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GS-1 Preparing for the Tutorials |
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Introduction to the Tutorials |
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Recognizing Typographical Conventions |
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Installing Data Files for the Tutorials |
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Configuring AutoCAD for the Tutorials |
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Backing Up AutoCAD Defaults |
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Customizable Support Files |
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Starting the AutoCAD 2021 Software |
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Microsoft Windows Conventions |
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Basic Elements of the AutoCAD Graphics Window |
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Minimizing and Restoring an Application |
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Microsoft Windows Multitasking Options |
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Clicking Commands and Menu Options |
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AutoCAD Commands and Options |
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Backing Up and Backing Out of Commands |
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Working with Dialog Boxes |
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Exiting an AutoCAD Session |
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GS-3 Studying for the AutoCAD® Certification Exam |
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Certified Associate Exam Categories |
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1 Introduction to AutoCAD® |
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Working with Multiple Drawings |
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Using Absolute Coordinates |
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Drawing Using Grid and Snap |
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Using Relative X- and Y-Coordinates |
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Erasing with Window or Crossing |
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Spell Checking Your Drawing |
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2 Basic Construction Techniques |
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Opening an Existing Drawing |
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Making Object's Layer Current |
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Using the Scroll Wheel to Zoom |
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CircleTangent, Tangent, Radius |
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3 Basic Editing and Plotting Techniques |
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Starting from a Template Drawing |
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Changing Object Properties |
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Using the Properties Panel |
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Getting Information about Your Drawing |
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4 Geometric Constructions |
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Setting the Units and Limits |
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Setting the Global Linetype Scaling Factor |
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Changing an Object's Linetype Scale |
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147 | (3) |
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Showing a Floating Toolbar |
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Methods of Selecting Objects |
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Using Construction Line (Xline) |
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174 | (1) |
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Editing Associative Arrays |
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Making Changes using Grips |
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Editing an Associative Path Array |
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Using 2D Parametric Constraints |
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5 Template Drawings and More Plotting |
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Using a Standard Template |
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204 | (1) |
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Inserting an Existing Drawing |
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206 | (3) |
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Showing the Drawing in the Layout |
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209 | (1) |
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Setting the Viewport Zoom Scale |
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210 | (3) |
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Using Pan to Position the Drawing |
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213 | (1) |
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Locking the Viewport Scale |
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214 | (1) |
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Creating a Second Floating Viewport |
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214 | (2) |
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216 | (1) |
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217 | (3) |
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Using Irregularly Shaped Viewports |
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220 | (1) |
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Plotting from Paper Space |
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221 | (1) |
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222 | (6) |
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Creating a Template Drawing |
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228 | (1) |
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229 | (8) |
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Using the Drafting Settings Dialog Box |
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237 | (1) |
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Selecting the Default Text Font |
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238 | (1) |
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Setting the Viewres Default |
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238 | (1) |
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Switching to a Paper Space Layout |
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239 | (1) |
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Adding a Title Block and Text to Paper Space |
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240 | (1) |
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Hide/Show Lineweight on Status Bar |
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241 | (1) |
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243 | (2) |
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Beginning a New Drawing from a Template Drawing |
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245 | (1) |
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Changing the Title Block Text |
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247 | (6) |
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6 2D Orthographic Drawings |
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253 | (34) |
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The Front, Top, and Right-Side |
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256 | (1) |
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Deciding the Model Space Limits |
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256 | (1) |
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Viewing the Model Space Limits |
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256 | (1) |
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257 | (1) |
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Drawing Construction Lines |
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257 | (3) |
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260 | (1) |
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261 | (3) |
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264 | (1) |
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Top-View to Side-View Projection |
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266 | (1) |
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Using Object Snap Tracking |
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266 | (4) |
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Sizing and Positioning the Drawing |
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270 | (1) |
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Locking the Viewport Scale |
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270 | (1) |
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271 | (1) |
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Drawing Centerlines and Centermarks |
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272 | (2) |
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274 | (2) |
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Setting the Global Linetype Scaling Factor |
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276 | (1) |
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Projecting Slanted Surfaces on Cylinders |
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277 | (4) |
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281 | (6) |
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287 | (48) |
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287 | (1) |
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Terminology and Conventions |
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287 | (1) |
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287 | (1) |
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Semiautomatic Dimensioning |
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288 | (1) |
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289 | (1) |
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289 | (1) |
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Setting the Dimension Layer |
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290 | (1) |
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290 | (1) |
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291 | (1) |
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291 | (1) |
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292 | (1) |
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292 | (1) |
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Creating a Named Dimension Style |
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293 | (1) |
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Scaling Dimension Features |
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294 | (1) |
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295 | (1) |
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296 | (2) |
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298 | (1) |
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299 | (6) |
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Setting the Current Style |
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305 | (1) |
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Checking Your Dimension Settings |
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306 | (1) |
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307 | (1) |
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Adding Dimensions to the Layout or the Model |
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307 | (1) |
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308 | (1) |
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Creating a Diameter Dimension |
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309 | (2) |
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311 | (3) |
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314 | (1) |
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Adding Text with Special Characters |
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314 | (2) |
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316 | (1) |
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316 | (1) |
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317 | (1) |
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Using the Continue Option |
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318 | (1) |
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318 | (2) |
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320 | (1) |
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Adding the Tolerance Note |
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320 | (1) |
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Updating Associative Dimensions |
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321 | (1) |
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321 | (1) |
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322 | (1) |
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Updating a Dimension Style |
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323 | (1) |
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Changing the Drawing Scale |
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324 | (3) |
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327 | (1) |
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Synch the Annotative and Viewport Scales |
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328 | (1) |
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Creating an Annotative Text Style |
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328 | (3) |
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331 | (4) |
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335 | (24) |
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335 | (1) |
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335 | (1) |
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336 | (1) |
