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color and line weights for, 323, 323

external references in, 278 , 278

grid symbols for, 469, 469

in Paper Space, 547 “548, 547 “548

Save All Drawings option, 851

Save As dialog box for attribute data, 474

Save As option in Form View tab, 327

Save Back Changes To References button, 284

Save button

for Batch Standards Checker, 949

for Layer Translator, 951

Save Change to Layout option, 306

Save Drawing As dialog box, 41

for exporting, 623 “624

for passwords, 910

for standard files, 946

for templates, 192, 194

for title blocks, 982

Save Layer Mappings dialog box, 951

Save Layer State dialog box, 831

Save List As dialog box, 916

Save List option, 918

Save Path option, 279

Save UCS With View option, 691

Save UCS With Viewport option, 680

Saveas command, 28

Saveas Options dialog box, 624 “625, 624 “625

Savetime system variable, 117

saving

attribute data, 473 “475 , 473

automatic, 13, 27, 117

Batch Standards Checker files, 949

blocks, 141 “142

files, 27 “28 , 66, 117

filter criteria, 562

icons, 875

layer mappings, 951

layer settings, 558 “560 , 558 “559, 827 “829 , 828

macros as files, 863 “864

multiline styles, 231

plot layout, 306

rendered views, 762

slides, 666

system information, 619 “620

Text Window information, 620

UCS, 675 “676, 691

views, 246 “251 , 247 “250

Scale command, 70, 665

Scale tool, 37, 37, 496, 665

Scale X option, 937

Scale Y option, 937

Scale Z option, 937

scaling, 85 “91

3D objects, 665

coordinate readouts for, 94

in DesignCenter, 937 “938

dimensions, 436, 815

with inserting, 134 “136 , 458

layers for, 156

in Layout tabs, 309 “310 , 309 “310

line types, 178 “180

for materials, 739

with multilines , 230

objects, 521 “523 , 522 “523

in Paper Space, 542 “543 , 543, 554

in plotting, 301 “302

custom scales , 302 “303

for line weights, 303

predefined scales, 302

raster images, 496

text, 353, 363 “364

viewports, 855

scanning

existing drawings, 492 “495

raster images, 492 “495

Scenes dialog box, 747, 747, 750

scenes for lighting, 747 “751 , 747 “750

Scenes tool, 747

Scientific measurement system, 84

screens

cleaning up, 50

plotting, 299 , 299

regenerating. See regeneration, controlling

smoothness on, 244

virtual, 243

Script command, 667

script files, 667 “668

scroll bars, 202

Search dialog box, 935 “937, 936

Search For The Word(s) option, 937

Search Now feature, 936

search paths for external references, 533

Search Subfolders feature, 936

Search tab, 73 “74 , 73 “74

Search The Web For option, 74

Search tool, 935

Search The Web tool, 926

searching

for drawing contents, 935 “938 , 936

for files, 184 “185 , 184 “185, 622 , 622

in help system, 73 “74 , 73 “74

for layers, 166 “168 , 166

for text, 398 “399 , 398 “399

Section tool, 816

sections, 816 , 817

security for files

digital signatures for, 911 “914 , 911 “913

passwords for, 910 “911

Security options command, 911

Security Options dialog box

for digital signatures, 911 “912, 912, 914

for passwords, 910 “911

Select A Sheet Set To Use As An Example option, 967

Select Block dialog box, 987 “988, 988

Select Color dialog box, 154 “155, 154 “155, 157, 157, 161, 164

for gradients, 268 “269, 268

for objects, 181

for surfaces, 804

Select Drawing dialog box, 207, 965

Select Drawing File dialog box, 259, 807, 951

Select Drawings dialog box, 916, 922 “923, 923

Select DWF File dialog box, 916

Select DXB File dialog box, 665

Select .DXF File dialog box, 625

Select File dialog box, 22, 22, 28, 184, 192, 195, 251, 622, 622

Select File Drawing dialog box, 136

Select File To Attach dialog box, 495

Select Group option, 152

Select Image Type window, 922

Select Initial View dialog box, 251

Select Layout As Sheet Template dialog box, 964

Select Linetype dialog box, 177, 177, 232

Select Menu File dialog box, 881

Select New Path dialog box, 279

Select Object button, 381, 381

Select Objects option

