S


s command, 141

Save As option, 366

Save Block Definition option, 146

Save Changes To Layout option, 358

Save Drawing As dialog box, 19

saving

blocks, 242, 242

layer settings, 219–220, 219

plot style tables, 366

printer settings, 358–359, 359

rendered images, 196

views, 170–171, 170

sc command, 140

Scale command, 140

Scale Dimensions To Layout option, 319

scale factors, 229

Scale Lineweights setting, 355

Scale tab, 306

Scale Uniformly option, 236

scales and Scale option

blocks, 237–238, 238

and DesignCenter, 256

dimensions, 295

grips, 116–117

linetypes, 226–228, 227, 230–231, 231

multileader styles, 306

printing, 345, 345, 354–355

Reference option for, 140–141, 140

to specific scale factors, 139–140

text, 269, 273–274

xref files, 249

Zoom, 24

Scaletext command, 269

Scaling For Height option, 323

Scientific length option, 46

Screening option, 365

Screening xxx%.ctb plot style, 361

screw threads, 179–181

scroll wheels, 24

sculpting 3D objects, 165–166, 165

SE Isometric option, 4

Search dialog box, 256–257

Search For The Word(s) option, 256

Search Now option, 256

Search Subfolders option, 256

Search tab, 29–30

searching

for contents, 255, 256–257

for help, 29–30

for layers, 213

for named components, 334–335, 335

for support files, 335–338, 336–338

for text, 271–272, 272, 333–334, 334

Second option, 315

Second angle option, 304

Select Color dialog box

3D solids, 157, 158

backgrounds, 197

gradient fills, 99

layers, 203, 204, 215

materials, 189, 189

objects, 230

true and PANTONE colors, 208

Select File dialog box, 246–247, 246, 369

Select Group option, 246

Select Linetype dialog box, 226, 226

Select New Path dialog box, 336

Select Objects option, 235

Select Plot Style dialog box, 367, 369

Select Reference File dialog box, 248

Select Template dialog box, 5, 5

3-D models, 153

materials, 187

new drawings, 19

Selectable option, 244–245

Selecting Subobject dialog box, 159

selection sets, 110

selection windows, 8–9

selections

Modify menu for, 126–127

with Move, 135

options for, 110–111, 110–111

osnaps for, 60

standard method, 110

in viewports, 341

with windows, 112–113, 112–113

Set Current tool, 205

Set Size Relative To Screen option, 102

Shade Plot options, 356

shaded views, 198–200, 199, 348, 355

shading gradient fill, 98–99

shadows, 191

shapes and objects

in 3D model

from 2D shapes, 173, 173

converting from earlier

versions, 176

extruding along paths, 178–179, 179

extruding polylines, 174–176, 174–176

filleting corners, 178, 178

helices, 179–181, 180

interference and intersection of, 176–177, 177

lofting through, 181–184, 181–184

revolving polylines, 185, 185

sculpting, 165–166, 165

assigning named plot styles to, 366–367, 367

for layout, 101–102

for revision clouds, 84–85

shortcut menus, 9–11

single-line text objects, 277–278

Single option, 345, 346

size

center marks, 316

drawing area, 9–10

paper, 353

for printing, 342–343, 343

selecting, 353

user-defined, 353

rendered images, 196

Size Is search option, 256

Sketch command, 107

skewing dimension lines, 312

slashes (/) in formulas, 284

smooth curves, 78–79, 79

Smooth Fit option, 183

Snap And Grid tab, 54–55, 55

Snap command, 54

Snap mode, 54

Snap Resolution Is status item, 331

Snap status item, 332

Snap X Spacing setting, 54

Snap Y Spacing setting, 54

Snapbase command, 57, 57, 90

snaps

to grids, 53–54

osnaps. See osnaps

rotating, 56

spacing, 54

snowflake icon, 210

solid backgrounds, 197

solid fills, 89

Solids Editing toolbar, 17

solids in 3D drawings, 155–156, 155–156

creating, 156–157, 157–158

editing, 166–167, 167–168

grips for, 158–160, 159–160

primitives, 152, 152

rotating, 160–163, 161–162

sorting layer names, 214

Source And Size option, 352

spacing

grids, 54–55, 55

hatch patterns, 86

snaps, 54

special symbols, 265, 267

Specified Origin option, 91

Specify first corner point option, 13

Specify On-Screen option, 237, 248–249

Specify Output Size option, 196

spelling checker, 270–271, 270

spherical format, 187

Spherical mapping style, 190, 191

splash screen, 3

Spline command, 78

spline curves, 78–79, 79

Spline option, 80, 80, 148

Spline tool, 78

Splinedit command, 79

spotlights, 192–193, 192–194

spreadsheets. See tables

Stack tool, 266

stacked fractions, 265

Standard 2 toolbar, 18

Standard Annotation toolbar, 18

standard cursor, 51

Standard Scale option, 345

standards, dimensions, 295

Start option for arcs, 75

starting commands, 13–15, 14

Startup dialog box, 3

Statistics tab, 333

status bar, 8, 8

command descriptions in, 12

displaying, 9

feedback in, 8, 8

Status command, 331

status information, 331–332, 331

.stb extension, 369

Stop option, 256

Store As Default Origin option, 92

straight lines, 72–73, 73

Straighten option, 149

Straightness tolerance symbol, 309

Stretch command, 141

stretching and Stretch option

grips, 116–117

lines, 114–116, 115–116

objects, 141, 141

strings of dimensions, 298–299, 299

styles, multileaders, 304–306, 305

styles and Style option

dimensions, 313–314, 313–314, 323–324, 323–324

font, 274–277, 275–276

mapping, 190, 191

plot. See plot styles and plot style tables

revision clouds, 85

tables, 290–292, 290–291

Styles list, 276, 276

Styles toolbar, 18

subobjects, 167

Subtract tool, 166

subtraction in formulas, 284

subtraction with 3D objects, 165–166, 165

suffixes for dimensions, 310, 321–322

Sum function, 284

Summary tab, 333, 333

sun icon, 210

Sun in background, 198, 198

Sun Properties palette, 195, 196

Sun Status option, 195

sunlight, 191, 195, 195–196

Sunlight tool, 195

Support File Search Path option, 338

support files, 335–338, 336–338

Suppress option, 315

Suppress Arrows If They Don't Fit Inside Extension Lines option, 319

surfaces for 3D drawings, 155–156, 155–156

converting from earlier versions, 176

drawing on, 163, 164

Surveyor's Units angle option, 46

Sweep tool, 178–179

Switch option for mapping, 190

Swivel tool, 169

Symbol dialog box, 308, 308

Symbol option, 266, 267

symbols

annotation scale for, 238

downloading, 257–258, 258

special, 265, 267

Symbols And Arrows tab, 314–316, 314

Symmetry tolerance symbol, 309




Introducing AutoCAD 2008
Introducing AutoCAD 2008
ISBN: 0470121505
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2007
Pages: 147
Authors: George Omura

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