2004

Index | 927
visibility (continued)
of objects
, 175
in layout viewports
, 592, 594
of polyface mesh edges
, 303
visibility, of layers, in xrefs
, 667
VISRETAIN system variable
, 667
visual aids (in 3D Orbit view)
, 151
displaying
, 158
volumetric shadows
, 858
VPOINT command
defining 3D views with
, 142
W
WBLOCK command, 321, 329
WCS (world coordinate system)
, 226
aligning the UCS with
, 226
axes
, 222
entering coordinates relative to
, 226
mapping coordinate systems on paper to
,
273
restoring the UCS to
, 223
WCS icon, illustrated
, 858
Web
distributing drawings on
, 820, 824
natural language queries
, 7
viewing DWF files on
, 833
See also Internet
web folders
opening drawings from the Internet by
browsing
, 801
saving drawings to the Internet by
browsing
, 802
web pages
creating
, 810, 811
with i-drop-enabled content
, 806
templates for
, 811
themes for
, 811
Web. See Internet
websites
accessing Buzzsaw sites
, 800
i-drop handles on
, 811
websites, Autodesk website
, 10
WEDGE command
, 310
wedges (solid)
creating
, 310, 314
wheel mouse
panning with
, 70
joystick panning
, 71
zoom factor
, 70
zooming with
, 70
WHIP! plug-in
, 722
wide lines, hiding before importing WMF files
,
714, 716
wide polylines
drawing
, 263, 265, 281, 283, 461
extending
, 392
wide polylines (continued)
fill style options
, 649
lineweight display
, 201
modifying
, 423
as not hatchable
, 454
simplified display
, 206
tapering segments
, 264, 281, 426
trimming
, 392
wide text (multiline text), format code
, 506
width
of pens
, 840
wild-card characters
filtering layers with
, 182
window polygon selections
, 358, 359
window selections
, 357, 364
windows
selection windows
, 357
See also Aerial View window; command
window; DesignCenter window;
drawing area; Render Window;
text window; viewports
See alsoAutoCAD window
Windows Clipboard. See Clipboard (Windows)
Windows Explorer
Digital Signatures icon
, 786
identifying signed files
, 786
inserting text/RTF files from
, 485, 486
opening drawings
, 88
starting AutoCAD
, 88
validating digital signatures
, 786
viewing drawing properties
, 785
Windows metafiles. See WMF files
wipeout objects
, 464, 858
creating
, 465
frames, turning on/off
, 465
plotting
, 465
wireframe
modeling
, 296, 299
Wireframe mode (3D Orbit view)
, 156
wireframe modeling. See wireframes
wireframes
, 296, 298
creating
, 296, 298, 299
displaying 3D objects as
, 156
tessellation lines in
, 308
uses
, 298
witness lines. See extension lines
wizards
Add-a-Plotter wizard
, 834
WMF files
, 444, 714, 717
converting to AutoCAD format
, 445
creating (exporting drawings as)
, 717
creating (exporting drawings in)
, 717
format
, 444, 714, 717
hiding solid fills/wide lines before
importing
, 714, 716
importing
, 714, 715
WMFBKGND system variable
, 444