for blocks, 131

for exporting dxf files, 624

Select Options button, 399

Select Place In Document dialog box, 929

Select Plot Style dialog box, 332 “333, 332

Select Reference File dialog box, 274, 526

Select Script File dialog box, 667

Select Shape File dialog box, 847

Select Standards File dialog box, 946

Select Template dialog box, 29 “30, 29

for DWF files, 922

for named plot styles, 328 , 328

for new drawings, 194

Select Text File dialog box, 834

Select Unreferenced option, 830

Selectable group options, 151

selecting

3D coordinates, 658 “660 , 660

commands, 7

Express Tools for, 848

layers, 158, 166 “168 , 166

line types, 177

menu commands, 11 “15

menus , 881

objects, 28 , 56 “58 , 57 “58

base points for, 58 “62

for blocks, 130

close and overlapping, 104 , 522

filters for, 560 “565 , 564

noun/verb method, 62 , 64 , 66

options for, 63

points, 9 “10 , 14, 14 “15, 43

previous selections, 61

right-click menu options, 54 “56 , 54 “55

selection cycling feature, 104, 522

Selection Filters tool, 562

selection windows , 9

semicolons (;), 884

Send E-Mail With Transmittal option, 909

Sentence Case option, 836

Separate tool, 805

separating divided solids, 805 , 805

services for plotting, 345

Set Default Plotter to 'None' option, 909

Set Size Relative to Screen option, 226, 600

settings, importing, 205 “209 , 206 “208

Settings dialog box

for attributes, 467, 467

with Layer Translator, 953, 953

Settings tab, 543

Setup Drawing tool, 813

Setup Profile tool, 811 “812

Setup View tool, 808 “809

Setvar command, 619

Shade Plot menu

Hidden command, 769

Rendered command, 768

Shade Plot options, 303 “304 , 814

Shade toolbar, 20, 654

shaded fills, 605 , 605

shaded viewports, 303 “304

Shademode command, 651, 654

shading, 654 “656 , 655 “656, 717, 717

gradient, 267 “269 , 268

viewports, 813 “814 , 814

Shading Modes menu

Gouraud Shaded command, 724

Hidden command, 717

Shadow Map method, 733 “735 , 735

Shadow Options dialog box, 733 “735, 733, 753

Shadow Volumes/Ray Trace Shadows option, 753

shadows

adding, 733 “735 , 733 “735

Ray Tracing for, 753 , 753

shape definitions, 846

shapes

3D, 665

complex, area of, 613 “615 , 614 “615

Express Tools for, 846 “848 , 847

grips for editing, 67

for line types, 899, 899

purging, 235 “236

for symbols, 144

of toolbars , 18 “19 , 18

with UCS, 687

of viewports, 549 “551 , 550 “551

ShareSetPlaceholder option, 983

sharing drawings. See exchanging data; exporting; importing

sharpness of materials, 740

Sheet Creation Template option, 964

Sheet List tab, 960, 964, 974 “975

Sheet Set Details page, 958, 958, 961, 967 “968, 967

Sheet Set Example page, 967, 967

Sheet Set Properties dialog box, 964, 964, 987, 987

Sheet Set Publish Options option, 994

Sheet Set Template Location setting, 965

sheet sets and Sheet Set Manager tool, 955 “956

archiving, 991 “993 , 991 “992

batch plotting and publishing, 993 “994 , 993

callout blocks with, 973 “975 , 974, 989 “990 , 989 “990

closing, 976

creating, 957 “966 , 957 “965, 970 “971

customizing, 976 “990 , 978 “981, 984 “985

eTransmit for, 994

from existing sheet sets, 966 “968 , 967

for file management, 956 “957

import options in, 960 “961 , 961

for new sheets, 965 “966

previewing and opening drawings in, 962 , 962

for project files, 994

properties for, 961 , 979 “981 , 980

resource drawings in, 962 “963 , 963

sheet templates in, 964 “965 , 964

title blocks with, 975 “983 , 975, 978 “981

view labels with, 984 “988 , 984 “985, 987 “988

views for, 968 “973 , 969 “972

Sheets tab, 991, 992

SheetSet field, 980

Shell tool, 802

shells , turning solids into, 802 , 802

Shift key

in accelerator keys, 887

for base points, 58

Shortcut Keys dialog box, 880, 880

shortcut menus, 54 “56 , 54 “55, 918 “919 , 919

shortcuts

keyboard, 12, 107, 842 “843 , 842 “843, 877 “880 ,877 “879

on menus, 887 “888

Show Startup Dialog Box option, 39

Show Text Boundary Frame Only option, 400

