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rectangular grid, setting up, 62 redoing actions, 262 Redraw command (View menu), 97 redrawing panes or windows, 97 reference grid appearance, changing, 65-66 circular grid, setting up, 63 customizing, 60-72 entering points on, 103-104 grid edit bar, using, 70 guidelines, 67 hiding, 65-66 isometric grid, setting up, 64 origin, 61 rectangular grid, setting up, 62 registering AutoSketch, 6 regular polygons circumscribed compared to inscribed, 147 drawing, 147-150 relative coordinates, entering, 112-114 relative snap, 113 removing symbol definitions, 179 repeating commands, 263 Report command (Database menu), 343-346 reports, 342-344 creating, 342-343 displaying in a drawing, 347 editing, 343 exporting data for selected entities, 346 hiding data and values, 347 sorting entries, 344 viewing, 343 requirements, system, 4 reshaping entities, 299-312 resizing entities, 282-283 reversing actions, 262 Rotate command (Transform menu), 272 rotated dimensions, 226-231 rotating entities, 270-273 markers, 242 Round command (Trim menu), 287 rounding entities, 287 Rubber Stamp command (Edit menu), 273-274 rulers, 23 actual (world), 53 alternating between actual and page, 53 changing actual (world) scale factor, 53 hiding, 53 page (output), 53 using, 53 S Save As command (File menu), 40 Save command (File menu), 40 saving drawing files, 39-40 views, 94-95 scalar values entering, 125 setting decimal precision for, 57 scale, 17 composing a page with multiple scales, 95 printing a drawing to, 78-79 setting for drawings, 47-48 Scale command (Transform menu), 281-282 scaling entities, 281-282 symbols, 170 screen, major components of, 19-31 scroll bars, 23 seconds, notation for entering, 122 segments adding to poly-entities, 303-304 bulge editing, 304-305 deleting from poly-entities, 306 editing properties of, 305 visibility of, 305-306 selecting clearing selection sets, 256 entities, 249-257 Selection Modifier, 252-255 using properties, 254 vertices, 301 Selection command (View menu), 90 selection handles, 268-270 aligning, 255 Selection Properties command (Inquire menu), 323 selection set extent, 323 fitting the view to, 90 self-extracting executable, eTransmit, 82 self-extracting executable, unpacking, 83 shortcut keys selecting tools using, 21 Side, Side command (Circle menu), 159 Single command Line menu, 131 Polyline menu, 140 single dimensions, 227 Sketch command (Polyline menu), 142 snap off mode, 103 snaps absolute, 111 autopoint indicator, 101 AutoSnap, 100 basepoint, 106 centerpoint, 109 endpoint, 107 entering points using, 103-111 gridpoint, 103 Index | 387

