Author : Timothy Sean Sykes
Publisher :
Page : 1204 pages
File Size : 17,1 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780130662705
Book Description
18: Hatching & Section Lines. The Hatch Command. Boundary Hatching. Editing Hatched Areas. Drag-and-Drop Hatching-Using the ADC to Hatch. More Section Help-The Sketch Command. Lesson 19: Many as One-Groups and Blocks. Paper Dolls-The Group Command. Groups with Backbone-The Block Command. Lesson 20: Advanced Blocks. Creating Attributes. Inserting Attributed Blocks. Editing Attributes. The Coup de Grace: Using Attribute Information in Bills of Materials, Spreadsheets, or Database Programs. V. DRAWING DISPLAY AND ARRANGEMENT. Lesson 21: Space for a New Beginning. Understanding the Terminology. Using Tiled Viewports. Setting Up a Paper Space Environment. Using Floating Viewports. And Now the Easy Way-The LayoutWizard Command. Lesson 22: After the Setup. Dimensioning and Paper Space. The Benefits of Layers in Paper Space. Using Text in Paper Space. Plotting the Layout. Tweaking the Layout. Putting It All Together-A Project. VI. AUTOCAD INTERFACES WITH DRAWINGS, IMAGES, AND OTHER PROGRAMS. Lesson 23: Externally Referenced Drawings. Working with Externally Referenced Drawings-Xrefs. Editing Xrefs. Using Our Drawing as a Reference. Binding an Xref to Your Drawing. Lesson 24: Other Application Files and AutoCAD. Two Types of Graphics. Working with Raster Images: The Image Manager. Exporting Image Files. Working with Linked Objects-Object Linking and Embedding (OLE). Lesson 25: Databases and AutoCAD. Databases-A Brief Refresher. Configuring Your Operating System to Share the Database. Linking AutoCAD to the Database-The dbConnect Manager. Okay, I'm Attached-Now How Do I Use the Database? Some Final Bits and Pieces about dbConnect. The Final Word. Afterword: Getting an Edge. Creating Your Own Hotkeys: The Acad.PGP File. The Z-Direction. Looking Ahead.