Harnessing AutoCAD 2004 with AutoCAD 2005 Update

by Stellman, Thomas A.; Krishnan, G. V.

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ISBN13: 9781401883942

ISBN10: 140188394X

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Pub. Date: 2004-09-13

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Summary

This most recent edition of the Harnessing AutoCADr continues in the tradition of previous versions by providing the widest selection of discipline-specific exercises and projects for learning how to use today's leading desktop design and drawing software. A smart how-to and reference book, Harnessing AutoCADr 2004 with AutoCADr 2005 UPDATE contains up-to-the-minute functionality including extensively illustrated examples of "prompt-response" sequences, whereby certain commands prompt users for additional information such as coordinates or dimensions to complete a function. The companion Exercise Manual has also been updated, featuring problems in complete project format for practicing concepts and commands learned in a chapter or section, as well as for testing single concepts and commands. This complete package is appropriate for either the novice or advanced user.

Author Biography

G. V. Krishnan is the Director of the Applied Business & Technology Center at the University of Houston (Downtown).

Introduction

xxi

HARNESSING THE POWER OF AUTOCAD 2004

xxi

HIGHLIGHTS AND FEATURES OF THIS NEW EDITION

xxi

HOW TO USE THIS BOOK

xxii

Overview

xxii

Fundamentals

xxii

Intermediate

xxii

Advanced

xxii

Appendices

xxii

STYLE CONVENTIONS

xxiii

HOW TO INVOKE COMMANDS

xxiii

DRAWING EXERCISES AND BONUS CHAPTER ON VISUAL LISP

xxiii

EXERCISE ICONS

xxiv

HARNESSING AUTOCAD 2004 EXERCISE MANUAL

xxiv

ONLINE COMPANION™

xxiv

e-RESOURCE

xxiv

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

xxv

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

xxvi

Chapter 1 Getting Started

(64)

STARTING AUTOCAD

(2)

The Startup Window

(2)

AUTOCAD SCREEN

(9)

Graphics Window

(1)

Status Bar and Tool Tray

(1)

Title Bar

(1)

Toolbars

(4)

Menu Bars

(1)

Model Tab/Layout Tabs

(1)

Command Window

(2)

AUTOCAD COMMANDS AND INPUT METHODS

(7)

AutoCAD Commands

(1)

Input Methods

(7)

USING DIALOG BOXES

(6)

Text Box

(1)

Buttons

(1)

Check Boxes

(1)

List Boxes and Scroll Bars

(1)

Tool Palettes Window

(3)

GETTING HELP

(8)

Active Assistance

(2)

Traditional Help

(6)

Developer Help

(1)

New Features Workshop

(1)

Online Resources

(1)

About

(1)

BEGINNING A NEW DRAWING WITH THE NEW COMMAND (STARTUP SYSTEM VARIABLE SET TO 0)

(2)

OPENING AN EXISTING DRAWING WITH THE OPEN COMMAND

(5)

STARTING AUTOCAD WITH A DIALOG BOX (STARTUP SYSTEM VARIABLE SET TO 1)

(9)

Starting a New Drawing with the Wizards

(4)

Starting a New Drawing with a Template

(2)

Starting a New Drawing from Scratch

(1)

Opening an Existing Drawing

(1)

BEGINNING A NEW DRAWING WITH THE NEW COMMAND (STARTUP SYSTEM VARIABLE SET TO 1)

(1)

CHANGING UNITS

(4)

CHANGING THE LIMITS

(3)

WORKING WITH MULTIPLE DRAWINGS

(1)

SAVING A DRAWING

(3)

EXITING AUTOCAD

(1)

Review Questions

(2)

Chapter 2 Fundamentals I

(42)

CONSTRUCTING GEOMETRIC FIGURES

(8)

Drawing Lines

(5)

Drawing Rectangles

(1)

Drawing Wide Lines

(1)

COORDINATE SYSTEMS

(25)

