Index
Symbols
‘ (apostrophes) for system variables
* (asterisks)
for system variables
with tables
@ (at signs) for angles
(backslashes) for spaces
[] <> (brackets) for default options
, (commas)
in Cartesian coordinates
for decimals
$ (dollar signs)
block names
in importing files
“ (double quotes) in units
= (equal signs)
for names
in tables
> (greater-than symbols) for text
< (less-than symbols)
for angles
for degrees
for text
- (minus signs)
with tables
in units
() (parentheses) in tables
% (percent signs) for special characters
. (periods)
in Cartesian coordinates
for decimals
+ (plus signs) with tables
? (question marks) for system variables
‘ (single quotes) for system variables
/ (slashes)
for options
with tables
_ (underscores) for text objects
| (vertical bars) for external references
Numbers
2D drawings and objects, converting
to 3D forms
from 3D views
from solids
2D polylines with UCS
2D Wireframe option
3-Point Arc tool
3 Point command
3 Point UCS tool
3D Align tool
3D Array tool
3D drawings and models . See also solids and solid modeling
2D drawings from
from 2D shapes
aligning objects
appearances
drawing
editing
grips for
hidden lines
menu bar options
moving objects
Osnaps
point filters for
pushing and pulling shapes
rendering. See rendering 3D models
rotating objects
3D Rotate command
dynamic UCS
polylines
Z coordinates
solids for
status bar
Sweep for
Tool Sets palette
viewing
viewports
visual effects
3D Edit Bar tool
3D Faces
converting solids to
restrictions on
squares
with UCS
3D forms, laying out
3D meshes
converting to solids
creases for
creating
edges
editing
moving
rotating
faces
adding
editing
splitting and extruding
stretching
parts
primitives
revolved
Ruled Mesh
smoothing
surfaces. See surfaces
Tabulated Mesh
3D Mirror tool
3D Move command
3D Object Snap tool
3D Orbit tool
3D Osnaps option
3D polylines
with UCS
working with
3D Rotate command
3D Section option
3D surfaces
associativity
blending
control vertices
curvature
editing
extruding
filleting
holes
offsets
patching
trimming
untrimming
3D viewports, printing
3dalign command
3dmove command
3dorbit command
3DPoly command
3drotate command
3dswivel command
3points slice option
A
absolute coordinates
ACAD_ linetypes
acad.dwt file
Acad.lin file
acad3D.dwt template
cursor with
default layer color
for meshes
AcadCAD log file
acadiso.dwt file
Acadiso.lin file
acadiso3D.dwt template
accelerator keys
Activate Live Sectioning option
active viewports
Add Crease tool
Add CV tool
Add/Delete Scales tool
Add Fit Point option
Add Jog To Section option
Add Leader tool
Add options
groups
Measuregeom
selecting objects
spline curves
Add: Pick Points option
Add/Remove Selection Mode setting
Add Scales To Object dialog box
Add: Select Objects button
Add: Select Points option
addition
areas
in tables
Additional Angles setting
Adjust Dimension Space tool
AIA (American Institute of Architects)
aliases, command
Align option
Align Gizmo With option
Align Leaders tool
Aligned tool
Aligned With Dimension Line option
aligning
dimensions
multileader notes
objects
in 3D space
with Osnap tracking
with Sweep
text
Alignment option
All option for object selection
All Cross Sections option
Allow/Disallow Dynamic UCS tool
Allow Distant Lights option
Allow Exploding option
alternate dimensions
Alternate Units tab
alternate dimensions
setting up
American Institute of Architects (AIA)
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Analysis Options dialog box
Angbase system variable
Angdir system variable
angles
arcs
circular copies
construction lines
dimension lines
dimension text
dimensions for
direction for
falloff
hatch patterns
with Loft
Measuregeom
moving objects
multileaders
Polar Tracking
precision for
revolving polylines
row and column copies
specifying
styles for
text
units for
Angular tool
Annoallvisible command
Annoautoscale command
Annotation Object Scale List dialog box
annotation scale
Annotation Scale setting
printing
text
Annotative option
blocks
dimensions
hatch patterns
multileaders
text
apostrophes (‘) for system variables
Apparent Intersection Osnap option
Application Preferences dialog box
arcs
clipboard
cursor
demand loading
external reference fading
external references
fonts
grips
isolines
logs
paths
printer configuration files
saving files
stereolithography
templates
Viewres
Application tab
demand loading
external references
fonts
logs
paths
printer configuration files
Apply To Layout Dimensions Only option
Apply To menu
AR command
Arc And Circle Smoothness option
Arc tool
Arc Length tool
Architectural units
arcs
constraints
dimensions
distances along
drawing
length
moving
options
polylines
properties
smoothness
with UCS
Area command
area of objects
complex
determining
hatch patterns for
Area option for Measuregeom
Area system variable
Array command
Array dialog box
attributes
circular copies
row and column copies
Array tool
arrays
3D Array for
for 3D objects
creating
polar
rectangular
arrowhead grips
Arrowhead panel
arrows
fitting
notes with
styles for
As Displayed option
ASCII files, importing
ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers)
assembling
cross-references
parts
assigning layers
associating
dimensions with objects
text with drawing properties
associative dimensioning
with objects
Paper Space
updating
associative hatch patterns
limitations
scaling
working with
associativity of surfaces
asterisks (*)
for system variables
with tables
at signs (@) for angles
Att command
Attach External Reference dialog box
insertion points
options
overlays
search path
Attach Image dialog box
Attach option for external references
Attach Reference tool
attaching external files
Attachment option
Attdia system variable
Attdisp command
Attedit command
attenuation properties for lights
Attribute Definition dialog box
blocks
Lock Position property
modes
Attribute tab
Edit Attribute
Enhanced Attribute Editor
attributes
areas
blocks
adding
copying and editing
inserting
redefining
creating
definitions for
editing
global changes
individual
invisible
redefining blocks
text properties
invisible
moving
prompts for
with UCS
Audit option
Aunits system variable
Auprec system variable
Auto Constrain tool
auto-filling cells
Auto selection option
AutoCAD fonts
AutoCAD Help command
AutoCAD MacHelp website
AutoCAD program window
Autoconstrain command
AutoConstrain tab
Autodesk Library option
AutoLISP
automatic operations
constraints
saving
Automatically Add Scale To Annotative Objects When the Scale Changes setting
Autoselect feature
Average function
axes
Dynamic UCS
ellipses
in rotating
B
Back Orthogonal views
Back UCS orientation
background grids
Grid mode as
information on
Background Mask tool
backgrounds in Layout views
backslashes () for spaces
backwards text
Base Angle Directions dialog box
base angles
base points
blocks
with inserting symbols
for selecting objects
with stretching
for Sweep
Baseline Spacing setting
Baseline tool
baselines, dimensions from
Batting linetype
Battman command
BC text option
Beside The Dimension Line option
Bind External Definitions dialog box
Bind option
Bind External References option
Bind-Insert option
Bindtype system variable
bisecting construction lines angles
bitmap images
brightness, contrast, and fade
clipping
exporting
importing
quality and transparency
visibility
bitonal images
BL text option
blank printouts
Blend tool
blending surfaces
Blipmode feature
blips
Block Attribute Manager dialog box
Block command
Block Editor
Block option for Measure
Block Unit option
blocks
annotation scale
attributes
adding
inserting
redefining
creating
editing
exploding
vs. external references
with frozen layers
inserting
with attributes
in updating
layers for
listing
log files for
as markers
moving
names for
nesting
purging
redefining
replacing
replacing files with
rotating
saving
scaling
substituting
with UCS
unblocking
updating
.bmp files. See bitmap images
BO command
Bold tool
Boolean operations
Border linetypes
Border Style option
borders
tables
viewports
Bottom Center option
Bottom Orthogonal views
Bottom UCS orientation
boundaries for hatch patterns
Boundary command
Boundary Creation dialog box
boundary extents with hatch patterns
Boundary Set options
Boundary tool
boundary windows
Box options for selecting
Box tool
boxes
creating
joining
BR text option
brackets ([] <>) for default options
Break tool
Break at Point tool
