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IndexNote to the Reader: Throughout this index boldfaced page numbers indicate primary discussions of a topic. Italicized page numbers indicate illustrations.
Symbols‘ (apostrophes)
for lists, 930for system variables, 611
* (asterisks)in AutoLISP, 918in calculator, 492in Diesel, 961in layer filters, 160–161for system variables, 611with tables, 356
@ (at signs)for angles, 36with QuickCalc calculator, 487
\ (backslashes)in AutoLISP, 933–934in macros, 950in menus, 954for spaces, 424
[] <> (brackets)in calculator, 491for default options, 41for linetypes, 968
^ (carets)in calculator, 492in menus, 953–955
, (commas)in Cartesian coordinates, 37for decimals, 74, 367in hatch patterns, 970in linetype patterns, 966
$ (dollar signs)in Diesel, 958in importing files, 465
“ (double quotes)in AutoLISP, 915, 917in macros, 907in units, 78
= (equal signs)in AutoLISP, 928in Diesel, 961in filters, 474for names, 125in tables, 355–356
! (exclamation points)in AutoLISP, 914in Diesel, 961in filters, 474
> (greater-than symbols)in AutoLISP, 917, 928in Diesel, 961in filters, 474for text, 381–382
< (less-than symbols)for angles, 36in AutoLISP, 928for degrees, 78in Diesel, 961for filters, 474for text, 381–382
- (minus signs)in AutoLISP, 917in calculator, 492in Diesel, 960in linetype patterns, 966with tables, 356in units, 78, 90
() (parentheses)in AutoLISP, 915–917in calculator, 491in Diesel, 958for functions, 907–908, 908in tables, 356
% (percent signs), 334–335. (periods)
in Cartesian coordinates, 37for decimals, 74, 367
+ (plus signs)in AutoLISP, 914, 917in calculator, 492in Diesel, 958, 960for external references, 464in menus, 955with tables, 356
? (question marks)in layer filters, 160–161for system variables, 611
; (semicolons) in macros, 950, 953–954‘ (single quotes)
for lists, 930for system variables, 611
/ (slashes)in AutoLISP, 918, 928, 934in calculator, 492in Diesel, 958, 961for options, 41with tables, 356
_ (underscores)in linetype patterns, 964, 964, 966for text objects, 334
| (vertical bars), 464–465
Numbers2D Drafting & Annotation
workspace, 52D drawings and objects,
convertingto 3D forms, 646–652, 647–652from 3D models, 276from 3D views, 668–671,
668–669from solids, 803, 803
2D polylines with UCS, 6852D Wireframe option, 664, 6653 Point tool, 698, 6983D Align tool, 724, 7243D Array tool, 727–7283D Crosshairs settings, 11063D drawings and models,
631. See also solids and solid modeling
2D drawings from, 276, 668–671, 668–669
from 2D shapes, 646–652, 647–652
aligning objects, 724, 725appearances, 634–635configuring, 1105–1108,
1107–1108drawing, 642–643, 643editing, 670–671, 671exercises, 1078–1079graphics system configuration,
1113–1116, 1114–1115grips for, 637–638, 637hidden lines, 802moving objects, 724–726,
725–726Osnaps, 642point clouds, 671–672, 672point filters for,
652–655, 655pushing and pulling shapes,
643–645, 643–645rendering. See rendering
3D models
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1166 | 3D Faces • aDD ProFile Dialog box
rotating objects3D Rotate tool, 726–728, 726dynamic UCS, 639–641,
640–641polylines, 807–808, 807Z coordinates, 671
solids for, 633–634, 634Sweep for, 707–714, 708–714viewing, 655–662viewports for, 689–693, 690–693visual effects, 663–668, 664–668workspace for, 631–633,
632–6333D Faces
converting solids to, 818restrictions on, 698with UCS, 686
3D forms, laying out, 694–695, 694–695
3D meshes, 837converting to solids, 860–861creases for, 852–853, 852–853creating, 837–840, 838–840edges
editing, 840–842, 841–842, 847, 847
moving, 845–847, 846rotating, 849–850, 850–851surfaces, 858, 858
exercises, 1082–1083faces
adding, 847–848, 849editing, 840–842, 841–842splitting and extruding,
854–856, 854–856stretching, 842–844, 843–845
parts, 839, 840primitives, 838–839, 838smoothing, 839–840, 840surfaces
creating, 856edges, 858, 858revolved, 857, 857Ruled Mesh, 858–859, 859smooth, 857, 857Tabulated Mesh,
859–860, 8603D Mirror tool, 7273D Modeling tab, 1105–1108, 11073D Modeling workspace, 5, 63D Move tool, 724, 7253D Navigation settings, 1106–11083D Object Snap tool, 880, 8803D Objects settings, 11063D Orbit tool, 706, 11143D Osnaps option, 99
3D polylineswith UCS, 686working with, 697–698, 697
3D Rotate tool, 726, 726, 807, 8073D Section option, 8323D surfaces, 861–862, 861–863
associativity, 870–873, 871–873blending, 868–870, 868–869control vertices, 873–879,
874–878curvature, 880–881, 881–882editing, 863–864, 863–865extruding, 865, 865filleting, 866, 866holes, 879–880, 879offsets, 867–868, 867patching, 869–870, 869trimming, 866, 866
3dalign command, 7243dconfig command, 11173dmove command, 7243dorbit command, 6573DPerformance settings, 10993drotate command, 726, 8073dswivel command, 6613dwireframe command, 664, 7183points slice option, 810
AAbout option, 68Above Dimension Text
option, 1144Abs function, 487, 492ACAD_ linetypes, 161acad.dwt file, 22, 28, 311Acad.fmp file, 337Acad.lin file, 162, 965–966, 968acad.pat file, 970Acad.pgp file, 896acad.psf file, 1092acad3D.dwt template, 632
cursor with, 639default layer color, 636for meshes, 838, 841
AcadCAD log file, 168acadiso.dwt file, 22Acadiso.lin file, 162Acadlspasdoc variable, 1100Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
graphics card, 1117acceleration, hardware, 1114accelerator keys, 13
keyboardCommand Alias Editor for,
896–897, 896
settings for, 1101troubleshooting, 1133
on menus, 955–956, 956acos function, 492Action Macro dialog box,
909–910, 909Action Recorder
settings, 1093working with, 909–910, 909
actionsdynamic blocks
adding, 544–546, 544–546for arrays, 565–567, 566editing, 548
macro, 909–911, 909–911Activate Live Sectioning option, 825active viewports, 501, 503Adaptive Degradation And
Performance Tuning dialog box3D performance, 1099,
1113–1116, 1114driver updates, 1117–1118
Adaptive option, 299Add-A-Plot Style Table wizard, 280,
301–302Add-A-Plotter Wizard, 272–274, 279,
621, 788Add A Printer option, 272Add Color-Dependent Plot Style
Table Wizard, 288Add Crease tool, 852–853,
852–853, 856Add Custom Property dialog box,
1040–1041, 1040Add/Delete Scales tool, 315Add File button, 976Add File To Startup Suite dialog
box, 906Add function, 917, 960Add Jog To Section option, 829Add Leader tool, 401Add New Location listing,
1024, 1031Add options
groups, 136selecting objects, 51spline curves, 594
Add Or Configure Plotters option, 272, 279
Add Or Edit Plot Style Tables option, 280
Add Parameter Properties dialog box, 554–556, 555
Add Plot Style Table dialog box, 302Add Plotter dialog box, 272, 274Add Profile dialog box, 1110
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aDD/remove selection moDe setting • annotation scale | 1167
Add/Remove Selection Mode setting, 100
Add Scale dialog box, 264, 264Add Scales To Object dialog box,
128–129, 129, 315, 315Add: Select Objects button, 314Add Sheets tool, 985–986, 985–986Add Standards File button,
1009, 1009Add Style option, 299Add To Dictionary option, 336Add To Favorites tool, 997Add To Group option, 137Add To History option, 905Add To List option, 1110–1111Add To Working Set tool, 251–252addition
areas, 604–608, 605, 607AutoLISP, 916–918calculator, 492Diesel, 958in tables, 356
Additional Angles setting, 83Additional Resources option, 67Additional Settings dialog box,
429, 429Adjust Background Image dialog
box, 747–748, 748Adjust Bitmap dialog box, 770, 773Adjust Display Scale option, 514Adjust Exposure tool, 775Adjust Image button, 747Adjust Rendered Exposure dialog
box, 775, 792, 792Adjust Space tool, 381, 381ADT (Architectural Desktop 2009),
1130–1131Advanced Options dialog box,
1125–1126, 1126Advanced Render Settings option,
775–776Advanced Render Settings palette,
775–776, 789–790, 789After Primary Value option, 1151AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port)
graphics card, 1117AIA (American Institute of
Architects), 160, 364, 1008aliases, command, 13, 896–897, 896Align option, 333, 333Align Decimal Separators
option, 1152Align Gizmo With option, 852, 879Align Operational Symbols
option, 1152Align tool, 401
Align Space tool, 890Aligned tool, 392, 392, 527, 527,
529, 529Aligned With Dimension Line
option, 369, 1145aligning
dimensions, 392, 392, 1145multileader notes, 401objects
in 3D space, 724, 725with layout objects,
890–891, 890with Osnap tracking,
100–106, 101–106with Sweep, 710, 710text, 323–324, 324, 332–333,
332–333, 351viewports, 891–892, 891
Alignment option, 710, 710Alignment Point Acquisition Group
settings, 1105All options
filters, 157–158selecting objects, 51
All Cross Sections option, 722All Used Layers option, 157Allow Ctrl+Cycling Behavior
option, 1110Allow/Disallow Dynamic UCS tool,
640, 640, 650Allow Exploding option, 115Allow Long Symbol Names
option, 1100Allow Other Users To Refedit
Current Drawing option, 247, 1098
alternate dimensions, 391Alternate Units tab
alternate dimensions, 391setting up, 373–374, 373settings, 1149–1151, 1150
Always Keep Text Between Ext Lines option, 1147
American Institute of Architects (AIA), 160, 364, 1008
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 364
Analysis Curvature option, 880, 881Analysis Draft option, 880–881, 882Analysis Options dialog box, 881Analysis panel, 880–881, 881–882Analysis Zebra option, 880, 881AND operations
AutoLISP, 928grouping, 474–475searches, 65
Ang function, 488Angbase system variable, 77Angdir system variable, 77Angle function, 930Angle Of Line Defined By Two
Points tool, 478, 479, 481, 481angles
arcs, 42circular copies, 176construction lines, 199converting, 932dimension lines, 396, 396dimension text, 384, 386dimensions for, 393, 394direction for, 76, 76falloff, 758–759, 759hatch patterns, 220, 970linetypes, 968with Loft, 723, 723Measuregeom, 608moving objects, 50multileaders, 398Polar Tracking, 82–84, 83precision for, 75QuickCalc calculator for,
479–482, 479–481revolving polylines, 807–808row and column copies, 179shapes, 900specifying, 36, 37, 40, 40styles for, 77text, 318, 318, 331units for, 78
Angtos function, 932Angular Constraint parameter, 561angular constraints, 563, 563Angular tool, 393, 393animated cue cards, 862animation
settings, 1107walk-throughs, 782–785,
782–783Animation button, 1107Animation Motion Path tool,
782–783, 783Animation Preview window, 783Animation Settings dialog box,
1107, 1108Anipath command, 782, 1107Annoallvisible command, 315Annoautoscale command, 316Annotation Object Scale dialog box,
128–129, 129, 315, 315annotation scale, 127–130, 128–130,
314–317
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1168 | annotation scale setting • atoF Function
Annotation Scale setting, 315–316, 315–316
Annotative option, 1139blocks, 115multileaders, 398scales, 1147text, 311, 312, 317
Annotative Scale feature, 1139Annotative Scaling panel, 312, 312Annotative tool, 321Annotativedwg dimension
variable, 1147ANSI format, templates for, 172Apbox variable, 1104Aperture Size option, 1105Aperture variable, 1105apostrophes (‘)
for lists, 930for system variables, 611
Apparent Intersection Osnap option, 98
Append to Current Selection Set option, 477
Application Data folder, 619, 1116Application menu, 5
Close command, 183Drawing Utilities menu
Audit command, 1134Drawing Properties
command, 613, 996file recovery, 615, 1132Purge command,
205–206, 238Status command, 608Units command, 75, 183,
210, 790Export menu, 125, 204, 621, 835Open command, 1129Open Documents tool, 223–224Options command. See Options
dialog boxPrint menu
Manage Plotters command, 1119
Manage Printers command, 288
View Plot And Publish Details command, 986
Save As command, 20–21, 31exporting files, 615passwords, 980templates, 172
Send menu, 976working with, 8, 8–9
Apply Changes To Existing References option, 426
Apply Global Scale Factor to Non-ISO Linetypes option, 296
Apply Selected Visual Style To Current Viewport tool, 666, 666
Apply Solid Fill option, 574, 1095Apply To option, 476Apply To All Active Viewports
option, 684Apply To All Styles option, 297Apply To Layout Dimensions Only
option, 517, 825, 1149Ar command, 413Arc Aligned tool, 888Arc And Circle Smoothness option,
165, 1095Arc tool, 41, 93, 93Arc Length tool, 395Architectural Desktop 2009 (ADT),
1130–1131Architectural units, 76, 78Archive A Sheet Set dialog box,
1053, 1053archiving sheet sets, 1052–1054,
1053–1054arcs
constraints, 523–525, 523–525, 527–529, 528–530
dimensions, 393–396, 394–396, 1144
distances along, 203drawing, 93–97, 93–94length, 203, 395moving, 53options, 41–44, 43polylines, 572, 572properties, 70–71, 70smoothness, 187, 737, 1095with UCS, 685
Area Fill Correction option, 1121area of objects
complex, 604–608, 605, 607determining, 602–603hatch patterns for, 603–604, 604
Area option for Measuregeom, 606, 608
Area system variable, 611Area tool, 602, 602argument lists, 907–908arguments
AutoLISP, 916Diesel, 958functions, 907–908
Array command, 175–176, 671Array dialog box
attributes, 413–414, 413circular copies, 175–176, 175–176row and column copies, 178, 178
Array tool, 175, 175, 178, 178, 413, 413arrays, 174
3D Array for, 727–728for 3D objects, 671actions for, 565–567, 566creating, 413–414polar, 174–176, 175–177rectangular, 177–182, 177–179
arrowhead grips, 871–872, 871–872Arrowhead panel, 400arrows
blocks for, 1154, 1154notes with, 397–401, 397, 399options for, 1142styles for, 369–372, 370–372
Arrows option, 1146As Displayed option, 265, 825–826ASCII files, importing, 329asin function, 492ASME (American Society of
Mechanical Engineers), 364assembling
cross-references, 458–462, 458–463
parts, 209–212, 211–212assigning layers, 145–147, 470Associate Hyperlink
option, 1050associating
dimensions with objects, 388–389, 389
standards, 1008–1009, 1009text with drawing properties,
343–347, 344–346associative dimensioning, 363
with objects, 388–389, 389options, 1103Paper Space, 515–517, 515–516updating, 516–517
associative hatch patterns, 226–227, 230
setting, 1109working with, 235
associativity of surfaces, 870–873, 871–873
asterisks (*)in AutoLISP, 918in calculator, 492in Diesel, 961in layer filters, 160–161for system variables, 611with tables, 356
at signs (@)for angles, 36with QuickCalc calculator, 487
atan functions, 492, 918Atof function, 932
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atoi Function • autosnaP Feature | 1169
Atoi function, 932atom operator, 928atoms in AutoLISP, 916Att command, 411Attach By Layer tool, 752, 753Attach Digital Signature After
Saving Drawing option, 981Attach Digital Signatures dialog
box, 983–984, 983Attach External Reference dialog
box, 239, 239DesignCenter, 998insertion points, 458, 458options, 244–245search path, 466
Attach external reference option, 243
Attach Image dialog box, 437–438, 438
Attach Image tool, 437, 437Attach PDF Underlay dialog box,
448, 448Attach Xdata tool, 900attaching
data to objects, 900external files, 237–242,
238–241Attachment option, 244Attdia system variable, 417Attdisp command, 424Attedit command, 422, 425attenuation properties for lights,
760–761Attredef command, 427Attribute Definition dialog box
blocks, 411–413, 412modes, 416view labels, 1044–1047, 1046
Attribute Extraction Wizard, 428Attribute tab
Edit Attribute, 425, 425Enhanced Attribute Editor,
420–422, 420, 422attributes, 409
areas, 607blocks
adding, 410–413, 411–412copying and editing,
413–415, 413–414inserting, 416–419, 417–419redefining, 427–428
creating, 410, 410definitions for, 413–415, 413–414editing
global changes, 422–423, 422, 425–427, 425–426
individual, 420, 420invisible, 423–424, 424redefining blocks, 427–428text properties, 421–422,
421–422exercises, 1071exporting, 428–433extracting, 428–433, 567–569,
567–569invisible, 423–424, 424prompts for, 412, 414–415with UCS, 686
Attsync command, 426Audit option, 614audit report files, 1010–1012AUGI (Autodesk User Group
International) option, 67Aunits system variable, 77Auprec system variable, 77authors, storing information on, 614Auto Constrain tool, 521, 521Auto-Hide feature
DesignCenter, 996Layer Properties Manager, 142
Auto Number tool, 888Auto selection option, 52Auto Trim tool, 879, 879AutoCAD 2011 Developer Help
window, 935AutoCAD 2011 Help dialog box,
65, 65AutoCAD 2011 Master Setup dialog
box, 1090AutoCAD 2011 Support folder, 1005AutoCAD Alias Editor dialog box,
896–897, 896AutoCAD DesignCenter, 113
exchanging data between files with, 1001–1002
finding files with, 613loading files into, 1002opening and inserting files
with, 997–998overview, 994–997, 995–996searching and extracting
drawing contents with, 998–1001, 998
for symbols, 1002–1003for Tool Palettes, 1003–1007,
1005–1007AutoCAD DWG To PDF.pc3
option, 452AutoCAD Entities OLE option, 626AutoCAD fonts, 328, 329AutoCAD program window,
5–7, 6
AutoCAD Text windowblock properties, 167displaying data in, 69–70, 69saving data from, 612–613
Autoconstrain command, 521–522AutoConstrain tab, 534, 535Autodesk AutoCAD Certified
Hardware XML Database page, 1118
Autodesk Developer Center, 67Autodesk DWF Viewer, 987Autodesk Seek banner, 997Autodesk Training site, 67Autodesk User Group International
(AUGI) option, 67AutoFit option, 358AutoLISP program, 903–904, 913
arguments, 916control structures, 927–930data types, 914–916exercises, 1084expressions, 913–914, 916functions, 916–919
data type conversion, 932–933
geometric, 930–931string, 931
help, 935interpreter for, 913–914keyboard macros with,
906–908, 907–908library management,
905–906, 905lists, 921–923loading and running programs,
904–905, 904–905sample program, 919–924,
920–921, 924–925saving programs, 933–934selecting objects, 925–927user input, 920–921, 924–925,
924–925variables, 914–918, 915
automatic operationsAutoLISP program loading, 906constraints, 521–522OLE link updating, 624saving, 20–21, 1096
Automatic Publish option, 281Automatic Save option, 1096Automatically Add Scale To
Annotative Objects tool, 316–317Automatically Select All Nested
Objects option, 252–253Autoselect feature, 53–55AutoSnap feature, 1104
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1170 | autosnaP marker size oPtion • bo commanD
AutoSnap Marker Size option, 95Autosnap variable, 1104–1105Autospool feature, 273, 1120Average function, 356axes
Dynamic UCS, 639–640ellipses, 84in rotating, 687–688
BBack Orthogonal views, 656, 656Back UCS orientation, 678, 679background color
plot preview, 1127table cells, 364Windows metafile, 1127
Background dialog box, 747, 747background grids
Grid mode as, 106–108information on, 609
Background Mask option, 887Background Mask tool, 314, 321background plots, 280Backgroundplot system variable,
266, 280backgrounds
in Layout views, 269, 269rendering 3D models, 746–750,
746–749text, 887–888
backslashes (\)in AutoLISP, 933–934in macros, 950in menus, 954for spaces, 424
