Contents

• Welcome
  • Accessing the Help
  • Right-clicking on a Mac computer
  • Conventions
  • System Requirements
• The User Interface
  • Menu Bar
  • Toolbars
  • Tool Matrix
  • Options Toolbar
  • Shortcut Menus
  • Graphics Area
    • Coordinate Symbol
    • Crosshairs (Pointer)
    • Model and Sheet Tabs
    • Scroll Bars
  • Palettes
  • Command Window
  • Status Bar
  • Command and Data Entry
    • Entering Commands
    • Entering Data Input
    • Clicking in the Graphics Area
    • Entering Keyboard Input
    • Using Commands Transparently
    • Repeating Commands
    • Interrupting the Execution of a Command
• Getting Started
  • Creating, Opening, Closing and Saving Drawings
  • Setting Up the Drawing Environment
  • Using Templates
  • Working with Sheets
• Drawing with Precision
  • Specifying Coordinates and Using Coordinate Systems
    • Specifying Coordinates
    • Specifying Points Using Coordinate Filters
    • Setting Up Custom Coordinate Systems
    • Managing Custom Coordinate Systems
    • Specifying a Coordinate System for the Plan View
  • Using Drawing Tools and Methods
    • Specifying Drafting Options
    • Setting Snap
    • Displaying a Grid
    • Setting Ortho Mode
    • Switching Between Isometric Snap Grids
    • Using EntitySnaps
    • Understanding EntitySnap Modes
    • Setting EntitySnaps
    • Displaying EntitySnap Cues
    • Using Polar Guides
    • Tracking and Setting Inference Points
  • Changing the Display Order of Entities
  • Inquiring and Calculating
    • Identifying Coordinates
    • Measuring Distances
    • Calculating Areas
    • Listing Entity Information
    • Using the SmartCalculator
    • Invoking the Standard OS Calculator
• Working with Drawing Files
  • Starting a New Drawing
  • Opening a Drawing
  • Saving a Drawing
  • Renaming a Drawing
  • Saving All Open Drawings
  • Publishing eDrawings
  • Viewing and Editing Drawing File Properties
  • Closing a Drawing
  • Closing All Open Drawings
  • Exiting
  • Exporting and Importing
    • Exporting
    • Exporting DXF Files
    • Exporting ACIS SAT Files
    • Creating a PDF File from a Drawing
    • Creating a Bitmap File from a Drawing
    • Creating a JPEG File from a Drawing
    • Creating a PNG File from a Drawing
    • Creating an SVG File from a Drawing
    • Creating an EPS File from a Drawing
    • Importing DXF Files
    • Importing ACIS SAT Files
  • Drawing Utilities
    • Setting Automatic Save and Backup Options
    • Checking Integrity of Drawings
    • Recovering Drawings
    • Discarding Unused References
• Viewing the Drawing
  • Refreshing and Rebuilding the Drawing Display
    • Refreshing the Current Drawing
    • Refreshing All Tiled Views of the Current Drawing
    • Rebuilding the Current Drawing
    • Rebuilding the Current Drawing and Refreshing All Tiled Views
    • Automatically Rebuilding the Current Drawing
  • Panning and Zooming
    • Panning
      • Dynamic Pan
      • Panning Using Points
      • Pan Up
      • Pan Down
      • Pan Left
      • Pan Right
    • Zooming
      • Dynamic Zoom
      • Zoom
      • Zoom Previous
      • Zoom Window
      • Zoom Factor
      • Zoom Center
      • Zoom to Selected Entities
      • Zoom In
      • Zoom Out
      • Zoom Bounds
      • Zoom Fit
  • Saving and Retrieving User-defined Views
  • Working with Tiled Views in Model Workspace
  • Setting Display Options
    • Displaying Command History
    • Displaying the Coordinate System Icon
    • Setting the Display Quality of Circles and Curves
    • Controlling the Visibility of Fills
    • Turning Boxed Text Mode On and Off
• 3D Viewing and Presentation
  • Using 3D Viewing Tools
    • 3D Viewing Using RollView
    • Setting the View Direction
  • Hiding, Shading, and Rendering
    • Setting the ShadeView Mode
    • Removing Hidden Lines
    • Shading the Drawing
    • Rendering the Drawing
  • Using Lights
    • Creating a Light Source
    • Creating a Pointlight
    • Creating a Spotlight
    • Creating a Directional Light
    • Creating a Targetpointlight
    • Creating a Nontargetlight
    • Managing Lights with the Lighting Palette
    • Hiding the Lighting Palette
• Formatting the Drawing
  • Applying Entity Properties
  • Organizing the Drawing with Layers