Break command
breaking
dimension lines
lines
objects
polylines
vertices
brightness of raster images
Bring Above Objects option
Bring In Front of Boundary option
Bring To Front option
broken links
Browse external reference option
Browse For Folder dialog box
Bulge option for surfaces
Bullets and Lists tool
ByBlock option
color assignment
hatch patterns
ByLayer option
color assignment
hatch patterns
C
C command
Cancel option
canceling commands
capturing Command Line palette information
Cartesian coordinates
Cell Border Properties dialog box
cells
array
table
auto-filling
formulas in
graphics for
text in
Celtscale system variable
Center Ellipse tool
Center linetypes
Center Mark tool
Center options
arcs
Osnaps
points
text
Center tool for text
Center Radius Circle tool
Center Running Osnaps dialog box
Centered option for gradients
Cha command
Chamfer command
Chamfer tool
chamfering
Change option for spelling checker
Change All spelling checker option
Change Case tool
Change To Current Layer tool
Character Sets tool
Characters dialog box
Check Spelling dialog box
chord length
Chord option for splines
Chprop command
Circle tool
circles
on 3D surfaces
drawing
smoothness
with UCS
for viewports
circular copies
cleaning up lines
Clear All option
Click To Set New Origin option
Clip command
clip.dwg file
clip limits
Clipboard
clipping
raster images
views
Close options
polylines
spline curves
Close Surface Or Solid option
close-up views. See zooming
closing lines
CO command
codes for special characters
coincident constraints
Coincident tool
Collect Leaders tool
collinear constraints
color
acad3D.dwt template
blocks
borders
Dynamic UCS axes
Flatshot
gradients
grips
information on
layers
library project
objects
surfaces
text
Color Books tab
color-dependent plot styles
Color Faces command
Color option
Flatshot
interference
Color Palette dialog box
gradients
layers
objects
surfaces
Color tool
Column Settings dialog box
columns
paragraphs
tables
text
Columns tool
Command Line palette
block properties
displaying data in
and Dynamic Input display
need for
saving data from
solids editing
commands
aliases
canceling
help for
history
keyboard
repeating
commas (,)
in Cartesian coordinates
for decimals
common base extension lines
complex objects, area of
composite external references
composite solids
concentric constraints
Concentric tool
Conceptual option
cones
Constant attribute option
Constrain geometry option
Constrain panel
Constrained Orbit command
constraint-based modeling
Constraint Settings dialog box
constraints
automatic
coincident
concentric
dimensional
drawing process
editing drawings with
horizontal
maintaining and relaxing
motion
options
ordering
parallel
tangent
types
working with
Construction Line tool
construction lines
Content palette
Content tab
Content type option
context sensitivity
help
options
Continue option
Continue tool
continuing dimensions
Continuity option for surfaces
contour lines
Contour Lines Per Surface option
contrast of raster images
control polylines
control vertices (CVs)
polyline spline curves
surfaces
Convert To Block option
Convert To Solid command
Convert To Solid tool
Convert To Surface tool
converting
2D shapes to forms
3D views into 2D drawings
meshes to solids
objects into solids
polylines
splines
surfaces
to NURBS surfaces
to solids
Convtonurbs command
Convtosolid command
Convtosurface command
coordinate readouts
drawing area size
Polar Snap mode
coordinates
absolute
distances
Dynamic Input
Coordinates tool group
Copy command
Copy Edges command
Copy Faces command
Copy Faces tool
Copy History command
Copy tool
copying
attributes
circular
Command Line palette information
faces and edges
with grips
lines
offsets for
polylines
rows and columns
cord length
corners
chamfering
rounding
corrupted file recovery
Count function
Crease command
creases for meshes
Create Layout dialog box
Create New Dimension Style dialog box
Create New Layout command
Create option for groups
Create Separate Hatches option
Create Unique Layer, Style, And Block Names option
cross-referenced drawings. See external references
cross sections with Loft
crosshair cursor
Crossing selection option
Crossing Polygon selection option
Crossing trim option
crossing windows
mesh faces
polygons
Stretch
working with
.csv extension
.ctb files
cubes
Current icon
current layers
Current Viewport option
cursor modes
Curvature Analysis option
curvature of surfaces
Curve Fit option
curved 3D surfaces
curves
distances along
divisions on
NURBS
parallel
polylines. See polylines
with Sketch
spline. See spline curves
sweeping shapes on
Custom option for viewports
Custom Scales settings
Customer Involvement Program
Cut-Away Geometry settings
cuts, volumes of
CVs (control vertices)
polyline spline curves
surfaces
cylinders
D
d codes for degrees
D command
Dal command
Dan command
Dar command
dash-dot lines
Dashdot linetypes
Dashed linetypes
dashes (-)
with tables
in units
Date option
dates of external reference files
Dba command
Dco command
Ddatte command
Ddedit command
Ddi command
Ddptype command
Decimal measurement system
decimal points
Decimal Separator option
Decurve option for polylines
Ded command
Default pop-up menu
Default To Boundary Extents option
Default tool for text
defaults
attribute values
fonts
lineweights
options and settings
printer configuration file location
styles
Define Attributes tool
Define Block dialog box
annotations
attributes
creating blocks
redefining blocks
settings
Define UCS Origin option
defining
attributes
UCS
definition points for dimensions
Defpoints layer
Degree option
splines
surface CVs
degree signs
degrees, entering
Delete Columns option
Delete Faces command
Delete Interference Objects Created On Close option
Delete key
Delete Layer option
Delete Layer tool
Delete Objects option
Delete options
blocks
layers
Delete Original Geometry option
Delete Row tool
deleting. See also erasing
alternate dimensions
attributes
blocks
columns
control points
dimension associations
dimension line breaks
layers
leaders
rows
scale list items
surfaces
text styles
DElta option
demand loading
Description option
descriptions for blocks
deselecting objects
Detach external reference option
Detach Referenced File tool
Details options for external references
Di command
Diameter tool
diameters
dictionaries, spelling checker
digitizers
Dimassoc system variable
Dimdisassociate command
Dimension Break tool
Dimension Edit tool
dimension lines
breaking
skewing dimension lines
Dimension Style command
Dimension Style Manager dialog box
alternate dimensions
creating styles
current dimension style
editing dimension style
Paper Space
text
dimensional constraints
adding
editing
Dimensional tab
dimensioned objects, editing
dimensions
alternate
alternate units for
angles
arrows for
notes with
styles for
associative
components
continuing
definition points for
distances between
editing
extension lines
Grips feature for
with hatch patterns
horizontal and vertical
leaders for
linear
nonorthogonal objects
notes for
ordinate
Osnap overrides with
Paper Space
radii, diameters, and arcs
rotating
skewing
standards
string of
styles. See styles
text for
appending data to
height
location
moving
orientation
rotating
styles
with UCS
units for
Dimfit dimension variable
Diminspect command
Dimlinear command
Dimordinate command
Dimoverride command
Dimregen command
Dimspace command
Dimstyle command
direct distance method
directions
angles
arcs
moving objects
polylines
views
Discard Changes button
Display Alternate Units option
Display Locked setting
Display options
plot area
plotting
viewports
display order with overlapping objects
Display Plot Styles option
displays. See screens
Distance command
Distance option
distances. See also dimensions
along arcs
between array cells
coordinates for
between dimensions
direct
guidelines
Measuregeom
in moving objects
between points
precision
rubber banding for
distant lights
Distribute tool
Div command
Divide command
Divide linetypes
Divide tool
divided solids, separating
division in tables
divisions on curves
Divmeshboxheight command
Divmeshboxlength command
Divmeshboxwidth command
Djo command
Dli command
Do Not Assign hatch option
Document Settings tab
arcs
isolines
stereolithography
dollar signs ($)
block names
in importing files
Don’t Retain Boundaries option
donuts
door type symbols
Dor command
Dot linetypes
dots (.)
