Mastering AutoCAD 2005 and AutoCAD LT 2005

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About option, 76

abs function, 570

ACAD_ line types, 176

Acad.ctb file, 767

Acad.dwt file, 30, 365

Acad.fmp file, 397

Acad.lin file, 176, 894, 896

Acad.log file, 183

Acad.mnc file, 879

Acad.mnl file, 879

Acad.mnr file, 879

Acad.mns file, 870, 879

Acad.mnu file, 879

Acad.pat file, 901

Acad.pgp file, 842 “843

Acad.stb file, 767

Acadiso.dwt file, 30

Acadiso.lin file, 176

accelerator keys, 21, 887 “888

Access program, extracting data for, 474 “475

Acetmain prefix, 879

acos function, 569

ACR (AutoCAD Command Reference), 74

active drawing area, 478 “480 , 479

active viewports, 538, 540

Adaptive option, 326

Add a Plot Style Table wizard, 343

Add-A-Plot Style Table Wizard icon, 329 “330

Add-A-Plotter Wizard icon, 335 “336

Add Color-Dependent Plot Style wizard, 314 , 314

Add Control Point option, 598

Add Custom Property dialog box, 980, 980

Add File button, 906

Add options

for areas, 613 “615

for groups, 151

for publishing, 918

for spelling checker, 395

Add Or Configure Plotters option, 342

Add Or Edit Plot Style Tables option, 343

Add/Remove selection mode, 115

Add Standards File button, 946

Add Style option, 327

Add To Favorites tool, 934

Add To Group option, 152

Add To History option, 860

addition

of areas, 613 “615

with calculator, 569

in Diesel, 889

Additional Angles settings, 98

AddPlotter wizard, 336 “338 , 336 “337

Adjust Back Clipping tool, 723

Adjust Clipping Planes dialog box, 722 “723, 722

Adjust Display Scale option, 554

Adjust Front Clipping tool, 722

Adjust Object Bitmap Placement dialog box, 756, 757

Adjust Planar Coordinates dialog box, 756, 756

Advanced tab

in DesignCenter searches, 937

for hatch patterns, 265 “267 , 265

AEC On-Screen utilities, 865

Aerial View window, 27, 245 “246, 245

Aerial Views, 245 “246

Affine scales , 483

Al command, 710

aliases, command, 842 “843 , 842 “843

Align option, 377, 377

Align tool, 710

Align Space tool, 852 “853

Aligned Dimension tool, 437

Aligned With Dimension Line option, 409

aligning

dimensions, 437, 438

objects, 118 “125 , 119 “125, 710 “711 , 711, 852 “853 , 853

text, 356 “358 , 356 “357, 376 “378 , 376 “377, 387, 387

viewports, 853 “854 , 854

All options

for selecting objects, 63

for zooming, 240

All Borders option, 390

All Used Layers option, 171

Allow Other Users To Refedit Current Drawing option, 282

alt.cad.autocad newsgroup, 866

Alt key for accelerator keys, 21

alternate dimensions, removing, 434 “435

alternate units, 412 “413 , 412

Alternate Units tab, 412 “413, 412, 434 “435

Alternate View button, 472

Always Left Justify option, 442

American Institute of Architects layer naming convention, 174

AND operations

in grouping, 563

in searches, 73

Angbase system variable, 85

Angdir system variable, 85

Angle Constraints leader option, 443

angles

for 3D views, 650 “651, 651

in arcs, 52, 53

in circular copies, 197

for dimension lines, 437 “438, 439, 444 , 444

for dimension text, 421, 426

dimensions for, 439 “441 , 439

direction for, 84 “85, 84

for extrusions, 706 “707

for hatch patterns, 255, 902, 903

for line meeting, 488, 488

for line types, 899

in moving objects, 61 “62

for Polar Tracking, 97, 98

precision for, 83

in revolving polylines, 789

in row and column copies, 200

for shapes , 848

in Snap mode, 94

specifying, 47 , 47 “48

styles for, 85

for sunlight, 729 “731 , 729 “731

for text, 369, 369, 374

units for, 86

for Xlines, 222

Angular Dimension tool, 439

animation, 634

in perspective views, 724

slides for, 670

Annotation tab, 442 “443

ANSI format, templates for, 192

Anti-Aliasing option, 765 “766

apostrophes ('), 618

Apparent Intersection Osnap option, 115

Append to Current Selection Set option, 565

Apply Global Scale Factor to Non-ISO Linetypes option, 324

Apply Solid Fill option, 575, 606

Apply Theme window, 922

Apply To option, 565

Apply To All Active Viewports option, 680

Apply To Layers Toolbar option, 173

Apply To Layout Dimensions Only option, 557, 815

Ar command, 454

Arc Start End Direction tool, 878, 878

Arc tool, 36, 36, 51, 109, 109

ArcAlignedText tool, 835

arcballs, 713 “716 , 713 “715

Arcd macro, 864

Architectural units, 83 “84

Archive A Sheet Set dialog box, 991 “992, 991

archiving, sheet sets, 991 “993 , 991 “992

arcs, 109 “113 , 110 “111

area of, 613

dimensions for, 439 “441

distances along, 225 “227 , 225 “227