Backspace key, 35backwards text, 318.bak extension, 1130Balloon Notification settings, 69base angles, 78base points
blocks, 112with inserting symbols, 121, 166for selecting objects, 47–50,
48–50with stretching, 56for Sweep, 710, 710
Baseline Spacing setting, 380, 1142Baseline tool, 379–380, 379baselines, dimensions from,
378–380, 379–380Basepoint tool, 543batch plotting
sheet sets, 1054–1056, 1055working with, 282
Batch Standards Checker, 1010–1012, 1011
Batting linetype, 161BC text option, 333Beep On Error In User Input
option, 1100Begin grouping operator, 474–475Below Primary Value option, 1151Beside The Dimension Line option,
374, 1147binary files for .dxf files, 616Bind option, 243–244Bind External Reference option, 979bisecting construction lines
angles, 199bitmap images, 439
in 3D models, 761–762for buildings, 761–764,
761–764materials to fit objects,
764–767, 764–766size, 767–770, 768–770
brightness, contrast, and fade, 443–445, 443–444
clipping, 442, 443exporting, 618–620, 619importing, 436–439, 437–438plotting, 276quality and transparency,
445–446, 446–447visibility, 440–441
Bitmap OLE option, 626BL text option, 333blank printouts, 261blending surfaces, 868–870, 868–869Blipmode system variable, 603,
960–961, 1134blips, 959–961, 1134Block Attribute Manager dialog
box, 425–426, 425Block Attributes Settings dialog
box, 426–427, 426Block Authoring palettes,
540–541, 540Block Definition dialog box, 1048
annotations, 128, 128attributes, 415–416creating blocks, 112–113, 112descriptions, 996redefining blocks, 123settings, 113–115
Block Editorediting blocks, 541–552,
541–542settings, 1103working with, 539–542, 541
Block Editor tab, 540–541, 540–541Block Properties Table dialog box,
554–556, 554–556Block Table feature, 554, 554Block Units option, 115blocks, 77
adding and removing objects, 250–252, 251–252
annotation scale, 127–130, 128–130
arrowheads and tick marks, 1154, 1154
from attribute definitions, 415–416
attributesadding, 410–413, 411–412inserting, 416–419, 417–419redefining, 427–428
customizing, 1037–1045, 1039–1041
dynamic. See dynamic blocksediting, 539–542, 540–542exercises, 1062exploding, 123Express Tools for, 886–889vs. external references, 238, 242with frozen layers, 217–218inserting, 116–117, 116–117
with attributes, 416–419, 417–419
in updating, 224–225, 461–462
layers for, 148listing, 166–168log files for, 167–168as markers, 598moving, 121–122, 122names for, 125, 225, 253nesting, 224purging, 205, 206redefining, 123–124, 124replacing, 125–127, 224–225rotating, 117–120, 118saving, 124–125scaling, 117–120, 118,
1102–1103shapes for, 898–900, 899substituting, 225for symbols, 111–115with UCS, 686unblocking, 123–124updating, 223–225, 224
BLOCKTOXREF dialog box, 886, 887
.bmp files. See bitmap imagesBo command, 605
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bolD tool • check For uPDates oPtion | 1171
Bold tool, 321Boolean operations, 65, 798–799, 799BORDER linetypes, 161borders
tables, 352–354, 353–354, 361viewports, 503
Both Text and Arrows option, 1146
Bottom Orthogonal views, 656, 656
Bottom UCS orientation, 678boundaries for hatch patterns,
229–231Boundaries panel, 229Boundary Creation dialog box,
605–606, 605Boundary Set options, 234boundary windows, 310, 314,
319, 319Box Mapping tool, 764Box options for selecting, 51Box tool, 635boxes, 798
buildings from, 761–764, 761–764
creating, 635–637, 635–636joining, 799
BR text option, 333brackets ([] <>)
in calculator, 491for default options, 41for linetypes, 968
Break at Point tool, 149–150, 149Break command, 194Break Link option, 624breakat macro, 907–908, 908breaking
dimension lines, 401, 401keyboard macro for,
907–908, 908lines, 149–150objects, 194polylines, 581vertices, 581, 582
brightness of raster images, 443–445, 443–444
Brightness tool, 444Bring Above Objects option,
440, 440Bring Dimensions To Front tool, 441Bring To Front tool, 441broken links, 466Browse external reference
option, 244Browse feature in DesignCenter
searches, 999
Browse For Folder dialog box, 172Browse The Web dialog box, 993Browse The Web-Select Hyperlink
dialog box, 991Browse To Another Sheet Set To Use
As An Example option, 1028Browsed Pages option, 993Bulge option for surfaces, 869–870Bullet tool, 322bump maps, 774, 774Button Editor dialog box, 952, 952Button Image group, 947, 947, 952buttons
creating, 949–951, 949–950icons for, 951–952, 952
bvmode system variable, 561ByBlock color assignment, 167ByLayer color assignment, 167, 1015
CC command, 174Cache Model Tab And All Layouts
option, 1100Cache Model Tab And Last Layout
option, 1100caches, tessellation, 1116calculator. See QuickCalc calculatorCalibrate Plotter wizard, 1122, 1123calibration options, 1122–1124,
1122–1123callout blocks, 1027
creating, 1050–1052, 1050–1051as cross-reference symbols,
1033–1035, 1035Camera Glyph setting, 777Camera Preview dialog box, 778,
779–780, 780Cameradisplay command, 777, 778cameras
adjustments for, 779–781, 780–781
glyph settings, 1105for view control, 777–779,
777–778Cancel option, 624canceling
commands, 34–35OLE link updating, 624
capturing Text Window information, 612–613
carets (^)for calculator, 492in menus, 953–955
Cartesian coordinates, 37–38, 38–39case sensitivity in AutoLISP, 919
Cell Border Properties dialog box, 352–354, 353–354
Cell Borders menu, 352Cell Margin option, 351Cell Styles settings, 360–361cells
array, 179, 179table, 347, 347
color, 364formulas in, 354–356,
355–356graphics for, 358, 358text in, 348–352, 348–352
CENTER linetypes, 161Center Mark tool, 395center marks, 1143Center options
arcs, 41Osnaps, 98, 413, 527–528, 528SteeringWheels, 659, 660text, 332
Center point option, 176Center Running Osnaps dialog
box, 578Center tool for text, 322Centered option for gradients, 234centering objects, 548–549, 549Cha command, 811Chamfer command, 189Chamfer tool, 810, 811chamfering, 810–812, 811–812Change option for spelling
checker, 336Change All spelling checker
option, 336Change Dictionaries dialog box, 336Change Group option, 136Change Link dialog box, 624Change Page Setup option, 987Change Source OLE option, 624Change To Current Layer tool, 470Change URLs option, 900Character Map dialog box, 322,
323, 335Character Sets tool, 322Check All Drawings Using The
Following Standards Files option, 1011
Check Each Drawing Using Its Associated Standards Files option, 1011
Check For New Online Content option, 69
Check For Updates option, 1114, 1117–1118
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1172 | check sPelling Dialog box • conFigure stanDarDs Dialog box
Check Spelling dialog box, 335–336, 335
Check Standards button, 1009Check Standards dialog box,
1009–1010Check Web For Live Enablers
option, 1101Choose Blocks in the Drawing File
option, 1049Choose Layouts page,
1020–1021, 1020Choose Output screen,
431–433, 432chord length, 42Chord option for splines, 592.chx files, 1012Circle tool, 174, 174circles
on 3D surfaces, 642–643, 643drawing, 174–176, 175–177smoothness, 737, 1095with UCS, 685for viewports, 511, 511
circular copies, 174–176, 175–177
cleaning up lines, 188–190, 190–192
Clear tool, 478, 479Clear History tool, 478, 479Clip command, 245clip.dwg file, 16, 16Clip Image option, 442clip limits, 278, 281, 281Clip tool, 442, 442, 509, 509Clipboard
exporting data, 627importing data, 625Text Window information,
612–613clipping
Extended Clip for, 889, 889raster images, 437, 442, 443views, 245, 246
Clipping option, 779clipping planes, 780, 781Close All Drawings
option, 902close objects, selecting, 493Close options
polylines, 573, 577spline curves, 592, 594
Close Sheet Set option, 1034Close Surface Or Solid option,
723, 723close-up views. See zoomingCloseall command, 902
closinglines, 38sheet sets, 1036–1037
clouds, point, 671–672, 672CO command, 90codes for special characters,
334–335Coincident geometric
constraint, 525Collect tool, 401Collinear geometric constraint, 525color book location, 1092Color Books tab, 143, 144Color Depth option, 1121Color Faces tool, 818–819, 819Color option
Flatshot, 670fog, 775interference, 707Osnaps, 1104
Color Options dialog box, 1127color plot styles
converting to named plot styles, 306
tables, 285–288Color tool, 321colors
acad3D.dwt template, 636AutoCAD window, 1094AutoSnap markers, 95blocks, 148borders, 503dimension text, 1145dimensions, 1142Dynamic UCS axes, 639extension lines, 1142Flatshot, 670fog, 775gradients, 233–234,
233–234grid lines, 109grips, 56, 1110hatch patterns, 1006information on, 609layers, 141–144, 141–144, 148,
153–154library project, 298, 298materials, 742–744, 742objects, 167Osnaps, 1104plot styles, 292–293, 292–293,
297–298, 301surfaces, 818–819table cells, 364text, 321
Colors setting, 1094
columnslayer lists, 144tables, 347–348, 347, 351text, 322
Columns tool, 322Command Alias Editor,
896–897, 896command line
Diesel at, 958–959pasting to, 485, 486for solids editing, 820
Command Listfinding commands in, 946–947settings, 939–941
Command Reference tab, 65Command window, 7, 7
communicating with, 10Dynamic Input display, 15messages in, 10moving and sizing, 7working in, 14–15
commandsaliases, 13canceling, 34–35help for, 64–69, 65–66, 68history, 69, 69keyboard, 34QuickCalc calculations in,
488–490repeating, 216
commas (,)in Cartesian coordinates, 37for decimals, 74, 367in hatch patterns, 970in linetype patterns, 966
common base extension lines, 378–380, 379–380
Communication Center, 68–69, 68Compare Dimension Styles dialog
box, 1140, 1140Compare option for
dimensions, 1140comparison operators in filters, 474complex linetypes, 967–969complex objects, area of, 604–608,
605, 607composite external references,
458–462, 458–463composite solids, 800concatenation, 917, 931Concentric geometric
constraint, 525Conceptual option, 665cones, 797, 798Configure Standards dialog box,
1009, 1009
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conFiguring • corner Deceleration oPtion | 1173
configuring, 1090–10913D graphics system, 1113–1116,
1114–11153D modeling, 1105–1108,
1107–1108display options,
1094–1096, 1094drafting, 1104–1105, 1104DWF format files, 989files, 1091–1093, 1091Grips feature, 1113interface settings,
1099–1101, 1099noun/verb selection method,
1112–1113opening and saving,
1096–1098, 1097plotters, 274–276, 275
DWF format files, 988–990, 989
raster files, 618–619, 619profile options, 1110–1111, 1111selections, 1107, 1108–1110, 1109tablet menu area,
1111–1112, 1112Tracking Vector, 1113user preferences,
1101–1104, 1102Confirm Purge dialog box, 206, 238Constant attribute option, 416Constrain geometry option, 870Constrained Orbit tool, 657–658constraint-based modeling, 519Constraint Settings dialog box,
534, 535Constraint Settings tool, 534, 535constraints, 520
adding, 524–525, 524–525automatic, 521–522controls, 534–535, 535dimensional, 527–534, 528–534drawing process, 526, 526–527dynamic blocks, 549–553,
550–553editing drawings with, 522, 522geometric, 525–526motion, 638, 639ordering, 525removing, 523–524, 523–524rotating objects, 562–563,
562–563working with, 535, 536
Constraints panel, 400Construction Line tool, 197, 197construction lines, 100, 193–201,
195–196
Construction Specifications Institute (CSI), 1008
Containing option, 1000Containing Text option, 1000Content tab, 400Content type option, 398context sensitivity
help, 67menus, 10options, 14
Contextual Tab States option, 1110Continue option, 377–378Continue tool, 377–378, 377continuing dimensions,
377–378, 378Continuity option for surfaces,
869–870contour lines, 578, 579Contour Lines Per Surface option,
805, 1095contrast of raster images, 443–445,
443–444Contrast tool
Image tab, 444PDF Underlay, 451
Control Elements, 946–947control points, 592control structures in AutoLISP, 927
If...Then...Else, 927–929loops, 929–930
control vertices (CVs)polyline spline curves, 587, 588surfaces, 873–879, 874–878
Convert Block To Xref tool, 886–887Convert Mesh panel, 860Convert PLT to DWG tool, 901Convert Shape To Block tool,
889, 900Convert To Block option, 114, 123Convert To Grayscale option, 298Convert To Group Filter option, 158Convert to Mtext tool, 888Convert to NURBS tool, 874, 874Convert To Solid tool
chair components, 678, 678meshes, 860polylines, 654, 654, 682, 682
Convert To Surface tool, 654, 860Convertctb command, 306converting
2D shapes to forms, 646–652, 647–652
3D drawings to 2D views, 276
3D views into 2D drawings, 668–671, 668–669
AutoLISP data types, 932–933color plot styles to named plot
styles, 306layer settings, 1013–1015,
1013–1015meshes to solids, 860–861objects into solids, 653–654,
653–654, 682polylines, 580QuickCalc calculator for, 481,
482–483splines, 595surfaces, 634
to NURBS surfaces, 874, 874to solids, 702
Convertpstyles command, 306convtosolid command, 654, 682, 860Convtosurface command, 860coordinate data entry, priority
for, 1103coordinate readouts, 7
drawing area size, 79Polar Snap mode, 82
coordinatesAutoLISP, 920, 921for distances, 34, 36–38, 36–39Dynamic Input, 32, 64hatch patterns, 971, 971QuickCalc calculations,
489–490spherical and cylindrical,
696–697, 696Copy command, 613, 671Copy Edges tool, 818, 818Copy Faces tool, 818, 818Copy History command, 612Copy Nested Objects tool, 887Copy Objects To New Layer
tool, 471Copy Render Presets dialog box, 791Copy Selected Sheets option, 988Copy tool, 85, 85, 133, 133, 622, 622copying
attributes, 413–415, 413–414circular, 174–176, 175–177faces and edges, 820with grips, 58–59, 59lines, 85–86, 86offsets for, 91polylines, 574, 575rows and columns, 177–182,
177–179Text Window information,
612–613cord length, 42Corner Deceleration option, 785
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1174 | corner styles • cutouts
corner styles, 294, 294–295corners
chamfering, 810–812, 811–812rounding, 810, 810
corrupted file recovery, 614–615, 1132
cos functionAutoLISP, 918calculator, 492
Count function, 356CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Check)
validation option, 1097creases for meshes, 852–853,
852–853Create A New Command tool, 949,
949–950Create Backup Copy with Each Save
option, 1097, 1130Create Camera tool, 778, 778Create Clipping Boundary
option, 250Create Clipping Boundary tool
Image tab, 444PDF Underlay, 451
Create File dialog box, 306Create From Object tool,
510–511, 510Create Group options, 132, 136–137Create Material tool, 762, 762,
771, 771Create New Dimension Style
dialog boxcreating styles, 365, 366settings, 1139–1140, 1139
Create New Drawing dialog box, 101, 101
import settings, 183named plot styles, 300Start from Scratch, 22, 28, 28
Create New Folder tool, 978Create New Table Style dialog box,
359, 359Create New User Parameter
tool, 531Create New Visual Style dialog box,
665, 666Create New Visual Style tool,
665, 666Create Or Append Linetype File
dialog box, 965Create Separate Hatches option, 231Create Sheet Set Wizard, 1019–1022,
1020–1021, 1028Create Subsets Based On File
Structure option, 1022Create tab for surfaces, 861
Create tool for blocks, 112, 112Create Transmittal dialog box, 976,
976, 978Create Unique Layer, Style, And
Block Names option, 253Create Viewport In New Layouts
option, 1095Creates A New User Parameter
tool, 531Creates Or Duplicates A Material
tools, 743, 744, 750, 750criteria for object filters, 474–475cross-referenced drawings. See
external referencescross sections with Loft, 719–720,
720, 723, 723crosshair cursor, 41, 1096, 1106Crosshair Labels option, 1106Crossing Polygon selection
option, 51Crossing selection option, 51Crossing trim option, 87crossing windows, 51–52, 54–55
mesh faces, 842–843, 843–844polygons, 387Stretch, 386–387, 387working with, 54–55, 54–55
CSI (Construction Specifications Institute), 1008
.csv extension, 358
.ctb files, 287, 306Ctrl key in accelerator keys, 955–956cubes, 797cue cards, 9–10, 9, 862CUI. See Custom User
Interface (CUI)Cui command, 939Cuiload command, 957Cur function, 487current layers, 148Current Viewport option, 692current viewports, 501CurrentSheet options, 1044–1045cursor, 7cursor modes, 39–41, 40–41Cursorsize variable, 1096curvature of surfaces, 869–870,
880–881, 881–882curved 3D surfaces, 698–702,
698–702curves
Curves panel, 861, 861distances along, 201–203,
201–202divisions on, 595–598, 596–597exercises, 1075–1077, 1076
NURBS, 590parallel, 574, 575polylines. See polylineswith Sketch, 597spline. See spline curvessweeping shapes on, 805–806,
805–806Curves panel, 861, 861Curves tessellation option, 1116.cus extension, 337Custom option for shaded
viewports, 265Custom Paper Size wizard, 618, 1124Custom Properties category, 1122Custom Properties dialog box,
1040–1041custom spelling dictionaries, 337Custom tab for drawing
information, 614Custom User Interface (CUI), 939
Command List, 946–947Customizations In All Files
settings, 943–945, 943–945overall view, 945–946, 946Properties group, 947–948, 948Ribbon panel buttons, 949–951,
949–950toolbars and menus,
948–949, 949tools
adding, 939–943, 940–942listings, 946–947
Customer Involvement Program, 68Customizations In All Files
settings, 939, 941headings, 945–946, 946working with, 943–945,
943–945Customize dialog box,
1006–1007, 1006customizing AutoCAD. See also
configuringwith Express Tools. See
Express Toolshatch patterns, 970–971,
970–972linetypes, 964–969macros, 953–955, 953–955saving and loading
customizations, 956–957, 957sheet sets, 1037–1052,
1039–1041, 1046–1047user interface. See Custom User
Interface (CUI)workspaces, 937–939, 938
cutouts, 770–773, 771–773
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cuts • DesktoP Publishing | 1175
cuts, volumes of, 718–719, 718–720CV Edit bar, 876–879, 877–878CV Edit Bar tool, 876, 876CVs (control vertices)
polyline spline curves, 587, 588surfaces, 873–879, 874–878
Cycling option, 547cylinder material maps, 767, 767cylinders, 797–799, 798–799Cylindrical Coordinate format,
696–697, 696
Dd codes for degrees, 78, 335D command, 365, 391d2r function, 492Dal command, 392Dan command, 393Dar command, 395dash-dot lines, 161DASHDOT linetypes, 161DASHED linetypes, 161dashes (-). See minus signs (-)Data Extraction - Refine Data dialog
box, 568, 569Data Extraction - Select Properties
dialog box, 568, 568Data Extraction Wizard, 428–433,
429–433, 568data types in AutoLISP, 914–916Date & Time field, 1043Date Modified tab, 1000Date option for external
references, 244dates of external reference files, 244Dba command, 379dbConnect feature, 1100Dblclkedit variable, 1101DC Online tab, 1002Dco command, 377.dct extension, 336Dctmain system variable,
337, 1092Dctust system variable, 1092Ddatte command, 426, 607Ddedit command, 381–382Ddi command, 393ddpstyle command, 201DDPTYPE command, 597Decimal measurement system, 76Decimal Places Of Accuracy