in Cartesian coordinates
for decimals
dotted windows
double-hatch patterns
double quotes (“) in units
doughnuts
dpi settings
Dra command
Draft option for viewports
Draft Analysis option
Draft Angles option
Draft mode
Drafting Settings dialog box
3D Object Snaps
grids
Object Snap mode
Polar Snap mode
Polar Tracking
Snap modes
drafting tools
grid mode as
snap mode as
Drafting workflow panel
Draw menu
Draw Order feature
drawing
polylines
spline curves
views
drawing area
picking points in
size
UCS icon
drawing limits
drawing properties, associating text with
Drawing Units dialog box
drawings. See also existing drawings
creating
laying out
linetypes for
locating objects
modifying objects
planning
saving blocks as
tracing
zooming
Draworder command
Dre command
DS command
DT command
Dtext command
DXF (drawing exchange format) files
Dxfin command
Dxfout command
Dynamic Input
angles
and Command Line palette
and coordinates
working with
Dynamic Input tool
angles
disabling
enabling
Dynamic options for object length
Dynamic UCS
rotating objects
turning off
E
E command
ED command
Edge filter
Edge Page Setup option
Edge Surface tool
edge surfaces
Edge trim option
edges
copying
meshes
editing
moving
rotating
surfaces
Edgesurf command
Edit Attribute dialog box
Edit Attributes dialog box
Edit Drawing Scales dialog box
Edit Multiple Attributes option
Edit Polyline tool
Edit Scale List option
Edit Vertex mode
Edit Vertex options
Break
Insert
Move
Next
polylines
Previous
Regen
Straighten
Tangent
Undo
Width
editing
3D objects
3D surfaces
attributes
definitions
global changes
individual
invisible
redefining blocks
text properties
dimension styles, . See also Modify Dimension Style dialog box
dimensional constraints
dimensioned objects
dimensions
drawings with constraints
with Grips
groups of objects
hatch patterns
layers for
lights
lines
meshes
edges
faces
multileader notes
NURBS surfaces
object length
objects
polylines
solids
chamfering corners
command line
copying faces and edges
deleting surfaces
extruding surfaces
moving surfaces
offsetting surfaces
rotating surfaces
rounding corners
separating divided solids
splitting solids
surface features
tapering surfaces
turning solids into shells
spline curves
table line work
text
vertices
viewports
effects for text
El command
elapsed timers
elevations
from 3D solids
information on
ellipses
empty text objects
Enabled With Copy option
Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) format
End Angle setting
End Cross Section option
End Magnitude setting
End Object Isolation command
end tangency option
Endpoint Osnap overrides
endpoints
arcs
base points
Engineering measurement system
Enhanced Attribute Editor dialog box
entities. See objects
EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) format
Equal constraints
equal signs (=)
for names
in tables
Erase command
Erase tool
Erase trim option
erasing. See also deleting
objects
layout lines
in Trim
viewports
Esc (Escape) key
excavations, volumes of
exchanging data. See exporting; importing
existing drawings
importing. See also raster images
in new drawings
as symbols
tracing
Exit options
Measuregeom
multileaders
spline curves
Explode Block option
Explode command
Explode tool
exploded blocks
exploding
attribute blocks
blocks
groups of objects
polylines
Export command
Export Data dialog box
blocks
EPS files
raster files
stereolithography
tables
Export To A File option
exporting
blocks
DXF files
EPS files
raster files
STL format
tables
vector files
Ext command
Extend Beyond Dim Lines option
Extend tool
extending polylines
extension lines
common base
description
Extension Osnap overrides
Extents option
plot area
zooming
external references
assembling
attaching drawings as
vs. blocks
clipping
fading
vs. imported raster images
importing
importing from
library project
location
memory for
names
nesting
options
overlays
preparing drawings for
search paths
with symbols
updating blocks from
Extrude tool
cuts
polylines
surfaces
tapers
Extrude Face tool
Extrude Faces tool
extruding
mesh faces
polylines
process
tapering in
in slicing solids
surfaces
extrusions, tapering
F
F command
Face filter
faces
copying
meshes
adding
editing
splitting and extruding
stretching
with UCS
fade
external references
raster images
Fade tool
falloff of spotlights
families, fonts
feature control symbols
feet in units
Fence trim option
Fenceline linetypes
fences for selections
Field dialog box and fields
for associating text with properties
renaming
text
Filename And Path option
files
corrupted
exchanging data between. See exporting; importing
external references to. See external references
log
names for
nesting
opening
exported
multiple
process
printing
saving
as symbols
Fillet command
Fillet tool
filleting
lines
polylines
rounding corners with
surfaces
filling
information on
solid areas
Fillmode command
filters
layers
point
Find And Replace dialog box
Find command
finding
layers
text
First angle option
First Set option
Fit options
dimension text
polylines
splines
text
viewports
Fit Data option
fit points for spline curves
Fit tab
dimensions
styles
Fit To Paper option
Fixed constraints
fixed UCS
Flatshot command
Flatshot dialog box
Flatshot tool
floating viewports
flyouts
Font tool
Fontalt system variable
Fontmap system variable
fonts, . See also text styles
appearance
default
substituting
templates
Foreground Lines options
formatting text
formulas in tables
Found At option
Fractional measurement system
fractions
dimensions
units
frames for raster images
Freeze layer option
Freeze Object’s Layer tool
Freeze/Thaw icon
freezing layers
From Osnap option
Front Orthogonal views
Front UCS orientation
front views, drawing
Full Path option
fuzz joins
G
g for grads
Gap Tolerance setting
Gas_line linetype
Gccoincident command
Gcconcentric command
Gchorizontal command
Gcparallel command
Gctangent command
General panel
Generate 2D/3D Section command
Generate Section/Elevation dialog box
Geomconstraint command
geometric constraints. See constraints
Geometric tab
Geometric Tolerance dialog box
Getting Started videos
gizmos
Align
description
Move
Rotate
XYZ
mesh edges
mesh faces
glass for windows
global changes to attributes
Global Scale Factor setting
Go To Folder dialog box
gradient shading
Gradient tab
grads
graphics for tables
Greek fonts
Grid Display tool
Grid X Spacing option
Grid Y Spacing option
grids and gridlines
status
working with
Gridunit system variable
Grips feature
3D drawings
aligning text
attributes
clipping images
copying objects
dimensions
editing objects
hatch patterns
mirroring objects
moving objects
rotating objects
scaling objects
section planes
spline curves
stretching objects
summary
surfaces
UCS
Group command
Group option for selections
groups of objects
creating
modifying
options
Guides option
H
Halfwidth polyline option
hard clip limits
Hatch And Gradient dialog box
boundaries
gradient shading
object area
option groups
positioning patterns
predefined patterns
user-defined patterns
Hatch Edit dialog box
Hatch Pattern Palette
hatch patterns
area of objects
boundaries
dimensions with
for gradients
layers for
matching
modifying
placing
position
predefined
size
solid fills
and space planning
with text
tips
Hatch tool