Absolute Rectangular Coordinates

(3)

Relative Rectangular Coordinates

(1)

Relative Polar Coordinates

(1)

Coordinate Display

(1)

Drawing Circles

(5)

Drawing Arcs

(13)

OBJECT SELECTION

(2)

Window

(2)

MODIFY OBJECTS

100

(3)

Erasing Objects

100

(2)

Getting it Back

102

(1)

Review Questions

103

(4)

Chapter 3 Fundamentals II

107

(102)

DRAFTING SETTINGS

107

(47)

SNAP Command

108

(6)

GRID Command

114

(5)

ORTHO Command

119

(1)

Object Snap

120

(21)

Tracking Option

141

(3)

Direct Distance Option

144

(2)

POLAR TRACKING and OBJECT SNAPTRACKING

146

(8)

DISPLAY CONTROL

154

(15)

ZOOM Command

154

(11)

PAN Command

165

(2)

Aerial View

167

(1)

Controlling Display with IntelliMouse

168

(1)

REDRAW Command

168

(1)

REGEN Command

169

(1)

SETTING MULTIPLE VIEWPORTS

169

(7)

Creating Tiled VIEWPORTS

171

(5)

CREATING AND MODIFYING LAYER SYSTEM

176

(22)

Creating and Managing Layers with the Layer Properties Manager Dialog Box

179

(11)

Changing Layer Properties from the Layers Toolbar

190

(1)

Making an Object's Layer Current

191

(1)

Undoing Layer Settings

192

(1)

Setting Up and Controlling Layers by Means of the Command Version of the LAYER Command

192

(6)

SETTING THE LINETYPE SCALE FACTOR

198

(1)

WILD CARDS AND NAMED OBJECTS

199

(1)

U, UNDO,AND REDO COMMANDS

200

(4)

U Command

200

(1)

UNDO Command

201

(2)

REDO Command

203

(1)

Review Questions

204

(5)

Chapter 4 Fundamentals III

209

(72)

DRAWING CONSTRUCTION LINES

209

(3)

XLINE Command

210

(1)

RAY Command

211

(1)

DRAWING POLYGONS

212

(4)

DRAWING ELLIPSES

216

(4)

DRAWING POLYLINES

220

(7)

DRAWING TEXT

227

(12)

Creating a Single Line of Text

227

(5)

Creating Multiline Text

232

(7)

EDITING TEXT

239

(6)

Find and Replace

240

(2)

Scaling Text in an OLE Object

242

(1)

Justifying Text

242

(1)

Changing Text from One Space to Another

243

(1)

Spell-Checking

243

(2)

Controlling the Display of Text

245

(1)

CREATING AND MODIFYING TEXT STYLES

245

(3)

CREATING OBJECTS FROM EXISTING OBJECTS

248

(21)

Copying Objects

249

(2)

Creating a Pattern of Copies

251

(7)

Creating Parallel Lines, Parallel Curves, and Concentric Circles

258

(3)

Creating a Mirror Copy of Objects

261

(2)

Creating a Fillet Between Two Objects

263

(3)

Creating a Chamfer between Two Objects

266

(3)

MODIFYING OBJECTS

269

(7)

Moving Objects

269

(1)

Trimming Objects

270

(2)

Erasing Parts of Objects

272

(2)

Extending Objects to Meet Another Object

274

(2)

Review Questions

276

(5)

Chapter 5 Fundamentals IV

281

(36)

CONSTRUCTING GEOMETRIC FIGURES

281

(8)

Drawing Solid-Filled Circles

281

(2)

Drawing Solid-Filled Polygons

283

(2)

Drawing Point Objects

285

(1)

Drawing Sketch Line Segments

286

(3)

OBJECT SELECTION

289

(3)

WPolygon (WP)

289

(1)

CPolygon (CP)

289

(1)

Fence (F)

290

(1)

All

290

(1)

Multiple

290

(1)

