Overview
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Learn the capabilities of the utilities and properties of AutoCAD to investigate drawings and organize your designs.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Using utilities and properties to your advantage in AutoCAD
- What you should know
- Using the exercise files
- The Properties ribbon panel
- Match Properties (MATCHPROP)
- Object Color (COLOR)
- Lineweight (LWEIGHT)
- Linetype (LINETYPE)
- Transparency (CETRANSPARENCY)
- List (LIST)
- The Properties palette
- Properties palette: Objects
- Properties palette: Dimensions
- Properties palette: Text
- The Utilities ribbon panel
- ID Point (ID)
- Point Style (PTYPE)
- Quick Select (QSELECT)
- Select All (AI_SELALL)
- Quick Calculator (QUICKCALC)
- The Measure (MEASUREGEOM) command
- Quick
- Distance
- Radius
- Angle
- Area
- Volume
- Switching on Quick Properties (QPMODE)
- Quick Properties: Objects
- Quick Properties: Dimensions
- Quick Properties: Text
- Switching on Selection Cycling (SELECTIONCYCLING)
- Using Selection Cycling effectively in a drawing
- Working with the Layer Properties Manager
- Applying colors to layers
- Applying linetypes and lineweights
- Applying transparency to layers
- Working with the Status Bar in AutoCAD
- Customizing the Status Bar
- Controlling Lineweight
- Controlling Selection Cycling
- Controlling Quick Properties
- Next steps
