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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
sheet sets and 500
templates
attribute extraction templates 947
block template files 1753
database link templates 2015
drawing templates 212
hyperlinks to 2086
label templates 2026
layout templates 466
new layer notification and 545
saving 238
sheet creation templates 476
sheet sets 495
startup routines and 195
web page templates 2121
temporary files 245
tessellation
about 1112
curved solids 2247
mesh objects 1243
refinement 1112
smoothing 1112
test plots 583
testing
dynamic blocks 973–974
part dimensions 1607
text
alignment 1407, 1454
annotations 1323, 1335
checking spelling 1493
columns in 1434
creating 1402
database labels 2026
dimension text 1543, 1599
editing 1483, 1497
fields 1458
finding and replacing 1489
fonts 1472
height 1479
hyperlinks 1467, 2078
importing 1438
justification 1492
leader objects 1439
mirroring 819, 1483
model space settings 426
model vs. paper space 1492
moving 1484, 1486
multline text (mtext) 1410
obliquing angle 1481
OLE object text 1826
orientation 1356, 1482
overlapping 587
pasting 1438
plotting 583
PostScript rendering 1951
previous release file formats
and 1956
properties 1487
publishing 3D files and 1761
Quick Text mode 583
resizing 1491
scale ratios 427
scaling 1484, 1486
searching for 127
simplified display 583
single-line 1406
tables 1503, 1511, 1514
text editors 1497
text styles 1469
types 1402
text editors 1497
text files
exporting block attribute data
to 947
exporting extracted data to 1992
importing 1438
text styles
about 1469
creating 1470
dimension text 1552
fields 1458
fonts 1472
height 1479
modifying 1470
multiline text 1411, 1417
obliquing angle 1481
orientation in 1482
single-line text 1406
tables 1511
text window 170
text wrap 1411
Texture Editor 2231
Index | 2391