Box

290

Auto

(262)

Undo

291

(1)

Add

291

(1)

Remove

291

(1)

Single

291

(1)

OBJECT SELECTION MODES

292

(2)

Noun/verb selection

292

(1)

Use Shift to add

293

(1)

Press and drag

293

(1)

Implied windowing

294

(1)

Object grouping

294

(1)

Associative Hatch

294

(1)

Pickbox Size

294

(1)

MODIFYING OBJECTS

294

(17)

Lengthening Objects

294

(2)

Stretching Objects

296

(1)

Rotating Objects

297

(3)

Scaling Objects

300

(2)

Modifying Polylines

302

(6)

Matching Properties

308

(3)

Review Questions

311

(6)

Chapter 6 Fundamentals V

317

(62)

MULTILINES

317

(22)

Drawing Multiple Parallel Lines

317

(3)

Editing Multiple Parallel Lines

320

(13)

Creating and Modifying Multiline Styles

333

(2)

Element Properties

335

(4)

SPLINE CURVES

339

(6)

Drawing Spline Curves

339

(2)

Editing Spline Curves

341

(4)

WIPEOUT

345

(1)

REVISION CLOUD

346

(1)

EDITING WITH GRIPS

347

(8)

Using Grips

350

(5)

SELECTING OBJECTS BY QUICK SELECT

355

(2)

SELECTION SET BY FILTER TOOL

357

(2)

CHANGING PROPERTIES OF SELECTED OBJECTS

359

(2)

GROUPING OBJECTS

361

(5)

Group Name List Box

363

(1)

Group Identification

363

(1)

Create Group

364

(1)

Change Group

364

(2)

INFORMATION ABOUT OBJECTS

366

(4)

LIST Command

366

(1)

DBLIST Command

367

(1)

AREA Command

367

(2)

ID Command

369

(1)

DIST Command

370

(1)

SYSTEM VARIABLES

370

(3)

Review Questions

373

(6)

Chapter 7 Dimensioning

379

(68)

DIMENSION TERMINOLOGY

381

(1)

Dimension Line

381

Arrowhead

(344)

Extension Line

382

(1)

Dimension Text

382

(1)

Leader

382

(1)

Center Mark

382

(1)

ASSOCIATIVE/NON-ASSOCIATIVE/EXPLODED DIMENSIONS

382

(1)

Associative

382

(1)

Non-Associative

383

(1)

Exploded

383

(1)

DIMENSIONING COMMANDS

383

(37)

DIM and DIMI

384

(1)

Linear Dimensioning

385

(5)

Linear Dimensioning by Selecting an Object

390

(2)

Aligned Dimensioning

392

(1)

Ordinate Dimensioning

393

(2)

Radius Dimensioning

395

(2)

Diameter Dimensioning

397

(1)

Angular Dimensioning

398

(3)

Baseline Dimensioning

401

(3)

Continue Dimensioning

404

(1)

Quick Dimensioning

405

(1)

Qleader and Leader

406

(7)

Tolerances

413

(6)

Drawing Cross Marks for Arcs or Circles

419

(1)

Oblique Dimensioning

420

(1)

EDITING DIMENSION TEXT

420

(4)

DIMEDIT Command

420

(2)

DIMTEDIT Command

422

(1)

Editing Dimensions with Grips

423

(1)

DIMDISASSOCIATE Command

423

(1)

DIMREASSOCIATE Command

423

(1)

DIMREGEN Command

423

(1)

DIMENSION STYLES

424

(15)

Dimension Style Manager Dialog Box

424

(14)

Editing Dimensions Using the Shortcut Menu

438

(1)

OVERRIDING THE DIMENSION FEATURE

439

(1)

UPDATING DIMENSIONS

440

(2)

Review Questions

442

(5)

Chapter 8 Plotting/Printing

447

(74)

PLANNING THE PLOTTED SHEET

447

(7)

