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Autocad 2000

by: Tickoo, Sham

Autocad 2000

by: Tickoo, Sham

ISBN 13:
9780766812345
ISBN 10:
0766812340
Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 08/03/1999
Publisher: CENGAGE Delmar Learning
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Summary

Covers detailed information you need on 2D and 3D concepts and commands and customizing features like AutoLISP, Visual LISP, DIESEL, and accessing external databases. Softcover. CD-ROM included. DLC: Computer graphics.

Preface

Dedication

xvii

Basic AutoCAD

Getting Started

Starting AutoCAD

(1)

Starting a Drawing

(2)

Invoking Commands in AutoCAD

(4)

AutoCAD Dialog Boxes

(1)

Drawing Lines in AutoCAD

(4)

Coordinate Systems

(9)

Erasing Objects

(1)

Canceling and Undoing a Command

(1)

Creating Selection Sets

(2)

MOVE Command

(1)

Drawing Circles

(5)

Basic Display Commands

(2)

Creating Text

(1)

Plotting Drawings

(4)

Saving Your Work

(1)

Opening an Existing File

(1)

Starting a New Drawing

(1)

Quitting a Drawing

(1)

Save Drawing As Dialog Box

(2)

Select File Dialog Box

(2)

Automatic Timed Save

(1)

Creation of Backup Files

(1)

Options Dialog Box

(3)

Command Line Recall and Editing

(1)

AutoCAD's Help

(3)

Additional Help Resources

Draw Commands

Drawing Arcs

(11)

Drawing Rectangles

(3)

Drawing Ellipses

(6)

Drawing Regular Polygons

(3)

Drawing Traces

(2)

Drawing Polylines

(7)

Drawing Doughnuts

(2)

Drawing Points

Drawing Aids

Setting Units

(9)

LIMITS Command

(4)

Layers

(2)

Layer Properties Manager Dialog Box

(10)

Drafting Settings Dialog Box

(6)

Status Line

(2)

Object Snaps

(13)

Running Objects Snap Mode

(2)

Function and Control Keys

(1)

Using Auto Tracking

(2)

Global and Current Linetype Scaling

(1)

LTSCALE Factor for Plotting

Editing Commands

Creating a Selection Set

(6)

Editing Commands

(1)

COPY Command

(1)

COPYBASE Command*

(1)

PASTEBLOCK Command*

(1)

PASTEORIG Command

(1)

OFFSET Command

(2)

ROTATE Command

(1)

SCALE Command

(2)

FILLET Command

(3)

CHAMFER Command

(4)

TRIM Command

(2)

EXTEND Command

(3)

STRETCH Command

(1)

LENGTHEN Command

(2)

ARRAY Command

(4)

MIRROR Command

(1)

BREAK Command

(2)

MEASURE Command

(1)

DIVIDE Command

(1)

Matching Properties

(2)

PROPERTIES Command

(1)

QSELECT Command

Controlling Drawing Display and Creating Text

Basic Display Options

(1)

REDRAW Command

(1)

REGEN Command

(1)

ZOOM Command

(8)

PAN Realtime Command

(1)

Creating Views

(3)

Aerial View

(1)

Creating Text

(1)

TEXT and DTEXT Command

(6)

Drawing Special Characters

(1)

Creating Paragraph Text (MTEXT Command)

(7)

Editing Text

(1)

Substituting Fonts

(1)

Specifying an Alternate Default Font

(1)

STYLE Command

(1)

Determining Text Height

(1)

Checking Spelling

(1)

Formatting Paragraph Text

(1)

Text Quality and Text Fill

(1)

Finding and Replacing Text

Basic Dimensioning

Need for Dimensioning

(1)

Dimensioning in AutoCAD

(1)

Fundamental Dimensioning Terms

(4)

Associative Dimensions

(1)

Definition Points

(1)

Selecting Dimensioning Commands

(2)

Quick Dimensioning (QDIM Command)*

(1)

Linear Dimensioning

(3)

Aligned Dimensioning

(2)

Rotated Dimensioning

(1)

Baseline Dimensioning

(1)

Continue Dimensioning

(2)

Angular Dimensioning

(3)

Diameter Dimensioning

(1)

Radius Dimensioning

(1)

Generating Center Marks and Centerlines

(1)

Ordinate Dimensioning

(2)

