L

L command, 72

Landing Settings tab, 306

landscape orientation, 343, 358

.las extension, 220

Last option, 126

Layer Filter Properties dialog box, 215–216, 215

Layer Freeze tool, 222

Layer Isolate tool, 222

Layer Lock tool, 222

Layer Match tool, 222

Layer Off tool, 222

Layer Properties Manager dialog box

3D solids, 157, 158

ByBlock settings, 232

components, 204–205, 204

creating layers, 202–204, 202–203

filtering layers, 217–218, 217

finding layers, 213

line weights, 228–229

linetypes, 223

listing layers, 214, 214

locking, 212, 212

plot styles, 368

saving settings, 219

viewports, 348–349, 349–350

visibility, 209–211, 209

Layer Properties Manager tool, 202, 202

Layer property, 123

Layer States Manager dialog box, 219–220, 219

Layer States Manager tool, 214

Layer Walk tool, 221–222, 221

Layerpmode command, 220

layers, 201

assigning, 205–206, 205–206, 222

assigning named plot styles to, 368, 368–369

for blocks, 206

creating, 202–204, 202–203

current, 206–207, 206, 332

filtering, 214–216, 214–216

finding, 213

groups of, 217–218, 217

for hatch boundaries, 100

Layers II toolbar for, 220–222, 221

line weights for, 228–230, 228–229

linetypes for, 223–226, 224–226

listing, 214, 214

locking, 212, 212–213

settings for, 219–220, 219, 222

for viewports, 348–350, 348–350

visibility of, 207–212, 207, 209–212

Layers control panel, 154, 202, 206–207, 206

Layers toolbar, 17

Layers II toolbar, 17, 220–222, 221

LayerWalk dialog box, 221–222, 221

Layout option for plotting, 354

Layout tabs, 25–27, 25, 339–341, 340

dimensions, 295

paper size and orientation, 342–343

scaling, 345

viewports in, 341–342

visibility, 210–212

Layout view, annotation scales in, 239–240, 240

Layout viewports for linetype scales, 227

layouts, 339

adding, 350

objects for, 101–102

Layouts toolbar, 17

Leader Break tab, 306

Leader Connection tab, 306

Leader Format tab, 306

Leader landing option, 304

Leader option for arrowheads, 315

Leader Structure tab, 306

Leader tool, 303–304

Leader type option, 304

leaders, 303–304

editing, 306

options, 304

styles, 304–306, 305–306

Left tool, 266

legacy drawings, scale factors in, 229

length and Length option

arcs, 75–76

dimensioning, 302, 302

options for, 316

revision clouds, 84

dimensions, 315

options, 46

less-than symbols (<)

for dimension text, 310

for polar coordinates, 39

libraries of drawings, 251

Light control panel, 154, 191

lightbulb icon, 209, 209

Lighting option, 47

lights

placing, 191–193, 192–194

sunlight, 195, 195–196

types, 191

Lights toolbar, 17

limits

drawing area, 48–49

plotting, 354

Limits command, 48

Limits option, 354

Line command, 36

Line End Style option, 366

Line Join Style option, 366

Line tool, 36, 72

line weights

dimensions, 315

layers, 228–230, 228–229

objects, 230–231, 230

scales, 355

table, 288–289, 288–289

visibility of, 228–229, 230

Linear command, 296

linear dimensions

from common base extension lines, 297–298, 297–298

continuing, 297, 297

horizontal and vertical, 296, 296

nonorthogonal objects, 299–302, 300–301

strings of, 298–299, 299

Linear tool, 300

lines

construction, 103–107, 106

for coordinates, 36–38, 37

drawing, 72–73, 73

hidden, 348

joining, 130–132, 130–132

parallel, 82–83, 82

plot styles for, 359–360, 360–361

selecting, 111, 112

stretching, 114–116, 115–116

Lines tab, 314–315, 314

Linetype Ext Line 1 option, 315

Linetype Ext Line 2 option, 315

Linetype Manager dialog box, 231

Linetype property, 123

Linetype Scale property, 123

linetypes and Linetype option

blocks, 206

dimensions, 315

layers, 223–226, 224–226

locating, 337–338, 338

objects, 230–231

plot style tables, 366

scales of, 226–228, 227, 230–231, 231

Lineweight dialog box, 229, 229

Lineweight option, 228

dimensions, 315

plot style tables, 366

Lineweight property, 123

Lineweight Settings dialog box, 228, 228

lineweights. See line weights

listing layers, 214, 214

lists, 265

Load Or Reload Linetypes dialog box, 226, 226

loading

files, 257

linetypes, 226, 226

Lock option, 212

locking

layers, 212, 212–213

viewport views from pans and zooms, 347–348

Loft Settings dialog box, 183

Loft tool, 155, 156, 181–183

lofting through shapes, 181–184, 181–184

Look For Options option, 256

Lower Value option, 323

Lowercase tool, 266

Ltscale system variable, 228, 231

Ltype Gen option, 148

Lweight command, 228