option, 616decimal points, 37, 74, 367Decimal Separator option, 367, 1148Decurve option for polylines, 577
Ded command, 384, 396Default drop-down list, 514Default Scale List dialog box,
263–264, 263, 1104Default tool for text, 322defaults
attribute values, 412fonts, 311lineweights, 514options and settings, 42plotting, 279, 1124styles, 312
Define Attributes tool, 411, 411, 1045, 1045
Define Data Source dialog box, 428, 429, 568
Define Window button, 215defining
attributes, 411–413UCS, 676–679, 677–679views, 215
definition points for dimensions, 382–383
Defpoints layer, 382defragmented hard disk
space, 1128Defun function, 907–908, 908,
919–920Degrade When FPS Is Below
setting, 1114Degree option for splines, 592degree signs, 335degrees
converting, 932entering, 78
Delete Columns option, 352Delete Duplicates tool, 888Delete Faces tool, 815, 815Delete from Drawing option,
456–457Delete Interference Objects Created
On Close option, 704, 706, 719Delete Layer tool, 144, 144Delete options
blocks, 114layer settings, 469profiles, 1111
Delete Original Geometry option, 876
Delete Output File option, 776Delete Rows option, 352Delete Style option, 299deleting. See also erasing
alternate dimensions, 391attributes, 427blocks, 205, 206
columns, 352constraints, 523–524, 523–524control points, 594external reference objects,
250–252, 251–252group object members, 137hyperlinks, 992layer settings, 469layers, 144, 158profiles, 1111rows, 352scale list items, 264surfaces, 815text styles, 317tools, 942–943, 949
DElta option, 203Demand Load ObjectARX
Applications option, 1098Demand Load Xrefs option, 1098demand loading, 245–246, 1098Demandload variable, 1098Description option
blocks, 115Form View tab, 297
Description panel, 997Description tool, 996descriptions
blocks, 115buttons, 950groups of objects, 136–137linetypes, 966, 967profiles, 1110
Deselect Group option, 137deselecting objects, 46DesignCenter, 113
exchanging data between files with, 1001–1002
finding files with, 613loading files into, 1002opening and inserting files
with, 997–998overview, 994–997, 995–996searching and extracting
drawing contents with, 998–1001, 998
for symbols, 1002–1003for Tool Palettes, 1003–1007,
1005–1007DesignCenter folder, 996, 996DesignCenter window,
995–996, 995desktop publishing
exporting raster files for, 618–620, 619
exporting vector files for, 620–621
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1176 | Detach external reFerence oPtion • Dimline1 Dimension variable
Detach external reference option, 243
Details optionexternal reference, 244groups, 137
Device And Document Settings tab, 1119–1120, 1120
calibration, 1122–1124, 1122–1124
custom properties, 1122DWF format files,
989–990, 989graphics, 1121–1122initialization strings, 1122media, 1120merge control, 1126, 1127paper sizes, 1124, 1124, 1126pens, 1121plotters, 275, 275saving and importing, 1124
device drivers, paths for, 1092DGN files location, 1093DGNsetup.ini file, 1093Di command, 77Diameter tool, 393, 393diameters
constraints, 530–541, 530dimensions, 393, 394
dictionarieslocation, 1092spelling checker, 336–337
Diesel programming language, 958command line, 958–959for menu option labels, 960–961for menus, 959–960for text, 963
Digital Signature Contents dialog box, 982, 982
Digital Signature tab, 981, 981, 983digital signatures, 981–984, 981–983digitizers, 436digitizing tablets, 1118Dimadec dimension variable, 1149Dimalt dimension variable, 1149, 1153Dimaltd dimension variable,
1150, 1153Dimaltf dimension variable,
1150, 1153Dimaltrnd dimension variable, 1150Dimalttd dimension variable, 1152Dimaltu dimension variable, 1150Dimaltz dimension variable, 1151Dimapost dimension variable,
1151, 1153Dimassoc dimension variable,
1103, 1134
Dimasz dimension variable, 1142Dimatfit dimension variable, 1146Dimaunit dimension variable, 1149Dimazin dimension variable, 1149Dimblk1 dimension variable, 1142Dimblk2 dimension variable, 1142Dimbreak tool, 401Dimcen dimension variable, 1143Dimclrd dimension variable, 1142Dimclre dimension variable, 1142Dimclrt dimension variable, 1145Dimdec dimension variable, 1148Dimdissociate command, 389Dimdle dimension variable, 1142Dimdli dimension variable, 1142Dimension Edit tool, 384Dimension, Linear tool, 942–943dimension lines, 363, 364
breaking, 401, 401settings, 1141–1144, 1141, 1143skewing dimension lines,
396, 396Dimension Style Manager
dialog boxalternate dimensions, 391creating styles, 365, 366current dimension style, 374editing dimension style, 375options, 1138–1140, 1138for Paper Space, 517, 824–825text, 386
Dimension Style tool, 365, 365, 824, 824, 1138
dimensional constraints, 527adding, 527–529, 528editing, 528–529, 528–529formulas, 530–534, 530–534
Dimensional tab, 534, 535dimensioned objects, editing,
386–388, 387dimensions
alternate, 391alternate units for, 373–374, 373angles, 393, 394arrows for
notes with, 397–401, 397, 399styles for, 369–372, 370–372
associative, 363, 388–389, 389colors for, 1142components, 363–364, 364continuing, 377–378, 378definition points for, 382–383distances between, 380–381, 380editing, 381–391, 382–383,
387, 390exercises, 1070–1071
Express Tools for, 895extension lines, 363–364, 364
common base, 378–380, 379–380
settings for, 1142Grips feature for, 382–385, 383with hatch patterns, 388horizontal and vertical,
376–377, 376leaders for, 385–386linear, 375linking, 530–534, 530–534metric, 1153nonorthogonal objects, 391–396,
392–396notes for, 397–401, 397, 399options, 1103ordinate, 402–403, 402Osnap overrides with, 391Paper Space, 514–517, 515–516,
824–825problems, 1134radii, diameters, and arcs,
393–396, 394–396rotating, 392–393, 392scaling, 1147skewing, 396, 396standards, 364string of, 390, 390styles. See stylestext for, 363, 364
appending data to, 381–382, 381
height, 368–369, 368location and orientation,
369, 369moving, 385–386, 385options, 1144–1145, 1144rotating, 386styles for, 385–386
with UCS, 685units for, 367–368, 367
Dimensions panel, 375, 376Dimexe dimension variable, 1142Dimexo dimension variable, 1142Dimfit dimension variable, 388Dimfrac dimension variable, 1148Dimgap dimension variable,
1145, 1152Diminspect command, 405Dimjust dimension variable, 1145Dimldrblk dimension variable, 1142Dimlfac dimension variable,
1149, 1153Dimlim dimension variable, 1152DimLine1 dimension variable, 1142
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Dimline2 Dimension variable • Dollar signs ($) | 1177
DimLine2 dimension variable, 1142Dimlinear command, 375–376Dimlwd dimension variable, 1142Dimlwe dimension variable, 1142Dimoverride command, 388Dimpost dimension variable,
1148, 1151Dimreassociate command, 388Dimregen command, 517Dimrnd dimension variable, 1148Dimrotate command, 393Dimscale dimension variable,
963, 1147Dimsep dimension variable, 1148Dimsoxd dimension variable, 1147Dimspace command, 381Dimstyle command, 386, 1138Dimstyle Export tool, 895Dimstyle Import tool, 895Dimtad dimension variable, 1145Dimtdec dimension variable, 1152Dimtfac dimension variable,
1145, 1152Dimtih dimension variable, 1145Dimtix dimension variable, 1147Dimtm dimension variable, 1152Dimtmove dimension variable, 1147Dimtofl dimension variable, 1147Dimtoh dimension variable, 1145Dimtol dimension variable, 1152Dimtolj dimension variable, 1152Dimtp dimension variable, 1152Dimtxsty dimension
variable, 1144Dimtxt dimension variable, 1145Dimtzin dimension variable, 1152Dimunit dimension variable, 1148Dimupt dimension variable, 1147Dimzin dimension variable, 1149DIN format, templates for, 172Direct Distance method, 40Direct setting, 750Direction Control dialog box,
76, 76directions
angles, 76, 76arcs, 96moving objects, 49–50polylines, 581views, 657–659, 657–659
Discard Back Faces option, 1115disciplines in layer names, 160Disk Cleanup utility, 1090disks
performance, 1128–1129status, 610
Display optionsaperture boxes, 95plot area, 261plotting, 256, 256viewports, 692
Display All Object Types option, 430
Display Alternate Units option, 391, 1149
display area, QuickCalc calculator for, 481, 482–483
Display At UCS Origin Point option, 684
Display Attribute Definitions for Editing option, 253
Display AutoSnap Aperture Box option, 95, 1104
Display AutoSnap Tooltip option, 95, 1104
Display AutoTrack Tooltip option, 1105
Display Background Of Fields option, 1103
Display Blocks Only option, 430Display Blocks With Attributes
Only option, 430Display Boundary Objects
option, 229Display Digital Signature
Information option, 1097Display Drawing Status Bar
option, 1094Display Full Path In Title
option, 1097Display Full-Screen Tracking Vector
option, 1105Display In Monochrome option, 451Display Libraries tool, 730Display Lineweight option, 291, 303,
352, 512Display Locked setting, 505Display OLE Text Size Dialog
option, 1100display order with overlapping
objects, 235–237, 235Display Plot Styles option, 289, 290,
291, 303Display Polar Tracking Vector
option, 1105Display Screen Menu option, 1094Display Scroll Bars In Drawing
Window option, 182, 1094Display tab, 1094, 1094
cursor, 41grid line color, 109isolines, 805
layout settings, 1095Layout views, 275plot preview background
color, 1127resolution settings, 1095scroll bars, 182smoothness, 737solid polylines, 574Viewres, 165windows settings, 1094–1095
Display UCS Icon option, 1106displays. See also screens
information on, 609options, 1094–1096, 1094resolution, 1095, 1117
Dispsilh variable, 1095Dist function, 488Dist Type option, 546Distance Between Two Points tool,
478, 479Distance function, 930–931Distance option, 608Distancelight command, 739distances. See also dimensions
along arcs, 201–203, 201–202between array cells, 179coordinates for, 34, 36–38, 36–39between dimensions,
380–381, 380guidelines, 78–79Measuregeom, 608in moving objects, 49–50precision, 75rubber banding for, 38
distant lights, 737–741, 738–741Distant tool, 739, 739Distribute tool, 322Dither option, 297Div command, 596Divide command, 596–597, 596Divide function, 918, 961DIVIDE linetypes, 161Divide tool, 201, 203divided solids, separating,
819–821, 820division
in AutoLISP, 918in calculator, 492in Diesel, 958, 961in tables, 356
divisions on curves, 595–598, 596–597
Djo command, 395Dli command, 376, 378, 392Document field for sheet sets, 1043dollar signs ($)
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1178 | Don’t list styles in xreFs oPtion • eDge moDiFiers oPtions
in Diesel, 958in importing files, 465
Don’t List Styles in Xrefs option, 1139
donuts, 798, 799door type symbols, 410, 410Dor command, 402DOT linetypes, 161dots (.)
in Cartesian coordinates, 37for decimals, 74, 367
dotted windows, 53, 54–55double-click setting, 1101Double hatch pattern option, 220double quotes (“)
in AutoLISP, 915, 917in macros, 907in units, 78
doughnuts, 798, 799downloading symbols, 1002–1003dpi settings, 265Dpl function, 488Dpp function, 488Draft Angles option, 722–723, 723Draft mode, 445, 447Draft option for shaded
viewports, 265Drafting Settings dialog box
Grid Snap mode, 108–109grids, 107–108, 108Object Snap mode, 92, 92, 95,
103, 103Polar Snap mode, 82–84, 83, 107Polar Tracking, 194, 195Snap modes, 108–109
Drafting tab, 1104–1105, 1104, 1113drafting tools
grid mode as, 106–108snap mode as, 108–109
Draw Dim Line Between Ext Lines option, 1147
Draw Frame Around Text option, 1145
Draw Order feature, 235–237, 235Draw panel, 27–29, 29, 939–943,
940–942Draw Ribbon panel, 10,
939–940, 940Draw True Silhouettes For Solids
And Surfaces option, 1095drawing
polylines, 571–573, 571–572spline curves, 590–592, 591views, 822, 822–824
drawing area, 7picking points in, 13–14, 14size, 31
drawing limits, 77–79drawing properties, associating text
with, 343–347, 344–346Drawing Recovery Manager, 615drawing sets, exchanging, 984–986,
985, 988drawing tools, Express, 893–895,
893–895Drawing Units dialog box, 75–78,
75, 1153Drawing Window Colors dialog
box, 95, 1104, 1127drawings. See also existing
drawingscreating, 30–33, 33exercises, 1061laying out, 91–97, 92–97linetypes for, 161–166,
161–165locating objects, 84, 84managing. See DesignCentermodifying objects, 85–88, 86,
88–89planning, 89–90, 90publishing, 984–986, 985, 988saving blocks as, 124–125tracing, 435–436zooming, 85
Drawings tab, 1000Draworder command
close objects, 493dimensions, 388options, 237, 440–441
driver paths, 1092DS command, 82, 99, 107.dst files, 1018Dt command, 331Dtext command, 331–332, 346–347Dtxtdirection dimension
variable, 1145Duplex Printing option, 1120Duration setting for animation,
784–785DWF format files
adding to Web pages, 990configuring, 989creating, 988–990publishing, 984–986viewing, 987working with, 622
DWG Options tab, 617, 617.DWS files, 1009–1012DXF (data exchange format)
files, 615exporting, 615–616, 615–616importing, 617problems in, 1133
DXF Options tab, 616, 616Dxfin command, 617Dxfout command, 616dynamic blocks, 539
actions foradding, 544–546, 544–546for arrays, 565–567, 566editing, 548
Block Editor, 539–542, 540–542centering, 548–549, 549constraints, 549–553, 550–553creating, 542, 543exercises, 1074–1075filling space with objects,
565–567, 566increment values for, 546–548,
547–548multiple shapes in, 556–561,
557–561parameters
adding, 543–544, 544attribute extraction, 567–569,
567–569editing, 548sets for, 567
predefined options, 554–556, 554–556
rotating objects, 561–565, 562–565
Dynamic Inputangles, 40, 40and Command window, 10, 15and coordinates, 32, 64, 1108working with, 60–64, 60–63
Dynamic Input toolangles, 40, 40disabling, 32, 32enabling, 60, 60point selection, 13–14, 14
Dynamic options for object length, 203
Dynamic Tessellation settings, 1115–1116
Dynamic UCSlabels in, 1106rotating objects, 639–641,
640–641turning off, 650, 651
EE command, 90, 98, 579E-mail Address option, 993ED command, 381Edge filter, 845, 845, 849–850Edge Modifiers options,
667–668, 667
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eDge oF PaPer oPtion • enableD With coPy oPtion | 1179
Edge Of Paper option, 266Edge Surface tool, 698, 858, 858Edge trim option, 88edges
copying, 818meshes, 839, 840
editing, 840–842, 841–842, 847, 847
moving, 845–847, 846rotating, 849–850, 850–851surfaces, 858, 858
occluded, 668, 668surfaces, 698–699
Edgesurf command, 858Edit Attribute dialog box,
425–426, 425Edit Attribute Definition dialog box,
1039–1042, 1039Edit Attribute Globally option, 422Edit Attributes dialog box,
417–418, 418Edit Block Definition dialog box,
123, 540, 540centering, 548constraints, 550, 553dynamic blocks, 542predefined options, 554, 556
Edit Drawing Scales dialog box, 264Edit Hyperlink dialog box, 992–993Edit Image tool, 901Edit Layer dialog box, 1015, 1015Edit Layers tool, 451Edit Lineweights dialog box, 297Edit menu
Copy command, 358Paste command, 627Paste Special command, 627
Edit option for layer settings, 469Edit Plotter Configuration
button, 274Edit Polyline tool, 576Edit Propulate Template dialog box,
902, 902Edit Reference In-Place option, 250Edit Reference tool, 123Edit Scale List dialog box, 264Edit Spline tool, 593, 593Edit Subset And Sheet Publish
Settings option, 1055Edit Vertex mode, 579Edit Vertex options
Break, 581Insert, 581–582Move, 582–583Next, 581Previous, 581
Regen, 583Straighten, 584–585Tangent, 585, 585Undo, 587Width, 585–587
editing3D objects, 670–671, 6713D surfaces, 863–864, 863–865attributes
definitions, 413–415, 413–414global changes, 422–423, 422,
425–427, 425–426individual, 420, 420invisible, 423–424, 424redefining blocks, 427–428text properties, 421–422,
421–422blocks, 539–542, 540–542dimension styles, 375. See also
Modify Dimension Style dialog box
dimensional constraints, 528–529, 528–529
dimensioned objects, 386–388, 387
dimensions, 381–391, 382–383, 387, 390
Draw panel, 939–943, 940–942drawings with constraints,
522, 522dynamic block parameters and
actions, 548exercises, 1065, 1072external references
adding and removing, 250–252, 251–252
in place, 248–250, 248, 250settings for, 250, 253, 253
with Grips, 55–60groups of objects, 133–135,
133–135hatch patterns, 226–228,
228–229hyperlinks, 992layer settings, 469layers for, 139lights, 758–761, 759–760lines, 188–190, 190–192links, 623–624meshes
edges, 847, 847faces, 840–842, 841–842
multileader notes, 401NURBS surfaces, 874–875, 874object length, 203objects, 85–88, 86, 88–89
plot style tables, 288–290, 289–290
plotter configurations, 274–276, 275
polylines, 574–587sheet sets, 1035–1036, 1036solids, 646, 646, 808
chamfering corners, 810–812, 811–812
command line, 820copying faces and edges, 818deleting surfaces, 815extruding surfaces, 817, 817moving surfaces,
813–814, 814offsetting surfaces,
814–815, 815rotating surfaces, 815, 816rounding corners, 810, 810separating divided solids,
819–821, 820splitting solids,
809–810, 809surface features, 818–819tapering surfaces, 815–816,
816–817turning solids into shells,
817–818, 818spline curves, 593–595table line work, 352–354,
353–354text, 332title blocks, 1035–1036, 1036vertices, 577, 579–587, 582–587view numbers, 1032–1033, 1033viewports, 500–502, 501
Editor Settings tool, 322effects for text, 318, 318Either Text Or Arrows (Best Fit)
option, 1146El command, 84, 90elapsed timers, 610, 610electronic plotting, 282elements in AutoLISP, 916elevations
from 3D solids, 821information on, 609
Ellipse tool, 84, 84ellipses (shapes), 84, 85embedding data, 622, 626–627Emphasize Duplicate Tags
option, 426empty text objects, 207Enable Dithering option, 297Enable Fog option, 775Enabled With Copy option, 246
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1180 | encaPsulateD PostscriPt (ePs) Format • external reFerences
Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) format, 621
Enclose in Object tool, 888End Angle setting, 723End Cross Section option, 722End grouping operator, 474–475End Magnitude setting, 723end tangency option, 592Endpoint Osnap overrides, 92–95,
94, 98, 191, 191endpoints
arcs, 42, 43base points, 48, 49
Energy Multiplier setting, 790Engineering measurement system, 76Enhanced Attribute Editor dialog
box, 420–422, 420–422, 426entities. See objectsEnu.dct file, 336Environment option, 774–775, 775.eps files, 621eq operator, 928, 961Equal geometric constraint, 526equal operator, 928equal signs (=)
in AutoLISP, 928in Diesel, 961in filters, 474for names, 125in tables, 355–356
Erase command, 20, 98Erase tool, 20, 502Erase trim option, 88erasing. See also deleting
objects, 20–21, 21layout lines, 97–98, 98in Trim, 88
viewports, 502, 503Es.shx file, 969–970, 969Esc (Escape) key, 35eTransmit utility, 436
sharing files, 976–979, 976–977sheet sets, 1056
eval code, 961excavations, volumes of, 718–719,
718–720exchanging data, 975. See also
exporting; importingeTransmit, 976–979, 976–977exercises, 1077–1078, 1086between files, 1001–1002publishing drawings, 984–986,
985, 988exclamation points (!)