Drawing Leaders

Editing Dimensions

(3)

Editing Dimensions (DIMEDIT Command)

(3)

Editing Dimension Text (DIMTEDIT Command)

(2)

Updating Dimensions

(1)

Editing Dimensions with GRIPS

(1)

Editing Dimensions Using the PROPERTIES Command*

(1)

Object Properties Window (Dimension)

(2)

Object Properties Window (Leader)

(2)

Model Space and Paper Space Dimensioning

Dimension Styles and Dimensioning System Variables

Using Styles and Variables to Control Dimensions

(1)

Creating and Restoring Dimension Styles

(2)

New Dimension Style Dialog Box*

(8)

Controlling Dimension Text Format

(5)

Fitting Dimension Text and Arrowheads

(4)

Formatting Primary Dimension Units

(6)

Formatting Alternate Dimension Units

(6)

Other Dimensioning Variables

(2)

Dimension Style Families

(3)

Using Dimension Style Overrides

(2)

Comparing and Listing Dimension Styles

(2)

Using Externally Referenced Dimension Styles

Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing

Importance of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing

(1)

Geometric Characteristics and Symbols

(1)

Geometric Tolerancing

(3)

Complex Feature Control Frames

(4)

Using Feature Control Frames with the Leader Command

Editing with GRIPS

(1)

Adjusting Grip Settings

(2)

Stretching Objects with Grips

(3)

Moving Objects with Grips

(1)

Rotating Objects with Grips

(1)

Scaling Objects with Grips

(2)

Mirroring Objects with Grips

(1)

Changing Properties using Grips

(1)

Loading Hyperlinks

(1)

Editing Gripped Objects

(1)

Grip System Variables

Hatching

(2)

The BHATCH Command

(2)

Boundary Hatch Options

(9)

Ray Casting Options

(2)

Hatching around Text, Traces, Attributes, Shapes, and Solids

(1)

Editing Associative Hatch Patterns (HATCHEDIT Command)

(2)

Using PROPERTIES Command*

(1)

Editing Hatch Boundary

(1)

Hatching Blocks and Xref Drawings

(1)

Pattern Alignment During Hatching

(2)

The BOUNDARY Command

(2)

Other Features of Hatching

(1)

Hatching by Using the HATCH Command

Blocks

The Concept of Blocks

(2)

Formation of Blocks

(1)

Converting Objects into a Block

(3)

Inserting Blocks

(1)

INSERT Command

(3)

-INSERT Command

(2)

Presetting the Rotation, Angle, and Scale Factors

(3)

Using AutoCAD DesignCenter to Insert Blocks*

(1)

Layers, Colors, Linetypes and Lineweights for Blocks

(2)

Nesting of Blocks

(1)

Inserting Multiple Blocks (MINSERT Command)

(3)

Creating Drawing Files (WBLOCK Command)

(2)

Using the -WBLOCK Command

(3)

Defining the Insertion Base Point (BASE Command)

(1)

Editing Blocks

(3)

Renaming Blocks

(1)

Deleting Unused Blocks

Advanced AutoCAD

Defining Block Attributes

Attributes

(1)

Defining Attributes (ATTDEF Command)

(5)

Editing Attribute Tags

(1)

Inserting Blocks with Attributes

(3)

Extrating Attributes (ATTEXT Command)

(6)

Controlling Attribute Visibility (ATTDISP Command)

(1)

Editing Attributes (ATTEDIT Command)

(10)

Inserting Text Files in the Drawing

External References

(1)

Dependent Symbols

(1)

XREF Command

(8)

The Overlay Option

(3)

XATTACH Command

(1)

Adding Dependent Symbols to a Drawing (XBIND Command)

(2)

Clipping External References (XCLIP Command)

(1)

Demand Loading

(2)

Editing References in Place (REFEDIT Command)*

Ploting Drawings and Draw Commands

Ploting Drawings in AutoCAD

(8)

PLOTTERMANAGER Command*

(2)

PAGESETUP Command*

(2)

PSETUPIN Command*

(1)

PCINWIZARD Command*

(1)

Using Plot Styles*

(1)

STYLESMANAGER Command*

(2)

PLOTSTYLE Command*

(2)

Batch Plotting

(2)

Creating Multilines

(1)