  • Managing Layers
  • Layer Tools
    • Hiding Layers
    • Showing All Layers
    • Freezing Layers
    • Thawing All Layers
    • Locking Layers
    • Unlocking Layers
    • Isolating Layers
    • Restoring Layers After Isolating
    • Activating a Layer
    • Changing Entities to the Active Layer
    • Matching Layers
    • Deleting Layers
    • Restoring Previous Layer Settings
  • Setting LineColors
  • Loading and Setting LineStyles
  • Setting the LineStyle Scale Factor
  • Setting the Active LineWeight
  • Setting Z-Plane and Thickness
  • Specifying Units and Precision
  • Setting Drawing Boundaries
  • Renaming Styles and Drawing Elements
• Drawing Entities
  • Constructing Lines
  • Using InfiniteLines and RichLines
    • Constructing Rays
    • Constructing InfiniteLines
    • Managing RichLineStyles
    • Constructing RichLines
  • Constructing PolyLines
  • Constructing 3D PolyLines
  • Constructing Polygons
  • Constructing Rectangles
  • Constructing Arcs
  • Constructing Circles
  • Constructing Rings
  • Constructing Splines
  • Constructing Ellipses and Elliptical Arcs
  • Working with Points
    • Setting the Point Format
    • Inserting Points
    • Marking Entities with Points or Blocks by Segments
    • Marking Entities with Points or Blocks by Lengths
  • Creating Area Boundaries
  • Creating Regions
  • Creating a Mask
  • Creating Revision Clouds
  • Sketching
  • Inserting Shapes
    • Loading Shapes
    • Inserting Shapes
• Modifying Entities
  • Selecting Entities for Modification
    • Selecting Entities
    • Applying Entity Selection Methods
    • Modifying with EntityGrips
    • Applying EntityGrip Nodes
    • Setting EntityGrips Preferences
    • Filtering Selections
    • Preselecting Entities
    • Preselecting All Entities
  • Correcting Mistakes
    • Deleting Entities
    • Undoing Edits
    • Redoing Undo Operations
    • Undoing Deletions
  • Using the Clipboard
    • Cutting to the Clipboard
    • Copying to the Clipboard
    • Copying with a Reference Point to the Clipboard
    • Pasting from the Clipboard
    • Pasting Entities As Block from the Clipboard
    • Pasting Entities from the Clipboard to Their Original Position
  • Editing Properties
    • Viewing and Modifying Properties
    • Copying Properties Between Entities
  • Copying Entities in the Graphics Area
  • Mirroring Entities
  • Flipping Entities
  • Creating Offsets of Entities
  • Creating Patterns of Entities
  • Moving Entities
  • Rotating Entities
  • Scaling Entities
  • Stretching Entities
  • Changing the Length of Entities
  • Trimming Entities
  • Extending Entities
  • Splitting Entities
  • Welding Entities
  • Applying Chamfers
  • Applying Fillets
  • Aligning Entities
  • Exploding Complex Objects
  • Editing PolyLines
• Working with Blocks, BlockAttributes, EntityGroups, References, and Hyperlinks
  • Defining and Inserting Blocks
    • Defining Blocks
    • Inserting Blocks
    • Inserting a Block in a Rectangular Pattern
    • Saving Blocks to File
  • Working with BlockAttributes
    • Defining BlockAttributes
    • Editing BlockAttribute Definitions
    • Editing BlockAttributes
    • Editing BlockAttribute values in-place
    • Displaying BlockAttributes
    • Updating BlockAttributes
  • Working with EntityGroups
    • Creating and Editing EntityGroups
  • Working with Referenced Drawings and Images
    • Referencing Drawings - Basics
    • Using the References Palette
    • Hiding the References Palette
    • Attaching Drawings as References
    • Clipping References and Blocks
    • Opening Referenced Drawings
    • Detaching Referenced Drawings
    • Attaching Image Files as References
    • Clipping Referenced Images
    • Detaching Referenced Images
  • In-Place Editing of Blocks and References
    • In-Place Editing of Components
    • Adding or Removing Elements during Component Editing
    • Modifying the Base Point of a Block Definition
    • Saving Component Edits
    • Terminating Component Editing
  • Attaching Hyperlinks to Entities
• Working with Hatches, Color Fills, Text, and Tables
  • Working with Hatches and Color Fills
    • Creating Hatches
    • Creating Color Gradient Fills
    • Editing Hatches and Fills
  • Working with Text
    • Working with TextStyles