height
dimension text
text
helicoils
Helix command
Helix tool
help
for commands
context-sensitive
sources
hexagons, dimensioning
hidden lines
Hidden linetypes
Hidden option
plotting
spheres
hidden viewports
Hide Objects command
Hide Paperspace Objects option
hiding by masking
High mode
High option for viewports
Highlight Interference option
Highlight Interfering Pair option
highlighting selected objects
history of commands
holes in surfaces
Home dimension text option
Hor construction lines
horizontal constraints
horizontal construction lines
horizontal dimensions
horizontal lines
Horizontal tool
hot grips
Hot_water_supply linetype
hotspots of spotlights
hovering over grips
Hporigin system variable
hyphens (-)
with tables
in units
I
icons, UCS. See UCS icon
ID command
ID Point command
Ignore options
hatch pattern island detection
spelling checker
Ignore All option
image files. See bitmap images
Imageclip command
Imageframe command
Imagequality command
Imperial measurement system
importing
DXF files
external references
raster images
settings
text files
Imprint command
Imprint Edges command
In U Direction option
In V Direction option
inches
entering
in scaling
Inches setting
Include Plot Stamp option
Include Tangential Edges option
Increment Angle setting
indents for text
Index Color tab
Infer Constraints feature
information
area
block and layer status
from Command Line palette
saving
Status for
system variables
time
Inherit Properties option
inheriting
hatch pattern properties
hatch patterns
input, dynamic. See Dynamic Input
Insert As New Block option
Insert Block dialog box
block updating
browsing
named elements
objects
for symbols
Xrefs
Insert Block In Table Cell dialog box
Insert Column Left option
Insert Column Right option
Insert command for blocks
Insert dialog box
with layers
for symbols
Insert Field dialog box
Insert Field option
Insert Field tool
Insert Osnap option
Insert Row Above tool
Insert Row Below tool
Insert tool
attributes
blocks
browsing
external references
symbols
updating blocks
inserting
base points for
blocks
with attributes
in updating
columns
files
objects
rows
symbols
vertices
Xrefs
Insertion Base Is status item
Insertion Scale setting
Inspection Dimension dialog box
Inspection Dimension tool
Insunits system variable
Intensity Factor setting
interface
AutoCAD window
Command Line palette
drawing area
guided tour
Layers palette
menu bar
Properties Inspector palette
status bar
Tool Sets palette
Interfere command
interference
with primitives
between solids
Interference Checking dialog box
Interference Checking tool
Interference Settings dialog box
Interfering Pairs Found option
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
Intersection Osnap option
intersections
for base points
primitives
Invert Selection option
invisible attributes
islands
options
removing
ISO (International Organization for Standardization)
ISO-25 style
Isolate Objects command
Isolate Object’s Layer tool
Isolate Selected Layers option
Isolate To Current Viewport tool
isolines
Isolines system variable
Isometric Snap option
isometric views
Italic tool
J
J command
jogged dimensions
Jogged tool
jogs in section planes
Join tool
joining
lines
polylines
primitives
splines
Jointype option
JPEG format
Jpgout command
justification of text
multiple text objects
single-line objects
Justify tool
K
Keep Dim Line With Text option
keyboard
aliases
vs. tools
Knots option for splines
L
L command
Landing panel
landscape orientation
last objects, selecting
Last option in selecting
launching AutoCAD
Layer command
Layer Freeze tool
Layer icon
Layer Isolate tool
Layer Lock tool
Layer Match tool
Layer Off tool
Layer Unisolate tool
Layer Unlock tool
layers and Layers palette
assigning to objects
for borders
colors for
controlling
creating
current
for external references
filters
finding
freezing and thawing
hatch patterns
information on
linetypes
lineweight
listing
locking and unlocking
log files for
multiple uses
names
objects for
options
purging
settings
status
for viewports
visibility
working on
layout and Layout views
drawing
information on
Paper Space
printing with
scaling in
standard
Layout option for plotting
layout view
Layout1 option
Leader Connection panel
Leader Format tab
Leader Structure tab
LeaderBreak panel
LeaderLanding option
leaders
breaking
dimensions
editing
styles
Leadertype option
leading zeros
Left Orthogonal views
Left tool
Left UCS orientation
legacy drawings
dimension scale in
text and scale in
Legacy Hidden option
Legacy Wireframe option
Legacyctrlpick variable
len command
length
chords
objects
polylines
Lengthen tool
less-than symbols (<)
for angles
for degrees
libraries, symbol
library project
external references
layers
lineweights and colors
symbols
Light Bronze Reflective material
Lightingunits system variable
lights
distant
editing
night scene
point
self-illuminated materials
limits
drawing
printer
Limits command
Limits option
Line command
Line tool
Line Width property
Linear Dimension tool
linear dimensions
lines
breaking
cleaning up
closing
construction
contour
coordinate readout with
copying
dimensions
drawing
editing
erasing
joining
length
reference
roughing in
stretching
thickness. See lineweights
types. See linetypes
UCS
Lines tab
Linetype Manager dialog box
options
for scales
Linetype option
linetypes
blocks
drawings
Flatshot
information on
for layer searches
layers
objects
Paper Space
purging
scaling
Lineweight menu
Lineweight setting for plotter output
Lineweight Settings dialog box
layers
Paper Space
plot styles
lineweights
borders
controlling
information on
layers
library project
Paper Space
plotter output
polylines
printing
scaling for
linking external references
List command
List tool
lists for layers
Live Section feature
Load Or Reload Linetypes dialog box
loading
demand
linetypes
locating
layers
text
location
dimension text
hatch patterns
objects
printer configuration files
printing
table text
Lock layer option
Lock Object’s Layer tool
Lock Position option
Lock Position property
Lock/Unlock icon
locking
layers
viewports
Loft command
Loft Settings dialog box
Close Surface and Close Solid options
Draft Angles option
Normal To option
Ruled and Smooth Fit options
Loft tool
for 3D drawings
surfaces
Log File option
Logfilemode command
Logfilename command
Logfileoff command
Logfileon command
logs
blocks and layers
file location
system information
Look And Feel tab
Low option for viewports
LTS command
Ltscale system variable
Ltype Gen option
lunits command
Luprec system variable
LW command
Lwdisplay system variable
M
M command
Magic Mouse
Maintain Associativity option
Make Object’s Layer Current tool
Manage Attributes tool
Manage UCS tool
maps, procedural
margins for Layout views
markers
blocks as
on curves
Osnap
masking
drawing parts
image areas
mass of solids
massing models
Massprop command
Match Block Orientation To Layout option
blocks
symbols
Match Layer tool
Match Properties tool
Match Property Settings dialog box
Match Text Orientation To Layout option
matching hatch patterns
Material Condition dialog box
materials
glass
information on
procedural maps for
self-illuminated
Materials Browser tool
math operations in tables
Maximum option for viewports
Maximum Deviation option