Example of Computing Plot Scale, Plot Size, and Limits

449

(3)

Setting for LTSCALE

452

(1)

Setting for DIMSCALE

452

(1)

Scaling Annotations and Symbols

452

(2)

WORKING IN MODEL SPACE AND PAPER SPACE

454

(1)

PLOTTING FROM MODEL SPACE

454

(15)

Plot Device Settings

456

(6)

Plot Settings

462

(7)

PLOTTING FROM LAYOUT (WYSIWYG)

469

(30)

Setting Up a Layout

470

(5)

Creating and Modifying a Layout

475

(3)

Creating Floating Viewports

478

(6)

Creating a Layout by Layout Wizard

484

(5)

Scaling Views Relative to Paper Space

489

(1)

Clipping Viewports

490

(1)

Controlling the Visibility of Layers within Viewports

491

(3)

Setting Paper Space Linetype Scaling

494

(1)

Dimensioning in Model Space and Paper Space

495

(1)

Attaching Plot Style Tables to Viewports

495

(1)

Plotting from Layout

496

(3)

CREATING AND MODIFYING PLOT STYLE TABLES

499

(11)

Creating a Plot Style Table

500

(4)

Modifying a Plot Style Table

504

(6)

CHANGING PLOT STYLE PROPERTY FOR AN OBJECT OR LAYER

510

(2)

CONFIGURING PLOTTERS

512

(4)

BATCH PLOTTING

516

(1)

Review Questions

517

(4)

Chapter 9 Hatching and Boundaries

521

(24)

WHAT IS HATCHING?

521

(1)

DEFINING THE HATCH BOUNDARY

522

(1)

BHATCH VERSUS HATCH

523

(16)

Hatch Patterns with the Bhatch Command

525

(11)

Hatch Patterns with the Hatch Command

536

(3)

EDITING HATCHES

539

(2)

CONTROLLING THE VISIBILITY OF HATCH PATTERNS

541

(1)

Review Questions

542

(3)

Chapter 10 Block References and Attributes

545

(70)

CREATING BLOCKS

546

(6)

Creating a Block Definition

547

(5)

INSERTING BLOCK REFERENCES

552

(5)

NESTED BLOCKS

557

(1)

EXPLODE COMMAND

558

(1)

Possible Changes Caused by the Explode Command

558

(1)

Exploding Block References with Nested Elements

559

(1)

MULTIPLE INSERTS OF BLOCK REFERENCES

559

(1)

INSERTING UNIT BLOCK REFERENCES

560

(8)

Separate Unit Blocks for One Symbol

565

(1)

Columns as Unit Blocks

566

(2)

CREATING ONE DRAWING FROM ANOTHER

568

(2)

BASE COMMAND

570

(1)

ATTRIBUTES

570

(3)

A Definition Within a Definition

571

(1)

Visibility and Plotting

571

(1)

Attribute Components

572

(1)

ATTRIBUTE COMMANDS

573

(34)

Creating an Attribute Definition

576

(6)

Inserting a Block Reference with Attributes

582

(1)

Controlling the Display of Attributes

583

(1)

Editing Attribute Values

583

(4)

Extracting Attributes

587

(15)

Redefining a Block and Attributes

602

(1)

Block Attribute Manager

603

(4)

DIVIDING OBJECTS

607

(2)

MEASURING OBJECTS

609

(1)

Review Questions

610

(5)

Chapter 11 External References

615

(34)

EXTERNAL REFERENCES

615

(2)

EXTERNAL REFERENCES AND DEPENDENT SYMBOLS

617

(2)

ATTACHING AND MANIPULATING WITH THE XREF COMMAND

619

(8)

Attaching External Reference Drawings

622

(2)

Detaching External Reference Drawings

624

(1)

Reloading External Reference Drawings

624

(1)

Unloading External Reference Drawings

625

(1)

Binding External Reference Drawings

625

(1)

