Autodesk AutoCAD 2006 User Guide.pdf

AutoCAD

User’s Guide

2006

February 2005

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Contents

Chapter 1

Find the Information You Need.....................................1

Install the Product....................................................................................2

Use the Help System Efficiently...............................................................3

Find Information in Help.................................................................3

Use Searches.....................................................................................5

Use Ask Me.......................................................................................7

Understand How Help Topics Are Organized..................................7

Use the Up Arrow to Navigate Help Topics.....................................8

Print Help Topics..............................................................................9

Show and Hide the Contents Pane..................................................9

Get Additional Help.......................................................................10

Use Quick Help on the Info Palette.......................................................10

Learn the Product...................................................................................11

Access Subscription Center....................................................................13

Overview of Subscription Center...................................................13

Receive Product Updates and Announcements.....................................14

Overview of Communication Center............................................15

Customize the Update and Announcement Options....................17

Receive New Information Notifications.........................................17

View the Product Readme......................................................................18

Part 1

The User Interface.........................................................19

Chapter 2

Menus, Toolbars, and Tool Palettes..............................21

Tool Palettes...........................................................................................22

Create and Use Tools from Objects and Images............................22

Create and Use Command Tools...................................................28

Change Tool Palette Settings..........................................................29

Control Tool Properties..................................................................31

Customize Tool Palettes.................................................................35

Organize Tool Palettes....................................................................38

Save and Share Tool Palettes..........................................................42

Toolbars..................................................................................................42

The Menu Bar.........................................................................................44

Shortcut Menus......................................................................................45

The Object Snap Menu..........................................................................48

Create Your Own Menu and Toolbar Groups........................................49

Chapter 3

The Command Window...............................................51

Enter Commands on the Command Line.............................................52

Enter System Variables on the Command Line.....................................54

Navigate and Edit Within the Command Window..............................54

Switch Between Dialog Boxes and the Command Line........................56

Dock, Resize, and Hide the Command Window...................................57

Chapter 4

DesignCenter.................................................................61

Overview of DesignCenter.....................................................................62

Understand the DesignCenter Window................................................62

Access Content with DesignCenter.......................................................64

Add Content with DesignCenter...........................................................67

Retrieve Content from the Web with DesignCenter Online.................71

Overview of DesignCenter Online.................................................71

Understand DesignCenter Online Content Types.........................74

Retrieve Content from the Web.....................................................74

Chapter 5

Customize the Drawing Environment.........................79

Set Interface Options..............................................................................80

Customize Startup..................................................................................84

Save and Restore Profiles........................................................................87

Use Workspaces......................................................................................88

Chapter 6

Pointing Devices............................................................93

Pointing Device Buttons........................................................................94

Digitizing Tablets...................................................................................96

Part 2

Start, Organize, and Save a Drawing............................99

Chapter 7

Start a Drawing............................................................101

Start a Drawing from Scratch...............................................................102

Use a Wizard to Start a Drawing..........................................................104

Use a Template File to Start a Drawing................................................105

Specify Units and Unit Formats...........................................................107

Determine the Units of Measurement.........................................107

Set Linear Unit Conventions........................................................109

Set Angular Unit Conventions.....................................................111

Add Identifying Information to Drawings..........................................112

Chapter 8

Open or Save a Drawing.............................................115

Open a Drawing...................................................................................116

Open Part of a Large Drawing (Partial Load).......................................117

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Work with Multiple Open Drawings...................................................120

Save a Drawing.....................................................................................121

Find a Drawing File..............................................................................124

Specify Search Paths, File Names, and File Locations..........................125

Chapter 9

Repair, Restore, or Recover Drawing Files..................127

Repair a Damaged Drawing File...........................................................128

Create and Restore Backup Files..........................................................130

Recover from a System Failure.............................................................131

Chapter 10

Maintain Standards in Drawings................................135

Overview of CAD Standards.................................................................136

Define Standards..................................................................................138

Check Drawings for Standards Violations...........................................140

Translate Layer Names and Properties.................................................147

Convert Layers to Established Drawing Standards......................148

View Selected Drawing Layers......................................................149

Purge Unreferenced Layers...........................................................150

Part 3

Control the Drawing Views........................................151

Chapter 11

Change a View in Two Dimensions...........................153

Pan a View............................................................................................154

Magnify a View (Zoom).......................................................................154

Pan and Zoom with the Aerial View Window.....................................158

Save and Restore Views........................................................................161

Chapter 12

Specify a 3D View........................................................165

Overview of Specifying a 3D View.......................................................166

View a Parallel Projection in 3D..........................................................166

Overview of Viewing Parallel Projections in 3D..........................166

Choose Preset 3D Views...............................................................166

Define a 3D View with Coordinate Values or Angles..................167

Change to a View of the XY Plane...............................................169

Change a 3D View Dynamically..................................................170

Display a Perspective View...................................................................172

Specify 3D Views Interactively (3D Orbit)...........................................173

Overview of 3D Orbit...................................................................173

Set 3D Graphics Display Options (3D Orbit)...............................174

Set Lights and Materials (3D Orbit).............................................174

Locate the Camera Position (3D Orbit)........................................175

Use 3D Orbit Commands.............................................................177

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