Index
A
- absolute coordinates
- about / Absolute coordinates
- Activate... button / Creating text styles and applying text
- Activate button / Creating tables and table styles
- ACTIVATELAYER command / Advanced layer commands
- Additional Options button / Other options
- options / Configuring sheets
- shaded views / Configuring sheets
- PrintStyle table / Configuring sheets
- Add option / Measuring areas
- Add to existing Selection Set option / Verifying and modifying properties
- AIA Cad layer Guidelines (United States) / The LAYER command
- ALL method / Selecting entities
- Angle / Drawing circles and arcs
- ANGLEDIMENSION command
- about / Creating angular dimensions
- Angle option / Filleting and chamfering, Creating linear dimensions
- angles
- measuring / Measuring distances and angles
- angular dimensions
- creating / Creating angular dimensions
- Angular Dimension section
- Apply current filter to Layers toolbar option / Filtering layers
- Apply uniform scale / Inserting components
- ARC command
- about / Drawing circles and arcs
- ARCLENGTHDIMENSION command
- about / Dimensioning arcs and circles
- Arc option / Creating polylines
- arcs
- dimensioning / Dimensioning arcs and circles
- AREABOUNDARY command / Creating polylines
- areas
- measuring / Measuring areas
- Arrows section
- ATTACHDRAWING command / Managing and linking external drawings and images
- attributes
- applying / Applying attributes
- Automatic access (default entity snaps) / Entity snaps
B
- BASELINEDIMENSION command
- about / Creating linear dimensions
- Block entities / Creating components (blocks)
- Boundary definition
- about / Boundary definition
- BS-1192 (British Standards) / The LAYER command
C
- CCS command
- about / Ordinate dimensions and leaders
- Center / Drawing circles and arcs
- CHAMFER comman
- about / Filleting and chamfering
- CHAMFER command
- applying / Exercise 3.1
- CIRCLE command
- about / Drawing circles and arcs
- applying / Exercise 3.1
- circles
- dimensioning / Dimensioning arcs and circles
- CLEAN command / Cleaning the drawing
- CLIPIMAGE command
- CLOSEALL command / Opening, saving, and closing drawings
- CLOSE command / Opening, saving, and closing drawings
- Close option / Drawing lines
- CLOUD command / Creating other entities
- colors
- applying / Applying colors
- Standard Colors / Applying colors
- Custom Color / Applying colors
- command window / Understanding the user interface
- components
- creating / Creating components (blocks)
- inserting / Inserting components
- exporting / Exporting components
- editing / Editing components
- Computer Aided Design (CAD) format / Downloading and starting DraftSight
- CONTINUEDIMENSION command
- about / Creating linear dimensions
- coordinates
- about / Defining coordinates
- absolute coordinates / Absolute coordinates
- Relative Cartesian coordinates / Relative Cartesian coordinates
- Relative polar coordinates / Relative polar coordinates
- obtaining / Obtaining coordinates
- coordinate system icon / Understanding the user interface
- COPY command
- about / Moving, copying, and reflecting
- corner option / Drawing rectangles and polygons
- CPolygon method / Selecting entities
- Crossing / Trimming and extending
- CRossline / Trimming and extending
- CRossline method / Selecting entities
- Ctrl + 1 / Verifying and modifying properties
- Ctrl + N / Starting a drawing
- Ctrl + O / Opening, saving, and closing drawings
- Ctrl + S / Opening, saving, and closing drawings
- Ctrl key / The LAYER command
- cursor / Understanding the user interface
- Custom Color / Applying colors
D
- Dassault Systèmes / Downloading and starting DraftSight
- Decurve option / Creating polylines
- Defpoints
- about / Creating linear dimensions
- Delete All button / Cleaning the drawing
- Delete boundary entities button / Boundary definition
- Delete button / Creating text styles and applying text, Creating tables and table styles, Cleaning the drawing
- DELETE command / Selecting and deleting
- DELETELAYER command / Advanced layer commands
- Delete option / Offsetting and stretching
- Destination Layer option / Offsetting and stretching
- Diameter Dimension section
- Diameter option / Drawing circles and arcs
- Dimensions / Drawing rectangles and polygons
- dimensions
- linear dimensions, creating / Creating linear dimensions
- angular dimensions, creating / Creating angular dimensions
- ordinate dimensions / Ordinate dimensions and leaders
- editing / Editing dimensions
- styles, creating / Creating and managing dimension styles
- styles, settings / Creating and managing dimension styles
- Direction / Drawing circles and arcs
- DISPLAYBLOCKATTRIBUTES command / Applying attributes
- Distance option / Filleting and chamfering
- distances
- measuring / Measuring distances and angles
- Drafting Styles section / Configuring DraftSight
- DraftSight
- about / Downloading and starting DraftSight
- URL / Downloading and starting DraftSight
- configuring / Configuring DraftSight
- drawing
- starting / Starting a drawing
- setting up / Setting up a drawing
- base angle / Setting up a drawing
- length / Setting up a drawing
- angle / Setting up a drawing
- units scale / Setting up a drawing
- preview / Setting up a drawing
- opening / Opening, saving, and closing drawings