Maxpoints option
MC text option
Me command
Measure command
Measure tool
Measuregeom command
area of objects
complex areas
with hatch patterns
measurement systems. See units
measurements
with coordinate readout
curves
Medium option for viewports
memory for external references
menu bar
3D drawings
description
menus, right-click
merging cells
Mesh command
meshes. See 3D meshes
Meshextrude command
Meshrefine command
Meshsmoothless command
Meshsmoothmore command
Meshsplit command
Method option for splines
metric dimensions
metric measurement system
Mid Between 2 Points option
Middle text option
Midpoint Osnap option
minus signs (-)
with tables
in units
Mirror command
Mirror tool
mirroring
3D Mirror for
3D objects
and exploding
group members
objects
text
with UCS
Mirrtext system variable
missing fonts, substitutions for
mistakes, correcting
ML text option
Mld command
Mls command
Model/Layout tool
Model Space
information on
vs. Paper Space
switching to Paper Space
Model Space view
Modeling Tool Sets panel
Modeling workflow panel
models. See 3D drawings and models
Modify Dimension Style dialog box
alternate units
lines
Paper Space
styles
suffixes and prefixes
text
Modify menu
Modify Multileader Style dialog box
modifying. See editing
More Commands menu
motion, constraining
Move Down option
Move Faces command
Move gizmo
3D objects
faces
surfaces
Move Point Location option
Move Tangent Direction option
Move Text, Add Leader option
Move Text, No Leader option
Move tool
Move Up option
moving
arcs
attributes
blocks
control points
dimension text
mesh edges
objects
in 3D
base points for
with grips
surfaces
in UCS
vertices
viewports
MR text option
MS command
MT command
Mtext command
Mtext option
Multi-Touch feature
Multileader Style command
Multileader Style Manager dialog box
Multileader tool
Multileader Type tab
multileaders
breaking
editing
styles
Multiline Text tool
multiple copies
circular
row and column
multiple dimensions, editing
multiple files, opening
Multiple Lines option
multiple Paper Space layouts
Multiple selection option
multiple uses, layers for
multiple views
multiplication in tables
N
named elements, importing
named plot style tables
Named UCS command
Named UCS tool
Named Viewports command
Named Viewports tab
names
blocks
external references
fields
files
groups of objects
layers
prompts
text styles
UCS
NE Isometric view
Nearest Osnap option
nesting
blocks
external references
files
New Dimension Style dialog box
Fit tab
Lines tab
Primary Units tab
scaling
Symbols And Arrows tab
Text tab
new drawings
New Layer option
New Layer tool
New Layer VP Frozen In All Viewports option
New Layout From Template option
New options
layers
text styles
New UCS option
New Viewports command
New Viewports tab
Next option
interference
vertices
night scene lighting
No Filter tool
No Path option
Node Osnap markers
Node Osnap option
Node Snap override
Non-Uniform Rational B-Spline (NURBS) curves
Non-Uniform Rational B-Spline (NURBS) surfaces
None Osnap option
nonorthogonal objects, dimensions for
Noorigin option
Normal option for viewports
Normal Island Detection option
Normal Tangent Direction option
Normal To option
notes
arrows and dimensions
multileader
Paper Space
noun/verb selection method
restrictions
turning on
working with
Number Objects In status item
NURBS curves
NURBS surfaces
NW Isometric view
O
o codes for characters
O command
OB command
Object option
splines
viewports
Object Selection cursor
Object Snap tab
Object Snap tool
Object Snap Tracking. See Osnap Tracking and overrides
objects
aligning
in 3D space
with Osnap tracking
area of
complex
determining
hatch patterns for
blocked. See blocks
breaking
colors
converting
copying. See copying
deselecting
editing
with dimensions
with grips
process
erasing and deleting
layout lines
in Trim
filleting
groups
inserting
for layers and Layers palette
layers for
length
linetypes for
locating
mirroring
moving
in 3D
base points for
with grips
nonorthogonal, dimensions for
number of
overlapping
display order
raster images
viewports
properties for
rotating. See rotating
selecting
base points for
blocks
noun/verb method
options
similar
stretching
trimming
UCS orientation
Objectscale command
oblique angle
dimension text
fonts
oblique dimension lines
Oblique options
Obscured Lines options
odd-shaped viewports
Offset Faces command
Offset Faces tool
Offset From Dim Line option
Offset From Origin option
Offset tool
polylines
surfaces
offsets
3D surfaces
construction lines
dimensions
lines
polylines
printing
reference lines
surfaces
UCS orientation
On/Off layer option
One Color option
OP command
Open option for polylines
Open File option
Open in Block Editor option
opening files
exported
multiple
process
options, choosing
Or command
Orbit tool
ordering
constraints
objects
overlapping objects. See overlapping objects
ordinate dimensions
Ordinate tool
orientation
dimension text
paper
table text
with UCS
Origin option
origins
boxes
dimensions
drawings
gradients
hatch patterns
ordinate dimensions
printers
UCS
Ortho mode
orthogonal projections
orthogonal views
Orthographic tab
Osnap marker
Osnap menu
Osnap Tracking and overrides. See also Running Osnaps
3D drawings
aligning objects
base points
center of circles
construction lines
dimensional constraints
dimensions
disabling
with inserting
lines
options
in Paper Space
Polar Tracking
polylines
text alignment
turning off
UCS
Osnap Tracking vector
Outer Island Detection option
output devices. See printers and printing
Outside Borders option
Over Dimension Line, With Leader option
Over Dimension Line, Without Leader option
**Over status
Overall Scale option
overlapping objects
display order
raster images
viewports
Overlay option
overlays. See layers and Layers palette
Overline tool
Override option
overscore characters
P
p code
P command
page-layout programs
exporting raster files for
exporting vector files for
Page Setup - Advanced dialog box
Page Setup - Layout1 dialog box
Page Setup Manager dialog box
associative dimensions
Paper Space
plot styles
rendering 3D models
palettes, toggling
Pan command
Pan Realtime command
for interference
limitations
and regenerations
Pan tool
mesh faces
Swivel tool
panning
vs. Swivel
with viewports
pantone colors
paper size
blocks
coordinating
options
Paper Space
dimensions in
layers
layout
linetypes
lineweights
vs. Model Space
multiple layouts
odd-shaped viewports
scaling
size
switching from Model Space
uses
working with
Paper Text Height setting
Paragraph dialog box
Paragraph tool
paragraphs
columns
indents and tabs
parallel constraints
parallel curves
Parallel Osnap option
Parallel Projection option
Parallel projections
Parallel tool
parametric tools
benefits
constraints. See constraints
parentheses () in tables
parts, assembling
Paste command
Paste To Command Line command
Patch tool
patching surfaces
Path Type option
paths
external references
printer configuration files
patterns
gradients
linetypes. See hatch patterns
.pcm files
PDF files
Pdmode system variable
PE command
converting objects to polylines
joining objects
Pedit command. See polylines
Peditaccept system variable
Percent option
percent signs (%) for special characters
perimeter calculations
periods (.)
