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Preface | |
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Dedication | |
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AutoCAD Part I | |
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Introduction to AutoCAD | |
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Starting AutoCAD | |
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AutoCAD Screen Components | |
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Invoking Commands in AutoCAD | |
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AutoCAD Dialog Boxes | |
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Starting a New Drawing | |
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Saving Your Work | |
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Automatic Timed Save | |
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Creation of Backup Files | |
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Changing Automatic Timed Saved and Backup Files Into AutoCAD Format | |
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Closing a Drawing | |
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Opening an Existing Drawing | |
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Multiple Document Environment (MDE) | |
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Quitting AutoCAD | |
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AutoCAD's Help | |
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Additional Help Resources | |
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Getting Started with AutoCAD | |
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Drawing Lines in AutoCAD | |
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Coordinate Systems | |
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Erasing Objects | |
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Canceling and Undoing a Command | |
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Object Selection Methods | |
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Drawing Circles | |
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Basic Display Commands | |
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Setting Units | |
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Setting the Limits of the Drawing | |
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Introduction to Plotting Drawings | |
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Modifying AutoCAD Settings Using the Options Dialog box | |
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Drawing Sketches | |
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Drawing Arcs | |
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Drawing Rectangles | |
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Drawing Ellipses | |
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Drawing Regular Polygons | |
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Drawing Traces | |
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Drawing Polylines | |
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Drawing Donuts | |
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Drawing Points | |
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Drawing Infinite Lines | |
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Writing Single Line Text | |
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Working with Drawing Alds | |
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Understanding the Concept and Use of Layers | |
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Working with Layers | |
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LINETYPE Command | |
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LWEIGHT Command | |
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Object Properties | |
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Global and Current Linetype Scaling | |
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LTSCALE Factor for Plotting | |
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Working with the DESIGNCENTER | |
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Drafting Settings Dialog Box | |
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Drawing Straight Lines Using the Ortho Mode | |
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Working with Object Snaps | |
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Running Object Snap Mode | |
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Using AutoTracking | |
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Function and Control Keys | |
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Editing Sketched Objects | |
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Creating a Selection Set | |
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Editing the Sketches | |
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Moving the Sketched Objects | |
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Copying the Sketched Objects | |
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Copying the Object Using the Base Point | |
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Pasting the Contents from the Clipboard | |
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Pasting Contents Using the Original Coordinates | |
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Offsetting the Sketched Objects | |
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Rotating the Sketched Objects | |
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Scaling the Sketched Objects | |
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Filleting the Sketches | |
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Chamfering the Sketches | |
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Trimming the Sketched Objects | |
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Extending the Sketched Objects | |
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Stretching the Sketched Objects | |
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Lengthening the Sketched Objects | |
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Arraying the Sketched Objects | |
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Mirroring the Sketched Objects | |
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Breaking the Sketched Objects | |
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Measuring the Sketched Objects | |
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Dividing the Sketched Objects | |
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Editing Sketched Objects-II | |
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Editing With Grips | |
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Types of Grips | |
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Adjusting Grip Settings | |
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Editing Objects with Grips | |
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Loading Hyperlinks | |
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Editing Gripped Objects | |
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Grip System Variables | |
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Changing the Properties Using the PROPERTIES Palette | |
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Changing Properties using Grips | |
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Matching Properties of the Sketched Objects | |
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Quick Selection of the Sketched Objects | |
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Managing Contents Using the DESIGNCENTER* | |
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Making Inquiries About Objects and Drawings | |
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Controlling the Drawing Display and Creating Text | |
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Basic Display Options | |
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Redrawing the Screen | |
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Regenerating the Drawings | |
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Zooming the Drawings | |
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Panning the Drawings | |
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Creating Views | |
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Aerial View | |
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Creating Text | |
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Creating Single Line Text | |
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Drawing Special Characters | |
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Creating Multiline Text | |
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Editing Text | |
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Substituting Fonts | |
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Creating Text Styles | |
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Determining Text Height | |
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Checking Spelling | |
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Text Quality and Text Fill | |
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Finding and Replacing Text | |
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Basic Dimensioning, Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing | |
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Need for Dimensioning | |
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Dimensioning in AutoCAD | |
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Fundamental Dimensioning Terms | |
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Associative Dimensions | |
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Definition Points | |
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Selecting Dimensioning Commands | |
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Dimensioning Number of Objects Together | |
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Creating Linear Dimensions | |
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Creating Aligned Dimensions | |
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Creating Rotated Dimensions | |
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Creating Baseline Dimensions | |
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Creating Continued Dimensions | |
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Creating Angular Dimensions | |
