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any reflective object will show the appropriate portion of the map in the
reflective parts of its material.
environment variable A setting stored in the operating system that controls
the operation of a program.
expanded panel An area on the ribbon associated with a ribbon panel. An
expanded panel contains additional tools and controls. See also ribbon panel
and ribbon.
explode To disassemble a complex object, such as a block, dimension, solid,
or polyline, into simpler objects. In the case of a block, the block definition
is unchanged. The block reference is replaced by the components of the block.
See also block, block definition, and block reference. (EXPLODE)
exploded dimension Independent objects that have the appearance of a
dimension but are not associated with the dimensioned object or each other.
Controlled by the DIMASSOC system variable. See also associative dimension,
nonassociative dimension, and explode. (EXPLODE)
extended tooltips When hovered over the tooltip for a period of time, displays
additional information.
extents See drawing extents.
external reference (xref) A drawing file referenced by another drawing. (XREF)
extrusion A 3D solid created by sweeping an object that encloses an area
along a linear path.
face A triangular or quadrilateral portion of a solid or surface object.
face color mode A setting in the visual style that controls how color is
displayed on a face.
face style A setting in the visual style that defines the shading on a face.
facet A triangular or quadrilateral portion of a 3D mesh object. Smoothing a
mesh object increases the number of facets.
feature control frame The tolerance that applies to specific features or
patterns of features. Feature control frames always contain at least a geometric
characteristic symbol to indicate the type of control and a tolerance value to
indicate the amount of acceptable variation.
fence A multisegmented line specified to select objects it passes through.
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