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... standards for text, dimensions, and linetypes. A text style, for example, establishes font and format characteristics such as a member of a roadway plan uses styles to industry or company standards by creating styles that conform to standards. Establish Drafting Standards | 9 With AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT, you can save styles, layers, layouts, title block and border information...
... standards for text, dimensions, and linetypes. A text style, for example, establishes font and format characteristics such as a member of a roadway plan uses styles to industry or company standards by creating styles that conform to standards. Establish Drafting Standards | 9 With AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT, you can save styles, layers, layouts, title block and border information...
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... associative, you move the text, the leader is a time-consuming task for the manual drafter. In this task. With AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT, you must erase and then redraw the dimensions. You can create leader lines with associated text. With manual drafting, if you... resize any part of text in paper space. Changes to the underlying model. If you can often involve relettering the whole drawing. You can easily revise the content, font...
... associative, you move the text, the leader is a time-consuming task for the manual drafter. In this task. With AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT, you must erase and then redraw the dimensions. You can create leader lines with associated text. With manual drafting, if you... resize any part of text in paper space. Changes to the underlying model. If you can often involve relettering the whole drawing. You can easily revise the content, font...
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...or delete it when you no scaling is applied, which determines the following properties: ■ Font controls the shapes of the characters ■ Font style controls the italic and boldface formatting for TrueType fonts ■ Height controls the size in drawing units of the text ■ Obliquing angle controls...use the Text Style dialog box. Notes and labels created in model space must define any text style that style is regenerated using the new font. Work with Text Styles Every text object in a drawing has a text style associated with it . When you create notes and labels ...
...or delete it when you no scaling is applied, which determines the following properties: ■ Font controls the shapes of the characters ■ Font style controls the italic and boldface formatting for TrueType fonts ■ Height controls the size in drawing units of the text ■ Obliquing angle controls...use the Text Style dialog box. Notes and labels created in model space must define any text style that style is regenerated using the new font. Work with Text Styles Every text object in a drawing has a text style associated with it . When you create notes and labels ...
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Term DXF explode extents external reference (xref) fill floating viewports font freeze geometry graphics area graphics screen grid grid limits Grip modes grips i-drop Definition For drawing interchange format. In the case of the drawing ...a block, dimension, or polyline, into another drawing. (XREF) A solid color covering an area bounded by which includes letters, numbers, punctuation marks, and symbols of an AutoCAD drawing file for exporting drawings to aid drawing. An area covered with the pointing device instead of the block. A setting that appear on selected layers.
Term DXF explode extents external reference (xref) fill floating viewports font freeze geometry graphics area graphics screen grid grid limits Grip modes grips i-drop Definition For drawing interchange format. In the case of the drawing ...a block, dimension, or polyline, into another drawing. (XREF) A solid color covering an area bounded by which includes letters, numbers, punctuation marks, and symbols of an AutoCAD drawing file for exporting drawings to aid drawing. An area covered with the pointing device instead of the block. A setting that appear on selected layers.
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... definition (symbol) tables. See linetype. How a line or type of this model is placed in a three-dimensional coordinate space called line font. (LINETYPE) A width value that are like transparent acetate overlays on a drawing. or three-dimensional representation of an object. See also paper...A type of display that display views. See block reference. A two- Term InfoCenter instance island layer layout layout viewports limits line font line width linetype lineweight mirror mode model model viewports model space named object Definition A tool in the upper-right edge of the ...
... definition (symbol) tables. See linetype. How a line or type of this model is placed in a three-dimensional coordinate space called line font. (LINETYPE) A width value that are like transparent acetate overlays on a drawing. or three-dimensional representation of an object. See also paper...A type of display that display views. See block reference. A two- Term InfoCenter instance island layer layout layout viewports limits line font line width linetype lineweight mirror mode model model viewports model space named object Definition A tool in the upper-right edge of the ...
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...fills, 119, 120, 162 fitting options for dimensions, 141 flipping objects (mirroring objects), 84, 92, 104 floating viewports (layout viewports), 146, 163 fonts, 128, 162 formatting dimensions, 140 drawing units, 46 Text Formatting, 126 fractions, 46, 47 freezing layers, 51, 162 G geometry, 162 global...117, 118, 156 instances (block references), 163 Intersection object snap, 78 intersection snap, 97 islands, 120, 163 ISO standards, 44, 119 italic fonts, 128 J jagged display, 40 JIS standards, 44 JOIN command, 66 joining polylines, 66 K keyboard shortcuts (shortcut keys), 166 keywords in Help ...
...fills, 119, 120, 162 fitting options for dimensions, 141 flipping objects (mirroring objects), 84, 92, 104 floating viewports (layout viewports), 146, 163 fonts, 128, 162 formatting dimensions, 140 drawing units, 46 Text Formatting, 126 fractions, 46, 47 freezing layers, 51, 162 G geometry, 162 global...117, 118, 156 instances (block references), 163 Intersection object snap, 78 intersection snap, 97 islands, 120, 163 ISO standards, 44, 119 italic fonts, 128 J jagged display, 40 JIS standards, 44 JOIN command, 66 joining polylines, 66 K keyboard shortcuts (shortcut keys), 166 keywords in Help ...
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..., 139 leader objects, 134 left mouse button, 30 lengthening objects, 88 libraries block libraries, 116 DesignCenter, 118 DesignCenter Online, 118 limits, grid, 72, 162 line fonts. See zooming in or out markup revision clouds, 110 matching properties between objects, 108 measurement units, 3, 45, 46, 141 mechanical drawing template files, 45 mechanical...
..., 139 leader objects, 134 left mouse button, 30 lengthening objects, 88 libraries block libraries, 116 DesignCenter, 118 DesignCenter Online, 118 limits, grid, 72, 162 line fonts. See zooming in or out markup revision clouds, 110 matching properties between objects, 108 measurement units, 3, 45, 46, 141 mechanical drawing template files, 45 mechanical...
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... for dimensions, 141 tool palettes, 167 tooltips, 76 topics in Help system, display, 24 tree views, 167 trim boundaries, 106 TRIM command, 84, 88 TrueType fonts, 128 tutorial drawing template files, 45 U UCS (user coordinate system), 167 UCS icon, 167 undoing actions, 34 units of measurement in dimensions, 141 drawing units...
... for dimensions, 141 tool palettes, 167 tooltips, 76 topics in Help system, display, 24 tree views, 167 trim boundaries, 106 TRIM command, 84, 88 TrueType fonts, 128 tutorial drawing template files, 45 U UCS (user coordinate system), 167 UCS icon, 167 undoing actions, 34 units of measurement in dimensions, 141 drawing units...