- saving / Opening, saving, and closing drawings
- closing / Opening, saving, and closing drawings
- cleaning / Cleaning the drawing
- external drawings, referencing / Referencing external drawings and images
- external drawings, managing / Managing and linking external drawings and images
- external drawings, linking / Managing and linking external drawings and images
- external drawings, clipping / Clipping external drawings and images
- drawing area / Understanding the user interface
- Drawing Settings section / Configuring DraftSight
- Draw main menu / Drawing rectangles and polygons
- Draw toolbar / Drawing rectangles and polygons
- draw toolbar / Understanding the user interface
- Dual Dimension section
- Dynamic option / Joining, lengthening, and breaking the entities
E
- Edge option / Trimming and extending
- EDITABLE command / Creating tables and table styles
- EDITBLOCKATTRIBUTE command / Applying attributes
- EDITBLOCKATTRIBUTEDEFINITION command / Applying attributes
- EDITCOMPONENT command
- about / Editing components
- Edit Component dialog box / Editing components
- EDITDIMENSION command
- about / Editing dimensions
- EDITHATCH command
- about / Editing fills and patterns
- EDITIPBLOCKATTRIBUTE command / Applying attributes
- Edit Layer Filters dialog box / Filtering layers
- EDITLENGTH command / Joining, lengthening, and breaking the entities
- EDITPOLYLINE command
- about / Creating polylines
- ELLIPSE command / Creating other entities
- Elliptical arc option / Creating other entities
- Elliptical option / Creating other entities
- entities
- about / Selecting and deleting
- removing / Selecting and deleting
- selecting / Selecting entities
- other entities, creating / Creating other entities
- joining / Joining, lengthening, and breaking the entities
- Entities scale / Applying linestyles
- Entity option / Creating linear dimensions
- ENTITYSNAP command / Entity snaps
- entity snaps
- about / Entity snaps
- Automatic access (default entity snaps) / Entity snaps
- manual access / Entity snaps
- examples / Entity snaps
- Extension entity snap / Entity snaps
- tracking / Entity snap tracking
- eRase / Trimming and extending
- ESnap function / Entity snap tracking
- ETrack / Entity snap tracking
- ETrack function / Exercise 2.1
- EXIT command / Opening, saving, and closing drawings
- EXPLODE command / Joining, lengthening, and breaking the entities
- EXPORTDRAWING command
- about / Exporting components
- EXTEND command
- about / Trimming and extending
- Extension entity snap / Entity snaps
F
- F3 key / Entity snap tracking
- F7 key / Snap and Grid
- F8 key / Ortho and Polar
- F9 key / Snap and Grid
- F10 key / Ortho and Polar
- F11 key / Entity snap tracking
- Fence method / Selecting entities
- File information / Managing and linking external drawings and images
- File Locations section / Configuring DraftSight
- Fill dialog box / Other options
- FILLET command
- about / Filleting and chamfering, Exercise 3.1
- Find nested boundaries option / Creating polylines
- Fit section
- Freehand option / Creating other entities
- FREEZELAYER command / Advanced layer commands
G
- GETDISTANCE command / Measuring distances and angles
- GETPROPERTIES command
- Global scale text box / Applying linestyles
- gradients
- applying / Applying gradients
- Graebert GmbH
- graphical auxiliary tools
- about / Graphical auxiliary tools
- Ortho function / Ortho and Polar
- Polar function / Ortho and Polar
- entity snaps / Entity snaps
- entity snaps, tracking / Entity snap tracking
- Grid function / Snap and Grid
- Snap function / Snap and Grid
- visualization tools / Visualization tools
- Grid function / Snap and Grid
H
- Halfwidth option / Creating polylines
- HATCH command
- about / Applying patterns
- Hatch dialog box / Other options
- HIDELAYER command / Advanced layer commands
- Highlight boundary entities / Boundary definition
- Horizontal and Vertical option / Creating linear dimensions
I
- image
- external images, referencing / Referencing external drawings and images
- external images, linking / Managing and linking external drawings and images
- external images, managing / Managing and linking external drawings and images
- attaching / Managing and linking external drawings and images
- external images, clipping / Clipping external drawings and images
- Incremental angles for Polar guide display list / Ortho and Polar
- Increment option / Joining, lengthening, and breaking the entities
- INSERTBLOCK command
- about / Inserting components
- Insertion method area / Creating tables and table styles
- Insertion point / Exporting components, Applying attributes
- ISO 13567 (Europe) / The LAYER command
- ISOLATELAYER command / Advanced layer commands
J
- Join option / Creating polylines
L
- Last method / Selecting entities
- LAYER command
- about / The LAYER command
- layer list, columns
- status / The LAYER command
- name / The LAYER command
- show / The LAYER command
- frozen / The LAYER command
- lock / The LAYER command
- PrintStyle / The LAYER command
- Print / The LAYER command
- description / The LAYER command
- layers
- about / Creating and managing layers
- activating / The layer list
- entities, modifying / The layer list
- turning, on / The layer list
- turning, off / The layer list
- freezing / The layer list
- thawing / The layer list