Show URLs option, 851

.shx extension, 353, 899

signatures, 911 “914 , 911 “913

Sigvalidate command, 913

Simplex.shx font, 398

sin function in calculator, 569

single-line text objects, 374 “375

aligning, 376 “378 , 376 “377

editing, 375 “376 , 375

special characters with, 378 “379

single quotes ('), 618

Single selection option, 64

size

AutoSnap markers, 109

crosshair cursor, 50

grips, 67

hatch patterns, 261 “262

paper, 296 , 296

raster images, 496

shadow maps, 734 “735, 735

table cells , 387

Size option for break lines, 841

Size Is option in searches, 937

Sketch command, 602 “603

sketches , preliminary, 107 “108 , 108

skewing

dimension lines, 444 , 444

UCS, 690

Skpoly system variable, 602

slashes (/)

with calculator, 569

in Diesel, 889, 892

for options, 51

.slb extension, 669

.sld extension, 666

Slice command, 791

Slice tool, 791

Slidelib.exe program, 668

slides, 666

for animation, 670

automating, 667 “668

creating, 666

libraries for, 668 “669 , 668

saving, 666

viewing, 666 “667

Smooth surface option, 708

smoothness

in 3D models, 765 “766 , 766

of arcs and circles, 732

of polylines, 579 “581 , 580

on screen, 244

Snap And Grid tab, 92, 92

SNAP button, 93, 95

snap mode, 93 “94 . See also Osnap Tracking and overrides

with editing, 102

information on, 617

with Polar Tracking, 95 “97 , 96

Snap X Spacing option, 94

Snap Y Spacing option, 94

Snapang system variable, 488

Snapbase system variable, 256, 258

Snapstyl system variable, 94

Snaptype system variable, 94

Snapunit system variable, 93

softness of shadows, 735

Solid Fill option, 606

solid fills

toggling, 606 , 607

for Tool Palettes, 942 “943

Solid hatch pattern, 257, 604

solid lines, overlapping with shaded fills, 605 , 605

Solidedit command, 803

solids and solid modeling, 772 “773

for 2D drawings, 816 “819 , 817 “819

chamfering in, 792 “794 , 794

command line for, 803

copying faces and edges on, 803

creating primitives for, 775 “776 , 776

deleting surfaces, 797 “798 , 798

drawing, 603 “604 , 604

extruding surfaces, 800 “801 , 801

filling, 603 “606 , 604

moving surfaces, 795 “796 , 795 “796

offsetting surfaces, 796 , 797

plot style tables for, 322 “323 , 322

polylines for, 777 “779 , 777 “779

properties of, 819 , 820

with regions , 816 “819 , 817 “819

rotating surfaces, 798 “799 , 798 “799

rounding corners on, 792 , 793

separating divided solids, 805 , 805

splitting, 791 “792 , 791

stereolithography in, 820

surface features for, 804

tapering surfaces, 799 , 800

turning solids into shells, 802 , 802

with UCS, 687

Solids toolbar, 21, 775, 775

Solids Editing toolbar, 21, 779, 779

sorting

layer names , 166

layers in layer lists, 157

objects, 605

sound in drawings, 634

source text files, 879

Sp command, 395

space, information on, 617

space planning and hatch patterns, 270 “272 , 271

Space property, 182

spaces

in attribute values, 464

nonbreaking, 372

in units, 85

Spacial option for demand loading, 283

spacing

in hatch patterns, 255

of text, 362

Spe command, 581, 594

special characters, 354 “355, 372 “374 , 373, 378 “379

Specify Location Folder dialog box, 908

Specify On-Screen option, 134, 240, 280, 526

Specify The Name Of Your Web Page setting, 922

spell checking, 394 “397

Sphere tool, 778

spheres, 772, 773, 778, 778

spherical coordinate format, 693 “694 , 694

Spl command, 581

splash screen, 4

Splframe system variable, 591, 664

spline curves, 99

control points for, 594 “598 , 595 “596, 598 “599

converting polylines to, 581

creating, 589 “591 , 590 “591

drawing, 592 “594 , 592 “593

editing, 594 “598 , 595 “596, 598 “599

length of, 227

for polylines, 579

Spline tool, 37, 37, 581, 592

Splinedit command, 594

splitting solids, 791 “792 , 791

spotlights , 745 “747 , 746 “747, 749 “751, 750

spreadsheet files

extracting data for, 474 “475

importing, 635 “636 , 636

inserting, 631 “634 , 632 “634

sqr function in calculator, 570

square brackets ([])