Defining Multiline Style (MLSTYLE Command)

(3)

Drawing Multilines (MLINE Command)

(1)

Editing Multilines (Using GRIPS)

(1)

Editing Multilines (Using the MLEDIT Command)

(3)

-MLEDIT Command

(1)

System Variables for MLINE

(1)

Drawing Construction Lines (XLINE and RAY Commands)

(2)

Creating NURBS

(2)

Editing Splines (SPLINEDIT Command)

(2)

Sketching in AutoCAD (SKETCH Command)

(2)

Digitizing Drawings

(1)

TABLET Command

Object Grouping and Editing Commands

Object Grouping (GROUP Command)

(5)

Selecting Groups

(1)

Cycling through Groups

(1)

Changing Properties and Points of an Object (CHANGE Command)

(3)

PROPERTIES Command*

(2)

EXPLODE Command

(1)

Polyling Editing (Using the PEDIT Command)

(15)

Undoing Commands (UNDO Command)

(4)

REDO Command

(1)

Renaming Named Objects (RENAME Command)

(1)

Removing Unused Named Objects (PURGE Command)

(1)

Object Selection Modes

(3)

Changing Display Order (DRAWORDER Command)

(2)

Managing Content (Using the AutoCAD DesignCenter)*

Inquiry Commands, Data Exchange, and Object Linking and Embedding

Making Inquiries about a Drawing (INQUIRY Commands)

(8)

Cheking Time-Related Information (TIME Command)

(2)

Obtaining Drawing Status Information (STATUS Command)

(2)

Data Exchange in AutoCAD

(1)

DXF File Format (Data Interchange File)

(5)

Data Interchange Through Raster Files

(3)

Raster Images

(4)

Editing Raster Image Files

(3)

Postscript Files

(6)

Object Lining and Embedding

Technical Drawing with AutoCAD

Multiview Drawings

(1)

Understanding X, Y, Z Axes

(1)

Orthographic Projections

(4)

Positioning Orthographic Views

(4)

Dimensioning

(11)

Sectional Views

(10)

Auxiliary Views

(5)

Detail Drawing, Assembly Drawing, and Bill of Materials

Isometric Drawing

Isometric Drawings

(1)

Isometric Projections

(1)

Isometric Axes and Planes

(1)

Setting the Isometric Grid and Snap

(5)

Drawing Isometric Circles

(1)

Dimensioning Isometric Objects

(1)

Isometric Text

User Coordinate System

The World Coordinate System (WCS)

(1)

UCSICON Command

(2)

The User Coordinate System (UCS)

(4)

UCS Command

(11)

Managing UCS through Dialog Box (UCSMAN Command)

(2)

Setting UCS to Preset Orthographic UCSs using the Orthographic Tab

(2)

System Variables

Drawing Predefined 3D Objects, Viewing and Editing 3D Objects, and Drawing 3D Surfaces

3D Drawings

(1)

Drawing Predefined 3D Objects

(1)

3D Surface Meshes

(9)

Viewing Objects in 3D Space

(6)

Setting Plan Views (PLAN Command)

(1)

Creating Surfaces

(4)

3DMESH Command

(2)

PFACE Command

(2)

3DFACE Command

(2)

Drawing 3D Polylines (3DPLOY Command)

(1)

Creating Arrays in 3D Space (3DARRAY Command)

(3)

Mirroring 3D Object (MIRROR3D Command)

(4)

Rotating 3D Objects (ROTATE3D Command)

(4)

Aligning 3D Objects (ALIGN Command)

(2)

TRIM, EXTEND, and FILLET Commands in 3D

(1)

HIDE Command

(1)

Cylindrical Coordinate System

(1)

Spherical Coordinate System

Model Space Viewports, Paper Space Viewports, Layouts and Dynamic Viewing of 3D Object

Model Space Viewports

(1)

Displaying Viewports as Tiled Areas (VPORTS Command)

(5)

Obtaining Plan Views Automatically (UCSFOLLOW System Variable)

(1)

Working with Floating Viewports (VPORTS Command)

(1)

-VPORTS Command

(7)

MVIEW Command

(1)

VPCLIP Command*

(1)

Model Space and Paper Space

(1)

Manipulating the Visibility of Viewport Layers (VPLAYER Command)

(4)

Paper Space Linetype Scaling (PSLTSCALE Command)