Opening the External Reference

626

(1)

Changing the Path

626

(1)

Saving the Path

626

(1)

ADDING DEPENDENT SYMBOLS TO THE CURRENT DRAWING

627

(1)

CONTROLLING THE DISPLAY OF EXTERNAL REFERENCES

628

(3)

Creating a New Clipping Boundary

629

(1)

Controlling the Display of the Clipped Boundary

630

(1)

Setting the Front and Back Clipping Planes

630

(1)

Deleting the Clipping Boundary

630

(1)

Generating a Polyline

631

(1)

EDITING REFERENCE FILES/XREF EDIT CONTROL

631

(4)

Adding/Removing Objects from the Working Set

634

(1)

MANAGING EXTERNAL REFERENCES

635

(1)

IMAGES

636

(9)

Attaching an Image to the Current Drawing

638

(1)

Detaching an Image from the Current Drawing

639

(1)

Reloading an Image into the Current Drawing

639

(1)

Unloading an Image from the Current Drawing

639

(1)

Details of the Image File

640

(1)

Changing the Path

640

(1)

Saving the Path

640

(1)

Controlling the Display of the Image Objects

640

(2)

Adjusting the Image Settings

642

(1)

Adjusting the Display Quality of Images

643

(1)

Controlling the Transparency of an Image

643

(1)

Controlling the Frame of an Image

644

(1)

Review Questions

645

(4)

Chapter 12 AutoCAD DesignCenter

649

(38)

Content

650

(1)

Content Type

650

(1)

Container

650

(1)

OPENING THE DESIGNCENTER WINDOW

651

(1)

POSITIONING THE DESIGNCENTER WINDOW

652

(2)

Docked Position

652

(1)

Floating (Undocked) Position

652

(2)

Redocking

654

(1)

PARTS OF THE DESIGNCENTER WINDOW

654

(2)

Folders

654

(1)

Toolbar

654

(1)

Content Area

654

(1)

Tree View

655

(1)

Preview

655

(1)

Description

655

(1)

TOOLBAR BUTTONS

656

(9)

Load

656

(3)

Navigation

659

(1)

Searching for Content

659

(3)

Favorites

662

(2)

Tree View, Preview, and Description

664

(1)

Home

664

(1)

VIEWING CONTENT

665

(15)

Using the Tree View

665

(4)

Using the Content Area

669

(2)

Viewing Images

671

(2)

Load

673

(1)

Refreshing the Content Area and Tree View

673

(1)

The Open Drawings Tab

673

(1)

The History Tab

674

(1)

The DC Online Tab

675

(5)

ADDING CONTENT TO DRAWINGS

680

(3)

Layers, Linetypes, Text Styles, and Dimension Styles

680

(1)

Blocks

681

(1)

Raster Images

682

(1)

External References

682

(1)

Name Conflicts

682

(1)

OPENING DRAWINGS

683

(1)

EXITING AUTOCAD DESIGNCENTER

683

(1)

Review Questions

684

(3)

Chapter 13 Utility Commands

687

(112)

TOOL PALETTES

687

(12)

Docking and Undocking the Tool Palettes Window

689

(1)

Tool Palettes Window Shortcut Menus

690

(3)

Insert Blocks/Hatch Patterns from a Tool Palette

693

(1)

Block Tool Properties

694

(1)

Pattern Tool Properties

695

(2)

Creating & Populating Tool Palettes

697

(2)

PARTIAL LOAD

699

(1)

DRAWING PROPERTIES

700

(3)

THE GEOMETRIC CALCULATOR (CAL)

703

(9)

Notations and Format

705

(5)

Additional Geometric Functions

710

(2)

Shortcut Operations

712

(1)

MANAGING NAMED OBJECTS

712

(1)

DELETING UNUSED NAMED OBJECTS

713

(3)

COMMAND MODIFIER-MULTIPLE

716

(1)

UTILITY DISPLAY COMMANDS

716

(6)

