF files
, 834
EPS files
, 655
saving drawings with
, 89
previewing
drawings
, 89
plot style table effects
, 631
plots
, 651
raster images
attached
, 89
previewing, online content
, 56, 59
previous release formats
migrating pen settings from
, 613
plotting drawings in
, 612
saving drawings in
, 84, 722, 723
previous release formats (of AutoCAD)
converting database links from
, 767, 768,
769