    • Creating Notes
    • Creating SimpleNotes
    • Modifying Annotations
    • Setting Note Editing Options
    • Inserting Fields
    • Updating Field Information
    • Finding and Replacing Text
    • Checking Spelling
  • Working with Tables
    • Managing TableStyles
    • Creating Tables
    • Modifying Tables
• Creating and Modifying Dimensions
  • Working with DimensionStyles
  • Editing and Formatting Dimension Text
  • Using SmartDimensions
  • Creating Parallel Dimensions
  • Creating Linear Dimensions
  • Creating Arc Length Dimensions
  • Creating Ordinate Dimensions
  • Creating Radius Dimensions
  • Creating Jogged Dimensions
  • Creating Diameter Dimensions
  • Creating Angular Dimensions
  • Creating Baseline Dimensions
  • Creating Continuous Dimensions
  • Creating SmartLeaders
  • Creating Leader Lines
  • Creating Geometric Tolerances
  • Editing Geometric Tolerances
  • Creating Center Marks
  • Modifying Dimensions
  • Modifying Dimension Orientations
  • Flipping Dimension Arrows
  • Editing Dimension Text
    • Resetting Dimension Text to its Original Position
    • Moving Dimension Text
    • Rotating Dimension Text
  • Modifying Dimension Text Values
  • Overriding DimensionStyle Variables
  • Rebuilding Dimensions
  • Relating Dimensions
• Creating and Modifying 3D Entities
  • Creating Meshes
    • Creating 2D Solids
    • Creating 3D Faces
    • Creating PolygonMeshes
    • Creating Revolved Meshes
    • Creating Tabulated Meshes
    • Creating Edge Meshes
    • Creating Ruled Meshes
    • Creating 3D PolygonMesh Objects
  • Using 3D Operations
    • Aligning Entities in 3D Space
    • Rotating in 3D Space
    • Mirroring in 3D Space
    • Creating Patterns of Entities in 3D Space
  • Creating Flat Representations of 3D Solid Objects
• Creating Sheets and Printing Drawings
  • Laying Out Drawings on Sheets
    • Creating and Managing Sheets
    • Working with Viewports on Sheets
    • Switching to Model Workspace
    • Switching to Sheet Workspace
    • Controlling Visibility of Layers in Viewports
    • Clipping Viewports on Sheets
  • Printing and Plotting Drawings
    • Previewing Printouts
    • Printing / Plotting
    • Printing Quickly
    • Managing Print Configurations
    • Managing Named PrintStyles
    • Managing PrintStyle Tables
• Arranging Drawing Windows
  • Cascading Drawing Windows
  • Tiling Drawing Windows Horizontally
  • Tiling Drawing Windows Vertically
• Customizing
  • Customizing the User Interface
  • Managing User Interface Profiles
  • Displaying and Hiding Toolbars
  • Setting User Preferences and System Options
    • Setting File Location Options
    • Setting System Options
    • Setting User Preferences
    • Defining Drawing Settings
    • Managing Drafting Styles
    • Managing Settings Profiles
  • Setting Command Variables
  • Setting the Language of the System
  • Running Scripts
    • Writing and Running Script Files
    • Pausing Script Execution
    • Resuming Script Execution
    • Repeating a Script
    • Hiding the Command History Window
  • Customizing LineStyles
  • Customizing Hatch Patterns
• Command Reference
  • Commands in Alphabetical Order
    • # Commands
    • A Commands
    • B Commands
    • C Commands
    • D Commands
    • E Commands
    • F Commands
    • G Commands
    • H Commands
    • I Commands
    • J Commands
    • L Commands
    • M Commands
    • N Commands
    • O Commands
    • P Commands
    • Q Commands
    • R Commands
    • S Commands
    • T Commands
    • U Commands
    • V Commands
    • W Commands
    • Z Commands
    • Dimensioning Commands
  • Commands by Menu Order
    • Menu File
    • Menu File > Export
    • Menu Edit
    • Menu View
    • Menu View > Pan
    • Menu View > Zoom
    • Menu View > Display
    • Menu Insert
    • Menu Format
    • Menu Format > Layer Tools
    • Menu Dimension
    • Menu Dimension > Align Text
    • Menu Draw
    • Menu Draw > Point
    • Menu Draw > Block
    • Menu Draw > Shape
    • Menu Draw > Text
    • Menu Draw > Mesh
    • Menu Modify
    • Menu Modify > Clip
    • Menu Modify > Entity
    • Menu Modify > Component
    • Menu Tools
    • Menu Tools > Inquiry
    • Menu Window
    • Menu Help
• Keyboard Shortcuts
  • Function Keys
  • Keyboard Shortcuts