length of, 227 “228

macro for, 864

moving, 64

options for, 51 “52, 53, 54 “55

for polylines, 574, 575

properties for, 78 “79 , 79

smoothness of, 732

with UCS, 687

Area command, 610, 613

Area dialog box, 41, 41

area of objects, 610

bounded, 611 “613 , 612

complex, 613 “615 , 614 “615

Area system variable, 619

Area tab, 206, 206

Area tool, 610

areas, masking, 855 “856 , 856 “857

argument lists, 862

arguments

in Diesel, 889

for functions, 862

Array command, 196, 199

Array dialog box, 196 “197, 196, 454, 454

Array Of Thumbnails layout, 922

Array tool, 36, 36, 196, 199, 454, 491

arrays, 195

with 3D objects, 665

creating, 454

polar, 195 “198

rectangular, 198 “204 , 199 “203

arrow keys in accelerator keys, 888

Arrowhead leader option, 443

arrows

notes with, 441 “443 , 443 “444

options for, 443, 443

styles for, 409 “412 , 410 “411

As Displayed option, 303, 814

ASCII files, importing, 372

asin function, 569

Ask Me tab, 73, 74

assembling

cross-references, 525 “529 , 526 “530

parts , 239 “242 , 241 “242

assigning layers, 159 “161 , 831

associating

standards, 946 “947 , 947

text with drawing properties, 379 “383 , 379 “382

associative dimensioning, 403, 430 “433 , 430 “433

in Paper Space, 555 “557 , 555 “556

updating, 557

Associative hatch patterns, 261 “262 , 270 “271

asterisks (*)

with calculator, 569

in Diesel, 892

in layer filters, 174

at signs (@), 46 “47

atan functions, 569

Ate command, 461

Att command, 453

Attach By Layer dialog box, 737, 737, 743

Attach Digital Signature After Saving Drawing option, 912

Attach Digital Signatures dialog box, 913 “914, 913

Attach external reference option, 279

Attach Xdata tool, 850

attaching

data to objects, 850

external files, 273 “276

Attachment option, 279

Attachment tab, 443, 444

Attdisp command, 464

Attedit command, 463

Attredef command, 468

Attribute Definition dialog box, 453 “454, 453, 457, 984 “986, 984

Attribute Extraction - Export dialog box, 474 “475, 474

Attribute Extraction - Save Template dialog box, 473, 473

Attribute Extraction - Select Attributes dialog box, 471, 471

Attribute Extraction - Select Drawing dialog box, 470, 470

Attribute Extraction - Settings dialog box, 470, 470

Attribute Extraction - User Template dialog box, 470, 471

Attribute Extraction - View Output dialog box, 472 “473,472 “473

Attribute tab

in Edit Attribute, 466, 466

in Enhanced Attribute Editor, 461 “462, 462

attributes

adding specifications for, 454 “456 , 454 “455

adding to blocks, 452 “454 , 453

for areas, 616

creating, 452 “454

definitions for, 454 “456 , 454 “455

editing, 460 “468 , 461 “462, 466 “467

extracting and exporting, 468 “475

global changes to, 463 “467 , 466 “467

inserting blocks with, 457 “460 , 459 “460

invisible, 464 “465 , 465

prompts for, 452 “453, 456

redefining blocks with, 467 “468

with UCS, 687

uses for, 469 , 469

Audit option, 622

Audit report files, 949 “950 , 949

AUG (AutoCAD User Guide), 74

Aunits system variable, 85

Auprec system variable, 85

authors, storing information on, 621

Auto selection option, 64

Auto.sv$ file, 27, 117

AutoCAD 2005 Help dialog box

Contents tab, 72 , 72

for context-sensitive help, 74 “75 , 75

Search tab, 73 “74 , 73 “74

AutoCAD 2005 icon, 4

AutoCAD 2005 Support folder, 942

AutoCAD 2005 Today dialog box, 4

AutoCAD Alias Editor dialog box, 842, 842

AutoCAD Command Reference (ACR), 74

AutoCAD DesignCenter, 131, 185, 930 “934 , 931

exchanging data between files with, 938

loading files into, 939

opening and inserting files with, 935

searching and extracting drawing contents with, 935 “938 , 936

for symbols, 939 “940 , 939

for Tool Palettes, 940 “944 , 942 “943

AutoCAD Entities OLE option, 637

AutoCAD fonts, 371 “372 , 371

AutoCAD Text Window, 78 , 78, 182, 620

AutoCAD User Guide (AUG), 74

AutoCAD window, 4, 5, 6 “9 , 7

AutoCAPS option, 363

Autodesk coding system, 144

Autodesk DWF Viewer, 917 “918

Autodesk Express Viewer, 917

AutoFit option, 391

AutoLISP program, 858 “859

keyboard macros with, 861 “864

loading and running programs in, 859 “861 , 859

for submenus, 885

automatic operations

AutoLISP program loading, 861

OLE link updating, 635

saving, 13, 27, 117

slide presentations, 667 “668

Automatic Text Numbering tool, 836

Automatically Select All Nested Objects option, 287

Autoselect feature, 64 “66

AutoSnap Marker Color option, 109

AutoSnap Marker Size option, 109

axes

for 3D rotating, 712

for ellipses, 99