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337 | (1) |
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Automatic Bilateral Tolerances |
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337 | (7) |
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344 | (2) |
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Creating Feature Control Frames |
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346 | (4) |
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Using Leader with Tolerances |
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350 | (2) |
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352 | (2) |
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Creating an Annotative Dimension Style |
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354 | (2) |
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356 | (3) |
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9 Section and Auxiliary Views |
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359 | (42) |
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359 | (1) |
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359 | (1) |
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359 | (2) |
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361 | (1) |
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Creating 2D Section Views |
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361 | (1) |
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362 | (4) |
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Changing Hidden Lines to Visible |
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366 | (1) |
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367 | (6) |
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373 | (1) |
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Creating the Side Section View |
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374 | (3) |
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377 | (1) |
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378 | (1) |
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Changing Associative Hatches |
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379 | (3) |
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382 | (1) |
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Drawing Auxiliary Views Using 2D |
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382 | (2) |
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Aligning the UCS with the Angled Surface |
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384 | (4) |
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Adding Visual Reference Lines |
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388 | (1) |
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388 | (1) |
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389 | (5) |
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394 | (2) |
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396 | (5) |
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10 Blocks, DesignCenter, and Tool Palettes |
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401 | (34) |
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401 | (1) |
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401 | (1) |
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402 | (1) |
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402 | (3) |
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405 | (2) |
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407 | (1) |
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407 | (2) |
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Using DesignCenter and Tool Palettes |
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409 | (5) |
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Drawing the Half-Adder Circuit |
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414 | (1) |
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415 | (1) |
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416 | (1) |
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416 | (3) |
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Creating Custom Interfaces |
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419 | (3) |
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422 | (2) |
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Using Special Characters in Programmed Commands |
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424 | (5) |
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429 | (6) |
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11 Introduction to Solid and Surface Modeling |
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435 | (56) |
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435 | (1) |
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435 | (1) |
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436 | (1) |
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The 3D Modeling Workspace |
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436 | (1) |
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437 | (1) |
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437 | (1) |
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438 | (4) |
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442 | (1) |
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443 | (1) |
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Dynamic UCS System Variable |
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444 | (1) |
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444 | (1) |
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Creating Multiple Viewports |
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445 | (3) |
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Viewports Using Different UCSs |
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448 | (2) |
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450 | (1) |
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450 | (3) |
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453 | (1) |
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Building Complex Solid Models |
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454 | (1) |
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Using the Viewport Controls |
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455 | (1) |
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456 | (1) |
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457 | (1) |
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Creating User Coordinate Systems |
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458 | (3) |
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Plotting Solid Models from Paper Space |
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461 | (2) |
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Saving Your Multiview Setup as a Template |
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463 | (1) |
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Creating Solid Models with Extrude and Revolve |
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464 | (2) |
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466 | (1) |
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467 | (2) |
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Creating Solids by Revolution |
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469 | (1) |
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469 | (2) |
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Using the Boolean Operator Intersection |
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471 | (3) |
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474 | (2) |
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476 | (2) |
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478 | (1) |
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Creating a Patch (SURFPATCH) |
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478 | (2) |
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480 | (1) |
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481 | (1) |
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481 | (2) |
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Creating a Network Surface |
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483 | (1) |
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Creating 3D Mesh Primitives |
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484 | (2) |
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486 | (5) |
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12 Changing and Plotting Solid Models |
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491 | (22) |
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491 | (1) |
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491 | (1) |
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491 | (1) |
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492 | (1) |
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492 | (1) |
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493 | (7) |
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500 | (2) |
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Placing Views to Create a Drawing |
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502 | (4) |
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506 | (2) |
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508 | (5) |
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13 Creating Assembly Drawings from Solid Models |
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513 | (42) |
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513 | (1) |
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513 | (1) |
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513 | (1) |
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514 | (1) |
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Using External References |
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515 | (3) |
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Layers and External References |
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518 | (1) |
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Inserting the Solid Part Drawings |
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519 | (4) |
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Checking for Interference |
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523 | (2) |
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Determining Mass Properties (MASSPROP) |
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525 | (1) |
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Creating an Exploded Isometric View |
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526 | (2) |
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Creating a Dynamic Block for the Ball Tags |
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528 | (3) |
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531 | (4) |
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535 | (1) |
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536 | (1) |
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537 | (3) |
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Changing an Attribute Value |
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540 | (1) |
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Changing an Externally Referenced Drawing |
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540 | (2) |
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542 | (1) |
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Extracting Attribute Information |
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542 | (6) |
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548 | (7) |
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14 Solid Modeling for Section and Auxiliary Views |
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555 | (18) |
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555 | (1) |
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Creating Sections from a Solid Model |
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555 | (1) |
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555 | (2) |
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557 | (3) |
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560 | (1) |
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561 | (1) |
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562 | (1) |
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Creating an Auxiliary View from a 3D Model |
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563 | (1) |
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564 | (1) |
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564 | (1) |
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565 | (1) |
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566 | (3) |
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569 | (4) |
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573 | (50) |
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573 | (1) |
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573 | (1) |
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573 | (1) |
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574 | (7) |
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581 | (4) |
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585 | (2) |
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587 | (3) |
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590 | (1) |
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591 | (1) |
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592 | (1) |
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593 | (1) |
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594 | (5) |
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599 | (3) |
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602 | (7) |
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609 | (14) |
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16 AutoCAD® Command Summary |
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623 | (28) |
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