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Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Chapter 1 - Find the Information You Need
- Part 1 - The User Interface
- Part 2 - Start, Organize, and Save a Drawing
- Part 3 - Control the Drawing Views
- Part 4 - Create and Modify Objects
- Chapter 14 - Control the Properties of Objects
- Chapter 15 - Use Precision Tools
- Chapter 16 - Draw Geometric Objects
- Chapter 17 - Change Existing Objects
- Part 5 - Hatches, Notes, and Dimensions
- Chapter 18 - Hatches, Fills, and Wipeouts
- Chapter 19 - Notes and Labels
- Chapter 20 - Dimensions and Tolerances
- Part 6 - Create Layouts and Plot Drawings
- Chapter 21 - Create Layouts
- Chapter 22 - Plot Drawings
- Part 7 - Share Data Between Drawings and Applications
- Chapter 23 - Reference Other Drawing Files (Xrefs)
- Chapter 24 - Link and Embed Data (OLE)
- Chapter 25 - Work with Data in Other Formats
- Chapter 26 - Access External Databases
- Overview of Using AutoCAD with External Databases
- Access a Database from Within AutoCAD
- Link Database Records to Graphical Objects
- Use Labels to Display Database Information in the Drawing
- Use Queries to Filter Database Information
- Share Link and Label Templates and Queries with Other Users
- Work with Links in Files from Earlier Releases
- Part 8 - Work with Other People and Organizations
- Chapter 27 - Protect and Sign Drawings
- Chapter 28 - Use the Internet to Share Drawings
- Chapter 29 - Insert and View Markups
- Chapter 30 - Publish Drawing Sets
- Part 9 - Create Realistic Images and Graphics
- Glossary
- Index
Index | 919
shortening objects, 390, 395, 398
Show button (Help toolbar)
, 9
shrinking views. See zooming
SHX (font) files
, 492
SHX font files
, 492
SHX fonts
, 473, 490
custom fonts
, 492
proxy fonts for
, 490, 492
signatures, digital. See digital signatures
signed files
digital signature information
, 784
viewing
, 784
identifying
, 786
validating
, 784
SIGWARN system variable
, 785
single-line text
, 468
aligning
, 469, 471
creating
, 469, 470
editing
, 497
finding
, 499
objects, modifying
, 497
obliquing angle
, 487, 495
orientation
, 496
replacing
, 498
styles
not affecting
, 488
specifying
, 469, 471
See also text
single-sheet drawing files
, 820
sizing
point objects
, 290
See also extending; resizing; scaling;
stretching; trimming
SKETCH command
, 272, 273
sketching. See freehand lines
SLA files. See Stereolithograph files
slash (/), stacked text indicator
, 479
slash. See forward slash (/)
SLICE command
, 431
slicing 3D solids
, 431, 432
in 3D Orbit view
, 159
slide files
, 856
slide libraries
, 856
smooth shading
, 856
smoothed polylines. See curve-fit polylines;
spline-fit polylines
smoothness (of curved objects)
3D objects
, 308
snap (grid snap/snap grid), dragging and
, 20
snap (snap grid)
, 238, 856
and the grid
, 239
rotating
, 238
spacing
, 238, 239
turning on/off
, 239
See also grid (drawing area);object
snaps;PolarSnap
snap angle
, 856
changing
, 238, 240
snap base point, changing
, 239, 240
snap grid
See also snap (snap grid)
snap resolution
, 856
snapping to points on objects
, 234, 235
See also snap (snap grid)
snaps
isometric snap style
, 852
See also object snaps
solid boxes, creating
, 308, 313
solid cones, creating
, 309, 313
solid cylinders, creating
, 309, 314
solid dishes, creating
, 310
solid domes, creating
, 310
solid fill. See Fill mode
solid fills
fill style options
, 649
as rendered in PostScript
, 720
See also 2D solids; solid hatch patterns
solid fills (solid-filled areas)
, 422
modifying
, 423
turning off
, 206, 207
solid fills, hiding before importing WMF files
,
714, 716
solid hatch patterns
creating hatches with
, 459
fill style options
, 649
See also gradient fills
solid modeling
, 296
See also 3D solids
solid spheres, creating
, 314
solid torus/tori, creating
, 310, 314
solid wedges, creating
, 310, 314
solid-filled areas
creating
, 459
See also 2D solids; donuts; solid fills; solid
hatch patterns; wide polylines
solid-filled areas. See solid fills (solid-filled areas)
solids
See also 2D solids; 3D solids; solid-filled areas
sorting layers
, 183, 184
source applications. See server applications
SPACEBAR key
executing commands
, 36
repeating commands
, 36
space-delimited files (SDF files)
, 348
format
, 347
SPACETRANS command
, 501
spatial indexes
, 695, 696, 697, 856
saving drawings with
, 695, 696, 697
special characters
for naming objects
, 488
See also <Special Characters section in this
index>