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Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Get Information
- The User Interface
- Tools in the Application Window
- Other Tool Locations
- Access the Classic Menu Bar
- Toolbars
- Status Bars
- Keytips
- The Command Line Window
- Shortcut Menus
- Tool Palettes
- DesignCenter
- Content Explorer
- Overview of Content Explorer
- Understand the Relationship between Content Explorer and Content Service
- Understand the Content Explorer Window
- Understand How Content Is Indexed
- Understand Watched Folders
- Manage Content Sources
- Basic Searching with Content Explorer
- Advanced Searching with Content Explorer
- Manage Saved Searches in Content Explorer
- Browse Folders with Content Explorer
- Filter Results in Content Explorer
- Sort and Group Results in Content Explorer
- Customize the View in Content Explorer
- Perform Tasks with Files in Content Explorer
- Perform Tasks with Objects in Content Explorer
- Streamline Searches with User-Created Properties in Content Explorer
- Troubleshooting Content Explorer
- Customize the Drawing Environment
- Start and Save Drawings
- Control the Drawing Views
- Change Views
- Use Viewing Tools
- Display Multiple Views in Model Space
- Organize Drawings and Layouts
- Create Single-View Drawings (Model Space)
- Create Multiple-View Drawing Layouts (Paper Space)
- Work with Sheets in a Sheet Set
- Create and Modify Objects
- Control the Properties of Objects
- Work with Object Properties
- Work with Layers
- Work with Colors
- Work with Linetypes
- Control Lineweights
- Control the Display Properties of Certain Objects
- Use Precision Tools
- Create Objects
- Select and Modify Objects
- Select Objects
- Correct Mistakes
- Erase Objects
- Cut, Copy, and Paste with the Clipboard
- Modify Objects
- Add Constraints to Geometry
- Control the Properties of Objects
- Define and Reference Blocks
- Work with Blocks
- Create and Modify Blocks
- Add Behaviors to Blocks (Dynamic Blocks)
- Overview of Dynamic Blocks
- Quick Start to Creating Dynamic Blocks
- Create and Edit Dynamic Blocks
- Add Constraints to Dynamic Blocks
- Add Action Parameters to Dynamic Blocks
- Work with 3D Models
- Create 3D Models
- Overview of 3D Modeling
- Create Solids and Surfaces from Lines and Curves
- Create Solids
- Create Surfaces
- Create Meshes
- Create Wireframe Models
- Add 3D Thickness to Objects
- Modify 3D Models
- Overview of Modifying 3D Objects
- Use Gizmos to Modify Objects
- Use Grips to Modify Solids and Surfaces
- Modify 3D Subobjects
- Work with Complex 3D Solids and Surfaces
- Modify the Properties of 3D Solids, Surfaces, and Meshes
- Modify Surfaces
- Modify Mesh Objects
- Modify 3D Solids and Surfaces Using Inventor Fusion
- Create Sections and Drawings from 3D Models
- Create Drawings from 3D Models
- Create Drawings from AutoCAD and Inventor 3D Models
- Create Drawings from Other 3D CAD Models
- Work with Sections
- Create a Flattened View
- Create Drawings from 3D Models
- Create 3D Models
- Annotate Drawings
- Work with Annotations
- Hatches, Fills, and Wipeouts
- Notes and Labels
- Tables
- Dimensions and Tolerances
- Understand Basic Concepts of Dimensioning
- Use Dimension Styles
- Set the Scale for Dimensions
- Create Dimensions
- Modify Existing Dimensions
- Add Geometric Tolerances
- Plot and Publish Drawings
- Specify Settings for Plotting and Publishing
- Save Plot Settings as Named Page Setups
- Reuse Named Page Setups
- Specify Page Setup Settings
- Select a Printer or Plotter for a Layout
- Select a Paper Size for a Layout
- Determine the Drawing Orientation of a Layout
- Set the Plot Area of a Layout
- Adjust the Plot Offset of a Layout
- Set the Plot Scale for a Layout
- Set the Lineweight Scale for a Layout
- Select a Plot Style Table for a Layout
- Set Shaded Viewport and Plot Options for a Layout
