Autodesk 00308-011408-9F30A User Guide - Page 396

Parallel command (Duplicate menu), 278-279 parallel, drawing entities, 277-279 pattern control settings, 26 Pen and Pattern command (Tools menu), 199 pen and pattern properties, 197-207 pen properties setting color, style, and width, 198-199 percentage values, entering, 125 Perpendicular command (Line menu), 134 perpendicular snap, 108 plotter device driver for, 5 plus/minus rotation, 271 Point A, 42 Point Symbol command, 170 points definition of, 100 entering and modifying, 100-118 entering in the dial, 28 from the keyboard, entering, 111-114 using lock modifiers, entering, 114-117 using snaps, entering, 100-111 polar coordinates, 16 poly entity changing properties of a segment, 305 hiding segment of, 305 polygons angles associated with, 123, 327 combining two intersecting, 295 converting to lines or polylines, 317-318 drawing, 143-150 hatch patterns and fill, 202 inserting symbols in, 170-172 lengths associated with, 325 opening and closing, 307 parallel and offset, 278-279 reshaping, 299 selecting vertices of, 301 subtracting one from another, 296 types of, 138 polylines adding a vertex, segment, or bulge, 303-304 angles associated with, 123, 327 compared to lines, 130, 138 component of a leader, 239 converting to lines or polygons, 318 creating an alcove in, 293-294 dividing, 291-293, 308 drawing, 139-142 editing the properties of, 305 inserting symbols in, 170-172 joining, 294 lengths associated with, 325 opening and closing, 307 parallel and offset, 278-279 removing sections from, 290 polylines (continued) reshaping, 299 selecting vertices of, 301 sketching freehand, 141 pop-up menus and windows, 31 precision angular units, 56 areas, 56 changing sketch, 142 linear units, 55 scalar values, 57 previewing printing, 76 Print command (File menu), 76, 78-81 Print Preview command (File menu), 76 printer page, changing default options, 52 printing drawings, 76-81 fitted output, 79-80 previewing, 76 scaled output, 78-79 setting parameters for a printer or plotter, 78 using page tiling to print large drawings, 77 project information, entering in current drawing, 40 properties changing current settings of, 26 extrusion, 194 matching entity, 206 matching property bar, 206 pen, setting, 198-199 types of, 15 user defined (fields), 15 property bar, using, 26 Property Painter tool, 206 Publish to Web, 83 Publish to Web, customizing template, 84 publishing a drawing, 83 publishing, eTransmit, 81 PWT. Publish to Web template file, 84 Q quadrant snap, 110 question mark (wildcard character) selecting fields using, 255 R radians, notation for entering, 122 radius dimensions, 234 reshaping after they're drawn, 235 radius, displaying an arc or circle, 234-236, 325 read-only drawing files, 37 realtime pan and zoom, 92 Recall command (View menu), 95 recalling custom views, 95 Rectangle command (Polygon menu), 144 386 | Index