Index

Symbols

2D Solids 3D Faces 3D Meshes 3D Operations 3D Orbit 3D Polygon Meshes

3D Polylines 3D Space Mirroring in 3D Space Rotating in 3D Space 3D Viewing 3D Viewing Tools

A

ACIS SAT Files Exporting ACIS SAT Files Importing ACIS SAT Files Active Layer Aligned Dimensions Angular Dimensions Annotations Aperture Setting

Arc Length Dimensions Arcs Area AreaBoundaries Attribute Definitions Attributes Displaying BlockAttributes Working with Blocks, BlockAttributes, EntityGroups, and References Automatic Save

B

Baseline Dimensions Bitmap File BlockAttributes Defining BlockAttributes Editing BlockAttributes Working with BlockAttributes Blocks Clipping References and Blocks Defining Blocks Inserting Blocks Marking Entities with Points or Blocks by Lengths Marking Entities with Points or Blocks by Segments Saving Blocks to File Working with Blocks, BlockAttributes, EntityGroups, and References

C

Calculator Center Marks Chamfers Circles Constructing Circles Setting the Display Quality of Circles and Curves Clipboard Copying Command History to the Clipboard Copying to the Clipboard Copying with a Reference Point to the Clipboard Cutting to the Clipboard Pasting from the Clipboard Using the Clipboard Cloud Storage Cloud Storage Palette Colors Command Entry Command Execution Command History Command Reference Command Window Command window variants of commands Command -AreaBoundary Command -Clean Command -DimensionStyle Command -EditBlockAttribute Command -EditHatch Command -EditRichLine Command -EntityGroup Command -EntitySnap Command -ExportDrawing Command -Hatch Command -Hyperlink Command -InsertBlock Command -Layer Command -LineColor Command -LineStyle Command -LineWeight Command -MakeBlock Command -MakeBlockAttribute Command -Note Command -Pattern Command -Print Command -PrintStyle Command -References Command -Rename Command -Table Command -TextStyle Command -UnitSystem Command -Viewport Command -Views

Complex Objects Context Menus Continuous Dimensions Coordinate Filter Coordinate Input Coordinate Symbol Coordinate System Icon Coordinate Systems Managing Custom Coordinate Systems Specifying Coordinates and Using Coordinate Systems Coordinates Crosshairs Current Line Thickness Curves Custom Coordinate Systems

D

Data Entry Data Input Deletions DGN Files Adjusting DGN Underlays Attaching DGN Files as Underlays Clipping DGN Underlays Controlling the Visibility of DGN Underlay Layers Detaching DGN Underlays Managing DGN Underlays from the References Palette Setting DGN Underlay Options Diameter Dimensions Dimension Orientations Dimension Snap Offset Distances Dimension Styles Dimension Text Editing Dimension Text Moving Dimension Text Rotating Dimension Text Dimension Text Values Dimensions Modifying Dimensions Rebuilding Dimensions Relating Dimensions Display Options Distances Distant Light Drafting Options Drawing Closing a Drawing Creating a Bitmap File from a Drawing Creating a JPEG File from a Drawing Creating a PDF File from a Drawing Creating a PNG File from a Drawing Formatting the Drawing Opening a Drawing Rendering the Drawing Saving a Drawing Saving the Drawing under a Different Name Viewing the Drawing

Drawing Area Drawing Boundaries Drawing Display Automatically Rebuilding the Current Drawing Refreshing and Rebuilding the Drawing Display Drawing Entities Drawing Environment Drawing Files Drawing Windows Arranging Drawing Windows Cascading Drawing Windows Working with Drawing Windows Drawing Windows Horizontally Drawing Windows Vertically Drawings Attaching Drawings as References Checking Integrity of Drawings Recovering Drawings DXF Files Exporting DXF Files Importing DXF Files Dynamic Pan Dynamic Zoom

E

Edge Meshes Editing EntityGroups Edits Elevation Ellipses Elliptical Arcs Entities - Aligning Entities Attaching Hyperlinks to Entities Changing Entities to the Active Layer Changing the Length of Entities Copying Entities Creating Patterns of Entities Drawing Entities Extending Entities Marking Entities with Points or Blocks by Lengths Marking Entities with Points or Blocks by Segments Modifying Entities Modifying Entities and Entity Properties Moving Entities Rotating Entities Selecting Entities Setting Entity Colors Splitting Entities Between Two Points Working with EntityGroups

Entities Using Handles Entity Information Entity Properties Entity Selection Methods Entity Selections Based on Filtering Criteria Entity Snap Export External References Attaching Drawings as References Clipping References and Blocks Working with Blocks, BlockAttributes, EntityGroups, and References External References Basics External References Palette Externally Referenced Drawings Opening Referenced Drawings Referencing Drawings - Basics Working with Referenced Drawings and Images