in Cartesian coordinates
for decimals
Perp command
Perpendicular constraints
Perpendicular Osnap overrides
Perspective option
perspective views
Perspective With Ortho Faces option
Phantom linetypes
Photometric Lighting feature
Pick Angle Of Array button
Pick Angle To Fill button
Pick Both Offsets tool
Pick Center Point button
Pick Column Offset option
Pick Points option
blocks
hatch boundaries
Pick Row Offset tool
pickbox
picking
objects. See selecting
points
PL command
Planar Surface tool
planarObject slice option
planning drawings
Plot command
Plot/No Plot icon
Plot option
Plot Stamp Settings dialog box
plot stamps
Plot Style option
plot styles
color-dependent vs. named tables
visibility
Plot Upside-Down option
plotters. See printers and printing
plus signs (+) with tables
plus/minus signs
point filters
Point Filters option
point lights
point objects
Point Selection cursor
Point Style dialog box
distance along curves
object division
Point tool
Point Style tool
Pointlight command
points
curve divisions
dimensions
distance between
indicating
selecting
spline curves
style
with UCS
Polar Angle Measurement settings
polar arrays
polar coordinates
Polar Tracking feature
angles
construction lines
with inserting
lines
with Object Snap Tracking
tracking vectors
turning on and off
Polar Tracking tab
angles
Object Snap Tracking
Polar Tracking tool
Polarang system variable
PolarSnap option
Polygonal Viewport command
polygons
dimensioning
for viewports
Polyline tool
polylines
breaking
converting objects to
converting splines to
copying
direction of
distances along
divisions on
drawing
editing
editing vertices on
extruding
process
tapering in
filleting
joining
lineweights
options
revolving
with Sketch
smoothing
thickness
with UCS
width
working with
portrait orientation
position of objects. See location
Position option for surfaces
PostScript files
pre-existing drawings. See existing drawings
Precision list
Precision option
predefined hatch patterns
preliminary sketches
Presentation option
Preset option
presets for attributes
Presspull tool
Preview option
printing
viewports
Preview Scaling setting
Preview viewer
previewing
printing
viewports
Previous Layer tool
Previous options
interference
selections
vertices
previous views, returning to
Primary Units tab
Paper Space
style
primitives
boolean operations with
extruding polylines for
joining
meshes
revolving polylines for
Print command
Print dialog box
EPS files
orientation
paper size
plot area in
scaling
settings
Print - Advanced dialog box
3D viewports
offsets
Plot Stamp feature
plot styles
Print Options settings
Print Details dialog box
Print Object Lineweights option
Print Options settings
Print Paperspace Last option
Print Transparency option
Print Upside Down option
Print With Plot Styles option
printer configuration files
adding
default location
printers and printing
3D viewports
drawing limits
files
with Layout views
limits
with lineweights
offsets
orientation
origins
paper for
to PDF files
plot area in
Plot Stamp feature
plot styles
previewing
Print Options settings
in rendering 3D models
scaling
procedural maps
procedural surfaces
Product License Activation window
Project File Search Path option
Project Geometry tool
Project option
Projectgeometry command
Projectname variable
prompts
for attributes
Command Line palette
names
responding to
properties and Properties Inspector palette
attributes
dimension text
displaying
helices
image brightness, contrast, and fade
layers
lights
linetype scale
objects
polylines
sky
solids
spotlights
sun
surface associativity
tables
viewports
Properties tab for attributes
Psltscale system variable
Psout command
Pstylepolicy system variable
pulling shapes from solids
Purge command
Purge spline curve options
purge zero-length geometry and empty text objects option
pushing shapes from solids
pyramids
Q
Qdim command
Qtext
qtext command
Quadpoint Osnap option
quality
raster images
rendering
viewports
Quality settings
Question dialog box
question marks (?) for system variables
Quick Dimension tool
QuickView dialog box
QuickView tool
quotation marks (“) in units
R
R command
r for radians
radians
radii dimensions
Radius setting
Measuregeom
polylines
Radius tool
RAM for external references
raster images
brightness, contrast, and fade
clipping
exporting
importing
quality and transparency
scaling
visibility
rays
Realistic command
Realistic option
Realistic visual style
Realtime pan option
Reassociate Dimension tool
Rebuild Surface dialog box
Recent Commands command
Recover option
recovering files
Recreate Boundary option
rectangles, drawing
rectangular arrays
Redefine Block command
redefining blocks
Redo command
Redraw command
redrawing vs. regeneration
reference lines
Reference Manager palette
exploding in
external references
importing raster images
opening
options in
Reference option
reference symbols
Refine Mesh command
Refine Vertices option
Refresh Content tool
Regen command vs. Redraw
Regen option for vertices
regeneration, controlling
and block substitution
freezing layers for
and Qtext
saving views for
screen smoothness in
in updating blocks
Region.dwg drawing
Region tool
regions
relative coordinates
Relative Path option
Relative to Last Segment option
release versions, exchanging files with
Relink File tool
Relink option for external references
Reload option for external references
Relocate Base Point option
Remove Boundaries option
Remove CV tool
Remove Fit Point option
Remove Leader tool
Remove options
attributes
groups
object selection
surface associativity
Ren command
Rename dialog box
fields
text styles
Rename option for groups
Rename Layer option
renaming
fields
groups of objects
layers
text styles
Render tool
Render window
Rendered option
rendering 3D models
lights
distant
editing
point
spotlights
materials. See materials
overview
printing
quality
sky simulation
starting
sun simulation
Renderingquality command
repeating commands
Replace All option
Replace Existing Block option
replacing
blocks
files with blocks
text
Retain Boundaries - Polyline option
Retain Boundaries - Region option
Retain Boundary Objects option
Retain Objects option
Retrim Previously Trimmed Surfaces option
Rev command
Reveal In Finder option
Reverse option
Revolve tool
polylines
surfaces
revolved meshes
Revolved Surface tool
revolved surfaces
revolving polylines
RevSurf command
Rich Text Format files
right-clicking
Right Orthogonal views
right-side views
Right text option
Right tool
Right UCS orientation
RO command
Romans fonts
Rotate command
3D objects
dimensions
with grips
Reference option
Rotate Faces command
Rotate Gizmo tool
Rotate Items As Copied option
Rotate option for dimension text
rotating
in 3D drawings
3D Rotate command
dynamic UCS
polylines
Z coordinates
in 3D space
in copying
dimension text
dimensions
with grips
with inserting
mesh edges
surfaces
text
UCS
views
roughing in lines
rounding corners
row and column copies
rows in tables
rubber banding
for distances
for splines
Ruled Mesh tool
Ruled option
Loft
surface
ruled surfaces
ruler for indents and tabs
Rulesurf command
Running Osnaps
with constraints
with dimensioning
node points
tracking vectors
turning off
turning on
S
San Francisco library project
external references
layers
lineweights and colors
symbols
SAT format
Save As command
Save As PDF option
Save Block As Drawing option
Save Block Definition As dialog box
Save Device Settings To option
Save dialog box for PDF files
Save Drawing As dialog box
DXF files
exchanging files
new drawings
templates
SaveAs option