Section	Page
Contents	3
Chapter 1 Welcome	13
Contents of Package	14
System Requirements	14
Device Drivers	15
Installing AutoSketch	15
Registering AutoSketch	16
About This Guide	16
Visual Cues	17
Illustrations	18
Online Help	19
Chapter 2 Important Concepts	21
Entities	23
Properties	25
Coordinates	25
Drawing Origin	26
Grid Origin	27
Drawing Scale	27
Layers	27
Chapter 3 Screen Layout	29
Title Bar	30
Menu Bar	30
Drawing Windows	31
Page	32
Scroll Bars	33
Rulers	33
Split Boxes	33
Drawing and Grid Origin	34
Toolbars	35
Property Bar	36
Edit Bar	37
Status Bar	38
Content Librarian	40
Pop-up Menus	41
ToolTips and Pop-up Windows	41
Chapter 4 Opening & Saving Drawings	45
Opening a Drawing File	46
Combining Two Drawings	48
Saving a Drawing	49
Closing a Drawing	51
Finding a Drawing	51
Accessing Autodesk Point A	52
Chapter 5 Setting Up a New Drawing	53
The Wizards	54
Creating a New Drawing	54
Selecting a Template	56
Setting the Drawing Scale	57
Moving the Drawing Origin	59
Setting the Page Size	61
Using Rulers	63
Setting the Margins	64
Setting the Units of Measurement	64
Setting the International Units of Measurement	65
Setting the Linear Units	65
Setting the Angular Units of Measurement	66
Setting the Area Units of Measurement	66
Setting Decimal Precision for Scalar Values	67
Chapter 6 Customizing the Grid	69
Changing the Grid	71
Setting Up the Grid	71
Changing the Appearance of the Grid and the Drawing Origin	75
Using Guidelines	77
Using the Grid Edit Bar	80
Changing a Drawing’s Grid Type on the Grid EditBar	80
Changing Other Grid Settings on the Grid EditBar	81
Using the Grid Toolbar	82
Chapter 7 Printing, Plotting, and Publishing	85
Understanding Page Tiling	87
Selecting an Output Device	88
Printing a Drawing to Scale	88
Printing a Drawing to Fit on a Page	89
Setting the Drawing Scale Automatically	90
Publishing a Drawing File Set using eTransmit	91
Publishing a Drawing to the Web	93
Customizing a Publish to Web Template	94
Chapter 8 Controlling Views	97
Viewing Several Areas at Once	98
Using Preset Views	100
Zooming In and Out	100
Panning Across the Drawing	102
Using the IntelliMouse	103
Returning to a Previous View	104
Saving and Recalling Views	104
Viewing Drawing Details	105
Redrawing a Pane or Window	107
Arranging Drawing Windows	107
Chapter 9 Entering & Modifying Points	109
Entering a Point Based on Pointer Position	113
Entering a Point on the Reference Grid or Guideline	113
Entering a Point Exactly on an Entity	114
Entering a Point at a Specific Distance from an Endpoint	115
Entering the Midpoint of an Entity	115
Entering a Point at a Symbol Basepoint	116
Entering the Endpoint of an Entity	117
Entering a Point Where Two Entities Intersect	117
Entering a Point That Creates a Perpendicular	118
Entering the Center of an Arc or Circle	119
Entering a Point to Create a Tangent	120
Entering a Quadrant Point on an Arc orCircle	120
Entering a Point from the Keyboard	121
Using Lock Modifiers	124
Using Set Last Point	127
Modifying a Point	127
Chapter 10 Entering Lengths & Angles	129
Entering Lengths	130
Entering Angles	131
Entering a Scalar Value	135
Entering a Percentage Value	135
Chapter 11 Lines	139
Drawing Single Lines	140
Drawing Connected Lines	141
Drawing a Line in Relation to an Entity	144
Chapter 12 Polylines, Polygons, & Curves	147
Drawing Polylines	149
Sketching	151
Drawing Irregular Polygons	153
Drawing Clouds	155
Drawing Regular Polygons	157
Drawing Curves	161
Chapter 13 Arcs & Circles	165
Drawing Arcs Based on Points	167
Drawing Circles Based on Points	169
Drawing Tangent Circles	171
Drawing Ellipses	173
Chapter 14 Symbols	177
Placing a Symbol	178
Inserting Symbols in Lines, Polylines, and Polygons	180
Creating Symbol Definitions	183
Managing Symbols in the Content Explorer	186
Managing Symbol Libraries	187
Editing Symbol Definitions	188
Using AutoExplode	191
Setting a Current Symbol	191
Setting a Current Library	192
Chapter 15 3D Effects	195
Using Extrusion Tools	196
Using Isometric Transformation Tools	200
Customizing 3D Effects	201
Changing Render Settings	201
Changing Extrusion Property Settings	204
Changing Isometric Origin Settings	205
Chapter 16 Pen & Pattern Properties	207
Setting Pen Properties	208
Using Color Palettes	210
Setting the Pattern Properties of an Entity	212
Creating a Boundary Fill	213
Matching Entity Properties	216
Changing the Hatch Spacing and Angle	217
Adding Bitmap Images for Bitmap Fills	217
Chapter 17 Working with Text	221
Placing Text	223
Modifying Text	227
Changing Text Height, Angle, Justification, and Wrap Width	227
Choosing a Font	228
Editing Text with the Text Editor	228
Editing Text with the Inplace Editor	232
Checking Spelling	233
Chapter 18 Creating Dimensions	235
Linear Dimensions	236
Single Dimensions	237
Chained Dimensions	238
Baseline Dimensions	240
Changing Linear Dimensions With the Mouse	241
Angular Dimensions	242
Changing Angular Dimensions With the Mouse	243
Radius Dimensions	244
Changing Radius Dimensions With the Mouse	245
Diameter Dimensions	246
Changing Diameter Dimensions With the Mouse	247
Centerline Dimensions	248
Ordinate Dimensions	248
Leaders	249
Chapter 19 Markers	251
Placing a Marker	252
Selecting a Marker Type	255
Chapter 20 Selecting & Deleting Entities	259
Selecting Entities with the Mouse	260
Selecting All Entities in a Drawing	262
Using the Selection Modifier	262
Aligning the Selection Handles	265
Clearing a Selection Set	266
Modifying the Properties for the Entire Selection Set	266
Marquee Selection	267
Deleting Entities	269
Chapter 21 Undoing, Redoing, & Repeating Actions	271
Undoing Actions	272
Redoing Actions	272
Repeating Commands	273
Chapter 22 Moving, Rotating, & Resizing Entities	275
Working With the About Point	276
Moving or Copying an Entity	277
Rotating an Entity	280
Rubber Stamping an Entity	283
Creating Patterns of Duplicate Entities	284
Parallel Placement of Duplicate Entities	287
Mirroring an Entity	289
Scaling an Entity	291
Stretching an Entity	292
Arranging Entities	293
Repeating a Transformation	294
Chapter 23 Trimming Entities	295
Creating a Corner Between Two Entities	296
Rounding an Intersection	297
Beveling an Intersection	298
Trimming to an Edge	299
Removing Sections of Entities	300
Dividing an Entity	301
Dividing an Entity into Equal Segments	302
Creating an “Alcove” in a Line or Polyline	303
Joining Entities	304
Combining Two Polygons	305
Creating a Polygon from the Intersection of Two Polygons	306
Subtracting One Polygon From Another	306
Chapter 24 Reshaping Entities	309
Selecting Vertices	311
Moving and Aligning Vertices	311
Moving a Segment	313
Adding a Vertex, Segment, or Bulge	313
Editing the Properties of a Polyline or Polygon Segment	315
Controlling the Visibility of a Segment	315
Deleting a Vertex or Segment	316
Opening and Closing Poly Entities	317
Dividing a Polyline at a Vertex	318
Reshaping Arcs and Circles	319
Chapter 25 Converting & Exploding Entity Types	323
Converting Entities to Polylines and Polygons	325
Converting Arcs and Circles	326
Converting Curves	326
Closing and Opening Curves	327
Converting Polylines and Polygons	327
Converting TrueType Fonts	328
Exploding Entities	330
Chapter 26 Making Inquiries	331
Displaying Information About a Specific Entity	332
Displaying Information on the Selection Set	333
Displaying the Coordinates of a Point	334
Measuring Distances	334
Measuring Angles	336
Measuring Areas	338
Chapter 27 Storing Data in a Drawing	343
Creating Fields	344
Assigning Fields and Values to Entities	345
Calculated Values	346
Removing Fields	349
Chapter 28 Retrieving Data From a Drawing	351
Creating Reports	352
Organizing Reports	354
Sending Information to Other Applications	355
Displaying Values in a Drawing	357
Including AutoFields	358
Chapter 29 Using Web Tools	361
Assigning URLs	363
Browsing Hyperlinks	364
Using Hyperlink Jumps	365
Appendix A	367
Advanced Topics found in online Help	368
Glossary	369
Index	389
A	389
B	390
C	390
D	391
E	392
F	393
G	393
H	394
I	394
J	394
K	394
L	394
M	395
N	395
O	395
P	395
Q	396
R	396
S	397
T	398
U	399
V	399
W	399
X	399
Y	399

