Autodesk 057B1-41A111-1001 - AutoCAD LT 2010, User Manual

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Include Information with Projects, Groups, Layouts, and
Vi e w s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 2
Publish Layouts and Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Use Projects in a Team . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Use Projects in a Multiple Operating System Environment . . . . 96
Chapter 6 Create and Modify Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Control the Properties of Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Work with Object Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Overview of Object Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Display and Change the Properties of Objects . . . . . . . 100
Copy Properties Between Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Work with Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Overview of Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Use Layers to Manage Complexity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Create and Name Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Change Layer Settings and Layer Properties . . . . . . . . 106
Override Layer Properties in Viewports . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Group and Sort the List of Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Reconcile New Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Work with Layer States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Work with Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Set the Current Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Change the Color of an Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Use Color Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Work with Linetypes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Overview of Linetypes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Load Linetypes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Set the Current Linetype . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Change the Linetype of an Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Control Linetype Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Display Linetypes on Short Segments and Polylines . . . . 123
Control Lineweights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Overview of Lineweights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Display Lineweights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Set the Current Lineweight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Change the Lineweight of an Object . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Control the Display Properties of Certain Objects . . . . . . . . 127
Control the Display of Polylines, Hatches, Gradient Fills,
Lineweights, and Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Control the Transparency of Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Control How Overlapping Objects Are Displayed . . . . . . 129
Control the Display of Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Use Precision Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Work with the User Coordinate System (UCS) . . . . . . . . . . 130
Overview of the User Coordinate System (UCS) . . . . . . 130
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