F

File Explorer Filled Circles

Fillets Formatting Dimension Text Free Spotlight

G

Geometric Tolerances Creating Geometric Tolerances Editing Geometric Tolerances Gradient Fills Creating Color Gradient Fills Editing Hatches and Fills Working with Hatches and Color Fills

Graphics Area Grid Display Grip Nodes Groups

H

Hatch Patterns Creating Hatches Customizing Hatch Patterns Editing Hatches and Fills Hatches Working with Hatches and Color Fills Working with Hatches, Color Fills, Text, and Tables

Help Hidden Lines Home Position of Dimension Text Hyperlinks

I

Identifying Image Files Import Inferencing Types Infinite Lines Constructing InfiniteLines Using InfiniteLines, CenterLines, and RichLines

Inquiries Inserting Blocks Isometric Planes

J

Jogged Dimensions

JPEG File

K

Keyboard Input

L

Layer Changing Layer Tools Layers Activating a Layer Command -Layer Deleting Layers Freezing Layers Hiding Layers Isolating Layers Locking Layers Managing Layers Using the Layers Dialog Box Matching Layers Unlocking Layers Layers After Isolating Layout Sheets

Leader Lines Length Changing Lengths License Agreement Light List Palette Hiding the Lighting Palette Managing Lights with the Lighting Palette Light Source Lights Managing Lights with the Lighting Palette Using Lights Linear Dimensions Lines LineStyle Scale Factor LineStyles

M

Managing Sheets Mask Meshes Methods Model Model Space Switching to Model Workspace Working with Tiled Views in Model Workspace

Model Tab Modifying 3D Objects Modifying Dimensions Modifying Entities Modifying Properties Multiple Lines Text Creating Notes Modifying Notes Multiple Redo

N

New Drawing

O

Object Display Order Offsets Online Help

Opening Drawings Options Toolbar Ordinate Dimensions Orthogonal Mode

P

Palettes Pan Down Pan Left Pan Right Pan Up Patterns PDF File Plan View Plotting PNG File Point Format Point Light Points Inserting Points Marking Entities with Points or Blocks by Lengths Marking Entities with Points or Blocks by Segments Working with Points Polygon Faces

Polygons PolyLine Constructing PolyLines Editing PolyLines PolyLine Vertices Precision Drawing with Precision Specifying Units and Precision Presentation Previous Layer Settings Printing Drawings Printouts Properties Editing Properties Modifying Entities and Entity Properties Modifying Entity Properties Properties Between Objects Properties Palette Pull-down Menus

Q

Quick Leaders

Quick Text Mode On

R

Radius Dimensions Rays Rectangles Redraw Rebuilding the Current Drawing Rebuilding the Current Drawing and Refreshing All Tiled Views Refreshing All Tiled Views of the Current Drawing Refreshing the Current Drawing Redrawing All Multiviews References Palette Regions

Rendering Revision Cloud Command -Cloud Creating Revision Clouds Revolved Meshes RichLine Styles RichLines Constructing RichLines Using InfiniteLines, CenterLines, and RichLines Rings Ruled Meshes

S

Saving Drawings Script Repeating a Script Writing and Running Script Files Script Execution Pausing Script Execution Resuming Script Execution Scroll Bars Selections Setting LineStyles Shade Mode Shading Shapes Inserting Shapes Loading Shapes

Sheet Space Sheet Tabs Sheets Singleline Text Snap Splines Spotlight Started Creating, Opening, Closing, and Saving Drawings Getting Started Setting Up the Drawing Environment Working with Sheets Status Bar System Requirements

T

Table Styles Tables Creating Tables Editing Text in Tables Working with Hatches, Color Fills, Text, and Tables Working with Tables Tabulated Meshes Target Point Light Text Command -SimpleNote Creating Notes Editing Annotations Modifying Notes Working with Hatches, Color Fills, Text, and Tables Working with Text

Text Styles Text Window Thickness Toolbars Tools Traces Transparent Commands Trapezoids

U

Undo Undo Operations Units Unused References URL User Interface Customization

User Preferences Using Dynasnaps Using Entity Snap Using Points Using Polar Guides Using Templates Utilities

V

View Resolution Viewpoint Viewport Layers

Viewports on Sheets Views Command -Views Saving and Retrieving User-defined Views

W

Web Site

Windows Calculator Writing to File

Z

Zoom Bounds Zoom Center Zoom Factor Zoom Fit Zoom In Zoom Out

Zoom Previous Zoom Selected Zoom Window Zooming Panning and Zooming Zoom