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AutoCAD LT 2013User's GuideJanuary 2012
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ContentsChapter 1GetInformation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Find the Information You Need . . . . . . . . . . . .Access and Search the Product Help . . . . . . .Learn the Product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .View the Product Readme . . . . . . . . . . . .Join the Customer Involvement Program . . . .Join the Customer Involvement Program .Get Information from Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . .Obtain General Drawing Information . . . . . .Chapter 2.1.1.2.3.3.4.4.4The User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Start a Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Parts of the User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7The Menu Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8The Tool Sets Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8The Command Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Overview of Using the Command Line . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Enter Commands on the Command Line . . . . . . . . . . 11Enter System Variables on the Command Line . . . . . . . . 13Switch Between Dialog Boxes and the CommandLine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14View and Edit Within the Command History . . . . . . . . 14Work with Shortcut Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15iii
About Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . .Control the Drawing Area Interface . . . . . . . . .Interface Themes and Background Color . . . .Interface Themes and Background Color .Cursors in the Drawing Area . . . . . . . . . .Selection Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .The UCS Icon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .The Coordinates Display . . . . . . . . . . . .Model Space and Layouts . . . . . . . . . . . .Control Status, Layers, Properties, and Content . . .The Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .The Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .The Layers Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .The Layers Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . .The Properties Inspector . . . . . . . . . . . .The Content Palette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Customize the Drawing Environment . . . . . . . .Set Interface Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Set Up the Drawing Area . . . . . . . . .Specify the Behavior of Palettes . . . . . .Performance Tuning . . . . . . . . . . .Customize Startup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Chapter 3. 16. 22. 22. 22. 23. 23. 24. 25. 25. 26. 26. 27. 27. 29. 30. 31. 32. 32. 32. 33. 34. 34Start and Save Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Start a Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Overview of Starting a New Drawing . . . . . . . . . . .Specify Units and Unit Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Determine the Units of Measurement . . . . . . .Set the Unit Format Conventions . . . . . . . . .Use a Drawing Template File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Add Identifying Information to Drawings . . . . . . . .Open or Save a Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Open a Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Work with Multiple Open Drawings . . . . . . . . . . .Preview Open Drawings and Layouts . . . . . . . .Switch Between Open Drawings . . . . . . . . . .Switch Between Layouts in the Current Drawing .Transfer Information between Open Drawings . . .Save a Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Find a Drawing File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Specify Search Paths and File Locations . . . . . . . . .Repair, Restore, or Recover Drawing Files . . . . . . . . . . . .Repair a Damaged Drawing File . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Create and Restore Backup Files . . . . . . . . . . . . .Recover from a System Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . .iv Contents. 37. 37. 38. 38. 39. 40. 41. 41. 41. 44. 44. 45. 45. 45. 46. 49. 49. 50. 50. 52. 53
Chapter 4Control the Drawing Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55Change Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pan or Zoom a View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Save and Restore Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Control the 3D Projection Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Define a Parallel Projection . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Choose Preset 3D Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Define a 3D View with Coordinate Values or Angles .Change to a View of the XY Plane . . . . . . . . . .Hide Lines or Shade 3D Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Hide Lines in 3D Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Add Simple Shading to 3D Objects . . . . . . . . . .Display Multiple Views in Model Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Set Model Space Viewports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Select and Use the Current Viewport . . . . . . . . . . . .Save and Restore Model Layout Viewport Arrangements .Chapter 5. 55. 55. 57. 58. 58. 59. 59. 60. 60. 60. 61. 63. 63. 65. 65Organize Drawings and Layouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Create Single-View Drawings (Model Space) . . . . . . .Quick Start for Model Space Drafting . . . . . . . .Draw, Scale, and Annotate in Model Space . . . . .Create Multiple-View Drawing Layouts (Paper Space) . .Quick Start for Layouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Understand the Layout Process . . . . . . . . . . .Work with Model Space and Paper Space . . . . . .Work in Model Space . . . . . . . . . . . . .Work on a Named Layout . . . . . . . . . . .Access Model Space from a Layout Viewport .Create and Modify Layout Viewports . . . . . . . .Control Views in Layout Viewports . . . . . . . . .Scale Views in Layout Viewports . . . . . . .Control Visibility in Layout Viewports . . . .Scale Linetypes in Layout Viewports . . . . .Align Views in Layout Viewports . . . . . . .Rotate Views in Layout Viewports . . . . . .Reuse Layouts and Layout Settings . . . . . . . . .Work with Layouts in a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Quick Start for Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Understand the Project Manager Interface . . . . .Create and Manage a Project . . . . . . . . . . . .Create a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Create and Modify Layouts in a Project . . .Work with Views on Layouts . . . . . . . . .Organize a Project with Groups . . . . . . . . 67. 67. 68. 71. 71. 71. 72. 73. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 81. 81. 82. 83. 84. 84. 85. 86. 87. 89. 91. 91Contents v
Include Information with Projects, Groups, Layouts, andVi e w s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Publish Layouts and Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Use Projects in a Team . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Use Projects in a Multiple Operating System Environment . .Chapter 6. 92. 93. 94. 96Create and Modify Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99Control the Properties of Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99Work with Object Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99Overview of Object Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99Display and Change the Properties of Objects . . . . . . . 100Copy Properties Between Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101Work with Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101Overview of Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101Use Layers to Manage Complexity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102Create and Name Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105Change Layer Settings and Layer Properties . . . . . . . . 106Override Layer Properties in Viewports . . . . . . . . . . . 107Group and Sort the List of Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109Reconcile New Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113Work with Layer States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113Work with Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116Set the Current Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116Change the Color of an Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117Use Color Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118Work with Linetypes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119Overview of Linetypes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119Load Linetypes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120Set the Current Linetype . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120Change the Linetype of an Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121Control Linetype Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122Display Linetypes on Short Segments and Polylines . . . . 123Control Lineweights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123Overview of Lineweights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124Display Lineweights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125Set the Current Lineweight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126Change the Lineweight of an Object . . . . . . . . . . . . 126Control the Display Properties of Certain Objects . . . . . . . . 127Control the Display of Polylines, Hatches, Gradient Fills,Lineweights, and Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127Control the Transparency of Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . 129Control How Overlapping Objects Are Displayed . . . . . . 129Control the Display of Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130Use Precision Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130Work with the User Coordinate System (UCS) . . . . . . . . . . 130Overview of the User Coordinate System (UCS) . . . . . . 130vi Contents
Control the User Coordinate System (UCS) . . . . . . . . . 131Work with Named UCS Definitions and PresetOrientations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132Control the Display of the User Coordinate SystemIcon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132Enter Coordinates to Specify Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134Overview of Coordinate Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134Enter 2D Coordinates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135Enter 3D Coordinates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139Use Dynamic Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144Snap to Locations on Objects (Object Snaps) . . . . . . . . . . . 146Use Object Snaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147The Object Snap Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148Set Visual Aids for Object Snaps (AutoSnap) . . . . . . . . 148Override Object Snap Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149Restrict Cursor Movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151Adjust Grid and Grid Snap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151Use Orthogonal Locking (Ortho Mode)
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