AutoCAD For Dummies. Ralph Grabowski
to dynamically define your associative array.FIGURE 18-2: Down the garden path, using a path array.FIGURE 18-3: Going down a different path: The results of editing an associative...FIGURE 18-4: Use the Attach External Reference dialog box to attach an xref.FIGURE 18-5: Follow the path less traveled when you attach an xref.FIGURE 18-6: The Attach Image dialog box.FIGURE 18-7: The Attach PDF Underlay dialog box.FIGURE 18-8: Three blocks to make three seats.FIGURE 18-9: Three seats in Block Editor.FIGURE 18-10: A passel of parameters ready for action.FIGURE 18-11: Variations on dynamic blocks (original on the right, and a handy ...
19 Chapter 19FIGURE 19-1: Parametric tabs in AutoCAD (top) and AutoCAD LT (bottom).FIGURE 19-2: Random shapes in need of constraining.FIGURE 19-3: Locking down an object in drawing space.FIGURE 19-4: Constraining to orthogonal.FIGURE 19-5: Adding construction geometry.FIGURE 19-6: Full-on geometric constraints.FIGURE 19-7: Auto-constrainable geometric relations in the Constraint Settings ...FIGURE 19-8: Simple geometry, badly in need of constraining.FIGURE 19-9: Placing a dimensional constraint.FIGURE 19-10: Format the appearance of dimensional constraints in the Constrain...FIGURE 19-11: The Parameters Manager palette.FIGURE 19-12: Editing constraints in Parameters Manager.FIGURE 19-13: All locked down — dimensionally, at least.FIGURE 19-14: Filter parameters to keep them organized.FIGURE 19-15: Turning dynamic constraints into annotational ones.FIGURE 19-16: This part needs a few revisions.FIGURE 19-17: Thirty seconds later …
20 Chapter 20FIGURE 20-1: Using eTransmit to share drawings.FIGURE 20-2: Reference Manager.
21 Chapter 21FIGURE 21-1: Subobjects of a 3D object.FIGURE 21-2: Ascending the Z-axis.FIGURE 21-3: Dynamically create a UCS on a 3D solid.FIGURE 21-4: Naming a custom UCS.FIGURE 21-5: The 3D ViewCube.FIGURE 21-6: ViewCube, the multifunctional viewing device.FIGURE 21-7: Some new styles to try on.FIGURE 21-8: A manager for your visual styles.
22 Chapter 22FIGURE 22-1: 3D viewing from every which way.FIGURE 22-2: Setting up a 3D work environment in the Viewports dialog box.FIGURE 22-3: It’s 2D and 3D all at the same time.FIGURE 22-4: Changing settings in the right-click menu in the ViewCube.FIGURE 22-5: The preset views drop-down menu.FIGURE 22-6: Entering 3D coordinates to draw a 3D polyline.FIGURE 22-7: Everything you need for a solid foundation.FIGURE 22-8: Converting 2D to 3D by extrusion is as easy as 1-2-3.FIGURE 22-9: Using cross sections to create a lofted object.FIGURE 22-10: Sweeping a closed object along a path.FIGURE 22-11: Revolving a closed object around an axis.FIGURE 22-12: Using gizmos to modify objects in 3D.FIGURE 22-13: Grip-editing a pyramid.FIGURE 22-14: Solid primitives on the left, and the result of using the UNIon, ...FIGURE 22-15: Before and after filleting and chamfering a 3D solid.FIGURE 22-16: Carving up a solid model with the SLice command.
23 Chapter 23FIGURE 23-1: A drawing, in less than five minutes!FIGURE 23-2: The Drawing View Creation context tab of the Ribbon.FIGURE 23-3: The Drawing View Editor context tab on the Ribbon.FIGURE 23-4: Average creation time: 9.4 seconds per view.FIGURE 23-5: When anything changes, everything changes.FIGURE 23-6: Rendering compared with the Conceptual visual style.FIGURE 23-7: AutoCAD to lights; extra brightness is a go.FIGURE 23-8: Lighting primitives with the four types of user-defined lights.FIGURE 23-9: Ah, yes, you’re on the lights list.FIGURE 23-10: The Sun Properties palette gives you the power to control day and...FIGURE 23-11: Adding color and texture to a 3D model with the Materials Browser...FIGURE 23-12: Painting the canvas of the drawing window.FIGURE 23-13: Here comes the sun!FIGURE 23-14: Rendering a rendering in the render window.
24 Chapter 24FIGURE 24-1: How to mess up a raster image.FIGURE 24-2: The Import PDF dialog box.
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