in AutoLISP, 914in Diesel, 961in filters, 474
existing drawings, 435exercises, 1071–1072importing, 436–439. See also
raster imagesin new drawings, 204–205, 204PDF, 447–452, 448–452sheet sets from, 1019–1027,
1019–1024as symbols, 120–122, 120–122tracing, 435–436
Existing Drawings option, 1020Existing File Or Web Page
option, 993Exit options
cameras, 779Measuregeom, 608multileaders, 398spline curves, 594
exp functionin AutoLISP, 918in calculator, 492
exp10 function, 492expanding Ribbon panels, 11, 11Explode command, 123Explode tool, 574Explode Attributes tool, 886exploded blocks, 242exploding
attribute blocks, 427blocks, 123groups of objects, 137polylines, 574
exponentiation with calculator, 492Export Attributes tool, 886export command, 204Export Data dialog box, 204
blocks, 125stereolithography, 835tables, 358WMF files, 621
Export Layout To Model Space Drawing dialog box, 517
Export optionslayer settings, 469Other Formats command,
125, 204profiles, 1111
Export To A File option, 670exporting
attribute information, 428–433clipboard for, 627dxf files, 615–616, 615–616layer settings, 469layout views, 517profiles, 1111raster files, 618–620, 619tables, 358
vector files, 620–621WMF files, 621
Express Tool tab, 885–886, 886Express Tools, 885–886
blocks, 886–889clipping, 889, 889drawing tools, 893–895,
893–895exercises, 1083files, 901–902, 902layout, 890–892, 890–892loading, 886selection, 902–903text, 887–888Tools panel, 896–900, 896Web, 900
expressionsAutoLISP, 913–914, 916Diesel, 958dimensional constraints,
530–534, 530–534QuickCalc calculator, 484–485
Expt function, 918Ext command, 804Ext Line 1 dimension variable, 1142Ext Line 2 dimension variable, 1142Extend Beyond Dim Lines option,
371, 371Extend Beyond Ticks option,
371, 1142Extend To Nested Objects tool, 887Extend tool, 574Extended Clip tool, 889, 889extending polylines, 574extension lines, 363–364, 364
common base, 378–380, 379–380
settings, 1142Extension Osnap overrides, 99Extents option
plot area, 260–261zooming, 211, 211, 217
External Reference option, 250External Reference tab, 250External Reference tool, 437external references, 237–238,
455, 455assembling, 458–462, 458–463attaching drawings as, 237–242,
238–241, 998vs. blocks, 242clipping, 245, 246editing
adding and removing, 250–252, 251–252
in place, 248–250, 248, 250settings for, 250, 253, 253
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external reFerences Palette • Files tree tab | 1181
exercises, 1066fading, 240vs. imported raster images,
436–437importing, 243importing from, 463–465, 464library project, 247, 247location, 460–461, 1093memory for, 245nesting, 242, 465, 706options, 243–244, 1098overlays, 465paths for, 1092preparing drawings for,
455–458, 456–457problems, 1134search paths, 466with sheet sets, 1033–1035, 1035with symbols, 127
External References palette, 238, 239exploding, 242importing, 436–438, 437, 442opening, 240options in, 243–244
External References toolImage tab, 436, 444–445, 459PDF Underlay, 451
Extnames variable, 1100Extract Data tool, 568extracting
attributes, 428–433, 567–569, 567–569
drawing contents, 998–1001, 998
Extrude command, 650Extrude tool, 649, 649, 716, 716,
718, 718surfaces, 861, 862tapers, 804, 804
Extrude Face tool, 854–855Extrude Faces tool, 817, 817extruding
mesh faces, 854–856, 854–856polylines
process, 647–652, 647–652tapering in, 804, 804
in slicing solids, 716–718, 717–718
surfaces, 817, 817, 865, 865extrusions, tapering, 804, 804
FF command, 90, 810F1 function key, 67F7 function key, 107–108
F8 function key, 83F9 function key, 109F10 function key, 83Face filter, 842, 843, 848, 848Face option, 701Face tool, 854, 854faces
copying, 818meshes, 839, 840
adding, 847–848, 849editing, 840–842,
841–842splitting and extruding,
854–856, 854–856stretching, 842–844, 843–845
with UCS, 685UCS, 701
Faceted, Not Optimized mesh option, 860
Faceted, Optimized mesh option, 860
Facetres system variable, 737, 1095
fadeexternal references, 240raster images, 443–445,
443–444fade control, 1096Fade tool
Image tab, 444PDF Underlay, 451
falloff of spotlights, 758–759, 759Fast Select tool, 903Fastsel command, 903Favorites folder, 994, 997Favorites tool, 994, 994feature control symbols, 403–405,
403–405feet in units, 78, 90Fence trim option, 87Fenceline linetypes, 161, 968, 968fences for selections, 51, 51Field dialog box and fields
for associating text with properties, 343–347, 344–346
Diesel, 963exercises, 1069renaming, 344settings, 1103sheet sets
callout blocks, 1050, 1051inserting, 1038–1039, 1039options, 1043–1045standard, 1040–1042, 1041views, 1046–1047, 1046
text, 322
Field Update Settings button, 1103Fielddisplay variable, 1103Fieldeval variable, 1103File Extension for Temporary Files
option, 1097File Format option, 978Filename And Path option, 670files
corrupted, 614–615, 1132exchanging data between,
1001–1002. See also exporting; importing
Express Tools for, 901–902, 902external references to. See
external referencesinserting, 997–998, 1001loading into DesignCenter,
1002–1003log, 167–168misplaced, 951names for, 20, 31nesting, 182opening
with DesignCenter, 997–998exported, 358multiple, 22–25, 22–24process, 15–17, 16with Sheet Set Manager,
1023, 1024troubleshooting, 1131–1132to views, 217
options, 1091–1093, 1091paths, 242, 1091–1093plotting, 255–259, 256–258protecting, 979–984, 981–983recovering, 1132safety options, 1096–1097saving, 20–21searching for, 614, 614sheet sets for. See sheet sets and
Sheet Set Manager toolswap, 1128as symbols, 120–122, 120–122
Files tabdemand loading, 246external references, 460, 466fonts, 339log files, 612paths, 245search paths, 896settings, 1091–1093, 1091sheet sets, 1021, 1025spelling dictionaries, 337, 337templates, 172
Files Table tab, 976, 976, 1053Files Tree tab, 1053
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1182 | Fill color oPtion • getkWorD Function
Fill Color option, 1145Fillet command, 189Fillet tool, 100, 100, 189, 574, 810, 810filleting
lines, 100, 100, 189–190, 190–191polylines, 574rounding corners with, 810, 810surfaces, 866, 866
fillinginformation on, 610solid areas, 587space with objects, 565–567, 566
Fillmode variable, 1095Filter command, 472–473Filter.nfl file, 473filters
criteria, 474–475layers, 154–159, 155–159objects, 471–475, 472paper size, 1126point, 652–655, 655printers, 1126–1127
Final Gathering feature, 788–790, 789
Find And Replace dialog box, 339–340, 339
Find And Replace URLs option, 900Find command, 339Find Name group option, 136finding. See searchingFinish page, 274First angle option, 398First arrowhead option, 1142First Set option, 706Fit options
dimension text, 385polylines, 577–578, 582text, 333, 333viewports, 500
Fit Data option, 593–595Fit tab
dimensions, 371–372, 372options, 1146–1147, 1146
Fit To Object option, 773Fit To Paper option, 256, 259–261Fix function, 933Fixed geometric constraint, 525Fixed Length Extension Lines
option, 1142fixed UCS, 642Flatshot command, 668Flatshot dialog box, 668–670, 669,
822, 823Flatshot tool, 668, 668, 822, 822Float function, 933floating viewports, 495
FLS file type, 672Fly tool, 662, 662flyouts, 12, 12.fmp extension, 337fog, 774–775, 775Folder Options dialog box, 1116folders, hidden, 1116Font drop-down list, 320, 320Font tool, 321Fontalt system variable, 339, 1092Fontmap system variable, 337fonts, 319–321. See also
text stylesappearance, 328, 329AutoCAD window, 1095default, 311eTransmit, 979linetypes, 968problems, 1133, 1135settings, 1092substituting, 337–338, 338,
620–621Foreach function, 930Foreground Lines options, 670Form View tab
line corner styles, 294options, 297–299, 301–302plot styles, 288–290,
289–290, 292Format option
exporting dxf files, 616motion path animation, 785
formulasdimensional constraints,
530–534, 530–534in tables, 354–356
Found At option, 244Fraction Format option, 1148Fraction Height Scale option, 1145Fractional measurement
system, 76fractions
dimensions, 368distances between points,
485–487, 486–487format, 1148height, 1145units, 78
Frame Rate setting, 784frames
dimension text, 1145raster images, 445–446, 446
Freeze layer option, 153Freeze/Thaw icon, 153, 155,
217–218Freeze tool, 471
freezing layers, 153–155, 217–218, 218, 471, 505–507, 506–507
From Osnap option, 99, 190Front Clip Plane grip, 780Front Orthogonal views,
656, 656Front UCS orientation, 678, 679front views, drawing, 822Full Path option, 245, 466Full-Time CRC Validation
option, 1097functions
AutoLISP, 914, 916–919data type conversion,
932–933geometric, 930–931string, 931
Diesel, 958QuickCalc calculator, 487–488
fuzz joins, 576FWS file type, 672
Gg for grads, 78Gap Tolerance setting, 231, 603Gas_line linetype, 161, 968–969, 968GB format, templates for, 172Gcd function, 918General panel, 400General settings
drawing properties, 613, 614Plot Style Table Editor, 296Plotter Configuration
Editor, 1119table styles, 360–361
Generate 2D/3D Section command, 831
Generate Section/Elevation dialog box, 831–833, 833
Geographic Location dialog box, 735–736, 735
geometric constraints, 525–526, 534Geometric tab, 534Geometric Tolerance dialog box,
403–404, 403geometry, AutoLISP functions for,
930–931Get Coordinates tool, 478, 479Get Selection Set tool, 902Getangle function, 923–924, 924GETAREA.LSP program, 904–905Getcorner function, 924, 925Getdist function, 924Getint function, 923Getkword function, 923
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getorient Function • helP | 1183
Getorient function, 924getpoint function, 918–919, 921, 924Getreal function, 923Getsel command, 902Getstring function, 923Getvar function
Diesel, 959–962log files, 168QuickCalc calculator, 487
gizmos, 638, 639Align, 852mapping, 764Move, 852, 855, 877–878Rotate, 850, 851XYZ
mesh edges, 845–847mesh faces, 842–844, 844
Glass material, 744–746, 745Glazing option, 746global changes to attributes,
422–423, 425–426Global Illumination feature,
788–790, 789global materials, 741–743, 742–743Global Scale Factor setting, 164global variables in AutoLISP, 927Glossiness setting, 744glyph settings, 1105golden sections, 914, 915Goniometric diagrams, 793, 794gradient shading, 233–234, 233–234Gradient Tint And Shade tool, 233grads, 78graphics
in linetypes, 968options, 1121–1122, 1121for tables, 358, 358
graphics cards, 1117graphics display, 1117Grayscale option, 298greater-than symbols (>)
in AutoLISP, 917, 928in Diesel, 961in filters, 474
Greek fonts, 328, 329Grid Display tool, 107–108, 107Grid X Spacing option, 107Grid Y Spacing option, 107grids and gridlines
color, 109status, 609working with, 106–108
Gridunit system variable, 108Grip Colors option, 1110Gripblock variable, 1110Gripcolor variable, 1110
Gripmultifunctional variable, 1110Gripobjlimit variable, 1110Grips feature, 24, 24, 39
3D drawings, 637–638, 637, 670aligning text, 323, 324attributes, 422cameras, 779–780, 781clipping images, 442, 443copying objects, 58–59, 59dimensions, 382–385, 383dynamic block constraints,
549, 553editing objects, 55–60hatch patterns, 226increment movements,
546–548, 548mirroring objects, 124moving objects, 53, 58–59, 59,
724–725multiple copies, 180options, 1110problems, 1133rotating objects, 58–59, 59scaling objects, 59, 59section planes, 831, 832size of grips, 1110spline curves, 588–589, 589,
594–595, 594stretching objects, 56–58, 57summary, 60surfaces, 868, 869, 871–872,
871–872turning on, 1113UCS, 680–681for visibility, 560–561, 561
Grips system variable, 1110, 1113Gripsize variable, 1110Griptips system variable, 1110Group command, 131Group Identification option, 136Group Manager, 132–133, 133,
137–138, 138Group option for selections, 52grouping operators, 474–475groups of objects
creating, 130–132, 132–133exercises, 1063–1064layers, 157–159, 158–159modifying, 133–135, 133–135options, 135–137, 135
HHalfwidth polyline option, 573, 573hard clip limits, 278, 281, 281hard disk drives
performance, 1128–1129status, 610
Hardware Acceleration tool, 881, 881
Hardware And Performance Tuning Group settings, 1114
Hatch And Gradient dialog boxMore Options, 230–231object area, 603options, 232, 232
Hatch Creation Ribbon tab, 219, 219, 221
Hatch Edit dialog box, 227Hatch Editor Ribbon tab, 227Hatch Editor tab, 227–228, 228Hatch Pattern Palette dialog box,
228, 229Hatch Pattern tool, 221–222,
221–222hatch patterns, 218–219
area of objects, 603–604, 604boundaries, 229–231creating, 970–971, 970–972dimensions with, 388exercises, 1066, 1085Express Tools, 893–895,
893–895for gradients, 233–234, 233–234layers for, 219matching, 236, 236modifying, 226–228, 228–229Options panel, 230–231placing, 219–220, 219–220position, 222–223, 223predefined, 221–222, 221–222size, 226–227and space planning,
234–237, 235standard, 970text with, 314tips, 234for Tool Palettes, 1005–1006
Hatch tool, 219, 219height
cameras, 779dimension text, 368–369, 1145shapes, 900text, 319–321, 413
Height option, 779helicoils, 712–714, 713–714Helix command, 712Helix tool, 711–712, 712help
AutoLISP, 935for commands, 64–69, 65–66, 68
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1184 | helP Dialog box • incluDe moDel When aDDing sheets oPtion
Communication Center, 68–69, 68
context-sensitive, 67DesignCenter searches, 999Diesel, 961digitizers, 436DVD, 4groups, 137help files location, 1092InfoCenter for, 65–66, 66QuickCalc, 492sources, 67–68for system variables, 1137, 1138
Help dialog box, 961Help feature in DesignCenter, 999Help tool, 64hexagons, dimensioning, 393–396,
394–396Hidden Files And Folders
option, 1116hidden folders, 1116hidden lines, 802HIDDEN linetypes, 161hidden messages, 1100Hidden option
plotting, 265spheres, 665
Hide command, 267Hide Details option, 245Hide System Printers option, 280,
1126–1127hiding
external reference paths, 245Layer Properties Manager, 142by masking, 508in plotting, 267
High mode, 445, 447High option for shaded
viewports, 265Highlight options for groups, 136Highlight Interference option, 707Highlight Interfering Pair
option, 707Highlight Raster Image Frame Only
option, 1095highlighting selected objects, 46, 46history
commands, 69, 69recent files, 1002
History tab, 1002History List tab, 905holes in surfaces, 879–880, 879Home dimension text option, 384Hor construction lines, 199Horizontal Cell Margin option, 351horizontal constraints, 522, 522, 524
horizontal construction lines, 199horizontal dimensions, 376–377,
376, 1145Horizontal geometric
constraint, 526horizontal lines, 32–33hot grips, 56, 57, 59Hot_water_supply linetype, 161hotspots of spotlights, 759, 760hovering over grips, 61, 61How To Apply option, 477HPGL plot files, 622HPORIGIN system variable, 222Hyperlink icon, missing, 1134Hyperlink menu
Edit Hyperlink command, 992Open command, 992
Hyperlink option, 115Hyperlink tool, 990, 990Hyperlinkoptions variable, 1103hyperlinks, 990
callouts, 1035creating, 990–992, 991editing and deleting, 992options, 992–993, 1103
hyphens (-)in AutoLISP, 917in calculator, 492in Diesel, 960in linetype patterns, 966with tables, 356in units, 78, 90
Ii-drop feature, 1003, 1093icons
creating, 951–952, 952UCS. See UCS icon
ID command, 603.ies extension, 1093if code in Diesel, 961If...Then...Else structures in
AutoLISP, 927–929Ignore options
hatch pattern island detection, 231
spelling checker, 336Ignore All option, 336Ignore Hatch Objects option, 1105Ignore Negative Z Object Snaps For
Dynamic UCS option, 1105Ignore Top Level Folder option,
1021–1022Ignored Problems option, 1012Ill function, 488
Ilp function, 488Image Entity OLE option, 626image files. See bitmap imagesImage tab, 443–445, 443Imageedit command, 901Imageframe command, 445Imagehlt variable, 1095Imagequality command, 445Imperial measurement
system, 74Implied Windowing
option, 1109Import Attributes tool, 886Import options
layer settings, 469profiles, 1111Sheet Set Manager, 1022–1023
Import Options dialog box, 1020, 1020, 1022–1023
Import PCP Or PC2 page, 273importing
dxf files, 617external references, 243,
463–465, 464layer settings, 469with OLE, 622–624, 623–624
editing links in, 623–624, 623for embedding data, 626–627
PDF files, 447–448, 448–449plotting options for, 1124profiles, 1111raster images, 436–439, 437–438settings, 183–185, 184–185spreadsheets, 624–626tables, 356–357, 358text files, 329workgroups, 243
Imprint tool, 818, 819In feature in searches, 999In-Place Edit And Annotative
Representations option, 1096in-place Xref editing, 248–254, 248,
250–252In The Field(s) option, 1000inches
entering, 78, 90in scaling, 262
Inches setting, 262Include Files From Data Links
option, 979Include Fonts option, 979Include Layouts When Adding
Sheets option, 988Include Model When Adding
Sheets option, 988
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incluDe Photometric Web Files oPtion • jogs in section Planes | 1185
Include Photometric Web Files option, 979
Include Plot Stamp dialog box, 1055Include Textures from Materials
option, 979Include Unloaded File References
option, 979Include Unnamed group option,
135–136Increment Angle setting, 83increment values for dynamic
blocks, 546–548, 547–548Incremental Save setting, 1130Incremental Save Percentage
setting, 1096indents for text, 324–328, 325–327Index tab, 65Index Color tab, 142, 293Index tool, 672Indexctl system variable, 1130indexes
point clouds, 672Spatial and Layer, 1130
Info Center Settings dialog box, 68, 68
InfoCenter for help, 65–66, 66information
area, 601–608, 604block and layer status, 167–168saving, 611–612Status for, 608–610, 609storing, 613–614, 613system variables, 610–611from Text Window, 612–613time, 610, 610
Initget function, 924Initial Setup dialog box, 4Initial Setup option, 1103initialization strings, 1122input
AutoLISP, 920–921, 924–925, 924–925
dynamic. See Dynamic Inputwith menus, 954–955,
954–955Insert A Block In A Table Cell
dialog box, 358, 358Insert As Block option, 998Insert As New Block option,
669, 822Insert Columns option, 352Insert command, 461Insert dialog box
browsing, 184, 190, 818files, 998, 1001with layers, 151
objects, 190for symbols, 116–117, 116, 120Xrefs, 461
Insert Field option, 343, 346Insert Hyperlink dialog box,
991–993, 991Insert menu
Block command, 358Hyperlink command, 900
Insert Object dialog box, 623–624, 623–624
Insert Rows option, 352Insert tab, 245Insert Table dialog box, 347–348,
348, 360, 360Insert tool
attributes, 417, 417blocks, 116, 819, 819browsing, 184, 190, 190symbols, 120, 120updating blocks, 224
Insert User Message option, 911Inserted Links option, 993inserting
base points for, 166blocks, 116–117, 116–117
with attributes, 416–419, 417–419
in updating, 224–225, 461–462
columns, 352files, 120–122, 120–122,
997–998, 1001objects, 190–193, 191–193rows, 352spreadsheets, 625–626symbols, 116–117, 116–117vertices, 581–582, 582–583Xrefs, 461–462
Insertion Base Is setting, 609Insertion Osnap option, 99Insertion Scale setting, 77Inspection Dimension dialog box,
405, 405installation wizard, 1090installing AutoCAD, 1089–1090Insunits system variable, 77, 1103integers in AutoLISP, 915Intensity Factor setting, 740interface, 3
Application menu, 8, 8–9AutoCAD window, 5–7, 6guided tour, 3–4
interfere command, 704Interfere tool, 704, 704, 719, 719interference
with primitives, 799between solids, 704–707,
704–706Interference Checking dialog box,
704–706, 705, 719Interference Settings dialog box,
706–707, 706Interfering Pairs Found option, 706interior views, 788–790, 788–789International Organization for
Standardization (ISO), 364Internet. See exchanging data;
World Wide Web (WWW) sitesinterpreter, AutoLISP, 913–914Inters function, 931Intersection Of Two Lines
Defined By Two Points tool, 478, 479
Intersection Osnap option, 47, 48, 92–95, 95, 99
intersectionsfor base points, 47, 48primitives, 799, 799
Invert Filter tool, 158, 159invisible attributes, 416,
423–424, 424Isavebak variable, 1097Isavepercent variable, 1096ISD file type, 672islands
options, 231removing, 229
ISO (International Organization for Standardization), 364
ISO-25 style, 365ISO format and standards
dimensions, 1145templates for, 172
ISO standard option, 1145Isolate Objects tool, 477isolines, 805Isolines system variable,
805, 1095Isometric Snap option, 109isometric views, 655–656, 656Italic tool, 321Itoa function, 932
JJ command, 332JIS format, 172Jitter Edges tool, 667–668, 667jogged dimensions, 395, 396jogs in section planes,
829–830, 830
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1186 | joining • leFt tool
joininglines, 100, 100, 189–190, 190–191polylines, 576primitives, 800–803, 801–803splines, 593strings, 917, 931
Jointype option, 576justification of text, 323, 324
multiple text objects, 324single-line objects, 332–333,
332–333Justify tool, 322Justifytext command, 324, 333
KKeep Dim Line With Text option, 385Keep Files And Folders As Is
option, 979Keep The Layout Paper Size If
Possible option, 279keyboard
commands, 34macros, 906–908, 907–908shortcuts
Command Alias Editor for, 896–897, 896
on menus, 955–956, 956settings, 1101troubleshooting, 1133
vs. tools, 13Keyboard Entry option, 1103Keyboard Entry Except Scripts
option, 1103Keycad.LSP file, 909, 909keywords, storing, 614Knots option for splines, 592
LL command, 90Label Axes In Standard Crosshairs
option, 1106labels, Diesel for, 960–961. See
also textLamp Intensity dialog box, 794Landing Settings panel, 400landscape, 770–773, 771–773landscape orientation, 260LAS file type, 672last objects, selecting, 52Last option in selecting, 52launching AutoCAD, 4–5Layer & Spatial option, 249Layer color icon, 153Layer command, 145, 149
Layer Filter Properties dialog box, 156, 157–158, 160, 160
Layer Isolate tool, 471Layer name icon, 153Layer option for demand
loading, 249Layer Properties tool, 141Layer Settings dialog box, 159, 159Layer States Manager dialog box
external references, 463options, 469saving settings, 466–468, 468
Layer States Manager tool, 154Layer Translator, 1013–1015,
1013–1015Layer Unisolate tool, 471Layer Walk tool, 470Layereval variable, 472Layerevalct variable, 472Layernotify variable, 472layers and Layer Properties
Manager, 139–140, 140assigning materials by, 752, 753assigning to objects,
145–147, 470Auto-Hide feature, 142for borders, 503colors for, 141–144, 141–144, 148,
153–154controlling, 144–145creating, 140–145, 141–144current, 148exercises, 1064–1065for external references, 242,
463–465filters, 154–159, 155–159finding, 153–154freezing and thawing, 153–155,
217–218, 218, 505–507, 506–507
groups, 157–159, 158–159for hatch patterns, 219, 234indexes for, 1130information on, 609linetypes, 161–162, 161lineweight, 166, 512listing, 166–168locking and unlocking, 155log files for, 167–168multiple uses, 152, 152names, 141, 160–161, 160,
253, 1007notification, 472office conventions, 1007–1008palette, 143–144PDF files, 452
plot styles, 300assigning, 305–306, 305named, 300–303, 300–302
purging, 205settings, 225, 471
converting, 1013–1015, 1013–1015
saving and recalling, 466–469, 467–468
sheet sets, 1033status, 166for viewports, 505–508,
505–507visibility, 151–153, 153walking through, 470, 470working on, 147–151,
148–149, 151LayerWalk dialog box, 470, 470layout and Layout views, 16, 16