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Creating Diameter Dimensions | |
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Creating Radius Dimensions | |
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Generating Center Marks and Centerlines | |
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Creating Ordinate Dimensions | |
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Creating True Associative Dimensions | |
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Removing the Dimension Associativity (DIMDISASSOCIATE Command) | |
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Drawing Leaders | |
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Using Leader with the DIM Command | |
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Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing | |
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Geometric Characteristics and Symbols | |
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Adding Geometric Tolerance | |
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Complex Feature Control Frames | |
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Using Feature Control Frames with Leaders | |
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Projected Tolerance Zone | |
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Editing Dimensions | |
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Editing Dimensions Using Editing Tools | |
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Editing the Dimensions | |
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Editing Dimension Text | |
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Updating Dimensions | |
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Editing Dimensions with Grips | |
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Editing Dimensions Using the PROPERTIES Palette | |
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Model Space and Paper Space Dimensioning | |
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Dimension Styles and Dimensioning System Variables | |
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Using Styles and Variables to Control Dimensions | |
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Creating and Restoring Dimension Styles | |
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New Dimension Style Dialog Box | |
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Controlling Dimension Text Format | |
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Fitting Dimension Text and Arrowheads | |
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Formatting Primary Dimension Units | |
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Formatting Alternate Dimension Units | |
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Formatting the Tolerances | |
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Other Dimensioning Variables | |
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Dimension Style Families | |
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Using Dimension Style Overrides | |
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Comparing and Listing Dimension Styles | |
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Using Externally Referenced Dimension Styles | |
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Model Space Viewports, Paper Space Viewports, and Layouts | |
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Model Space and Paper Space/Layouts | |
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Model Space Viewports (Tiled Viewports) | |
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Making a Viewport Current | |
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Joining Two Adjacent Viewports | |
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Paper Space Viewports (Floating Viewports) | |
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Temporary Model Space | |
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Editing the Viewports | |
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Manipulating the Visibility of Viewport Layers | |
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Controlling the Layers in the Viewports using the Layer Properties Manager Dialog box | |
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Paper Space Linetype Scaling (PSLTSCALE System Variable) | |
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Inserting the Layouts | |
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Inserting a Layout Using the Wizard | |
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Defining the Page Settings | |
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Working with the MVSETUP Command | |
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Convert Distance Between Model Space and Paper Space | |
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Plotting Drawings | |
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Plotting Drawings in AutoCAD | |
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Plotting Drawings Using the Plot Dialog box | |
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Adding Plotters | |
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Editing Plotter Configuration | |
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Importing PCP/PC2 Configuration Files | |
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Setting the Plot Parameters | |
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Using Plot Styles | |
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Batch Plotting | |
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Hatching Drawings | |
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Hatching | |
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Hatching Drawings Using the Boundary Hatch and Fill Dialog box | |
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Boundary Hatch and Fill Dialog Box Options | |
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Ray Casting | |
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Hatching the Drawings Using the TOOL PALETTES | |
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Hatching Around Text, Dimensions, and Attributes | |
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Editing Hatch Patterns | |
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Editing Hatch Boundary | |
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Hatching Blocks and Xref Drawings | |
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Pattern Alignment During Hatching | |
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Creating a Boundary Using Closed Loops | |
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Other Features of Hatching | |
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Hatching Using the HATCH Command | |
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Working with Blocks | |
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The Concept of Blocks | |
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Formation of Blocks | |
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Converting Objects into a Block | |
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Inserting the Blocks Using the Insert Dialog box | |
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Inserting Blocks Using the Command line | |
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Using DESIGNCENTER to Insert Blocks | |
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Using TOOL PALETTES to Insert Blocks | |
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Adding Blocks in the TOOL PALETTES | |
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Modifying the Existing Blocks in the TOOL PALETTES | |
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Layers, Colors, Linetypes and Lineweights for Blocks | |
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Nesting of Blocks | |
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Inserting Multiple Blocks | |
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Creating Drawing Files Using the Write Block Dialog Box | |
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Creating Drawing Files Using the Command Line | |
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Defining the Insertion Base Point | |
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Editing Blocks | |
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Renaming Blocks | |
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Deleting Unused Blocks | |
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AutoCAD Part II | |
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Defining Block Attributes | |
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Understanding Attributes | |
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Defining Attributes | |
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Editing Attribute Definition | |
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Inserting Blocks with Attributes | |
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Managing Attributes | |
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Extracting Attributes | |
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Controlling Attribute Visibility | |
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Editing Block Attributes | |
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Redefining a Block with Attributes | |
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Inserting Text Files in the Drawing | |
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Understanding External References | |
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External References | |
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Dependent Symbols | |
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Managing External References in a Drawing | |
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The Overlay Option | |
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Working With the XATTACH Command | |
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Opening an Xreffed Object in a Separate Window | |
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Adding Dependent Symbols to a Drawing | |
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Clipping External References | |
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Displaying Clipping Frame | |