Saving Views

716

(4)

Controlling the Regeneration

720

(1)

Controlling the Drawing of Objects

721

(1)

Controlling the Display of Marker Blips

721

(1)

CHANGING THE DISPLAY ORDER OF OBJECTS

722

(1)

OBJECT PROPERTIES

723

(10)

COLOR Command

723

(3)

LINETYPE Command

726

(5)

LINEWEIGHT Command

731

(2)

X,Y,AND Z FILTERS-AN ENHANCEMENT TO OBJECT SNAP

733

(3)

Filters with @

734

(1)

Filters with Object Snap

735

(1)

SHELL COMMAND

736

(1)

SETTING UP A DRAWING

737

(4)

LAYER TRANSLATOR

741

(4)

TIME COMMAND

745

(1)

AUDIT COMMAND

746

(1)

OBJECT LINKING AND EMBEDDING (OLE)

747

(8)

SECURITY, PASSWORDS, AND ENCRYPTION

755

(4)

Passwords

755

(2)

Encryption

757

(1)

Digital Signature

757

(2)

CUSTOM SETTINGS WITH THE OPTIONS DIALOG BOX

759

(19)

Files

759

(1)

Display

760

(1)

Open And Save

761

(3)

Plotting

764

(2)

System

766

(4)

User Preferences

770

(4)

Drafting

774

(1)

Selection

775

(1)

Profiles

776

(2)

SAVING OBJECTS IN OTHER FILE FORMATS (EXPORTING)

778

(1)

IMPORTING VARIOUS FILE FORMATS

779

(1)

STANDARDS

780

(4)

SLIDES AND SCRIPTS

784

(10)

Making a Slide

784

(1)

Slide Libraries

785

(1)

Viewing a Slide

786

(1)

Scripts

787

(4)

Utility Commands for a Script

791

(3)

Review Questions

794

(5)

Chapter 14 Internet Utilities

799

(42)

LAUNCHING THE DEFAULT WEB BROWSER

800

(2)

UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATOR

802

(1)

COMMUNICATION CENTER

803

(3)

OPENING AND SAVING DRAWINGS FROM THE INTERNET

806

(3)

WORKING WITH HYPERLINKS

809

(7)

Creating a Hyperlink

811

(2)

Editing a Hyperlink

813

(1)

Removing the Hyperlink

814

(1)

Hyperlinks in Blocks

815

(1)

DESIGN WEB FORMAT

816

(6)

Using ePlot to create DWF files

816

(5)

Viewing DWF Files

821

(1)

PUBLISHING AUTOCAD DRAWINGS TO THE WEB

822

(6)

DESIGN PUBLISHER

828

(3)

Adding and Removing Sheets

830

(1)

Rearranging the Sheets

830

(1)

Saving and Loading the List

830

(1)

Selection of the Mode to Publish

830

(1)

Publish

831

(1)

ETRANSMIT UTILITY

831

(6)

General Settings

832

(2)

Files Selection

834

(1)

Saving the Transmittal Set Report

835

(2)

Review Questions

837

(4)

Chapter 15 AutoCAD 3D

841

(108)

WHAT IS 3D?

841

(2)

COORDINATE SYSTEMS

843

(16)

Right-hand Rule

843

(1)

Setting the Display of the UCS Icon

844

(3)

Defining a New UCS

847

(9)

Selecting a Predefined Orthographic UCS

856

(2)

Viewing a Drawing from Plan View

858

(1)

VIEWING IN 3D

859

(14)

Viewing a Model by Means of the vpoint Command

859

(3)

Viewing a Model by Means of the dview Command

862

(7)

Using 3dorbit

869

(3)

Working with Multiple Viewports in 3D

872

(1)

CREATING 3D OBJECTS

873

(7)

2D Draw Commands in 3D Space

874

(1)

Setting Elevation and Thickness

874

(1)