(1)

Creating and Working with Layouts (LAYOUT Command)*

(2)

PAGESETUP Command*

(1)

LAYOUTWIZARD Command*

(3)

Dynamic Viewing of 3D Objects (DVIEW Command)

(16)

3DORBIT Command*

(1)

CAMERA Command*

(1)

3DZOOM Command*

(1)

3DPAN Command*

(1)

3DDISTANCE Command*

(1)

DSWIVEL Command*

(1)

Visual Aids in 3DORBIT Command*

(1)

3DCORBIT Command*

(1)

3DCLIP Command*

Solid Modeling

What is Solid Modeling?

(1)

Predefined Solid Primitives

(3)

Constructing a Region

(5)

Constructing a Composite Solid

(9)

Other Solids Commands

(1)

SOLIDEDIT Command*

(10)

SOLVIEW Command

(2)

SOLDRAW Command

(2)

SOLPROF Command

(1)

ACISIN (Importing an ACIS File)

(1)

ACISOUT (Exporting AutoCAD Solid Objects to an ACIS File)

(1)

STLOUT (Storing a Solid in an ASCII or Binary File)

(2)

Creating Shaded Images

Rendering

(1)

Loading and Unloading AutoCAD Render

(1)

Elementary Rendering

(2)

Selecting Different Properties for Rendering

(4)

AutoCAD Render Light Source

(2)

Inserting and Modifying Lights

(4)

Defining and Rendering a Scene

(3)

Obtaining Rendering Information

(1)

Attaching Materials

(3)

Detaching Materials

(1)

Changing the Parameters of a Material

(1)

Defining New Materials

(1)

Exporting a Material from Drawing to the Library of Materials

(1)

Saving a Rendering

(2)

Replaying a Rendering Image

Geometry Calculator

(1)

Real, Integer, and Vector Expressions

(2)

Numeric Functions

(1)

Using Snap Modes

(1)

Obtaining the Radius of an Object

(1)

Locating a Point on a Line

(2)

Obtaining an Angle

(1)

Locating the Intersection Point

(1)

Applications of the Geometry Calculator

(3)

Using AutoLISP Variables

(1)

Filtering X, Y and Z Coordinates

(1)

Converting Units

(1)

Additional Functions

Accessing External Datbases

Understanding Databases

(2)

AutoCAD Database Connectivity

(1)

Database Configuration

(1)

DBCONNECT Manager*

(2)

Viewing and Editing Table Data from AutoCAD

(2)

Creating Links with Graphical Objects

(3)

Creating Labels*

(4)

AutoCAD SQL Environment (ASE)

(1)

AutoCAD Query Editor*

(4)

Formating Selection Sets Using Link Select*

(2)

Conversion of ASE Links to AutoCAD 2000 Format

AutoCAD on Internet

Introduction

(22)

Changes from AutoCAD Release 14

(1)

Changed Internet Commands

(1)

Understanding URLs

(1)

Launching a Web Browser

(1)

Changing Default Web Site

(1)

Drawing on the Internet

(1)

Opening Drawing from the Internet

(5)

Inserting a Block from the Internet

(1)

Accessing Other files on the Internet

(1)

Saving the Drawing to the Internet

(1)

Using Hyperlinks with AutoCAD

(2)

Hyperlinks Inside AutoCAD

(1)

Attaching Hyperlinks

(6)

Pasting as Hyperlinks

(1)

Highlighting Object with URLs

(1)

Editing Hyperlinks

(1)

Removing Hyperlinks

(1)

Hyperlinks Outside AutoCAD

(1)

The Drawing Web Format

(1)

Other DWF Viewing Options

(1)

Viewing DWG Files

(1)

Creating a DWF File

(3)

Viewing DWF Files

(1)

DWG Plug-in Commands

(3)

Drag and Drop from Browser to Drawing

(1)

Embedding a DWF File

Customizing AutoCAD

Template Drawings

Creating Template Drawings

(1)

The Standard Template Drawings

(3)

Loading a Template Drawing

(1)

Customizing Drawings with Layers and Dimensioning Specifications

(5)

Customizing Drawings According to Plot Size and Drawing Scale

Script Files and Slide Shows

What are Script Files?