appearance, 275configuring, 1095drawing, 91–97, 92–97exercises, 1066–1067, 1073Express Tools, 890–892,
890–892information on, 609page setup, 278Paper Space, 498, 508–509,
508–509plotting with, 268–272,
268–269, 271regens with, 1100rendering 3D models, 785scaling in, 270–272, 271standard, 823
Layout option for plotting, 260LAYOUTMERGE dialog box, 892Leader Connection panel, 400Leader Format tab, 399, 400Leader option, 1142Leader Structure tab, 400LeaderBreak panel, 400LeaderLanding option, 398leaders, 397–398, 397
breaking, 401, 401dimensions, 385–386editing, 401styles, 398–400, 399
Leadertype option, 398leading zeros, 37, 1151Leave Visibility Of Existing Objects
Unchanged In New State option, 559
Left option for views, 739, 739Left Orthogonal views, 656, 656Left tool, 322
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leFt ucs orientation • loaD Dialog box | 1187
Left UCS orientation, 678, 679legacy drawings
dimension scale in, 372text and scale in, 316
Legacy Hidden option, 265Legacy Wireframe option, 265Legacyctrlpick variable, 638len command, 203length
chords, 42objects, 203polylines, 573QuickCalc for, 479–482,
479–481Lengthen tool, 203Lens Length/FOV grip, 780Lens option for cameras, 779less-than symbols (<)
for angles, 36in AutoLISP, 928for degrees, 78in Diesel, 961for filters, 474
libraries, symbol, 111library project
external references, 247, 247images, 443, 444layers, 152, 152lineweights and colors, 298, 298symbols, 119, 119
Lightingunits system variable, 790–791, 793
Lightlist command, 740lights
distant, 737–741, 738–741editing, 758–761, 759–760glyph settings, 1105natural light
interior views, 788–790, 788–789
simulating, 787–788night scene, 753–756, 754–757point, 757, 757–758self-illuminated materials,
750–751Lights In Model palette, 740,
740, 758Lights In Model tool, 740, 740, 758limits
drawing, 30plotter, 278, 281, 281
Limits command, 31, 79Limits option, 260Line command, 32–33, 90,
952–953, 952Line End Style setting, 294, 295, 299
Line Extensions Edges option, 667–668
line groups, 970–971, 970–971Line Join Style setting, 294, 299Line Spacing tool, 322linear dimensions, 375Linear Parameter tool, 543Linear tool, 378, 378, 392, 543, 543lines
breaking, 149–150cleaning up, 188–190, 190–192closing, 38construction, 100, 193–201,
195–196contour, 578, 579coordinate readout with, 82copying, 85–86, 86corner styles, 294, 294–295for dimensions
placing, 376–377, 376settings, 1141–1144,
1141, 1143drawing, 32–33, 33editing, 188–190, 190–192erasing, 97–98, 98joining, 100, 100, 189–190,
190–191length, 203reference, 91roughing in, 185–188, 186–188stretching, 56–58, 57thickness. See lineweightstypes. See linetypesUCS, 685
Lines tabdimension styles, 370–371, 370settings, 1141–1144, 1141
Linetype command, 965Linetype Ext Line 1 dimension
variable, 1142Linetype Ext Line 2 dimension
variable, 1142Linetype Manager dialog box
options, 163–165, 164for scales, 514
Linetype optioncolor, 299Flatshot, 670
linetypesblocks, 148creating, 965–969, 968–969drawings, 161–166, 161–165exercises, 1085–1086Express Tools, 897–898, 897Flatshot, 670information on, 609
for layer searches, 153layers, 161–162, 161objects, 167Paper Space, 514purging, 205scaling, 163–165, 163–164viewing, 964–965, 964
Lineweight dialog box, 166, 512, 512
Lineweight settingextension lines, 1142plotter output, 155
Lineweight Settings dialog boxlayers, 166Paper Space, 512–514, 513plot styles, 291, 291tables, 352
lineweightsborders, 503controlling, 166extension lines, 1142information on, 609library project, 298, 298Paper Space, 511–514, 512–513plotter output, 155, 264plotting with, 267polylines, 578scaling for, 264
Linked field for sheet sets, 1043linked text documents, 888links
dimensions, 530–534, 530–534editing, 623–624hyperlinks. See hyperlinksOLE, 622–624
Links dialog box, 623–624, 623LISP. See AutoLISP programList function, 922–923List Object Xdata tool, 900List option for dimensions, 1139List tool, 69, 69, 166, 166List Properties tool, 886List Viewport Scale tool, 892listp operator, 928lists
AutoLISP, 915, 921–923layers, 166–168predefined options, 554–556,
554–556Live Enabler, 1101Live Section feature, 825ln function, 492Load Acad.lsp With Every Drawing
option, 1100Load Application tool, 904–905, 904Load dialog box, 1002
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1188 | loaD Function • matchProP commanD
Load function, 934Load Or Reload Linetypes dialog
box, 162–163, 163Load tool, 1002Load Partial Customization File
tool, 957, 957Load Sheet List tool, 987, 987Load/Unload Applications dialog
box, 904–906, 904–905, 934Load/Unload Customizations
dialog box, 957loading
AutoLISP programs, 904–905, 904–905
customizations, 956–957, 957demand, 245–246Express Tools, 886files into DesignCenter,
1002–1003linetypes, 162macros, 955
local variables in AutoLISP, 927locating. See searchinglocation
cameras, 779filtering objects by, 474hatch patterns, 222–223, 223objects, 84, 84plotting, 265–266, 266table text, 350–352
Location option, 779Location picker, 735, 735Lock layer option, 155Lock Objects Not in Working Set
option, 254Lock Position option, 416Lock tool, 471Lock/Unlock icon, 153, 153locking
layers, 155, 471viewports, 505
Loft command, 701, 703, 714–716, 719–720
Loft Settings dialog box, 704, 704, 720–721, 721
Close Surface and Close Solid options, 723
Draft Angles option, 722–723Normal To option, 722Ruled and Smooth Fit
options, 721Loft tool, 701, 701, 703, 703, 715, 715
for 3D drawings, 634surfaces, 861
Log File Location option, 612
log functionsAutoLISP, 918calculator, 492
Logfilemode command, 167, 612, 1097
Logfilename variable, 1097Logfileoff command, 612Logfileon command, 612logfilepath command, 1093logical operators
AutoLISP, 927–929grouping, 474–475help searches, 65
logsblocks and layers, 167–168file location, 612, 1093options, 1097plot, 280system information, 611–612
Long String Editor, 955, 955Look For Options feature, 999Look option, 659loop structures in AutoLISP,
929–930Low option for shaded
viewports, 265Lower Value option, 1152.lsp extension, 909, 933Ltscale command, 164Ltscale system variable, 164–165,
167, 967Ltype Gen option, 577Ltypeshp.shx file, 969Luminance setting, 744, 751, 751lunits command, 75Luprec system variable, 77Lw command, 291, 303, 352, 512Lwdisplay system variable, 513
MM command, 90macros
AutoLISP, 906–908, 907–908for buttons, 950Diesel for, 958–964exercises, 1085loading, 955recording and playing back
actions, 909–911, 909–911text boxes for, 954–955, 955in tools and menus, 952,
953–954Magnet option, 95, 1104Maintain A Log File option,
611, 1097
Maintain Associativity option, 873, 873
Maintain Drawing Size Compatibility option, 1096
Maintain Visual Fidelity For Annotative Objects option, 978, 1096
Make Invisible tool, 560Make Linetype tool, 897–898, 897Make Lower/Upper Case tool, 321Make New Dimensions Associative
option, 515, 824, 1103Make Render Settings Current
option, 776Manage Cell styles dialog box, 361Manage Layer States option, 467Manage Page Setups option, 1056Manage Render Presets
command, 791Manage Xrefs option, 241managing drawings. See
DesignCentermanual OLE link updating, 624Manual Performance Tuning dialog
box, 1114–1116, 1115Map Same button, 1014maps, texture. See texture mapsmarble, procedural maps for, 752margins
Layout views, 269, 269table cells, 351table styles, 361
Marker option, 1104markers
with AutoSnap, 95, 1104blocks as, 598on curves, 595–598, 596–597Osnap, 47, 48
maskingdrawing parts, 508text backgrounds, 887–888
mass of solids, 821massing models, 439Massprop command, 719, 821Master Setup dialog box, 1090master viewports, 891Match Block Orientation To Layout
optionblocks, 115symbols, 128
Match tool, 470Match Properties tool, 220, 231, 236matching hatch patterns, 231,
236, 236Matchprop command, 236
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material attachment oPtions Dialog box • moDiFy table style Dialog box | 1189
Material Attachment Options dialog box, 752, 753
Material Condition dialog box, 404, 404
Materialmap command, 764–765materials, 741
adjusting to fit objects, 764–767, 764–766
assigning by layer, 752, 753bitmap size for, 767–770,
768–770global, 741–743, 742–743information on, 609opacity maps for, 770–773,
771–773procedural maps for, 750–751,
751–752read-made, 746self-illuminated, 750–751
Materials Browser tool, 729–732, 729–730, 741, 741
Materials Editor, 741, 742, 743–744, 771
math operationsAutoLISP, 917–918QuickCalc. See QuickCalc
calculatortables, 355–356
Max function, 918Maximum Deviation option, 876Maximum Number Of
Unsuccessful Checks option, 1101Maximum option for shaded
viewports, 265Maxpoints option, 398MC text option, 333Me command, 201, 598Measure command, 201, 202Measure tool, 201–203Measuregeom command
area of objects, 602–603complex areas, 604–608with hatch patterns, 604
measurement systems. See unitsmeasurements
with coordinate readout, 82curves, 595–598, 596–597
media, options for, 1120Media Bounds page, 618Media Destination option, 1120Media Type option, 1120Medium option for shaded
viewports, 265memory
in AutoLISP, 926–927for external references, 245
information on, 610and performance,
1129–1130, 1129menu files location, 1091menu option labels, 960–961menus
context-sensitive, 10creating, 948–949, 949Diesel in, 959–960exercises, 1085macros in, 952, 953–954for publishing drawings,
987–988right-click, 14, 44, 44shortcuts on, 955–956, 956
Merge Cells On Row/Column Creation option, 361
merge control for plotters, 1126, 1127Merge Layout tool, 892merging
cells, 349viewports, 892
Mesh Box tool, 838, 838, 841Mesh command, 838Mesh menu, 838–839, 838Mesh Primitives Option tool, 841, 841Mesh Primitives Options dialog
box, 841, 841meshes. See 3D meshesMeshrefine command, 848Meshsmoothless command, 840Meshsmoothmore command, 839Meshsplit command, 854messages in Command window, 10Method option
splines, 592tolerance, 1152
metric dimensions, 77, 1153metric measurement system, 74Microsoft Document option, 626Mid Between 2 Points option, 99Middle text option, 332Midpoint Osnap option, 92–95,
95, 99Min function, 918minus signs (-)
in AutoLISP, 917with calculator, 492in Diesel, 960in linetype patterns, 966with tables, 356in units, 78, 90
minusp operator, 928Mirror command, 59,
387, 671Mirror tool, 96, 96, 569
mirroring3D Mirror for, 7273D objects, 671errors from, 569and exploding, 124group members, 134, 134objects, 96, 97, 124text, 334, 334with UCS, 700, 700
Mirrtext system variable, 334, 334misplaced files, 951missing fonts, substitutions for,
337–338, 338mistakes, correcting, 34–35MKLTYPE dialog box, 897MKSHAPE dialog box, 898ML text option, 333Mld command, 397mls command, 399.mnl files, 955Model Space
information on, 609vs. Paper Space, 495–496switching to Paper Space,
496–498, 496–498Model Space tab, 985Model Space view, 17Model tool, 824Model Views tab, 1024, 1031models. See 3D drawings
and modelsModemacro system variable,
958–959Modify Archive Setup dialog box,
1054, 1054Modify Dimension Style dialog box,
375, 386Alternate Units tab,
1149–1151, 1150Fit tab, 1146–1147, 1146Lines tab, 1141–1144, 1141Paper Space, 824–825Primary Units tab,
1148–1150, 1148Symbols and Arrows tab,
1142–1143Text tab, 1144–1145, 1144Tolerances tab, 1151–1152, 1151
Modify Multileader Style dialog box, 399–400, 399
Modify option for dimensions, 1140Modify panel, 27–29, 30Modify Standard Paper Size
wizard, 1124Modify Table Style dialog
box, 360
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1190 | moDiFy text tool • neW layer vP Frozen in all vieWPorts tool
Modify Text tool, 888Modify Transmittal Setup dialog
box, 977–979, 977modifying. See editingmonitors, 1117motion, constraining, 638, 639motion path animation, 782–785,
782–783Motion Path Animation dialog box,
782–784, 783mouse, 1118Move Backup Files tool, 901Move/Copy/Rotate tool, 888Move Down option, 426Move Down Up tool, 987, 987Move Faces tool, 813, 813Move gizmo, 852, 852
3D objects, 725–726, 725faces, 855surfaces, 877–878
Move Point Location option, 878Move Sheet Up tool, 987, 987Move Tangent Direction option,
surfaces, 878Move Text, Add Leader option,
385–386, 385Move Text, No Leader option, 386Move tool, 45, 53, 121, 671Move Up option, 426Moveback command, 901moving
arcs, 53attributes, 422blocks, 121–122, 122Command window, 7control points, 594dimension text, 369, 369,
385–386, 385mesh edges, 845–847, 846objects
in 3D, 724–726, 725–726base points for, 47–50, 48–50with grips, 53, 58–59, 59
surfaces, 813–814, 814in UCS, 680–681, 680–681vertices, 582–583, 584viewports, 502, 503
MR text option, 333MS command, 500MT command, 313Mtext command, 346–347, 887Mtext option, 402Mtexted variable, 1092multi-sheet options, 988Multileader Style Manager dialog
box, 399–400, 399
Multileader tool, 397–398, 397Multileader Style tool, 399, 399Multileader Type tab, 400multileaders, 397–398, 397
breaking, 401, 401editing, 401styles, 398–400, 399
Multiline Text tool, 313, 313, 319–320multiple copies
circular, 174–176, 175–177row and column, 177–182,
177–179multiple dimensions, editing,
382–383multiple drawings, standards for,
1010–1012, 1011multiple files, opening, 22–25, 22–24multiple layers, converting settings
for, 1013–1015, 1013–1015Multiple Lines option, 416multiple Paper Space layouts,
508–509, 508–509multiple plot style tables, 292–293,
292–293Multiple selection option, 52multiple shapes in blocks, 556–561,
557–561multiple uses, layers for, 152, 152multiple views, 214multiplication
AutoLISP, 918calculator, 492Diesel, 961tables, 356
Multiplier for Alt Units option, 1150Multiply function, 918, 961Mview command, 511My Computer option, 273
NName option, 779named elements, importing, 243,
463–465, 464named plot styles
converting color plot styles to, 306
layers and objects, 300–303, 300–302
tables for, 285–288Named UCSs tab, 679Named Viewports tab, 691Named Views command, 214names
blocks, 114, 117, 125, 225, 253buttons, 950
cameras, 779color plot style tables, 287external references, 244fields, 344files, 20, 31groups of objects, 132, 135–137hatch patterns, 228layers, 141, 160–161, 160, 253,
1007layouts, 988linetypes, 965materials, 744page setups, 277, 277plotter, 274profiles, 1110–1111prompts, 412table styles, 359text styles, 318UCS, 679views, 214
natural lightinterior views, 788–790, 788–789simulating, 787–788
natural logs, 918Navwheel command, 659NEAR operations, 65Nearest Osnap option, 99nesting
AutoLISP expressions, 916blocks, 206, 224external references, 242,
465, 706files, 182
Network Plotter Server option, 273Network tool, 862, 862New button for views, 215New Command Alias dialog box,
896, 896New Dimension Style dialog box,
365, 366, 1140Alternate Units tab, 373–374,
373Fit tab, 371–372, 372Primary Units tab, 367–368, 367Symbols And Arrows tab,
369–372, 370Text tab, 368–369, 368
new drawings, 30–33, 33New Features Workshop, 67New Group Filter tool, 154, 157, 157New Layer dialog box, 1014, 1014New Layer State To Save dialog box,
468, 468New Layer tool, 144, 144New Layer VP Frozen In All
Viewports tool, 144, 144
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neW layout oPtion • objects | 1191
New Layout option, 509, 509New Layout tool, 508, 508New options
dimensions, 1139groups, 136layer settings, 469layers, 145text styles, 317
New Page Setup dialog box, 277, 277New Palette command, 1003New Property Filter tool, 154New Search feature, 999New Sheet dialog box, 1026–1027,
1026, 1031, 1038New Sheet Set option, 1019, 1028New Style Name option, 1139New Table Style dialog box,
359–360, 359New Text Style dialog box, 311New tool, 22, 28, 838, 838, 841New View/Shot Properties dialog
boxbackground, 746–747, 747categories, 215–216, 215named views, 1029–1030spotlights, 754, 754UCS views, 689–690
New Viewports tab, 691New Visibility State dialog box,
558–559, 559Newline command, 965Next option
interference, 706vertices, 581
night scene lighting, 753–756, 754–757
No Filter tool, 839, 839No Island Detection option, 231No Path option, 245, 466No Valid Digital ID Not Available
dialog box, 981Node Osnap markers, 597Node Osnap option, 99Non-Uniform Rational B-Spline
(NURBS) curves, 590Non-Uniform Rational B-Spline
(NURBS) surfaces, 873–876, 874–875
None Osnap option, 99nonorthogonal objects, dimensions
for, 391–396, 392–396Nor function, 488Normal option for shaded
viewports, 265Normal Island Detection
option, 231
Normal Tangent Direction option, 878
Normal To option, 722, 722North Direction setting, 736, 737Northeast Isometric view, 655, 656Northwest Isometric view, 655, 656not operator
AutoLISP, 928searches, 65
not equal to operator (!=), 474notes
arrows and dimensions, 397–401, 397, 399
multileader, 401Paper Space, 824–825
notification, layers, 472noun/verb selection method, 45
restrictions, 55setting, 1109turning on, 53, 1112–1113working with, 51
Nth function, 922–923nul operator, 928Number Of Frames setting, 784Number Of Recently-Used Files To
List option, 1097Number Of Tessellations To Cache
option, 1116Numbering tool, 322numberp operator, 928NURBS Creation tool, 874, 874NURBS curves, 590NURBS surfaces, 873–876, 874–875
Oo codes for characters, 334O command, 91OB command, 685object enablers, 1101Object Grouping dialog box,
131–132, 132, 135–137, 135Object Grouping option, 1109Object Linking and Embedding
(OLE), 622–624, 623–624editing links in, 623–624, 623for embedding data,
626–627Object option for splines, 592Object Selection cursor, 39, 45Object Selection Filters dialog box,
472–473, 472Object Selection Filters tools, 45Object Selection Limit For Display
Of Grips setting, 1110
Object Snap tab, 92, 92, 95, 97, 103, 103
Object Snap tool, 186Object Snap Tracking. See Osnap
Tracking and overridesObject Type option, 476object types for Quick Select, 476Object Visibility menu, 560ObjectARX programming
environment, 1098objects
aligningin 3D space, 724, 725with layout objects,
890–891, 890with Osnap tracking,
100–106, 101–106area of
complex, 604–608, 605, 607determining, 602–603hatch patterns for,
603–604, 604attaching data to, 900blocked. See blocksbreaking, 149–150, 194centering, 548–549, 549colors, 167converting, 580, 595copying. See copyingdeselecting, 46editing
with dimensions, 386–388, 387
with grips, 55–60, 57, 59process, 85–88, 86, 88–89
erasing and deleting, 20–21, 21layout lines, 97–98, 98in Trim, 88
filleting, 100, 100groups, 130–138, 131–135, 138inserting, 190–193, 191–193layers for, 145–147, 470–471length, 203linetypes for, 167locating, 84, 84mirroring, 96, 97, 124moving
in 3D, 724–726, 725–726base points for, 47–50, 48–50with grips, 53, 58–59, 59
nonorthogonal, dimensions for, 391–396, 392–396
number of, 609overlapping. See
overlapping objectsplot styles for
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1192 | objects FielD For sheet sets • orDinate Dimension tool
assigning, 303–305, 304named, 300–303, 300–302
properties for, 70–71, 70rotating. See rotatingselecting, 21, 45–47, 46
base points for, 47–50, 48–50blocks, 113close and overlapping, 493filters, 471–475, 472noun/verb method, 51, 53,
55, 1109, 1112–1113options, 51–55,
1108–1110, 1109problems, 1133Quick Select, 475–477, 476similar, 477
stretching, 56–58, 57trimming, 86–88, 88–89
Objects field for sheet sets, 1043Objectscale command, 315oblique angle
dimension text, 384fonts, 318, 318
oblique dimension lines, 396, 396Oblique options, 384Oblique setting, 750Obscured Lines options, 670Occluded Edges settings, 668, 668odd-shaped viewports, 509–511,
510–511Off tool, 471office standards, 1007–1012,
1009, 1011Offset Faces tool, 814, 815Offset From Dim Line option, 369,
369, 1145Offset From Origin option, 371, 371Offset tool, 91, 91, 574, 865offsets
3D surfaces, 642construction lines, 197, 198, 199dimensions, 364, 364extension lines, 1142lines, 193, 194plotting, 265–266, 266polylines, 574, 575problems with, 1134–1135reference lines, 91surfaces, 814–815, 815,
867–868, 867UCS orientation, 686–687, 687
OLE (Object Linking and Embedding), 622–624, 623–624
editing links in, 623–624, 623for embedding data, 626–627
OLE objects, 329
OLE Plot Quality list, 279OLE setting, 1121Olelinks command, 623Olequality system variable, 279Olestartup system variable, 280On/Off layer option, 153–154, 153Online Development Center, 67Online Training Resources, 67opacity maps, 770–773, 771–773Open And Save tab
external references, 242, 463, 1098
file safety, 1096–1097importing dxf files, 617incremental saves, 1130log files, 611memory, 245ObjectARX applications, 1098options, 1096–1098, 1097passwords, 980
Open Documents option, 8, 9Open Drawings tab, 1001Open option
external references, 241, 244polylines, 577
Open in Block Editor option, 115Open Reference option, 250Open Sheet Set dialog box, 1034Open Source OLE option, 624Open Tables in Read-Only Mode
option, 1100Open tool, 1012, 1012Open Xref option, 240opening files
with DesignCenter, 997–998exported, 358multiple, 22–25, 22–24options, 1096–1098, 1097process, 15–17, 16in Sheet Set Manager, 1023, 1024troubleshooting, 1131–1132to views, 217
Operator option, 477operators in Diesel, 958optimizing hard disks, 1128options, choosing, 41–44, 44Options dialog box
associative dimensions, 515, 824cursor, 41demand loading, 246display, 1094–1096, 1094drafting, 1104–1105, 1104external references, 242, 460,
463, 466files, 1091–1093, 1091fonts, 339
grid line color, 109grips, 1113importing dxf files, 617incremental saves, 1130initial setup, 5interface settings, 1099–1101,
1099isolines, 805Layout views, 275lineweights, 291log files, 611–612memory, 245named plot styles, 300, 303offsets, 266opening and saving,
1096–1098, 1097output devices, 272passwords, 980paths, 245plot preview background
color, 1127plot style tables, 286plotting, 279–281pointing devices, 1118printer filters, 1127profiles, 1110–1111, 1111Publish, 282saving files, 20scale lists, 263–264scroll bars, 182search paths, 896selections, 46, 1107, 1108–1110,
1109, 1112sheet sets, 1021, 1025smoothness, 737solid polylines, 574spelling dictionaries, 337, 337templates, 172Text Window, 613Tracking Vector, 1113user preferences,
1101–1104, 1102Viewres, 165
Options panel for hatch patterns, 230–231
Or command, 402OR operations
AutoLISP, 928grouping, 474–475searches, 65
Orbit option for SteeringWheels, 659Orbit tool, 656–657, 657ordering
constraints, 525objects, 136
Ordinate Dimension tool, 402
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orDinate Dimensions • Parameters For Dynamic blocks | 1193
ordinate dimensions, 402–403, 402Ordinate tool, 402, 402orientation
dimension text, 369paper, 260table text, 350–352, 350–352with UCS, 684–687, 686–687
Origin tool, 679, 679, 686–687, 686origins
boxes, 635, 636dimensions, 364, 364drawings, 121, 121gradients, 234hatch patterns, 222–223, 223line groups, 971, 971ordinate dimensions, 402plotters, 265, 266, 281–282, 282UCS, 402, 679, 679
Ortho mode, 83orthogonal projections, 823orthogonal views, 655–656, 656,
822, 823Orthographic UCSs tab, 678–679Osnap marker, 39, 41Osnap menu, 47, 48Osnap Tracking and overrides, 41.