Creating a Region Object

875

(1)

Drawing 3D Polylines

876

(1)

Creating 3D Faces

876

(4)

CREATING MESHES

880

(10)

Creating a Free-form Polygon Mesh

880

(2)

Creating a 3D Polyface Mesh

882

(2)

Creating a Ruled Surface Between Two Objects

884

(2)

Creating a Tabulated Surface

886

(1)

Creating a Revolved Surface

887

(2)

Creating an Edge Surface with Four Adjoining Sides

889

(1)

Editing Polymesh Surfaces

890

(1)

EDITING IN 3D

890

(6)

Aligning Objects

890

(1)

Rotating Objects About a 3D Object

891

(2)

Mirroring About a Plane

893

(1)

Creating a 3D Array

894

(1)

Extending and Trimming in 3D

895

(1)

CREATING SOLID SHAPES

896

(11)

Creating a Solid Box

896

(2)

Creating a Solid Cone

898

(2)

Creating a Solid Cylinder

900

(1)

Creating a Solid Sphere

901

(1)

Creating a Solid Torus

902

(1)

Creating a Solid Wedge

903

(1)

Creating Solids from Existing 2D Objects

904

(2)

Creating Solids by Means of Revolution

906

(1)

CREATING COMPOSITE SOLIDS

907

(6)

Union Operation

908

(1)

Subtraction Operation

909

(2)

Intersection Operation

911

(2)

EDITING 3D SOLIDS

913

(21)

Chamfering Solids

913

(2)

Filleting Solids

915

(1)

Sectioning Solids

916

(1)

Slicing Solids

917

(2)

Solid Interference

919

(1)

Editing Faces of 3D Solids

920

(8)

Editing Edges of 3D Solids

928

(2)

Imprinting Solids

930

(1)

Separating Solids

931

(1)

Shelling Solids

932

(1)

Cleaning Solids

933

(1)

Checking Solids

934

(1)

MASS PROPERTIES OFA SOLID

934

(2)

Hiding Objects

936

(1)

PLACING MULTIVIEWS IN PAPER SPACE

936

(3)

GENERATING VIEWS IN VIEWPORTS

939

(1)

GENERATING PROFILES

940

(2)

Review Questions

942

(7)

Chapter 16 Rendering

949

(26)

SHADING A MODEL

949

(2)

RENDERING A MODEL

951

(6)

SETTING UP LIGHTS

957

(4)

Creating a New Light

958

Ambient Light

(865)

Modifying a Light

961

(1)

Deleting a Light

961

(1)

Selecting a Light

961

(1)

SETTING UP A SCENE

961

(3)

Creating a New Scene

962

(1)

Modifying an Existing Scene

963

(1)

Deleting a Scene

964

(1)

MATERIALS

964

(2)

SETTING PREFERENCES FOR RENDERING

966

(2)

SAVING AN IMAGE

968

(1)

VIEWING AN IMAGE

968

(2)

STATISTICS

970

(1)

Review Questions

971

(4)

Chapter 17 Customizing AutoCAD

975

(72)

EXTERNAL COMMANDS AND ALIASES

975

(11)

CUSTOMIZING MENUS

986

(30)

Menu File Types

987

(1)

Menu File Structure

988

(3)

Menu Macro Syntax

991

(1)

Example of Creating a Menu File

991

(5)

Menugroups and Partial Menu Loading

996

(4)

Helpstrings

1000

(2)

Customizing Menu Content, Toolbars, Shortcut Keys, and Buttons

1002

(12)

Accelerator Keys

1014

(1)

DIESEL

1015

(1)

CUSTOMIZING TABLET MENUS

1016

(2)

DIALOG CONTROL LANGUAGE

1018

(4)

Review Questions - A

1022

(1)

CUSTOMIZING HATCH PATTERNS

1023

(9)

Custom Hatch Patterns and Trigonometry

1026

(2)

Repeating Closed Polygons

1028

(4)

