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Introduction, Configuration, User Interface, Drawing Management, Drawing Annotation, Visualization

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AUTOCAD 2008 PREVIEW GUIDE Contents Introduction ...3 Configuration...3 Installing AutoCAD...3 Participating in the Customer Involvement Program 6 Specifying Hardware Acceleration ...7 User Interface ...8 Managing Workspaces ...8 Using the Dashboard ...8 Working with Palettes ...9 Customizing the User Interface ...10 Drawing Management ...12 Working with DGN files...12 Working with DWF Files ...14 Working with Xref files ...15 Working with Blocks...15 Recovering drawing files...15 Managing Layers ...16 Managing Layouts and Sheets ...21 Drawing Annotation ...23 Controlling Annotation Scale ...23 Using Multiple Leaders ...29 Working with Text ...31 Creating Dimensions ...35 Working with Table Data...38 Visualization ...45 Managing Materials ...45 Applying Photometric Data ...47 Previewing Autodesk Impression...48 2

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AUTOCAD 2008 PREVIEW GUIDE
Contents
Introduction
........................................................................................................................................................
3
Configuration
......................................................................................................................................................
3
Installing AutoCAD
..........................................................................................................................................
3
Participating in the Customer Involvement Program
.......................................................................................
6
Specifying Hardware Acceleration
..................................................................................................................
7
User Interface
.....................................................................................................................................................
8
Managing Workspaces
...................................................................................................................................
8
Using the Dashboard
......................................................................................................................................
8
Working with Palettes
.....................................................................................................................................
9
Customizing the User Interface
....................................................................................................................
10
Drawing Management
......................................................................................................................................
12
Working with DGN files
.................................................................................................................................
12
Working with DWF Files
...............................................................................................................................
14
Working with Xref files
..................................................................................................................................
15
Working with Blocks
......................................................................................................................................
15
Recovering drawing files
...............................................................................................................................
15
Managing Layers
..........................................................................................................................................
16
Managing Layouts and Sheets
.....................................................................................................................
21
Drawing Annotation
.........................................................................................................................................
23
Controlling Annotation Scale
........................................................................................................................
23
Using Multiple Leaders
.................................................................................................................................
29
Working with Text
.........................................................................................................................................
31
Creating Dimensions
....................................................................................................................................
35
Working with Table Data
...............................................................................................................................
38
Visualization
.....................................................................................................................................................
45
Managing Materials
......................................................................................................................................
45
Applying Photometric Data
...........................................................................................................................
47
Previewing Autodesk Impression
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48
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