- Other Ways to Create Page Setups
- Use Named Page Setups with Sheet Sets
- Print or Plot Drawings
- Overview of Plotting
- Use a Page Setup to Specify Plot Settings
- Select a Printer or Plotter
- Specify the Area to Plot
- Set Paper Size
- Position the Drawing on the Paper
- Control How Objects Are Plotted
- Preview a Plot
- Plot Files to Other Formats
- Publish Drawings
- Specify Settings for Plotting and Publishing
- Share Data Between Files
- Reference Other Drawing Files
- Link and Embed Data (OLE)
- Work with Data in Other Formats
- Convert Drawing File Formats
- Import Other File Formats
- Import Autodesk 3ds MAX Files
- Import FBX Files
- Import 3D Point Cloud Files
- Import ACIS SAT Files
- Convert DXF and DXB Files to DWG Format
- Import MicroStation DGN Files
- Import IGES Files
- Import STEP Files
- Import Pro/ENGINEER Files
- Import Rhino Files
- Import CATIA Files
- Import SolidWorks Files
- Import JT Files
- Import UGS NX Files
- Import Parasolid Files
- Insert WMF Files
- Attach Files as Underlays
- Attach Raster Image Files
- Export Drawings to Other File Formats
- Use Drawings from Different Versions and Applications
- Extract Data from Drawings and Spreadsheets
- Access External Databases
- Overview of Using External Databases
- Access a Database from Within Drawings
- 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
- Manage Files with Autodesk Vault
- Collaborate with Others
- Protect and Sign Drawings
- Use the Internet for Collaboration
- Get Started with Internet Access
- Add Hyperlinks to a Drawing
- Work with Drawing Files over the Internet
- Review and Markup Files with Design Review
- Use the Publish to Web Wizard to Create Web Pages
- Use Autodesk Seek to Add and Share Drawings
- Use Markups for Design Review
- Render Drawings
- Draw 2D Isometric Views
- Add Lighting to Your Model
- Materials and Textures
- Render 3D Objects for Realism
- Glossary
- Index
helixes 858
hyperlinks 2080, 2085
Inventor Fusion 1268
label templates 2027
labels 2028
layer objects 517
layers 525, 549
leader objects 1441
link templates 2017
maps 2231
markups 2127, 2134
materials 2217
meshes 1238
multiline styles 861
multilines 860
objects 741, 775
OLE objects 1835
paper size 1672
plot style tables 1692, 1698
plot styles 1702
point clouds 1854
polylines 846
predefined searches 128
printable areas 1672
queries 2044
revision clouds 738
separating solids into shapes 1206
sheet and sheet set properties 492
sheets 483
ShowMotion shots 383
spirals 858
splines 853
surfaces 1159, 1186, 1189, 1205,
1218
tables 1503, 1514
text 1483, 1497
text styles 1470
underlays 1897
vertices 1200
visual styles 296
xrefs 1797, 1799
educational products 1776
electronic drawing sets
plotting 1734
publishing 1727, 1730, 1737
republishing 1750
sheet sets 1742
viewing published files 1751
ellipses
calculating geometric data for 665
drawing 721
grips on 779
modifying 741
PostScript rendering 1951
elliptical arcs
modifying 741
PostScript rendering 1951
email hyperlinks 2084
embedded libraries 2206
embedded objects (OLE) 773, 1823, 1830
empty text objects 769
encryption
about 2055
advanced levels 2058
digital signatures and 2070
drawing properties and 2056, 2061
keys 2058, 2062
environments in databases 2005
EPS files
exporting 1951
plotting to 1723
equations
parametric constraints 903
erasing objects 769
errors
block attribute extraction files 952
correcting 766
dynamic block definitions 974
reporting 253
synchronizing database links 2024
xref error messages 1808
eTransmit feature
Buzzsaw sites and 2095
creating transmittal packages 2109
prior versions and 2114
saved transmittal settings 2113
underlays and 1914
evaluating new layers in drawings 542,
544
Excel spreadsheets
accessing data from 1508
database connectivity 2005
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