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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
file size 1719
finding files 1933
hiding 1936
image information 1929
Internet-based files 1919
loading 1935
missing 1934
naming 1933
pixels 1916
plotting to 1719
preview images 244
resolution 1921
ribbon contextual tab 1917
scaling 1921
tiled images 1936
transparency 1917
unloading 1935
raster plotters 1707
ray-tracing
ray-traced reflections 2271
ray-traced shadows 2269
trace depth 2271
rays
drawing 731
filleting 835
modifying 741
RC4 encryption providers 2058
read-only tool palettes 78
Readme help topic 5
Real face style 299
RealDWG files 223
realistic rendering 2239
Realistic visual style 295
realtime panning 275
realtime zooming 276
rearranging
objects in groups 764
reassociating dimensions 1597
rebuilding surfaces 1227
Recent Documents list 17
reconciled layers
about 542
marking 545
reconnecting OLE links 1828
reconstructing surfaces 1227
recording
animations 396, 403
history of composite solids 1203
records (database) 2003
recovering
after system failures 252
damaged drawings 247
sheet set data 477
recovery audits 248
rectangles
drawing 698
modifying 741
rectangular arrays 801
rectangular meshes 1148
redline markups 2125
redoing actions 23, 767
redrawing screen display 769
redundant edges 1209
redundant faces 1209
redundant vertices 1209
Refedit toolbar 1800
Reference Manager
about 1784
underlays and 1915
reference parameters 893
reference points
drawing 730
offsetting from 657
referenced layers 523
references (xrefs) 1771
refinement
mesh objects 1248, 1262
tessellation 1112
reflection lines 995
reflective materials 2210, 2271
reflectivity maps 2223
refraction
material highlights 2211
rendering 2271
refreshing screen display 769
regardless of feature size values 1623
regenerating
drawings 577
layer display 516
raster image display and 1936
screen display 584
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