(3)

SCRIPT Command

(5)

RSCRIPT Command

(1)

DELAY Command

(1)

RESUME Command

(1)

Command Line Switches

(1)

Invoking a Script File When Loading AutoCAD

(4)

What Is a Slide Show?

(1)

What are Slides?

(1)

MSLIDE Command

(1)

VSLIDE Command

(2)

Preloading Slides

(2)

Slide Shows with Render Images

Creating Linetypes and Hatch Patterns

Standard Linetypes

(1)

Linetype Definition

(1)

Elements of Linetype Specification

(1)

Creating Linetypes

(5)

Creating Linetype Files

(1)

Alignment Specification

(1)

Ltscale Command

Complex Linetypes

(3)

LTSCALE Factor for Plotting

(4)

Hatch Pattern Definition

Alternate Linetypes

(1)

Modifying Linetypes

(3)

Current Linetype Scaling

(1)

Complex Linetypes

(7)

Hatch Pattern Definition

(2)

How Hatch Works

(1)

Simple Hatch Pattern

(1)

Effect of Angle and Scale Factor on Hatch

(1)

Hatch Pattern with Dashes and Dots

(2)

Hatch with Multiple Descriptors

(4)

Saving Hatch Patterns in a Separate File

(1)

Custom Hatch Pattern File

Customizing the ACAD.PGP File

What is the ACAD.PGP File?

(6)

Sections of the ACAD.PGP File

(3)

REINIT Command

Pull-down, Shortcut, and Partial Menus and Customizing Toolbars

AutoCAD Menu

(1)

Standard Menus

(1)

Writing a Menu

(7)

Loading Menus

(1)

Restrictions

(1)

Cascading Submenus in Menus

(6)

Shortcut and Context Menus

(3)

Submenus

(2)

Loading Menus

(4)

Partial Menus

(4)

Accelerator Keys

Toolbars

(10)

Menu-Specific Help

(1)

Customizing the Toolbars

Tablet Menus

Standard Tablet Menu

(1)

Advantages of a Tablet Menu

(1)

Customizing a Table Menu

(1)

Writing a Tablet Menu

(2)

Tablet Configuration

(1)

Loading Menus

(1)

Tablet Menus with Different Block Sizes

(4)

Assigning Commands to a Tablet

(1)

Automatic Menu Swapping

Image Tile, Button, and Auxiliary Menus

Image Tile Menus

(1)

Submenus

(1)

Writing an Image Tile Menu

(5)

Slides for Image Tile Menus

(1)

Loading Menus

(1)

Restrictions

(1)

Image Tile Menu Item Labels

(2)

Button Menus

(1)

Auxiliary Menus

(1)

Writing Button and Auxiliary Menus

Screen Menus

Screen Menu

(4)

Loading Menus

(2)

Submenus

(8)

Multiple Submenus

(7)

Automatic Menus Swapping

(1)

Menuecho System Variable

(1)

Menus for Foreign Languages

AutoLISP

About AutoLISP

(1)

Mathematical Operations

(2)

Incremented, Decremented, and Absolute Numbers

(1)

Trigonometric Functions

(2)

Relational Statements

(2)

defun, setq, getpoint, and Command Functions

(5)

Loading an AutoLISP Program

(3)

getcorner, getdist, and setvar Functions

(3)

list Function

(1)

car, cdr, and cadr Functions

(2)

graphscr, textscr, princ, and terpri Functions

(4)

getangle and getorient Functions

(2)

getint, getreal, getstring, and getvar Functions

(2)

polar and sqrt Functions

(3)

itoa, rtos, strcase, and prompt functions

(5)

Flowcharts

(1)

Conditional Functions

Visual LISP

(1)

Overview of Visual LISP

(1)

Starting Visual LISP

(1)

Using Visual LISP Text Editor

(3)

Visual LISP Console

(3)

Using Visual LISP Text Editor

(3)

Visual LISP Formatter

(1)

Debugging the Program

DIESEL: A String Expression Language

DIESEL

(1)

Status Line

(2)

MODEMACRO System Variable

(1)

Customizing the Status Line

(1)

Macro Expressions Using DIESEL

(2)

Using AutoLISP with MODEMACRO

(2)

Diesel Expressions in Menus

Appendices

Appendix A: System Requirements and AutoCAD Installation

A-1

Appendix B: Express Tools

B-1

Index

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