See also Running Osnaps3D drawings, 6423D Object Snap tool, 880, 880aligning objects, 100–106,
101–106base points, 47–48, 48center of circles, 413construction lines, 193–201dimensional constraints,
527–528, 528dimensions, 379, 391disabling, 45, 45with inserting, 190–192,
191–193lines, 185–188options, 98–99, 1105in Paper Space, 505PDF files, 448–450, 450Polar Tracking, 83, 107, 107polylines, 697, 697QuickCalc calculator,
484–485text alignment, 323, 324UCS, 681
Osnap Tracking vector, 189Osnapcoord variable, 1103Other field for sheet sets, 1043Outer Island Detection option, 231Output Data To External File
option, 432
output devicesadding, 272–274, 273–274options for, 1118plotters. See plotters
Output Size option, 774Outside Borders option, 353, 353Over Dimension Line, With Leader
option, 374, 1147Over Dimension Line, Without
Leader option, 374, 1147**Over status, 609overlapping objects
display order, 235–237, 235lines, 1126, 1127raster images, 440–441selecting, 493viewports, 501, 505visibility of, 296
Overlay option, 244, 465overlays. See layers and Layer
Properties ManagerOverline tool, 321Override Current Style dialog
box, 1140Override option, 388, 1140overscore characters, 334Overview option, 1012
Pp code, 335P command, 180packaging sheet sets, 1056Page Setup dialog box
DWF format files, 989–990plot styles, 287–288, 288, 303plotters, 274–275, 1118–1119solid areas, 295–296
Page Setup Manager dialog boxassociative dimensions, 515Paper Space, 498, 499plot styles, 287, 290, 303plotters, 274–276, 277rendering 3D models, 787
page setups, storing, 276–278, 277–278
paging memory, 1128Palette view, 995–996, 995palettes. See toolbarsPan and Zoom with Raster & OLE
option, 1095Pan command, 180Pan Realtime command
for interference, 706limitations, 213and regenerations, 213
Pan toolmesh faces, 842–843Swivel tool, 661, 661
Pan Realtime tool, 180, 256Panel Preview settings,
940–941, 941panels
buttons, 949–951, 949–950Ribbon, 11, 11tools, 939–943, 940–942
panning, 180–181, 181with SteeringWheels, 659vs. Swivel, 661with viewports, 501
pantone colors, 142–143, 144paper size, 416
coordinating, 79custom, 618, 1124, 1124filtering, 1126options, 259–260, 260
Paper Size Name page, 618Paper Space, 495
dimensions in, 514–517, 515–516, 824–825
layers, 505–508, 505–507layout, 498linetypes, 514lineweights, 511–514, 512–513vs. Model Space, 495–496, 496multiple layouts, 508–509,
508–509odd-shaped viewports,
509–511, 510–511plotting objects, 267scaling, 503–505, 504size, 498, 499switching from Model Space,
496–498, 496–498uses, 518working with, 502–503, 503
Paper Text Height setting, 311Paperupdate system variable, 279Paragraph dialog box, 327–328, 327Paragraph tool, 322parallel constraints, 522–523, 523parallel curves, 574, 575Parallel geometric constraint, 525Parallel Osnap option, 99Parallel projections, 662, 663Parameter Sets tab, 567Parameter tool, 543parameters for dynamic blocks
adding, 543–544, 544editing, 548sets for, 567
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1194 | Parameters manager tool • Plot style table eDitor
Parameters Manager tool, 530–534, 531–532, 564, 564
Parametric tab, 521parametric tools, 519
benefits, 519, 520constraints. See constraintsexercises, 1073–1074
parentheses ()in AutoLISP, 915–917in calculator, 491in Diesel, 958for functions, 907–908, 908in tables, 356
Partial Load dialog box, 1129Partial Open feature, 1129, 1129Partiaload command, 1129parts, assembling, 209–212, 211–212passwords
eTransmit, 977files, 980
Paste command, 613Paste Special dialog box, 358, 622,
623, 625Paste tool, 622, 622Paste Value To Command Line
QuickCalc tool, 478, 479–480, 480pasting to command line, 485, 486Patch tool, 864patching surfaces, 869–870, 869Path Type option, 245, 466paths
external references, 242, 244, 466
support files, 1091–1093patterns
gradients, 234linetypes, 965. See also hatch
patternspause function, 907pausing
in AutoLISP programs, 907for input in menus, 954, 954
Pc.shx file, 969PC2 files, 273PC3 files, 279, 1119PCG file type, 672PCI Express (PCiE) graphics
cards, 1117PCP files, 273PDF files, 447
digital IDS, 984displaying, 450–451,
451–452importing, 447–448, 448–449layers, 452osnaps with, 448–450, 450scaling, 448–450, 449–450
PDF Underlay tab, 451, 451Pdmode system variable, 201, 597Pe command
converting objects to polylines, 580
joining objects, 576Pedit command. See polylinespeditaccept system variable, 580pen number option, 298–299Pen Optimization Level option, 1121pens, configuring, 1121people, 770–773, 771–773Percent option, 203percent signs (%), 334–335performance
configuring, 1114–1116, 1114–1115
display options for, 1095and memory, 1129–1130, 1129
periods (.)in Cartesian coordinates, 37for decimals, 74, 367
Perpendicular geometric constraint, 525
Perpendicular Osnap overrides, 99, 187
Perspective Projection tool, 663perspective views, 662PHANTOM linetypes, 161Photometric Lighting feature, 790,
793, 794Physical Pen Characteristics
option, 1121pi function, 492Pick Angle To Fill button, 176Pick Both Offsets tool, 179Pick Center Point button, 175, 175Pick Column Offset option, 179Pick Pick option, 114Pick Plot Style Table screen, 301Pick Point tool, 783, 783Pick Row Offset tool, 179Pickadd variable, 1109Pickauto variable, 1109pickbox, 21, 1108Pickbox cursor, 41Pickbox variable, 1108Pickdrag variable, 1109Pickfirst system variable, 1109, 1113picking
objects. See selectingpoints, 13–14, 14, 32
Pickstyle system variable, 135, 1109Picture (Enhanced Metafile) OLE
option, 626Picture (Metafile) OLE option, 626Pl command, 572
Place All Files In One Folder option, 978
Place Text Manually option, 1147planar material maps, 767, 767Planar Object slice option, 810Planar Surface tool, 862, 862–863planning drawings, 89–90, 90playing back actions, 909–911,
909–911Pld function, 488Plot And Publish Details dialog
box, 257, 257, 986Plot and Publish Log File
settings, 280Plot And Publish tab
named plot styles, 300offsets, 266options, 279–281output devices, 272plot style tables, 286plot styles, 303
plot area options, 261Plot dialog box
adjustments, 1119–1120DWF files, 988–990importing and saving settings,
267, 1124orientation, 260scale, 262settings, 256–259, 256, 258shaded viewports, 265visual styles, 669
Plot field for sheet sets, 1043Plot In Background option, 266Plot Model Parameter (PMP)
files, 1123Plot option, 155Plot Or Page Setup dialog box, 274,
987–988plot preview background color, 1127Plot Stamp dialog box, 267, 268, 280,
1125, 1125Plot Stamp Settings option, 1055Plot Stamp Settings tool, 987, 987plot stamps, 267, 268, 280,
1124–1126, 1125–1126Plot Style option, 155Plot Style Table Editor, 288–290,
289–290Form View tab, 297–299General tab, 296line corner styles, 294multiple plot styles, 292–293solid areas, 295Table View tab, 296–297, 297,
301–302, 302
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Plot style table settings Dialog box • Polylines | 1195
Plot Style Table Settings dialog box, 280, 286, 286, 300, 301, 303
plot style tables, 285color, 285–288creating, 287–288, 288editing, 288–290, 289–290line corner styles, 294, 294–295multiple, 292–293, 292–293named, 285–288solid areas, 295–296, 295visibility, 291, 291
plot stylesconverting color to named, 306exercises, 1067–1068layers, 300, 305–306, 305objects, 303–305, 304plotting with, 267
Plot Styles dialog box, 292–293Plot To A Port option, 273Plot To File option, 273, 280Plot tool, 256, 256Plot Upside-Down option, 260Plotstamp command, 1125Plotter Configuration Editor, 1119
calibration, 1122–1124, 1122–1124
custom properties, 1122Device And Document Settings
tab, 1119–1120, 1120DWF format files, 989–990, 989General tab, 1119graphics, 1121–1122, 1121initialization strings, 1122media, 1120merge control, 1126, 1127paper sizes, 1124, 1124, 1126pens, 1121Ports tab, 1119raster files, 618–619, 619saving and importing, 1124settings, 275–276, 275
Plotter Device option, 258Plotter Manager tool, 272, 272Plotter Name page, 274Plotter Named In Page Setups
option, 986plotters. See also plotting
background colorplot preview, 1127Windows metafile, 1127
configuring. See Plotter Configuration Editor
filters, 1126–1127limits, 278, 281, 281merge control, 1126, 1127
origins, 281–282, 282plot stamps, 1124–1126,
1125–1126Plotters folder, 1119Plotters window, 272, 273, 279plotting
batch and electronic, 282exercises, 1066–1067hiding objects, 267image files, 276with Layout views, 268–272,
268–269, 271with lineweights, 264, 267offset in, 265–266, 266orientation, 260output devices, 272–274,
273–274paper for, 79, 259–260, 260Paper Space objects, 267plot area in, 260–261with plot styles, 267previewing, 255–259, 256–258problems, 1133scaling, 261–264, 262–264shaded viewports, 264–265storing page setups, 276–278,
277–278styles for. See plot style tablessupport paths, 1092with transparency, 267
Plt function, 488Plt2dwg command, 901Plug-ins option, 1012plus signs (+)
in AutoLISP, 914, 917in calculator, 492in Diesel, 958, 960for external references, 464in menus, 955with tables, 356
plus/minus signs, 335PMP (Plot Model Parameter)
files, 1123point clouds, 671–672, 672point filters, 99, 652–655, 655Point Filters option, 99Point flyout, 201, 202point lights, 757, 757–758Point Name dialog box, 783point objects, 597Point/Path option, 784Point Selection cursor, 39, 40point selection mode, 33Point Style dialog box
distance along curves, 201–202, 201
object division, 597, 597Point tool, 757, 757pointing devices, 1099–1100, 1118Pointlight command, 757points
AutoLISP, 918–919curve divisions, 595–598dimensions, 382–383fractional distances between,
485–487, 486–487indicating, 47–50, 48–50QuickCalc calculator for,
483–485, 484, 489relative, 489selecting, 13–14, 14, 32spline curves, 593–595style, 201, 597, 597with UCS, 685
Polar Angle Measurement settings, 84
polar arrays, 174–176polar coordinates, 36, 36–37Polar function, 931polar north setting, 736, 737Polar tool, 194, 195Polar Tracking feature
angles, 82–84, 83construction lines, 193–201with inserting, 191, 193lines, 189with Object Snap Tracking,
81–82, 81–82, 107, 107tracking vectors, 41turning on and off, 32
Polar Tracking tabangles, 82–84, 83Object Snap Tracking, 107,
194, 195Polar Tracking tool, 32PolarSnap option, 109polygons
dimensioning, 393–396, 394–396
for viewports, 509–511, 510–511Polyline tool, 572, 572, 578, 578polylines, 82
breaking, 581, 582converting objects to, 580converting splines to, 595copying, 574, 575direction of, 581divisions on, 595–598, 596–597drawing, 571–573, 571–572
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1196 | Portrait orientation • Publish in backgrounD oPtion
editing, 574–587editing vertices on, 579–587extruding
process, 647–652, 647–652tapering in, 804, 804
joining, 576lineweights, 578options, 573–574revolving, 806–808, 806–808with Sketch, 597smoothing, 578, 579, 1095thickness, 576, 577, 578with UCS, 686width, 585–587, 587working with, 697–698, 697
portrait orientation, 260Ports page, 273–274, 274, 1119–1120Position Locator palette, 663position of objects. See locationPosition option for surfaces, 870PostScript files, 620–622pre-drawn symbols, 25, 25–26pre-existing drawings. See
existing drawingsPreceding Dimension Text
option, 1144Precision list, 75Precision option, 368,
1148–1150, 1152predefined hatch patterns, 221–222,
221–222predicates in If structures, 928–929Prefix option, 1148, 1150–1151Prefix Sheet Titles With File Name
option, 1022preliminary sketches, 91, 92Presentation option, 265Preset option, 416presets
attributes, 416rendering, 791, 791
Press and Drag option, 1109Presspull tool, 643–645, 643–645Preview box, 15Preview button, 256Preview Changes option, 723Preview group in
customization, 947preview icons in DesignCenter
folder, 996Preview option
motion path animation, 785
shaded viewports, 265Preview panel, 997Preview tool, 986, 986, 996, 996
previewingdimensions, 1138motion path animation, 785plotting, 255–259, 256–258publishing, 987shaded viewports, 265in Sheet Set Manager,
1023, 1024Previous options
interference, 706selections, 52vertices, 581
Previous tool, 469previous views, returning to, 19, 89Primary Units tab
Paper Space, 517settings, 1148–1150, 1148style, 367–368, 367
primitives, 797–798, 798boolean operations with,
798–799, 799extruding polylines for,
804, 804joining, 800–803, 801–803meshes, 838–839, 838revolving polylines for,
806–808, 806–808print spoolers, 1092printers and printing. See also
plotters; plottingbackground color
plot preview, 1127Windows metafile, 1127
drawing limits, 77–79exercises, 1066–1067filters, 1126–1127merge control, 1126, 1127options, 1119–1120plot stamps, 1124–1126,
1125–1126in rendering 3D models,
785–787, 786–787with visual styles, 669
priority for coordinate data entry, 1103
Problems option, 1012procedural maps, 750–751, 751–752procedural surfaces, 873Profiles tab, 1110–1111, 1111Project File Search Path option, 460Project Geometry panel, 879–880, 879Project option, 87Projectname variable, 460, 1092projects
office standards for, 1007–1012, 1009, 1011
paths for, 1092sheet sets for. See sheet sets and
Sheet Set Manager toolProlog option, 1092Prompt For Password option, 977, 979Prompt For Pen Swapping
option, 1121Prompt To Select Nested Objects
option, 252prompts
for attributes, 412, 414–415Command window, 10, 14names, 412overview, 29responding to, 41–44
properties and Properties paletteattributes, 414–415, 414, 421–422,
421–422, 425–427, 425–426customization, 947–948, 948dimension text, 385, 386drawings, 613–614, 613hatch patterns, 228, 228layers, 145–147, 146lights, 759–761linetypes, 166objects, 70–71, 70plot styles, 303–304, 305plotters, 1122polylines, 574Quick Select, 476–477solids, 821viewports, 506–507
Properties group, 947–948, 948Properties tool, 165Property Settings dialog box,
236, 236Propulate command, 901–902protecting files
digital signatures for, 981–984, 981–983
passwords for, 980Proxy Images for Custom Objects
option, 1098proxy objects, 1101Proxynotice variable, 1098Proxyshow variable, 1098Proxywebsearch variable, 1101Psltscale system variable, 165, 514Psout command, 621Psprolog variable, 1092Pstylepolicy system variable, 280Publish command, 985Publish dialog box, 985–988, 985Publish Dialog Box option, 1056Publish feature, 278, 282Publish In Background option, 986
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Publish in reverse orDer oPtion • regen When sWitching layouts oPtion | 1197
Publish in Reverse Order option, 1055
publish log file location, 1093Publish Options dialog box,
988, 988Publish Setup dialog box, 986Publish To DWF option, 1055Publish To DWFx option, 1055Publish To PDF option, 1055Publish To Plotter option, 1055Publish Using Page Setup Override
option, 1055publishing
drawings, 984–986, 985, 988sheet sets, 1054–1056, 1055
pucks, 1118pull-down menus. See menuspulling shapes from solids,
643–645, 643–645Purge command, 205–206Purge dialog box, 205–207, 206, 238Purge drawings option, 979Purge Nested Items option, 206Purge spline curve options, 594Purge zero-length geometry and
empty text objects option, 207pushing shapes from solids,
643–645, 643–645pyramids, 799
QQdim command, 390Qquit command, 902Qselect command, 475Qtext, 340, 610qtext command, 340Qtextmode variable, 1095Quadpoint Osnap option, 99Quality list for shaded
viewports, 265quality of raster images,
445–446, 447question marks (?)