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Demand Loading | |
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Editing References In Place | |
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Working with Advanced Drawing Options | |
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Understanding the Use of Multilines | |
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Defining Multiline Style | |
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Drawing Multilines | |
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Editing Multilines Using Grips | |
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Editing Multilines Using the Dialog Box | |
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Creating Revision Clouds | |
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Creating Wipeouts | |
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Creating NURBS | |
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Editing Splines | |
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Grouping and Advanced Editing of Sketched Objects | |
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Grouping the Sketched Objects Using the Object Grouping Dialog Box | |
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Selecting Groups | |
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Cycling Through Groups | |
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Changing Properties and Location of an Object | |
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Exploding Compound Objects | |
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Editing Polylines | |
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Undoing the Previous Commands | |
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Reversing the Undo Operation | |
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Renaming Named Objects | |
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Removing Unused Named Objects | |
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Setting Selection Modes Using the Options Dialog box | |
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Working With Data Exchange and Object Linking and Embedding | |
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Understanding the Concept of Data Exchange in AutoCAD | |
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Creating Data Interchange (DXF) Files | |
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Other Data Exchange Formats | |
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Raster Images | |
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Editing Raster Image Files | |
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PostScript Files | |
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Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) | |
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Technical Drawing with AutoCAD | |
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Multiview Drawings | |
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Understanding X, Y, and Z Axes | |
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Orthographic Projections | |
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Positioning Orthographic Views | |
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Dimensioning | |
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Sectional Views | |
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Auxiliary Views | |
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Detail Drawing, Assembly Drawing, and Bill of Materials | |
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Isometric Drawing | |
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Isometric Drawings | |
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Isometric Projections | |
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Isometric Axes and Planes | |
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Setting the Isometric Grid and Snap | |
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Drawing Isometric Circles | |
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Dimensioning Isometric Objects | |
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Isometric Text | |
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The User Coordinate System | |
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The World Coordinate System (WCS) | |
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Controlling the Visibility of UCS Icon | |
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Defining New UCS | |
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Managing UCS Through Dialog Box | |
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System Variables | |
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Getting Started with 3D | |
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Use of Three-Dimensional Drawing | |
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Types of 3D Models | |
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Conventions in AutoCAD | |
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Changing the Viewpoint to View the 3D Models | |
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3D Coordinate Systems | |
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Trim, Extend, and Fillet Commands in 3D | |
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Setting Thickness and Elevation for the New Objects | |
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Suppressing the Hidden Edges | |
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Creating 3D Polylines | |
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Converting Wireframe Models into Surface Models | |
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Directly Creating the Surface Models | |
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Drawing Standard Surface Primitives | |
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Editing the Surface Mesh | |
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Modifying the Properties of the Hidden Lines | |
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Creating Solid Models | |
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What is Solid Modeling? | |
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Creating Predefined Solid Primitives | |
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Creating Complex Solid Models | |
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Creating Regions | |
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Creating Complex Solid Models by Applying the Boolean Operations | |
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Creating Extruded Solids | |
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Creating Revolved Solids | |
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Filleting Solid Models | |
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Chamfering Solid Models | |
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Rotating Solid Models in 3D Space | |
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Mirroring Solid Models in the 3D Space | |
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Creating Arrays in the 3D Space | |
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Aligning the Solid Models | |
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Slicing Solid Models | |
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Creating the Cross-Sections of the Solids | |
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Editing and Dynamic Viewing of 3D Objects | |
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Editing Solid Models | |
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Generating the Drawing Views of the Solid Model | |
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Calculating the Mass Properties of the Solid Models | |
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Dynamic Viewing of 3D Objects | |
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Rendering Designs | |
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Understanding the Concept of Rendering | |
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Selecting and Attaching the Materials | |
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Understanding Elementary Rendering | |
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Adding Lights to the Design | |
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Modifying Lights | |
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Creating New Materials | |
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Modifying the Material | |
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Understanding Advanced Rendering | |
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Defining and Rendering a Scene | |
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Defining and Rendering the Landscaping | |
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Editing the Landscaping Objects | |
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Creating User-defined Landscaping Objects | |
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Mapping the Materials on the Objects | |
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Obtaining Rendering Information | |
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Saving a Rendering | |
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Displaying a Rendered Image | |
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Plotting Rendered Images | |
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Unloading AutoCAD Render | |
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Accessing External Database | |
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Understanding Database | |
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AutoCAD Database Connectivity | |
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Database Configuration | |
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Dbconnect Manager | |
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Viewing and Editing Table Data from AutoCAD | |
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Creating Links with Graphical Objects | |
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Creating Labels | |
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AutoCAD SQL Environment (ASE) | |
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AutoCAD Query Editor | |