with calculator, 569

for line types, 898 “899

for menu items, 886 “887

St command, 365, 368

Stack/Unstack tool, 354, 354

stacked fractions, 354

Standard cursor, 50, 51

Standard dimension style, 404, 405

standard hatch patterns, 900

standard line types, 894 “895 , 894 “895

standard symbols, 51, 52

Standard text style, 365

Standard toolbar, 7, 8, 18, 21, 837 “842

standard windows, 64 “65, 65

standards, office, 944 “950

Standards command, 945 “948 , 947

Standards option, 950

Standards tab, 948 “949, 948

Start Check button, 949

Startup Suite dialog box, 861

Statistics tab, 622

status bar, 9, 9

displaying, 59 “60 , 60

for keyboard equivalents, 12

tool descriptions in, 16, 16

Status command, 616 “618

status screen, 616

.stb files, 313, 333

stereolithography, 820

.stl extension, 820

Stlout command, 820

Stop Check button, 949

Stop feature in searches, 936

Store Sheet Data File option, 968

storing

information, 621

page setups, 340 “341 , 340 “341

straightening vertices, 584 , 586 , 587

strength of raster images, 498 “500 , 500

Stretch command, 67 “69 , 427 “429

Stretch tool, 37, 37, 427 “429, 491, 576

stretching

3D objects, 665

blocks, 134 “135

for cleaning up traced drawings, 490, 491

dimensioned objects, 427 “429 , 428

elevation, 646

Express Tools for, 837 “838

lines, 67 “69 , 68

objects, 520 “521 , 521

polylines, 576

viewports, 540, 541

string of dimensions, 433 “434 , 434

styles

angles, 85

dimensions, 404 “414 , 423 “427 , 848 “849 , 849

Island Detection, 266

multilines, 230 “231 , 231

names, 287

plotting. See plot style tables

points, 226, 600

purging, 235 “236

tables, 392 “394 , 392 “393

text. See text styles

units, 83

Styles toolbar, 21

stylus, 478

Su command, 782

subjects, storing, 621

submenus, 885

substituting

blocks, 260 , 288, 289

fonts, 397 “398, 629 “631

Subtract tool, 782

subtraction

in area calculations, 613 “615

with calculator, 569

of primitives, 773, 774, 782 , 782, 818

Suggestions box with spelling checker, 395

Summary tab, 621

Sun Angle Calculator dialog box, 730 “731, 730

sunlight angle for 3D models, 729 “731 , 729 “731

SuperHatch dialog box, 838 “840

SuperHatch tool, 838 “840 , 839 “841

surfaces, 691

3D objects for, 665

adding features to, 804

curved , 696 “701 , 697 “701

defining, 702 “704 , 703 “704

deleting, 797 “798 , 798

drawing, 658 “665

edges of, 700

extruding, 800 “801 , 801

hiding edges of, 664 , 664

horizontal, 656 “658 , 656 “658

irregular, 660

laying out forms for, 691 “693 , 692 “693

mesh settings for, 701 , 702

modeling, 771

moving, 795 “796 , 795 “796

offsetting, 796 , 797

polylines for, 695 , 695

rotating, 798 “799 , 798 “799

tapering, 799 , 800

Surfaces toolbar, 21, 661, 699

Surftab1 system variable, 701, 706 “707

Surftab2 system variable, 701, 707

Surftype system variable, 708

swap files, 617

Symbol dialog box, 446 “447, 446

Symbol option, 354

symbols

creating, 128 “132 , 129

downloading, 939 “940 , 939

existing drawings as, 136 “138 , 137 “138

external references with, 144

inserting, 132 “136 , 132 “134, 186

libraries for, 128

replacing, 142 “143

saving, 141 “142

shapes for, 144

standard, 51, 52

unblocking, 139 “140 , 141

Symbols fonts, 371, 371

Synchronize Viewports tool, 853 “854

System Printer option, 336

System Printer Spool Alerts, 342

system variables , status of, 618 “619