in layer filters, 160–161for system variables, 611
Quick Access toolbar, 5, 7Quick Dimension tool, 390, 390Quick Exit option, 902Quick Properties feature, 437Quick Properties panel, 146Quick Select button, 114Quick Select dialog box,
475–477, 476Quick Select filters,
475–477, 476
Quick View Drawings tool, 226–228, 226
Quick View Layouts tool, 496–498, 496–498, 508–509, 508, 787
QuickCalc calculator, 478–479, 478angles, 479–482, 479–481in commands, 488–490conversions, 481, 482–483fractional distances, 485–487,
486–487functions, 487–488guidelines, 491–492Osnap modes, 484–485pasting to command line,
485, 486points, 483–485, 484, 489storing values in, 490–491,
490–491QuickCalc toolbar, 478, 479quotation marks (“)
in AutoLISP, 915, 917in macros, 907in units, 78
RR command, 100r for radians, 78r2d function, 492Rad function, 488radians, 78, 932radii
dimensions, 395, 395Global Illumination, 790
Radius settingGlobal Illumination, 790Measuregeom, 608polylines, 573–574
Radius Dimension Jog settings, 1144Radius tool, 395, 395RAM. See memoryRaster And Shaded/Rendered
Viewports setting, 1121Raster Clip option, 889Raster File Export option, 276raster images
brightness, contrast, and fade, 443–445, 443–444
clipping, 442, 443exporting, 618–620, 619importing, 436–439, 437–438quality and transparency,
445–446, 446–447scaling, 439–440visibility, 440–441
Rasterpreview variable, 1096rays, 197, 201Re-Order group option, 136read-only files, 1134ready-made materials, 746real numbers in AutoLISP, 915Realistic command, 664Realistic option for plotting, 265Realistic visual style, 664, 665,
827, 827Rebuild Surface dialog box,
875–876, 875Recent Commands command, 190,
216, 613Recent Documents option, 8, 9Recent Files option, 993Reconcile Layers command, 472reconciling layers, 472recording actions, 909–911, 909–911Recover option, 615recovering files, 614–615, 1132Recreate Boundary option, 229rectangle program, 919–924,
920–921rectangles, drawing, 22–25, 22–24rectangular arrays, 177–182, 177–179Recycle bin, 1128Redefine Block command, 224Redefine Path option, 901redefining blocks, 123–124, 124,
427–428Redir command, 901REDIRMODE dialog box, 901Redo command, 36Redo settings, 1103Redo tool, 36Redraw command, 213redrawing vs. regeneration, 213Refedit command, 123, 248–250, 428Reference Edit dialog box, 248–254,
248, 253reference files, 1018reference lines, 91, 193–201Reference name option, 244reference symbols, 127Refine Data window, 430, 431,
568, 569Refine Mesh tool, 847–848, 848Refine spline curve option, 595Reflectivity option, 749, 749Refresh tool, 159, 159Refset command, 251Regen command, 213Regen option for vertices, 583Regen When Switching Layouts
option, 1100
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1198 | regeneration • right-click customization Dialog box
regeneration, controlling, 213and block substitution, 225freezing layers for, 217–218with layout tabs, 1100and Qtext, 340saving views for, 214–217,
214–216screen smoothness in, 213in updating blocks, 224
Region.dwg drawing, 803, 803Region tool, 803regions, 802–803, 802–803, 818relational operators in filters, 474relative coordinates, 36–38, 38–39Relative Path option, 245, 466relative points, 489Relative to Last Segment option, 84release versions, exchanging files
with, 620Reload All References option, 241Reload DWG Xrefs option, 241Reload external reference
option, 243Relocate Base Point option, 879Rem function, 918Remote Text tool, 888Remove Boundary Objects
option, 229Remove Clipping tool
external references, 250Image tab, 445PDF Underlay, 451
Remove From Group option, 137Remove From Group Filter
option, 158Remove From The List option, 776Remove From Working Set tool, 251Remove Leader tool, 401Remove options
attributes, 427groups, 136object selection, 52surface associativity, 873
Remove Sheets tool, 986Ren command, 318Rename dialog box, 318Rename & Renumber View dialog
box, 1033, 1033, 1035Rename options
groups, 136layer settings, 469profiles, 1111
Rename Sheet option, 988renaming
fields, 344groups of objects, 136
layer settings, 469layouts, 988profiles, 1111text styles, 318
Render Again option, 776Render Environment dialog box,
774–775Render panel, 730, 730, 733, 733,
773–774, 774Render Preset settings, 775Render Presets Manager dialog box,
791, 791Render Region tool, 776, 776Render tab, 733–734, 735Render tool, 730–731, 730, 733Render window, 730, 730, 733, 734,
775–776Rendered Object Smoothness
setting, 737, 1095Rendered option, 265Renderexposure command, 792rendering 3D models, 729
animated walk-throughs, 782–785, 782–783
background, 746–750, 746–749cameras, 777–779, 777–778exercises, 1080–1081interior views, 788–790, 788–789landscape and people, 770–773,
771–773lights
distant, 737–741, 738–741editing, 758–761, 759–760natural light, 787–793point, 757, 757–758spotlights, 753–756, 754–757
materials. See materialsoptions, 773–775, 774–775overview, 729–732, 730–733presets, 791, 791printing, 785–787, 786–787saving settings, 775–776sky simulation, 790–793,
791–794starting, 733–734, 733–734sun simulation, 734–736,
735–736, 790–793, 791–794texture maps, 761
bitmap size, 767–770, 768–770
buildings, 761–764, 761–764
materials to fit objects, 764–767, 764–766
paths, 1093Repeat function, 929
repeating commands, 216Replace All option, 339Replace Block tool, 886Replace Existing Block option, 670Replace Z Value With Current
Elevation option, 1105replacing
blocks, 125–127, 224–225text, 338–340, 339–340
reports for sheet sets, 1054Reset Dim Text Value tool, 895Reset option for profiles, 1111resolution
displays, 1095, 1117motion path animation, 785
Resolution setting, 785resource drawings, 1024Restore On Exit option, 470Retain option, 114Retain Boundaries - Polyline
option, 230Retain Boundaries - Region
option, 230Retain Boundary Objects
option, 230Retain Changes To Xref Layers
option, 242, 247, 463, 1098Retrim Previously Trimmed
Surfaces option, 876Rev command, 807Reverse option
animation, 785polylines, 577
Revert command, 902Revert To Original option, 902Revolve tool
polylines, 807, 807surfaces, 861
Revolved Surface tool, 857, 857
revolved surfaces, 857, 857revolving polylines, 806–808,
806–808RevSurf command, 857Rewind option, 660, 660Ribbon, 5, 7, 9–11, 9
3D Modeling workspace, 632–633, 633
buttons, 949–951, 949–950expanding panels, 11, 11flyouts, 12, 12
Ribbon Contextual Tab States Options dialog box, 1110
Rich Text Format files, 329Right-Click Customization dialog
box, 1102, 1102
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right-clicking • scale uniFormly oPtion | 1199
right-clicking, 10customizing, 1102, 1102options, 14, 44, 44
Right Orthogonal views, 656, 656right-side views, 822Right text option, 333Right tool, 322Right UCS orientation, 678, 679rnd function, 492Ro command, 640Rollovertips variable, 1094Romans fonts, 328, 329Rot function, 488Rotate command, 58–59, 387, 671Rotate Faces tool, 815, 815Rotate Gizmo tool, 726, 727, 850, 851Rotate Items As Copied option, 176Rotate option for dimension
text, 384rotating
in 3D drawings3D Rotate tool, 726–728, 726dynamic UCS, 639–641,
640–641polylines, 807–808, 807Z coordinates, 671
in 3D space, 726–728, 726–727, 807–808, 807
in copying, 176dimension text, 384, 386dimensions, 387, 392–393, 393with grips, 58–59, 59with inserting, 117–120, 118, 193linetypes, 968mesh edges, 849–850, 850–851shapes, 900surfaces, 815, 816text, 331, 350UCS, 680–681, 680–681,
687–688, 688–689in unison, 561–565, 562–565
roughing in lines, 185–188, 186–188Round Distances To option, 1150round function, 492Round Off option, 1148rounding corners, 810, 810row and column copies, 177–182,
177–179rows in tables, 347–348, 347, 352Rows menu
Delete command, 352Insert Above command, 352Insert Below command, 352
Rtdisplay variable, 1095Rtext command, 888Rtos function, 932–933
rubber banding, 32, 33for distances, 38for splines, 590, 591
Ruled Mesh tool, 858–859, 859Ruled option for Loft, 721, 721Ruled Surface tool, 859, 859ruler for indents and tabs, 324–328,
325–327Ruler tool, 322Rulesurf command, 859Running Osnaps
with constraints, 528coordinate input, 1103cycling through, 95with dimensioning, 379, 391node points, 597tracking vectors, 189turning off, 45, 97, 99turning on, 93, 99
Ssafety options for files, 1096–1097San Francisco library project
external references, 247, 247images, 443, 444layers, 152, 152lineweights and colors, 298, 298symbols, 119, 119
Save optionlayer settings, 469rendering, 776
Save All Drawings option, 902Save All Layers As Reconciled
option, 173Save As option
Form View tab, 299Open and Save tab, 1096
Save Block As tool, 542Save Block Definition tool, 542Save button
Batch Standards Checker, 1011Layer Translator, 1014
Save Changes dialog box, 30Save Changes to Layout option, 267Save Changes tool, 249, 249, 252Save Copy option, 776Save Data Extraction As dialog box,
428, 568Save Drawing As dialog box
exporting, 615–616new drawings, 31passwords, 980standard files, 1008templates, 172–173title blocks, 1042
Save Image dialog box, 952Save Layer Mappings dialog
box, 1014Save List As dialog box, 986Save Rendering To File option,
774, 774Save Sheet List tool, 987, 987Save UCS With Viewport
option, 684Saveall command, 902SaveAs option, 31Saveas Options dialog box, 249,
616–617, 616–617Saved Path option, 244Savefile command, 1096Savefilepath command, 21,
1093, 1096Savetime variable, 1096saving
attribute data, 431–433, 432AutoLISP programs, 933–934automatic, 20–21Batch Standards Checker
files, 1011blocks, 124–125, 542customizations, 956–957, 957files, 20–21filter criteria, 473layer mappings, 1014layer settings, 466–469, 467–468locations for, 1092macros as files, 909, 909options for, 1096–1098, 1097plot layout, 267plotting options for, 1124problems, 1133QuickCalc calculations,
490–491, 490–491rendering settings, 775–776system information, 611–612system variables, 903, 903Text Window information,
612–613UCS, 679, 689, 689views, 214–217, 214–216
Scale command, 59, 670Scale Dimensions To Layout option,
373, 1147Scale drop-down list, 262–264,
263–264Scale option for Sweep, 711, 711–712Scale Factor option, 1149scale factors for work areas, 80–81Scale panel, 400Scale tool, 439, 439Scale Uniformly option, 115, 119
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1200 | scale x oPtion • selecting
Scale X option, 1000Scale Y option, 1000Scale Z option, 1000Scalelistedit command, 264scaling, 77–79
annotations, 127–130, 128–130blocks, 1102–1103in DesignCenter, 1000–1001dimensions, 1147existing drawings, 435with grips, 59, 59with inserting, 117–120, 118, 417in Layout views, 270–272, 271leaders, 398linetypes, 163–165, 163–164in Paper Space, 503–505,
504, 514PDF files, 448–450, 449–450in plotting, 261–262
custom scales, 263–264, 263–264
for lineweights, 264predefined scales, 262, 262
raster images, 439–440text, 314–317, 315–316viewports, 892
Scaling For Height option, 1152scanning images, 435–436Scientific measurement system, 76.scr extension, 934screens. See also displays
plotting, 261regenerating. See regeneration,
controllingsmoothness on, 213virtual, 213
scripts, 934scroll bars, 182, 1094SE Isometric Wireframe option, 762Search box in Help window, 65Search dialog box, 998–999, 998Search For The Word(s) option, 1000Search Now feature, 999search paths for external
references, 466Search Subfolders feature, 999searching
for drawing contents, 998–1001, 998
for files, 614, 614in help system, 65–66, 66for layers, 153–154for text, 338–340, 339–340
Second angle option, 398Second arrowhead option, 1142Second pt option, 573
Second Set option, 706Section Boundary option, 831, 832Section Plane option, 831section planes, 827–833, 828–833Section Settings dialog box, 833, 834Section Volume option, 831, 832sectionplane command, 825security for files
digital signatures, 981–984, 981–983
passwords, 980Security Options dialog box
digital signatures, 981–983, 981passwords, 980
Securityoptions command, 980Seek command, 997Segments In A Polyline Curve
option, 1095Select A File dialog box, 338Select A Sheet Set To Use As An
Example option, 1028Select Block dialog box, 1049, 1049Select Block options, 670Select Boundary Objects option,
229, 234Select Color dialog box
gradients, 233, 233hatch patterns, 1006layers, 141–144, 142–144, 150, 156materials, 743–744, 743objects, 167plot styles, 293, 293surfaces, 819
Select Dimensions tool, 405Select Drawing dialog box, 1025Select Drawing File dialog box, 120,
184, 224, 1013Select Drawings dialog box, 985Select File dialog box
color plot styles, 306corrupted files, 1132external references, 241file searches, 614–615, 614importing files, 617opening files, 15–16, 16partial opens, 1130templates, 172text files, 329views, 217
Select Group option, 137Select Initial View dialog box, 217Select Layers menu, 158Select Layout As Sheet Template
dialog box, 1025–1026Select Linetype dialog box, 162, 162Select New Boundary Set option, 230
Select Object button, 345Select Objects option
blocks, 114exporting dxf files, 616
Select Objects screen, 430, 430, 568Select Objects tool, 229, 229Select Options tool, 340, 340Select Path/Pick Point option, 784Select Path tool, 783, 783Select Place In Document dialog
box, 993Select Plot Style dialog box,
303–305, 305Select Properties screen, 430, 431,
568, 568Select Reference File dialog box
external references, 239, 244, 458PDF files, 447–448raster images, 437
Select Render Preset list, 775, 790Select Script File dialog box, 934Select Shape File dialog box, 899Select Similar Settings dialog
box, 477Select Standards File dialog
box, 1009Select Template dialog box, 173
3D meshes, 8383D workspace, 632importing files, 183metrics, 1153multiple documents, 22new drawings, 28, 28, 31plot styles, 287, 300, 300units, 74
Select The Drawing Files As A Block option, 1049
Selectable group options, 136–137selecting
in AutoLISP, 925–927Express Tools for, 902–903layers, 144, 153–154linetypes, 162, 162materials, 745, 746objects, 21, 45–47, 46
base points for, 47–50, 48–50for blocks, 113close and overlapping, 493filters, 471–475, 472noun/verb method, 51, 53,
55, 1109, 1112–1113options, 51–55,
1108–1110, 1109problems, 1133Quick Select, 475–477, 476similar, 477
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selection cycling Feature • shoW extenDeD tooltiPs oPtion | 1201
point filters for, 652–655, 655points, 13–14, 14, 32previous selections, 50right-click menu options, 14,
44, 44selection cycling feature, 493, 733Selection Cycling tool, 493, 729–731,
729, 733Selection dialog box, 745, 746selection sets, 902Selection tab, 46
grips, 1113noun/verb method, 1112options, 1107, 1108–1110, 1109
selectionpreview variable, 46Selectsimilar command, 477self-illuminated materials, 750–751semicolons (;) in macros, 950,
953–954Send E-Mail With Transmittal
option, 979Send Feedback option, 67Send Hatch To Back option, 441Send To Back option, 235, 236–237,
237, 441, 493Send Under Object option, 441Separate tool, 819–820separating divided solids,
819–821, 820Set Base Point tool, 182, 182Set Behind Boundary option, 231Set Constraint option, 878Set Current options
dimensions, 1139profiles, 1111text styles, 317
Set Current tool, 144, 144Set Default Plotter to ‘None’
option, 979Set Location tool, 735, 735Set Mtext Height
command, 328Set Mtext Width command, 328Set Origin option, 222, 222Set Size Relative to Screen option,
201, 597Setq function, 914, 916settings
external references, 252–253, 253
importing, 183–185, 184–185Settings dialog box, 1015, 1015Settings option, 159, 159Settings tab for external references,
253, 253Setvar command, 611
Shade Plot menuHidden command, 267, 786Rendered command, 786
Shade Plot options, 265, 825, 826Shaded Viewport Options settings,
787, 787shaded viewports, 264–265,
786–787, 787Shadeplot option, 788shading gradient, 233–234, 233–234shadow properties for lights, 761shape definitions, 898shapes
on curved paths, 805–806, 805–806
Express Tools for, 898–900, 899grips for editing, 56linetypes, 968–969, 969multiple, 556–561, 557–561purging, 205pushing and pulling from
solids, 643–645, 643–645solids, 703–704with UCS, 686viewports, 509–511, 510–511
Sharewithseek command, 997sharing drawings. See exchanging
data; exporting; importingSheet Creation Template
option, 1025Sheet List tab, 1021, 1025, 1035Sheet Set Details page, 1020, 1020,
1023, 1028Sheet Set Example page, 1028Sheet Set Manager, 1018–1019Sheet Set Properties dialog box,
1023, 1023, 1049, 1049Sheet Set Publish Options
option, 1056Sheet Set Template Location
setting, 1025sheet sets and Sheet Set Manager
tool, 4, 1017archiving, 1052–1054,
1053–1054batch plotting and publishing,
1054–1056, 1055callout blocks with, 1033–1035,
1035, 1050–1052, 1050–1051closing, 1036–1037creating, 1019–1027,
1019–1024, 1031customizing, 1037–1052,
1039–1040, 1046–1047editing, 1035–1036, 1036eTransmit for, 1056
exercises, 1087from existing sheet sets,
1027–1028for file management, 1018–1019import options in, 1022–1023for new sheets, 1026–1027previewing and opening
drawings in, 1023, 1024for project files, 1056properties for, 1023, 1040–1042,
1040–1041resource drawings in, 1024sheet templates in, 1025–1027title blocks with, 1037–1045,
1039–1040view labels with, 1045–1048,
1046–1047views for, 1029–1033,
1029–1030, 1032–1033Sheets tab, 1053, 1053SheetSet field, 1043SheetSet option, 1044SheetSetPlaceholder option, 1044SheetView option, 1044Shell tool, 817, 817shells, turning solids into,
817–818, 818Shift key
for base points, 47for selecting objects, 1109
Shortcut Keys dialog box, 956, 956shortcut menus, 14, 44, 44, 987–988Shortcut Menus in Drawing Areas
option, 1101Shortcutmenu variable, 1101shortcuts
keyboardCommand Alias Editor for,
896–897, 896settings, 1101troubleshooting, 1133
on menus, 955–956, 956Shortcuts group, 947Show All Geometric Constraints
tool, 562, 562Show Associativity option,
872–873, 873Show Cameras tool, 777, 777Show Cut-Away Geometry option,
829, 830Show CV tool, 874, 874Show Details option, 245Show Dynamic Grip Menu
option, 1110Show Extended ToolTips
option, 1094
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1202 | shoW griP tiPs oPtion • soliDs anD soliD moDeling
Show Grip Tips option, 1110Show Grips option, 1110, 1113Show Grips Within Blocks
option, 1110Show Hidden Files And Folders
option, 1116Show Image tool, 445Show Labels For Dynamic UCS
option, 1106Show option
Flatshot, 670occluded edges, 668
Show Page Setup Manager For New Layouts option, 1095
Show Proxy Information Dialog Box option, 1098
Show Rollover ToolTips option, 1094Show Shortcut Keys In ToolTips
option, 1094Show Text Boundary Frame Only
option, 1095Show ToolTips option, 1094Show Underlay tool, 451Show URLs option, 900Show Z Axis In Crosshairs
option, 1106Show Z Field For Pointer Input
option, 1108.shx extension, 968–969, 969Signature Information options, 981signatures, 981–984, 981–983Sigvalidate command, 982similar objects, selecting, 477simplex.shx font, 339sin function
AutoLISP, 918calculator, 492
single-line text objectsadding, 330–332, 330–331aligning, 332–333, 332–333editing, 332special characters with,
334–335single quotes (‘)
for lists, 930for system variables, 611
Single selection option, 52sink, 102–106, 103–106size
arrowheads, 1142AutoSnap markers, 95bitmap images, 767–770,
768–770center marks, 1143Command window, 7crosshair cursor, 41drawing area, 31
external references, 244grips, 56, 1110hatch patterns, 226–227output media, 1120paper, 416
coordinating, 79custom, 618, 1124, 1124filtering, 1126options, 259–260, 260
Paper Space, 498, 499pickbox, 1108table cells, 351text, 317–318
Size option for external references, 244
Size Is option in searches, 1000Sketch command, 597sketched look, visual styles for,
665–668, 665–668sketches, preliminary, 91, 92skewing dimension lines, 396, 396sky, simulating, 790–793, 791–794Sky Background And Illumination
tool, 791, 791–792SLA (Stereolithograph
Apparatus), 835slashes (/)
in AutoLISP, 918, 928, 934in calculator, 492in Diesel, 958, 961for options, 41with tables, 356
Slice command, 809Slice tool, 717, 717, 809, 809slicing solids with surfaces,
716–718, 717–718Smooth Faces By Default option, 1115Smooth Fit option, 721, 722Smooth geometric constraint, 526Smooth More tool, 839–840, 839, 848Smooth Object tool, 842Smoothed, Not Optimized
option, 860Smoothed, Optimized option, 860smoothness
arcs, 187circles, 187, 737, 1095mesh surfaces, 857, 857meshes, 839–840, 840polylines, 578, 579on screen, 213
Snap And Grid tab, 107–108, 108snap mode, 108–109. See also Osnap
Tracking and overridesinformation on, 609–610with Polar Tracking, 81–82,
81–82
Snap Resolution Is setting, 609Snap To Underlay feature, 449Snap X Spacing option, 108Snap Y Spacing option, 108Snapunit system variable, 109Solid Editing panel, 813, 813solid fills for Tool Palettes,
1005–1006Solid hatch pattern, 222Solidedit command, 817, 819–820solids and solid modeling, 797–800
for 2D drawings, 803, 803for 3D drawings, 633–634, 634chamfering, 810–812, 811–812command line, 820complex, 804–808, 804–808converting meshes to, 860–861copying faces and edges, 818editing, 646, 646exercises, 1082filling, 587interference between, 704–707,
704–706joining primitives for, 800–803,
801–803from objects with thickness,
653–654, 653–654, 682plot style tables for,
295–296, 295properties, 821pushing and pulling to shapes,
643–645, 643–645with regions, 802–803, 803rounding corners on, 810, 810separating divided solids,
819–821, 820shaping, 703–704Solid Editing panel, 813, 813splitting, 809–810, 809stereolithography in,
835, 835surfaces
converting to solids, 702deleting, 815extruding, 817, 817features, 818–819moving, 813–814, 814offsetting, 814–815, 815rotating, 815, 816slicing with, 716–718,
717–718tapering, 815–816, 816–817
turning solids into shells, 817–818, 818
with UCS, 686visualizing, 827–834,
827–834
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sorting • styles | 1203
sortinglayer names, 153layers in layer lists, 144
Source And Size option, 1120source for output media, 1120Southeast Isometric view, 655, 656Southwest Isometric view, 655, 656Sp command, 335space, information on, 609space planning and hatch patterns,
234–237, 235Space property, 167spaces
in attribute values, 424in units, 78, 90
spacingdimension lines, 1142hatch patterns, 220
Spatial indexes, 1130Spatial option for demand
loading, 249Spe command, 580, 593special characters
adding, 322, 323single-line text objects, 334–335
Specify DWF File dialog box, 986Specify Location Folder dialog box,
977–978Specify On-Screen option
block base points, 114external references, 245with insertions, 117, 120with rotations, 191
Specify Plot Offset Relative To setting, 266, 281
Specify Zip File dialog box, 978spell checking, 335–337, 335–337spheres, 798, 799Spherical Coordinate format,
696–697, 696spherical material maps, 767, 767spiral forms, 711–714, 713–714Spl command, 580, 590splframe system variable, 590spline curves
control points, 593–595converting into polylines, 595converting polylines to, 580creating, 587–589, 588–589drawing, 590–592, 591editing, 593–595joining, 593length, 202, 202options, 592for polylines, 577UCS, 686
Spline tool, 580, 590, 590Spline Freehand tool, 861Splinedit command, 593–595, 594Splinesegs variable, 1095Split Face tool, 854–856, 854Splitmesh.dwg file, 854splitting
mesh faces, 854–856, 854–856solids, 809–810, 809
spoolers, 1092Spot tool, 755, 755spotlight command, 755spotlights
