B


b command, 234

background

cell color, 289

drawing area, 7

rendered images, 197–198, 197–198

Background dialog box, 197, 197

Background Fill option, 289

Background Mask dialog box, 269, 269

background masks, 268–269, 269

Backspace key, 22

Backwards option, 277

base points and Base Point option

blocks, 234–235, 241

grips, 116–117

with Move, 135

providing, 137

Baseline option, 297

Baseline Dimension option, 297–298, 298

Baseline Spacing option, 315

Baseline tool, 296

BATTING linetype, 225

Below Primary Value option, 322

Beside The Dimension Line option, 319

bisecting construction lines, 105–106, 106

bitmap images, 127

black and white, printing colors in, 351

Block Authoring palette, 145–146

Block Definition dialog box

annotation scale, 238–239, 239

creating blocks, 234–235, 234

descriptions, 254, 257

options in, 235–236

Block Editor, 241

Block Editor toolbar, 146

Block Editor window, 145–146, 146

Block option for Divide and Measure, 104

Block Unit option, 236

blocks, 233

annotation scale for, 238–240, 239–240

creating, 234–235, 234

editing, 145–147, 145–146, 241

exploding, 147

importing, 240–241, 241, 251

inserting, 237–238, 237

layers for, 206

options for, 235–236

saving, 242, 242

scaling and rotating, 237–238, 238

trimming and extending, 132

vs. xref files, 250–251

Bold tool, 266

Boolean operations

in help searches, 30

for regions, 107

BORDER linetypes, 224

Border Offset Factor option, 269

borders

in layout, 342

for tables, 288–289, 288–289

Borders tab, 292

Both Text and Arrows option, 319

Bottom Left option, 92

Bottom Right option, 92

boundaries

hatch patterns, 91, 91, 95–100, 96

text, 267

Boundary Hatch command, 85, 96

boundary retention option, 97

Boundary Set options, 97

boundary windows, 267

Box Mapping option, 189

Box mapping style, 190, 190

Box tool, 156

br command, 144

brackets ([]) for options, 13

Break command, 144–145

Break option, 149

breaking

objects, 144–145

polylines, 149

Browse For Folder dialog box, 338, 338

Browse option, 256

ByBlock setting, 232

ByLayer setting, 205, 230




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

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