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Index

387

rectangular grid, setting up

redoing actions

262

Redraw command (View menu)

redrawing panes or windows

reference grid

appearance, changing

–

circular grid, setting up

customizing

–

entering points on

103

–

104

grid edit bar, using

guidelines

hiding

–

isometric grid, setting up

origin

rectangular grid, setting up

registering AutoSketch

regular polygons

circumscribed compared to inscribed

147

drawing

147

–

150

relative coordinates, entering

112

–

114

relative snap

113

removing symbol definitions

179

repeating commands

263

Report command (Database menu)

343

–

346

reports

342

–

344

creating

342

–

343

displaying in a drawing

347

editing

343

exporting data for selected entities

346

hiding data and values

347

sorting entries

344

viewing

343

requirements, system

reshaping entities

299

–

312

resizing

entities

282

–

283

reversing actions

262

Rotate command (Transform menu)

272

rotated dimensions

226

–

231

rotating

entities

270

–

273

markers

242

Round command (Trim menu)

287

rounding entities

287

Rubber Stamp command (Edit menu)

273

–

274

rulers

actual (world)

alternating between actual and page

changing actual (world) scale factor

hiding

page (output)

using

Save As command (File menu)

Save command (File menu)

saving

drawing files

–

views

–

scalar values

entering

125

setting decimal precision for

scale

composing a page with multiple scales

printing a drawing to

–

setting for drawings

–

Scale command (Transform menu)

281

–

282

scaling

entities

281

–

282

symbols

170

screen, major components of

–

scroll bars

seconds, notation for entering

122

segments

adding to poly-entities

303

–

304

bulge editing

304

–

305

deleting from poly-entities

306

editing properties of

305

visibility of

305

–

306

selecting

clearing selection sets

256

entities

249

–

257

Selection Modifier

252

–

255

using properties

254

vertices

301

Selection command (View menu)

selection handles

268

–

270

aligning

255

Selection Properties command

(Inquire menu)

323

selection set

extent

323

fitting the view to

self-extracting executable, eTransmit

self-extracting executable, unpacking

shortcut keys

selecting tools using

Side, Side command (Circle menu)

159

Single command

Line menu

131

Polyline menu

140

single dimensions

227

Sketch command (Polyline menu)

142

snap off mode

103

snaps

absolute

111

autopoint indicator

101

AutoSnap

100

basepoint

106

centerpoint

109

endpoint

107

entering points using

103

–

111

gridpoint

103