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| Section | Topic |
|---|---|
| 1 | What's New In AutoCAD 200x Series |
| 1.1 | Multiple Document Interface (MDI) |
| 1.1.1 | Opening A Selection Of Multiple Files |
| 1.1.2 | Opening & Manipulating Multiple Drawings |
| 1.1.3 | Partial Open Option |
| 1.1.4 | Drawing Between Multiple Files |
| 1.2 | Properties Dialog Box |
| 1.2.1 | Changing The Properties Of An Object |
| 1.2.2 | Matching The Properties Of An Object |
| 1.2.3 | Changing Lineweight Of An Object |
| 1.3 | Layout Mode |
| 1.3.1 | Creating And Using Layouts |
| 1.3.2 | Layout Template And Wizard Option |
| 1.3.3 | Creating Non-Rectangular Viewports |
| 1.4 | AutoCAD DesignCenter |
| 1.5 | 3D Orbit Command |
| 1.6 | Plot Style Table Editor |
| 1.7 | Refedit Command For Editing Reference Files |
| 1.8 | Osnap Tracking |
| 1.8.1 | Accessing And Using Osnap Tracking |
| 1.8.2 | Osnap Tracking Options |
| 1.9 | Intellimouse |
| 2 | Introduction |
| 2.1 | Starting A New Drawing |
| 2.2 | Opening An Existing Drawing |
| 2.3 | Introduction To Format |
| 2.4 | Setups |
| 2.4.1 | Setup Wizard |
| 2.4.2 | Creating And Setting Up Layers |
| 2.4.3 | Unit Setup |
| 2.5 | Drawing Limits |
| 3 | AutoCAD 2000 Interface |
| 3.1 | Interface Overview |
| 3.1.1 | Command Window |
| 3.1.2 | Toolbars |
| 3.1.3 | Pulldowns |
| 3.1.4 | Popup Menus |
| 3.1.5 | Options |
| 3.1.6 | Right Mouse Button - As An Enter Command |
| 3.1.7 | UCS And Screen |
| 3.1.8 | Cursor Modes And Aperatures |
| 3.1.9 | Selection Mode |
| 3.1.10 | Status Bar |
| 3.1.11 | Window Related Functions |
| 3.2 | Pulldown Menu |
| 3.2.1 | Draw And Modify Pulldowns |
| 3.2.2 | Format Pulldown |
| 3.2.3 | Tools Pulldown |
| 3.2.4 | Insert Pulldown |
| 3.2.5 | View Pulldown |
| 3.2.6 | Edit Pulldown |
| 3.2.7 | File Pulldown |
| 3.2.8 | Dimension Pulldown |
| 3.2.9 | Window Pulldown |
| 3.2.10 | Express Pulldown |
| 3.2.11 | Help Pulldown |
| 3.3 | Function Keys (F1-F11) |
| 3.4 | Status Bar Buttons |
| 3.4.1 | Snap Button |
| 3.4.2 | Grid Button |
| 3.4.3 | Ortho Button |
| 3.4.4 | Polar Button |
| 3.4.5 | Osnap Button |
| 3.4.6 | Otrack Button |
| 3.4.7 | LTW (Line Weight) Button |
| 3.4.8 | Model Button |
| 3.5 | Option Settings |
| 3.5.1 | File Options |
| 3.5.2 | Display Options |
| 3.5.3 | Open/Save Options |
| 3.5.4 | Output Options |
| 3.5.5 | User Preferences |
| 3.5.6 | Drafting Options |
| 3.5.7 | Selection Options |
| 3.5.8 | Creating A Profile Of Selected Options |
| 4 | Mouse/Right Button |
| 4.1 | Command Window Right Mouse Button Options |
| 4.2 | Status Bar Right Mouse Button Options |
| 5 | Windowing |
| 5.1 | Dynamic Zoom And Pan |
| 5.2 | Named Views |
| 6 | Coordinates |
| 6.1 | Absolute Coordinate Value |
| 6.2 | Relative Input Value/Polar |
| 6.3 | Coordinate Settings Area |
| 7 | Object Snaps |
| 7.1 | General Osnap Settings Explained |
| 7.2 | End Point Snap |
| 7.3 | Midpoint Snap |
| 7.4 | Center Snap |
| 7.5 | Intersection Snap |
| 7.6 | Apparent Intersection |
| 7.7 | Perpendicular Snap |
| 7.8 | Tangent Snap |
| 7.9 | Nearest Snap |
