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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