Saved Path option
Savefilepath command
saving
automatic
blocks
Command Line palette information
files
system information
UCS
views
Scale command
Scale Dimensions To Layout option
scale factors for work areas
Scale option for Sweep
Scale panel
Scale tool
Scale Uniformly option
Scale X setting for symbols
Scalelistedit command
scaling
annotations
existing drawings
with grips
with inserting
in Layout views
leaders
linetypes
in Paper Space
printing
raster images
text
scanning images
Scientific measurement system
screens
information on
printing
regenerating. See regeneration, controlling
smoothness on
virtual
SE Isometric view
search paths for external references
searching
for layers
for text
Second angle option
Second pt option
Second Set option
Section Boundary option
Section Plane option
Section Plane tool
section planes
Section Settings dialog box
Section Volume option
Sectionplane command
Select All option
Select All But Current option
Select Block option
Select Color option
Select Dimensions tool
Select Drawing File dialog box
Select Dwg File To Relink dialog box
Select File dialog box
DXF files
file recovery
opening files
templates
text files
Select Linetype dialog box
Select New Boundary Set option
Select Object button
Select Objects option
blocks
text
Select Points option
Select Reference File dialog box
external references
raster images
Select Similar feature
Select Similar Settings dialog box
Select Template dialog box
3D meshes
importing files
units
Selectable group options
selecting
layers
linetypes
objects
base points for
for blocks
noun/verb method
options
similar
point filters for
points
previous selections
right-click menu options
Selection Cycling feature
selection windows
Selectioncycling command
Selectionpreview variable
self-illuminated materials
Send Behind Boundary option
Send Feedback option
Send To Back option
hatch patterns
overlapping objects
raster images
Send Under Object option
Separate command
separating divided solids
Set Base Point tool
Set Constraint option
Set Current options
layers
text styles
UCS
Set Size Relative to Screen option
Set UCS Origin tool
settings, importing
Setvar command
Shade And Tint setting
Shade Plot options
shaded viewports
Shaded With Edged option
Shades Of Gray option
shading gradient
Shading settings for viewports
shadow properties for lights
shapes
on curved paths
purging
pushing and pulling from solids
solids
with UCS
viewports
sharing drawings. See exporting; importing
Shell option
shells, turning solids into
shortcut menus
Show Advanced Options triangle
Show Associativity option
Show Control Vertices option
Show Cut-Away Geometry option
Show CV tool
Show Details tool
Show Drawings & Layouts tool
Show Fit Points option
Show/Hide Lineweight tool
Show/Hide Lineweights tool
Show In Model option
Show Insertion Options triangle
Show option for Flatshot
Show Options triangle
similar objects, selecting
simplex.shx font
single-line text objects
adding
aligning
editing
special characters with
single quotes (‘) for system variables
Single selection option
sink
size
crosshair cursor
drawing area
external references
grips
hatch patterns
paper
blocks
coordinating
options
Paper Space
text
Size option for external references
Sketch command
sketches, preliminary
skewing dimension lines
sky, simulating
Sky Background And Illumination tool
SL command
SLA (Stereolithograph Apparatus)
slashes (/)
for options
with tables
Slice tool
slicing solids with surfaces
Smooth constraints
Smooth Fit option
Smooth Less command
Smooth More command
Smooth Object command
smoothness
arcs
mesh surfaces
meshes
polylines
on screen
Smoothness For 3D Printing/Rendering setting
Snap & Grid tab
snap mode, . See also Osnap Tracking and overrides
information on
with Polar Tracking
Snap Resolution Is setting
Snap X Spacing option
Snap Y Spacing option
Snapunit system variable
solid fills for hatch patterns
Solidedit command
solidedit.dwg file
solids and solid modeling
for 2D drawings
for 3D drawings
chamfering
command line
complex
converting meshes to
copying faces and edges
editing
filling
interference between
joining primitives for
from objects with thickness
properties
pushing and pulling to shapes
with regions
rounding corners on
separating divided solids
shaping
splitting
stereolithography in
surfaces
converting to solids
deleting
extruding
features
moving
offsetting
rotating
slicing with
tapering
turning solids into shells
with UCS
visualizing
sorting layer names
SP command
space, information on
space planning and hatch patterns
Space property
spacebar
spaces
in attribute values
in units
spacing hatch patterns
Spe command
special characters
adding
single-line text objects
Specify On-Screen option
external references
with rotations
Specify Origin option
Specify Value option
spell checking
spheres
spiral forms
Spl command
spline curves
control points
converting into polylines
converting polylines to
creating
drawing
editing
joining
length
options
for polylines
UCS
Spline Fit option
Spline tool
Splinedit command
Split Face tool
Splitmesh.dwg file
splitting
mesh faces
solids
Spotlight command
Spotlight tool
spotlights
creating
editing
Square Root option for splines
ST command
Standard cursor
Standard dimension style
standard symbols
Standard text style
standard views
standard windows
standards for dimensions
Start And End Cross Section option
Start Cross Section option
Start Magnitude setting
status bar
3D drawings
description
sun settings
Status command
Status option for external references
status screen
.stb files
Stereolithograph Apparatus (SLA)
stereolithography
.stl extension
Store As Default Origin option
straightening vertices
Stretch command
Stretch Fit Point option
Stretch tool
stretching
blocks
dimensioned objects
lines
mesh faces
polylines
viewports
strings of dimensions
styles
angles
borders
defaults
dimensions
alternate units
arrows
current
editing, . See also Modify Dimension Style dialog box
primary units
text
multileaders
names
plot
color-dependent vs. named tables
visibility
points
purging
text. See text styles
units
Su command
subobjects
substituting
blocks
fonts
Subtract option for Measuregeom
Subtract tool
subtraction
area calculations
Presspull
primitives
in tables
Suggestions box with spelling checker
Sum function in tables
sun, simulating
rendering
setting up
Sun And Sky Simulation feature
Sun Status tool
Support File Search Path option
Surface Associativity option
Surface Blend tool
Surface Editing command
Surface Extend tool
Surface Extrude tool
Surface Fillet tool
Surface Network tool, surfaces
Surface Offset tool
Surface Patch tool
Surface Projection UCS tool
Surface Sculpt tool
Surface slice option
Surface Trim tool
Surface Untrim tool
Surfaceautotrim command
SurfaceMeshSamples.dwg file
Surfacemodelingmode command
surfaces
3D. See 3D surfaces
adding features to
converting to solids
creating
curved
deleting
drawing on
extruding
laying out forms for
Loft for
moving
offsetting
polylines for
rotating
slicing solids with
smoothness
tapering
volumes of cuts
Surfblend command
surfboard. See 3D meshes
Surfextend command
Surfoffset command
Surfpatch command
Surftab1 variable
Surftab2 variable
.sv$ extension
SW Isometric option
Sw Isometric view
Sweep command
Sweep tool
complex forms
curved paths
spiral forms
surfaces
tubes
sweeping shapes on curves
Swiso command
switching
Model Space to Paper Space
between viewports
Swivel option
Symbol dialog box
Symbol tool
symbols
annotation scale
blocks for
existing drawings as
external references with
inserting