| 7.10 | Quadrant Snap |
| 7.11 | Parallel Snap |
| 8 | Draw Tools |
| 8.1 | Lines |
| 8.1.1 | Line Command |
| 8.1.2 | Construction Lines |
| 8.2 | Circles |
| 8.2.1 | Circle By Center |
| 8.2.2 | Circle By Diameter |
| 8.2.3 | Circle By Two Points |
| 8.2.4 | Circle By Three Points |
| 8.2.5 | Circle By Tangent, Tangent, Radius |
| 8.2.6 | Circle By Tangent, Tangent, Tangent |
| 8.3 | Arcs |
| 8.3.1 | Arc By Three Points |
| 8.3.2 | Arc By Start, Center, End |
| 8.3.3 | Arc By Start, Center, Angle |
| 8.3.4 | Arc By Start, Center, Length |
| 8.3.5 | Arc By Start, End, Angle |
| 8.3.6 | Arc By Start, End, Direction |
| 8.3.7 | Arc By Start, End, Radius |
| 8.3.8 | Arc By Center, Start, End |
| 8.3.9 | Arc By Center, Start, Angle |
| 8.3.10 | Arc By Center, Start, Length |
| 8.3.11 | Arc Continue |
| 8.4 | Polygon Command |
| 8.5 | Rectangle Command |
| 9 | Selection Modes |
| 9.1 | Selection Command |
| 9.2 | Grips |
| 9.2.1 | Grips - Accessing & Rt. Mouse Button |
| 9.2.2 | Grips - Multi Selecting With Crossing |
| 10 | Modify Commands |
| 10.1 | Move Command |
| 10.1.1 | Moving One To One And One To Many |
| 10.1.2 | Tip On Moving With Alignment |
| 10.2 | Copy Command |
| 10.3 | Rotate Command |
| 10.4 | Scale Command |
| 10.5 | Stretch Command |
| 10.6 | Lengthen Command |
| 10.7 | Trim Command |
| 10.8 | Extend Command |
| 10.9 | Break Command |
| 10.10 | Chamfer Command |
| 10.10.1 | Chamfer - Distance, Polyline & Trim Option |
| 10.10.2 | Chamfer - Angle Option |
| 10.10.3 | Chamfer Command - No Trim Option |
| 10.10.4 | Chamfer Command - Method Option |
| 10.11 | Fillet Command |
| 10.12 | Explode Command |
| 10.13 | Array Command |
| 10.13.1 | Rectangular Array Command |
| 10.13.2 | Polar Array Command |
| 10.14 | Offset Command |
| 10.15 | Erase Command |
| 10.15.1 | Erase Command - One To One |
| 10.15.2 | Erase Command - Selecting And Crossing |
| 10.16 | Mirror Command |
| 11 | Inquiry Tools |
| 11.1 | Distance Command |
| 11.2 | Area Command |
| 11.3 | List Command |
| 11.4 | ID Point Command |
| 11.5 | Time Command |
| 11.6 | Status Command |
| 11.7 | Set Variable Command |
| 12 | Blocks |
| 12.1 | Creating A Block |
| 12.2 | Inserting A Block |
| 12.3 | Creating A WBlock |
| 13 | XRefs |
| 13.1 | XRefs |
| 13.2 | XClip |
| 14 | Raster Images |
| 14.1 | Placing Raster Images |
| 14.2 | Raster Tools |
| 15 | Annotation |
| 15.1 | Text |
| 15.1.1 | Single Line Text |
| 15.1.2 | Multiline Text |
| 15.1.3 | Text Styles |
| 15.1.4 | Editing Text |
| 15.1.4.1 | Editing Text - Text Editor Option |
| 15.1.4.2 | Editing Text - Properties Option |
| 15.1.5 | Importing Text |
| 15.1.6 | Spell Check |
| 15.2 | Dimensioning |
| 15.2.1 | Setting Up Dimension Styles |
| 15.2.2 | Dimension Style Manager - Compare Option |
| 15.2.3 | Dimensioning Lab |
| 15.2.4 | Editing Dimensions |
| 16 | Isometric Drawing Lab - "L" Bracket |
| 16.1 | Part 1 - Drawing Angles With Relative Input |
| 16.2 | Part 2 - Drawing Isometric Circles |
| 16.3 | Part 3 - Creating A Hole With An Isometric Profile |
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