creating, 753–756, 754–757editing, 758–761, 759–760
spreadsheet files, importing, 624–626, 625–626
sqr function in calculator, 492Sqrt function in AutoLISP, 918square brackets ([])
in calculator, 491for linetypes, 968
Square Root option for splines, 592Ssget function, 925–927St command, 311St.shx file, 969Standard cursor, 39, 39Standard dimension style, 365, 367standard hatch patterns, 970standard linetypes, 964–965, 964standard symbols, 41, 42Standard text style, 311standard views, 823standard windows, 54, 54standards
dimensions, 364office, 1007–1012, 1009, 1011
Standards command, 1008–1010Standards option, 1012Standards tab, 1010–1011, 1011Start And End Cross Section
option, 722Start Check button, 1011, 1011Start Cross Section option, 722Start Magnitude setting, 723Start With option, 1139Starting Table settings, 360Statistics tab, 614status bar
displaying, 49, 49information on, 7, 7
Status command, 608–610, 609Status option for external
references, 244status screen, 609.stb files, 287, 306
SteeringWheels Settings dialog box, 1107, 1108
SteeringWheels toolnavigating with, 659–661,
659–661settings, 1107, 1108
Stereolithograph Apparatus (SLA), 835
stereolithography, 835, 835.stl extension, 835Stop Check button, 1012, 1012Stop feature in searches, 999Store As Default Origin option, 223Store Links Index in Drawing File
option, 1100Store Sheet Set Data File option, 1028storing
information, 613–614, 613page setups, 276–278, 277–278
straightening vertices, 584–585, 585strcat function, 917, 931Stretch command, 56–58, 671Stretch tool, 574Stretch Multiple tool, 888stretching
actions for, 544–546, 544–546blocks, 117dimensioned objects, 387, 387lines, 56–58, 57mesh faces, 842–844, 843–845polylines, 574viewports, 503
strings in AutoLISP, 915–917, 931strings of dimensions, 390, 390styles
angles, 77defaults, 312dimensions, 364–366, 365–366,
385–386, 1139–1140alternate units, 373–374, 373arrows, 369–372, 370–372current, 374–375editing, 375. See also
Modify Dimension Style dialog box
Express Tools, 895primary units, 367–368, 367text, 368–369, 1144
multileaders, 398–400, 399names, 253plotting. See plot style tablespoints, 201, 597, 597purging, 205tables, 359–361, 359–360text. See text stylesunits, 75–76
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1204 | styles oPtion For Dimensions • sysvDlg commanD
Styles option for dimensions, 1139stylus, 1118Su command, 801Sub-Panel options, 943–944, 944Sub-Units Factor, 1149, 1151subjects, storing, 614subobjects, 646substituting
blocks, 225fonts, 337–338, 338, 620–621
Substr function, 931substrings in AutoLISP, 931Subtract function
AutoLISP, 917Diesel, 960
Subtract tool, 801, 801subtraction
area calculations, 604–608, 605, 607
AutoLISP, 917–918calculator, 492Diesel, 960Presspull, 644primitives, 799, 799,
801–802, 802in tables, 356
Suffix option, 1148, 1151Suggestions box with spelling
checker, 336Sum function in tables, 356Summary tab, 614sums of angles calculations,
479–482, 479–481sun, simulating
rendering, 790–793, 791–794setting up, 734–736, 735–736
Sun & Location panel, 734–736, 735Sun And Sky Simulation feature,
790–793, 791–794Sun Properties palette, 736, 736, 793Sun Properties tool, 736, 736Sun Status tool, 734, 735, 756, 756Super Hatch tool, 893–895, 893–895SuperHatch dialog box, 893–895, 893support files, 1091Support Knowledge Base option, 67Suppress Arrows If They Don’t
Fit Inside Extension Lines option, 1147
suppressing dimension and extension lines, 1142
Surface Associativity tool, 874, 874Surface Blend tool, 864, 868–870,
868–869Surface CV - Add tool, 876, 876Surface CV - Remove tool, 876, 876
Surface Extend tool, 863, 865, 865Surface Fillet tool, 863, 863, 866, 867Surface Offset tool, 864,
867–868, 867Surface Patch tool, 864, 869–870, 869Surface Projection UCS tool, 879Surface Projection Vector tool, 880Surface Projection View tool, 880Surface Rebuild tool, 875–876, 875Surface Sculpt tool, 864, 864Surface slice option, 810Surface tab, 861, 861Surface Trim tool, 863, 863, 866, 866Surface Unitrim tool, 863SurfaceMeshSamples.dwg file, 857surfaces, 633–634, 634, 694
3D. See 3D surfacesadding features to, 818–819contours on, 1095converting to solids, 702creating, 714–716, 715–716curved, 698–702, 698–702deleting, 815drawing on, 642–643, 643exercises, 1082–1083extruding, 817, 817laying out forms for, 694–695,
694–695Loft for, 719–723, 720–723meshes
creating, 856edges, 858, 858revolved, 857, 857Ruled Mesh, 858–859, 859smooth, 857, 857Tabulated Mesh,
859–860, 860moving, 813–814, 814offsetting, 814–815, 815polylines for, 697, 698–699rotating, 815, 816slicing solids with, 716–718,
717–718tapering, 815–816, 816–817volumes of cuts, 718–719,
718–720Surfaces tessellation option, 1116surfboard. See 3D meshesSurftab1 variable, 857, 857Surftab2 variable, 857, 857.sv$ extension, 20, 1132swap files, 610, 1128sweep command, 708–709, 714, 805Sweep tool, 805, 805
complex forms, 709–711, 709–711
spiral forms, 711–714, 712–714surfaces, 861tubes, 707–709, 708–709
sweeping shapes on curves, 805–806, 805–806
SWISO command, 678switching
Model Space to Paper Space, 496–498, 496–498
between viewports, 501Swivel tool, 661Symbol dialog box, 403, 403Symbol tool, 322symbols
annotation scale, 127–130, 128–130
creating, 111–115, 112downloading, 1002–1003existing drawings as, 120–122,
120–122external references
with, 127inserting, 116–117,
116–117libraries for, 113replacing, 125–127saving, 124–125standard, 41, 42unblocking, 123–124, 124
Symbols And Arrows tab, 369–372, 370, 1142–1143
Symbols fonts, 328, 329Symmetric geometric
constraint, 526Sync option for attributes, 427Synchronize Viewports tool,
891–892System Printer option, 272–273System Printer Spool Alerts, 279System tab, 1099, 1099
3D performance, 1099dbConnect, 1100general options, 1100layout tabs, 1100Live Enabler, 1101pointing devices,
1099–1100, 1118system variables
controlling and saving, 903, 903
overview, 1137, 1138status of, 610–611
System Variables dialog box, 903, 903
sysvdlg command, 903
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table cell tab • thicken tool | 1205
TTable cell tab, 350Table Style dialog box, 359, 359Table Style screen, 433, 433Table View tab
Plot Style Table Editor dialog box, 296–297, 297
plot styles, 289, 301–302, 301tables, 347
attribute data for, 433, 433creating, 347–348, 347–348exercises, 1069exporting, 358formulas, 354–356, 355–356graphics for, 358, 358importing, 356–357, 358importing spreadsheets as,
624–626, 625–626line work for, 352–354, 353–354plot style. See plot style tablesstyles, 359–361, 359–360text in
adding, 348–349, 348–350orientation and location,
350–352, 350–352Tablet command, 1111tablet menu area, 1111–1112, 1112tabs for text, 324–328, 325–327Tabsurf command, 859Tabulated Mesh tool, 859–860, 859tags for blocks, 412, 423tang function, 492tangent constraints, 522, 522tangent direction
spline curves, 594vertices, 585, 585
Tangent geometric constraint, 526, 527
Tangent option for surfaces, 870Tangent Osnap option, 99Taper Faces tool, 815, 815tapering
extrusions, 804, 804surfaces, 815–816, 816–817
Target option for cameras, 779TC text option, 333Template folder, 172Template Options dialog box,
172–173, 173, 1042templates, 171–172
creating, 172–173, 173location, 1092metric, 1153named plot styles, 300, 300opening, 22
sheet, 1025–1027testing, 1043–1045title blocks, 1042using, 31, 173–174
temporary filesextensions, 1097location, 1093
Temporary Track Point option, 99Tempprefix variable, 1093, 1097tessellations
mesh faces and edges, 841settings, 1116
testing templates, 1043–1045text, 309–310
adding, 312–314, 313–314aligning, 323–324, 324associating with drawing
properties, 343–347, 344–346attributes, 413AutoLISP, 916–917backgrounds for, 887–888Diesel, 963dimensions, 364, 364
appending data to, 381–382, 381
height, 368–369, 368location and orientation,
369, 369moving, 385–386, 385options, 1144–1145, 1144rotating, 386styles, 385–386
exercises, 1068–1069Express Tools for, 887–888finding and replacing, 338–340,
339–340fonts, 337–338, 338, 620–621with hatch patterns, 314height, 319–321, 413importing, 329indents and tabs, 324–328,
325–327in linetypes, 968linked, 888mirroring, 334, 334oblique angle, 318, 318office standards for, 1007options, 1095problems, 1133Qtext, 340, 610rotating, 331, 350scaling, 314–317, 315–316special characters, 322, 323spell checking, 335–337, 335–337styles. See text styles
tables. See tablestext objects. See text objectswith UCS, 686width, 318, 318
text boxes for macros, 954–955, 955Text Color option, 1145Text Editor
dimensions, 381, 382, 384location setting, 1092working with, 313–314, 313–314
Text Editor Ribbon panel, 318Text Formatting toolbar,
320–321, 321Text Height option, 1145Text Mask tool, 863–864, 887–888text objects
adding, 330–332, 330–331aligning, 332–333, 332–333editing, 332special characters with, 334–335
Text optiondimension text, 1146OLE, 627
Text Options panel, 400Text Options tab, 421, 421Text Rotation option, 350Text Style dialog box
creating styles, 311, 311–312options, 317–318
Text Style tool, 321text styles
creating, 310–312, 311–312dimensions, 1144effects, 318, 318names, 318options, 317–318
Text tab, 1144, 1144alignment settings, 1145appearance settings, 1144–1145dimension height, 368–369, 368placement settings, 1145
Text To Display setting, 993Text Window
block properties, 167displaying data in, 69–70, 69saving data from, 612–613
Textfill system variable, 330texture. See hatch patternstexture maps, 761
bitmap size, 767–770, 768–770buildings, 761–764, 761–764materials, 764–767, 764–766paths, 1093
Thaw layer option, 155Thicken command, 702Thicken tool, 702, 702
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1206 | thickness • ucs (user coorDinate system)
thicknessin 3D drawings, 653–654,
653–654, 682information on, 609lines. See lineweightspolylines, 576, 577, 578
Thumbnail Preview Settings option, 1096
tick marks, 1154Tile Vertically command, 22Tile Vertically tool, 682, 682tiled viewports, 689–690time, information for, 610, 610Time command, 610Time screen, 610, 610title blocks
customizing, 1037–1045editing, 1035–1036, 1036,
1038–1040saving, 1042
titles, storing, 614TL text option, 333Tm command, 498Tol command, 403Tolerance command, 403tolerance for spline curves, 594Tolerance option, 592, 594tolerance symbols, 403–405,
403–405Tolerance tool, 403, 403Tolerances tab, 1151–1152, 1151tool palettes, 632–633, 633
hatch patterns and solid fills for, 1005–1006
location, 1093managing, 1006–1007for pre-drawn symbols, 25,
25–26tools, 1003–1007,
1005–1007Tool Properties dialog box,
1004–1006, 1005tool tips, 9–10
appearance, 1105displaying, 29names, 13
toolbarsbuttons, 949–951, 949–950creating, 948–949, 949exercises, 1061, 1085location, 1093macros for tools on,
953–954, 953tools
exercises, 1066vs. keyboard, 13
Tools menuCAD Standards command, 1010Find command, 614Options command. See Options
dialog boxSecurity Options command, 980Xref And Block In-Place Editing
command, 248for zooming, 776
Tools panel, 896–900, 896Tooltips variable, 1094Top Orthogonal views, 656, 656Top UCS orientation, 678top views, 822topo.dwg file, 578, 579tori, 798, 799Total option for object length, 203Tour Building option, 661, 661TR command, 90TR text option, 333Trace UCS option, 686tracing drawings, 435–436Track Using All Polar Angle
Settings option, 194tracking vectors, 39, 41
options, 1113problems, 1134
Trackpath variable, 1105Tracks linetype, 161Trade-Off setting, 1121, 1121Trailing zero option, 1151Transfer tab, 956Transmittal File Folder option, 978Transmittal File Name option, 978Transmittal Package Type
option, 978Transmittals Setups dialog box,
976–977, 977transparency
materials, 744, 745plotting with, 267raster images, 445–446
Transparency command, 445–446
Transparency Quality option, 1115
Transparency setting, 744, 745Transparency tool, 445Tree view, 995–996, 995Tree View Toggle tool, 994trial version, 4trigonometric functions
AutoLISP, 918calculator, 492
Trim command, 86Trim To Nested Objects tool, 887
Trim tool, 86, 197, 197, 581trimming
in blocks, 887construction lines, 197objects, 86–88, 88–89polylines, 581surfaces, 866, 866
troubleshooting, 1131common problems,
1132–1135corrupted files, 1132startup, 1131–1132
True Color tab, 743, 743fills, 1006gradients, 233, 234layers, 143, 143plot styles, 293, 293
TrueType Text option, 1122trunc function, 492tubes
creating, 707–709, 708–709modeling, 797–798, 798
Turn On Time-Sensitive Right-Click option, 1102
Turns option for Sweep, 713Twist option for Sweep, 711,
711–712Txt.shx file, 337Type option
external references, 244hatch patterns, 219
type styles. See text styles
Uu code for characters, 334U command, 35
with grips, 58for selecting, 46
U direction for surfaces, 875–877, 877
U Tangent Direction option, 878UCS (user coordinate system),
676, 678controlling, 684defining, 676–679, 677–679dynamic. See Dynamic UCSfixed, 642mirroring with, 700, 700moving in, 680–681, 680–681orientation, 684–687,
686–687, 689origins, 402, 679, 679rotating, 680–681, 680–681,
687–688, 688–689saving, 679, 689, 689
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ucs commanD • vertical bars (|) | 1207
trimming in, 87, 89working in, 680–683, 680–683
UCS command, 402, 686–687, 689UCS dialog box, 678–679, 684, 699UCS icon
controlling, 684displaying, 1106layouts, 269, 269viewports, 501WCS, 676working with, 14, 14
UCS Icon dialog box, 684, 684UCSicon command, 501Ucsicon system variable, 684Ucsman command, 678–679, 684Un command, 75unblocking blocks, 123–124, 124Underlay Layers dialog box, 451, 452Underline tool, 320–321, 320underscores (_)
in linetype patterns, 964, 964, 966
for text objects, 334Undo options
object selection, 52polylines, 573, 577splines, 592trimming, 88vertices, 587
Undo tool, 35grips, 58selecting, 46settings, 1103
Ungroup option, 137Uni command, 800Unicode Text OLE option, 627Uniform option, splines, 592Uniform Scale option, 417Union tool, 652, 652, 800, 800unions of primitives, 799–800, 799,
801, 803, 803Unit Format option, 367, 1148, 1150units
converting, 481, 482–483dimensions, 367–368, 367,
373–374Final Gathering, 790indents and tabs, 328lineweights, 514metric, 77options, 77Paper Space, 503plotting, 262specifying, 74–76, 75
Units For Listing option, 514Units Format option, 1149
Units To Scale Inserted Content option, 1153
Unload external reference option, 243
Unlock layer option, 155Unlock tool, 471Unmask Text option, 887Unnamed group option, 136unreconciled layers, 472Unreconciled New Layer filter, 472Up tool, 998Update All Data Links option, 433Update Drawing Property Data
tool, 901–902Update Now option, 624Update View To Plan When UCS Is
Changed option, 684Updatethumbnail variable, 1096updating
associative dimensions, 516–517
blocks, 223–225, 224external references, 461–462,
462–463OLE links, 623–624
Upper Value option, 1152upside down text, 318Use A Template option, 287, 300Use A Wizard option, 101Use As Default Output Device
option, 279Use Assigned Pen # option, 297Use Big Font option, 317Use Color Dependent Plot Styles
option, 280, 286Use Current Origin option, 222, 231Use Current Viewport option, 230Use first point as displacement
option, 49Use For option, 1139Use Large Buttons For Toolbars
option, 1094Use Last Successful Plot Settings
option, 279Use Named Plot Styles option, 280,
286, 300–301Use OLE Application When Plotting
OLE objects option, 280Use Organized Folder Structure
option, 978Use Overall Scale Of option, 372, 1147Use Paper Space Units For Scaling
option, 514Use Radius setting, 790Use Relative Path For Hyperlink
option, 991
Use Shift to Add To Selection option, 1109
Use Source Hatch Origin option, 231
Use The Plot Device Paper Size option, 279
User Arrow dialog box, 1154user coordinate system (UCS). See
UCS (user coordinate system)User Defined Fields dialog box,
1125, 1125user-defined hatch
patterns, 219User Defined options, 219user-defined page setups, 277user input
AutoLISP, 920–921, 924–925, 924–925
in menus, 954–955, 954–955user interface, 3
Application menu, 8, 8–9AutoCAD window, 5–7, 6guided tour, 3–4
User Preferences tabassociative dimensions, 515, 824initial setup, 5lineweights, 291scale lists, 263–264settings, 1101–1104, 1102
VV direction for surfaces,
875–877, 877V Tangent Direction option, 878Value option for Quick Select, 477Variable Definition dialog box,
490–491, 491variables
AutoLISP, 914, 915data types, 914–916text, 916–917, 926–927
QuickCalc, 490–491, 490–491system
overview, 1137, 1138status of, 610–611
Vec function, 487Vec1 function, 487vector files, 439, 620–621Vector Graphics setting, 1121Ver construction lines option, 199Verify option, 416verifying attributes, 416versions, exchanging files
between, 620vertical bars (|), 464–465
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1208 | vertical cell margin oPtion • While keyWorD in autolisP
Vertical Cell Margin option, 351vertical construction lines, 199vertical dimensions, 369, 376–377,
376, 1145Vertical geometric constraint, 526vertical lines, 32Vertical Position option, 1152vertices
breaking, 581, 582control, 587, 588editing, 577, 579–587inserting, 581–582, 582–583meshes, 839, 840moving, 582–583, 584straightening, 584–585, 585surfaces, 873–879, 874–878tangent direction, 585, 585width, 585–587, 587
View Archive Report dialog box, 1054View Direction option, 1145view labels with sheet sets,
1045–1048, 1046–1047View Lock command, 505View Manager dialog box
backgrounds, 746–750, 746camera name, 779existing view, 214–216, 214named views, 422rendering 3D models, 785title blocks, 1029–1030UCS, 689
View optioncameras, 779plot area, 261
View Object option, 661, 661View Of This Drawing option, 993View Report tool, 1012View slice option, 810View tab for hidden folders, 1116View tool, 689, 689View Tune Log button, 1114ViewCube Settings dialog box,
1107, 1107ViewCube tool
displaying, 1106distant lights, 739mesh edges, 845, 850mesh faces, 842settings, 1107, 1107for view direction, 657–659,
657–659viewing
3D drawings, 655–662DWF files, 987linetypes, 964–965, 964
viewports, 495–4963D drawings, 689–693,
690–693accessing, 500–502, 501active, 503aligning, 891–892, 891creating, 498–500, 499–500erasing, 502, 503features, 214layers for, 505–508, 505–507in Layout views, 269, 269lineweights, 511–514, 512–513merging, 892multiple layouts, 508–509,
508–509odd-shaped, 509–511, 510–511scaling, 270–272, 271, 503–505,
504, 892shaded, 264–265switching between, 501Visual Styles, 825–826, 826working with, 502–503, 503
Viewports dialog box, 499–500, 499, 690–691, 690
Viewports panel, 499Viewres command, 165, 213, 1095views
cameras for, 777–779, 777–778clipping, 245, 246direction, 657–659, 657–659exercises, 1064–1065flying through, 662, 662multiple, 214in opening files, 217perspective, 662plotting, 261saving, 214–217, 214–216saving UCS with, 689, 690sheet sets, 1029–1033,
1029–1030, 1032–1033standard, 822, 822–824SteeringWheels, 659–661,
659–661Views tool, 996, 996virtual displays, 213virtual memory, 1128Virtual Pen # option, 298–299visibility
attributes, 423–424, 424block states, 557–561layers, 151–153, 153overlapping objects, 296plot style tables, 291, 291raster images, 440–441
Visibility Mode tool, 561
Visibility parameter, 558–559, 558, 561
Visibility States dialog box, 558–559, 558
Visretain system variable, 242, 463, 1098
visual effects, 663–664Visual Style option, 707visual styles and Visual Styles
feature, 632, 634–635, 635, 664, 664–665
motion path animation, 784–785printing with, 669sketch presentations, 787–788sketched look, 665–668,
665–668viewports, 825–826, 826
Visual Styles Manager palette, 665–667, 665
visualizing solids, 827–834, 827–834
Volume option for Measuregeom, 608
volumes of cuts, 718–719, 718–720VP Color option, 507, 507VP Freeze option, 505–506, 507VP Linetype option, 507, 507VP Lineweight option, 507, 507VP Plot option, 507, 507VP Transparency option, 507, 507Vpclip command, 509Vports command, 499, 510–511
WW command, 456, 472w2u function, 488Walk And Fly Settings dialog box,
1106, 1107Walk option for SteeringWheels,
660, 660walk-throughs, 782–785, 782–783Walk tool, 662, 662Wblock command, 125–126,
456, 472WCS (World Coordinate System),
639, 676Web. See World Wide Web
(WWW) siteswedges, 798, 799weight of lines. See lineweightsWhen Previewing Show Camera
Preview option, 785While keyword in
AutoLISP, 929
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WiDth • zooming | 1209
widthcolumns in layer lists, 144polylines, 573, 576, 577, 578table cells, 351text, 318, 318vertices, 585–587, 587
wildcard characterslayer filters, 160–161system variables, 611
Window optionsplot area, 261in selecting, 52
Window Polygon option, 52, 53Window Polygons, 52, 53windows
crossing, 51–52, 54–55, 386–387, 387
plotting, 261selecting objects, 46, 46, 51–52,
54–55, 54–55selecting points, 13–14zooming, 17–20, 17–20, 85
Windows MetaFile (WMF) files, 621
Wipeout command, 441Wipeout object, 887Wireframe option, 664, 665Wireframe views, 265, 267, 650, 718WMF (Windows MetaFile)
files, 621Wmfbkgnd system variable, 1127wood, procedural maps for, 752, 752work areas, 73–74
drawing limits for, 77–79scale factors for, 80–81units for, 74–76, 75
workgroups, external references for, 127, 242, 461
working sets, 251–252Working Support File Search Path
option, 896, 1091workpoints. See Grips featureworksheets, importing, 624–626,
625–626Workspace Settings dialog box,
938–939, 938Workspace tool
3D meshes, 838, 8383D models, 631–632, 632, 675
Workspace Switching tool, 5, 938, 938
workspaces, 53D Modeling, 631–633, 632–633exercises, 1085working with, 937–939, 938
World Coordinate System (WCS), 639, 676
World UCS tool, 700, 700World Wide Web (WWW) sites
DWF files in, 990Express Tools for, 900file search paths, 1093hyperlinks, 990–992, 991
Write Block dialog box, 125–127, 126, 456, 472
Wssettings command, 938
XX axis, 639–640X command, 123X coordinates, point filters
for, 652X input box setting, 265X-ray mode, 827, 827X scale factor for symbols, 117X setting for blocks, 114X tool, 687Xa command, 458Xb command, 464Xbind dialog box, 243, 464–465, 464Xdatum option, 402Xdwgfadectl variable, 1096Xedit variable, 1098Xfadectl variable, 1096XL command, 197Xloadctl variable, 1098Xloadpath variable, 1093Xopen command, 240XR command, 238, 436Xr command, 459XRef Fading tool, 240, 240Xref files. See external referencesXY/YZ/ZX slice option, 810XYB file type, 672XYZ gizmo
mesh edges, 845–847mesh faces, 842–844, 844
YY axis, 639Y coordinates, point filters for, 652Y input box setting, 265Y scale factor for symbols, 117Y setting for blocks, 114Y tool, 687Ydatum option, 402
ZZ axis
in Dynamic UCS, 639mesh edges, 846, 846
Z Axis Vector tool, 688, 688–689Z coordinates, point filters for, 652Z scale factor for symbols, 117Z setting for blocks, 114Z tool, 687, 687Zaxis option with slicing, 810zero-length geometry, 207Zero Suppression options, 1149,
1151–1152zerop operator, 928zeros
in dimension text, 368, 1149, 1151–1152
leading, 37Zigzag linetype, 161Zoom All option, 212Zoom Extents tool, 211,
211, 217Zoom Realtime tool, 19, 85
in copying, 180for interference, 706limitations, 213in plot preview, 256
Zoom To Pair option, 706Zoom Window tool, 18, 18, 85zooming, 17–20, 17–20
drawings, 79with hatch patterns, 234in Layout views, 269vs. panning, 180to previous view, 89with SteeringWheels, 659in viewports, 501–502for windows, 85
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