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Forming Selection Sets Using the Link Select | |
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Conversion of ASE Links to AutoCAD 2000 or Layer Formats | |
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AutoCAD on the Internet | |
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Introduction | |
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Changes from AutoCAD Release 14 | |
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Changed Internet Commands | |
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Understanding URLS | |
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Drawings on the Internet | |
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Inserting a Block from the Internet | |
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Accessing Other files on the Internet | |
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i-Drop | |
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Saving the Drawing to the Internet | |
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Online Resources | |
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Using Hyperlinks with AutoCAD | |
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Pasting as Hyperlink | |
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Editing Hyperlinks | |
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Removing Hyperlinks from Objects | |
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The Drawing Web Format | |
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Embedding a DWF File | |
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AutoCAD Part III (Customizing) | |
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Template Drawings | |
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Creating Template Drawings | |
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The Standard Template Drawings | |
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Loading a Template Drawing | |
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Customizing Drawings with Layers and Dimensioning Specifications | |
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Customizing a Drawing with Layout | |
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Customizing Drawings with Viewports | |
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Customizing Drawings According to Plot Size and Drawing Scale | |
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Script Files and Slide Shows | |
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What are Script Files? | |
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Running Script Files | |
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Repeating Script Files | |
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Introducing Time Delay in the Script Files | |
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Resuming the Script Files | |
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Command Line Switches | |
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Invoking a Script File while Loading AutoCAD | |
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What Is a Slide Show? | |
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What are Slides? | |
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Creating Slides | |
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Viewing Slides | |
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Preloading Slides | |
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Slide Libraries | |
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Slide Shows with Rendered Images | |
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Creating Linetypes and Hatch Patterns | |
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Standard Linetypes | |
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Linetype Definition | |
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Elements of Linetype Specification | |
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Creating Linetypes | |
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Alignment Specification | |
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LTSCALE Command | |
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LTSCALE Factor for Plotting | |
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Current Linetype Scaling (CELTSCALE) | |
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Alternate Linetypes | |
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Modifying Linetypes | |
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Complex Linetypes | |
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Creating a String Complex Linetype | |
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Hatch Pattern Definition | |
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How Hatch Works | |
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Simple Hatch Pattern | |
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Effect of Angle and Scale Factor on Hatch | |
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Hatch Pattern with Dashes and Dots | |
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Hatch with Multiple Descriptors | |
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Saving Hatch Patterns in a Separate File | |
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Custom Hatch Pattern File | |
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Pull-down, Shortcut, and Partial Menus and Customizing Toolbars | |
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AutoCAD Menu | |
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Standard Menus | |
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Writing a Menu | |
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Loading Menus | |
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Restrictions | |
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Cascading Submenus in Menus | |
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Shortcut and Context Menus | |
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Submenus | |
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Loading Screen and Image Tile Menus | |
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Partial Menus | |
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Accelerator Keys | |
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Toolbars | |
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Menu-Specific Help | |
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Customizing the Toolbars | |
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Index | |
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Working with AutoLISP | |
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About AutoLISP | |
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Mathematical Operations | |
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Incremented, Decremented, and Absolute Numbers | |
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Trigonometric Functions | |
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Relational Statements | |
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defun, setq, getpoint, and Command Functions | |
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Loading an AutoLISP Program | |
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getcorner, getdist, and setvar Functions | |
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list Function | |
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car, cdr, and cadr Functions | |
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graphscr, textscr, princ, and terpri Functions | |
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getangle and getorient Functions | |
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getint, getreal, getstring, and getvar Functions | |
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polar and sqrt Functions | |
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itoa, rtos, strcase, and prompt Functions | |
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Flowcharts | |
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Conditional Functions | |
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Visual Basic for Application | |
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About Visual Basic | |
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Visual Basic For Application | |
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Using VBA in AutoCAD | |
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Objects in VBA | |
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Add Method | |
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Finding Help on Methods and Properties | |
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Loading and Saving VBA Projects | |
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Getting User Input | |
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PolarPoint and AngleFromXAxis Methods | |
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Additional VBA Examples | |
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Working with Visual LISP | |
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Visual LISP | |
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Overview of Visual LISP | |
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Starting Visual LISP | |
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Using Visual LISP Text Editor | |
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Visual LISP Console | |
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Using the Visual LISP Text Editor | |
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Visual LISP Formatter | |
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Debugging the Program | |
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General Recommendations for writing the LISP File | |
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Tracing Variables | |
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Visual LISP Error Codes and Messages | |
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Student Projects | |
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Appendices | |
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System Requirements and AutoCAD Installation | |
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AutoCAD Commands | |
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AutoCAD System Variables | |