CUSTOMIZING SHAPES AND TEXT FONTS

1032

(8)

Pen Movement Distances and Directions

1033

(2)

Special Codes

1035

(4)

Text Fonts

1039

(1)

CUSTOM LINETYPES

1040

(2)

EXPRESS TOOLS

1042

(1)

CUSTOMIZING AND PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE

1042

(1)

Review Questions - B

1043

(4)

Chapter 18 The Tablet and Digitizing

1047

(14)

TABLET OPERATION

1048

(2)

Tablet Configuration

1049

(1)

CUSTOM MENUS

1050

(1)

TABLET COMMAND

1050

(7)

Tablet Configuration

1050

(3)

ON/OFF Option

1053

(1)

Calibration

1053

(2)

Transformation Options

1055

(1)

The Calibration Table

1056

(1)

Outcome of Fit

1056

(1)

TABLET MODE AND SKETCHING

1057

(1)

Editing Sketches

1057

(1)

Sketching in Polylines

1057

(1)

Linetypes in Sketching

1057

(1)

Review Questions

1058

(3)

Chapter 19 AutoCAD 2005 Enhancements

1061

(42)

DRAFTING TOOL ENHANCEMENTS

1062

(9)

Inserting Fields

1062

(1)

Intuitive Table Creation

1063

(7)

Adding a Background Mask for Multiline Text

1070

(1)

Multiple Copy as the Default

1070

(1)

Hatch Object Trim

1070

(1)

Hatch Tolerance for Areas with Gaps

1071

(1)

PRODUCTIVITY TOOL ENHANCEMENTS

1071

(6)

Layer Management

1071

(3)

Object Snap Enhancements

1074

(1)

Object Zoom

1075

(1)

Maximized Viewports

1075

(1)

Context-Sensitive Information

1075

(1)

Reference Type and Uniform Scale Settings for External References

1076

(1)

Setting Your Computer's Taskbar for Displaying Drawing Icons

1077

(1)

TOOL PALETTE ENHANCEMENTS

1077

(1)

Tools by Example

1077

(1)

Command Tools

1077

(1)

DRAWING SETS

1077

(17)

Creating a New Sheet Set

1078

(6)

Sheet Set Manager

1084

(1)

Viewing and Modifying a Sheet Set

1085

(3)

Placing a View on a Sheet

1088

(5)

Plotting the Sheet Set and Publishing to DWF

1093

(1)

PLOT AND PUBLISH TOOL ENHANCEMENTS

1094

(9)

Page Setup Enhancements

1094

(6)

Simplified Plot Dialog Box

1100

(1)

Background Plotting

1101

(1)

Enhanced DWF format

1101

(2)

Chapter 20 Visual LISP On CD

Appendix A Hardware Requirements

1103

(4)

RECOMMENDED CONFIGURATION

1103

(1)

WINDOWS: THE OPERATING ENVIRONMENT

1103

(1)

INPUT DEVICES

1104

(1)

Keyboard

1104

(1)

Mouse

1104

(1)

Digitizer

1104

(1)

PLOTTERS AND PRINTERS

1105

(58)

Thermal Plotters

1105

(1)

Pen Plotters

1105

(1)

Inkjet Printers

1105

(1)

Laser Printers

1105

(2)

Appendix B Listing of AutoCAD Commands and Dimensioning Variables

1107

(32)

Appendix C AutoCAD Toolbars

1139

(4)

Appendix D System Variables

1143

(20)

Appendix E Hatch and Fill Patterns

1163

(8)

HATCH PATTERNS

1164

(5)

POSTSCRIPT FILL PATERNS

1169

(2)

Appendix F Fonts

1171

(4)

USING SHX AND PFB FILES

1171

(4)

Appendix G Linetypes and Lineweights

1175

(2)

Appendix H Command Aliases

1177

(6)

Appendix I Express Tools

1183

(4)

Index

1187

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