replacing files with
saving
standard
unblocking
Symbols And Arrows tab
symmetric constraints
Synchronize Blocks option
system variables status
T
Table Cell palette
Table Cell visor
tables
auto-filling
creating
exporting
formulas
graphics for
line work for
plot style
color-dependent vs. named tables
visibility
text in
adding
orientation and location
tabs for text
Tabsurf command
Tabulated Mesh tool
tabulated surfaces
tags for blocks
tangent constraints
tangent direction
spline curves
vertices
Tangent option
Osnaps
surfaces
Tangent tool
Taper Faces tool
tapering
extrusions
surfaces
TC text option
Template folder
templates
creating
fonts
opening
using
Temporary Track Point option
text
adding
aligning
associating with drawing properties
attributes
dimensions
appending data to
height
location
moving
orientation
rotating
styles
finding and replacing
fonts
formatting
with hatch patterns
height
importing
indents and tabs
mirroring
oblique angle
paragraph columns
Qtext
rotating
scaling
special characters
spell checking
styles. See text styles
tables. See tables
text objects. See text objects
with UCS
width
Text command
Text Editor visor
dimensions
tables
working with
Text Height setting
text objects
adding
aligning
editing
special characters with
Text Options tab
Text Rotation setting
Text Style dialog box
creating styles
options
Text Style tool
text styles
creating
effects
names
options
Text tab for dimension height
Textfill system variable
Texttofont command
textures. See hatch patterns
Thaw layer option
Thicken command
Thicken tool
thickness
in 3D drawings
information on
lines. See lineweights
polylines
TIFF format
Tifout command
tiled viewports
time, information for
Time command
Time screen
TL text option
TM command
Toggle References State tool
toggling palettes
Tol command
Tolerance command
tolerance for spline curves
Tolerance option
tolerance symbols
Tolerance tool
Tolerances tab for styles
Tool Sets palette
3D drawings
overview
tools
Tools menu
tools vs. keyboard
Top Orthogonal views
top views
topo.dwg file
tori
Total option for object length
TR command
TR text option
Trace UCS option
tracing drawings
Track Using All Polar Angle Settings option
tracking vectors
Tracks linetype
transparency
hatch patterns
printing
raster images
Transparency command
trial version
triangle symbols
Command Line palette
flyouts
Layers palette
Properties Inspector
Trim command
Trim tool
trimming
construction lines
objects
polylines
surfaces
True Color tab
gradient shading
layers
tubes
creating
modeling
Turn Off Object’s Layer tool
Turn Off The Default Lighting option
Turns option for Sweep
Twist option for Sweep
Two Color option
Txt font
Type options
external references
hatch patterns
type styles. See text styles
typefaces
U
u code for characters
U command
with grips
working with
U direction for surfaces
U Tangent Direction option
UCS (user coordinate system)
controlling
defining
dynamic
rotating objects
turning off
fixed
mirroring with
moving in
orientation
origins
rotating
saving
trimming in
working in
UCS command
UCS dialog box
UCS icon
controlling
layouts
viewports
WCS
working with
UCS Icon dialog box
UCS Origin option
UCSicon command
Ucsman command
Un command
unblocking blocks
Underline tool
underscores (_) for text objects
Undo options
object selection
polylines
splines
trimming
vertices
Undo tool
grips
working with
Uni command
Uniform option for splines
Uniform Scale option
Union command for 3D parts
Union tool
unions of primitives
3D parts
cylinders
process
Unisolate Object’s Layer tool
Unit Factor option
Unit Format settings
units
dimensions
indents and tabs
lineweights
metric
options
Paper Space
printing
specifying
Units command
Unload option for external references
Unlock layer option
Unlock Object’s Layer tool
Unnamed option
untrimming surfaces
Update Dimension tool
updating
associative dimensions
blocks
external references
upside down printing
upside down text
Use Current Origin option
Use Current Viewport option
use first point as displacement option
Use Overall Scale Of option
Use Paper Space Units For Scaling option
user coordinate system (UCS). See UCS (user coordinate system)
User Current option for hatch patterns
user-defined hatch patterns
User Defined options
user interface
AutoCAD window
Command Line palette
drawing area
guided tour
Layers palette
menu bar
Properties Inspector palette
status bar
Tool Sets palette
V
V direction for surfaces
V Tangent Direction option
variables, system
vector files
Ver construction lines option
Verify option
verifying attributes
versions, exchanging files between
vertical bars (|) for external references
vertical constraints
vertical construction lines
vertical dimensions
vertical lines
vertical text
vertices
breaking
control
polyline spline curves
surfaces
editing
inserting
meshes
moving
straightening
tangent direction
width
View menu
View Selections option
View slice option
View tool
ViewCube tool
3D drawings
mesh edges
mesh faces
for view direction
working with
viewports
3D drawings
accessing
active
creating
erasing
features
layers for
in Layout views
lineweights
multiple layouts
odd-shaped
printing
scaling
shaded and hidden
switching between
Visual Styles
working with
Viewports dialog box
Viewres command
views
3D drawings
clipping
direction
multiple
perspective
saving
saving UCS with
standard
virtual displays
visibility
attributes
layers
plot styles
raster images
Visretain system variable
visual effects
Visual Style option
visual styles and Visual Styles feature
interference checking
sketch presentations
solids
viewports
working with
Visual Styles menu
visualizing solids
Volume option for Measuregeom
volumes of cuts
VP Color option
VP Freeze option
VP Freeze Layer In All Viewports option
VP Linetype option
VP Lineweight option
VP Plot Style option
VP Thaw Layer In All Viewports option
VP Transparency option
Vports command
Vscurrent command
Vsfaceopacity system variable
W
W command
Wblock command
WCS (World Coordinate System)
wedges
weight of lines. See lineweights
Welcome screen for help
What To Print settings
width
polylines
text
vertices
wildcard characters for system variables
Window command
Window options
plot area
in selecting
Window Polygons
windows
crossing
glass for
printing
selecting objects
selecting points
zooming
Wipeout command
Wireframe option
Wireframe views
work areas
drawing limits for
scale factors for
units for
workflow panels
workgroups, external references for
workpoints. See Grips feature
World Coordinate System (WCS)
World UCS tool
Write Block dialog box
X
X axis
X command
X coordinates
point filters for
printing
X-ray effect
X scale for symbols
X setting for blocks
X tool
XA command
XB command
Xbind command
Xclip command
Xdatum option
Xdwgfadectl command
XEdit system variable
XL command
Xloadctl system variable
Xopen command
XR command
XRef Fading feature
Xref files. See external references
Xrefs control
XY/YZ/ZX slice option
XYZ gizmo
mesh edges
mesh faces
Y
Y axis
Y coordinates
point filters for
printing
Y scale for symbols
Y setting for blocks
Y tool
Ydatum option
Z
Z axis
in Dynamic UCS
mesh edges
Z-Axis Vector tool
Z coordinates, point filters for
Z setting for blocks
Z tool
Zaxis option with slicing
Zebra Analysis option
zero-length geometry
zeros
in dimension text
leading
Zigzag linetype
Zoom All option
Zoom Extents tool
Zoom Previous option
Zoom Realtime tool
in copying
for interference
limitations
Zoom To Pair option
Zoom tool
zooming
drawings
with hatch patterns
in Layout views
vs. panning
to previous view
in viewports
for windows