2009

relative paths 113
Resolve Link dialog box 277, 279, 291
restructure assemblies 137
Retrieve Dimensions tool 241, 254
Revision table tool for annotations 241
revolve features 58
Revolve tool 60
rib and web features 58
Rib tool 64
root folders in projects 113
Rotate tool, 3D 10
S
SAT files, importing 15
search order in projects 278
search paths 123–125, 129, 275
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parts 125
library 124, 129
projects, setting 275
workspaces 123
section views in drawings 220, 225
semi-isolated mode 116
settings, application and document 3
Shaded Display tool 11
shared mode 116
sheets, drawing 211
Shell dialog box 89
shell features 69, 88
shortcut keys 5
Show All Constraints 33
Show Constraints tool 32
single user mode 113, 116
sketch coordinate system 23
sketch environment 22
sketch planes 58, 159
sketched features 58
sketches 21–22, 24–26, 28–30, 32, 34,
36, 38, 40–41, 47, 159
completing 26, 29
constraining 32, 34, 41
deleting constraints 36
dimensioning 38, 40
edges, projecting 24, 159
modifying 47
precise values 24, 29
profiles with tangencies 28
starting 25, 28
tips for creating 30
using drag to resize 30
skill builders 16, 20
slice operations in drawings 221
solid models 53, 56
standard parts 266
STEP files, importing 15
structures, assembly 136
subassemblies 161
substitution rules in projects 279
surface curvature, analyzing 100
sweep features 58
Sweep tool 61
Symbol tool for annotations 241
symbols in drawing annotations 240
T
Tables 240
tangent constraint 151
tangent edge displays in drawings 253
templates for new files 2
templates, drawing 204
Text tool 240
Thread Feature dialog box 86
thread features 69, 84
thread notes in drawings 249
title blocks in drawings 214, 216, 250,
262
top down assembly design 133
tutorial files for exercises 32
tutorial files project 2
V
Vault mode in projects 116, 118
viewing tools 7
views 7, 211, 221–222, 232–234, 236,
250, 253
adding to drawings 250
aligning 234
changing 7
creating 222
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