- locking / The layer list
- unlocking / The layer list
- filtering / Filtering layers
- colors, applying / Applying colors
- line styles, applying / Applying linestyles
- line weights, applying / Applying lineweights
- Layers Manager dialog box / Applying linestyles
- layouts
- Length / Drawing circles and arcs
- LINEARDIMENSION command
- about / Creating linear dimensions
- linear dimensions
- creating / Creating linear dimensions
- Linear Dimension section
- LINE command / Drawing lines, Exercise 2.1
- about / Exercise 3.1
- Linegen option / Creating polylines
- lines
- drawing / Drawing lines
- drawing, with precision / Drawing lines
- selecting / Selecting and deleting
- deleting / Selecting and deleting
- Line section
- LINESTYLE command / Applying linestyles
- Line Style dialog box
- buttons / Applying linestyles
- delete button / Applying linestyles
- activate button / Applying linestyles
- show parameters button / Applying linestyles
- line styles
- applying / Applying linestyles
- line weights
- applying / Applying lineweights
- line Width / Drawing rectangles and polygons
- Load button / Applying linestyles
- Load LineStyles box
- about / Applying linestyles
- Lock in Block option / Applying attributes
- LOCKLAYER command / Advanced layer commands
M
- MAKEBLOCKATTRIBUTE command
- about / Applying attributes
- MAKEBLOCK command
- about / Creating components (blocks)
- MATCHLAYER command / Advanced layer commands
- mEthod option / Filleting and chamfering
- MIRROR command / Moving, copying, and reflecting
- about / Moving, copying, and reflecting
- applying / Exercise 3.1
- Model tabs / Understanding the user interface
- MOVE command
- about / Moving, copying, and reflecting
- Multiple option / Filleting and chamfering, Creating polylines
N
- New... button / Creating text styles and applying text, Creating tables and table styles
- New button / Configuring sheets
- NEW command / Starting a drawing, Exercise 2.1
- about / Exercise 3.1
- Note and Text option / Creating linear dimensions
- NOTE command
O
- OFFSET command
- about / Offsetting and stretching
- applying / Exercise 3.1
- OPEN command / Opening, saving, and closing drawings
- OPTIONS command / Configuring DraftSight, Starting a drawing, Setting up a drawing, Applying linestyles
- ORDINATEDIMENSION command
- about / Ordinate dimensions and leaders
- ordinate dimensions
- about / Ordinate dimensions and leaders
- Ortho function / Ortho and Polar
P
- 3Point / Drawing circles and arcs
- palette
- properties / Understanding the user interface
- pan / Visualization tools
- PAN command / Visualization tools
- paper size / Configuring sheets
- PARALLELDIMENSION command
- about / Creating linear dimensions
- Path type / Managing and linking external drawings and images
- PATTERN command / Creating multiple equally spaced copies
- Pattern origin
- about / Pattern origin
- patterns
- applying / Applying patterns
- Percent option / Joining, lengthening, and breaking the entities
- plotter driver / Configuring sheets
- Polar function / Ortho and Polar
- POLYGON command
- about / Drawing rectangles and polygons
- Side.Length option / Drawing rectangles and polygons
- corner option / Drawing rectangles and polygons
- sides option / Drawing rectangles and polygons
- Polyline option / Filleting and chamfering
- polylines
- creating / Creating polylines
- about / Creating polylines
- Position / Inserting components
- Position below last position option / Applying attributes
- Predefined hatch patterns / The Predefined and Custom types
- Predefined type
- about / The Predefined and Custom types
- PREVIEW command
- about / Previewing and printing
- Previous method / Selecting entities
- PRINT command / Previewing and printing
- about / Previewing and printing
- PRINTCONFIGURATION command / Configuring sheets
- Print configuration option / Configuring sheets
- printer driver / Configuring sheets
- printing
- from sheets / Creating and managing sheets for printing
- print range / Configuring sheets
- print scale / Configuring sheets
- print styles
- PrintStyle table / Configuring sheets
- Profiles section / Configuring DraftSight
- properties
- verfying / Verifying and modifying properties
- modifying / Verifying and modifying properties
- PROPERTIES command
- PROPERTIES palette / Editing dimensions
- PROPERTYPAINTER command / Exercise 5.1
R
- Radial section
- Radius / Drawing circles and arcs
- Radius option / Filleting and chamfering, Exercise 3.1, Creating other entities
- REBUILD command / Visualization tools
- RECTANGLE command
- about / Drawing rectangles and polygons
- Rectangular option / Creating other entities
- Referenced Files area / Managing and linking external drawings and images
- REFERENCES command
- Relative Cartesian coordinates
- about / Relative Cartesian coordinates
- Relative polar coordinates
- about / Relative polar coordinates
- Remove from Selection Set / Verifying and modifying properties
- Rename... button / Creating text styles and applying text, Creating tables and table styles
- Reverse Filter option / Filtering layers
- RING command / Creating other entities
- ROTATE command
- about / Rotating and scaling
- Rotated option / Creating linear dimensions
- Rotation / Drawing rectangles and polygons
- Rotation option / Creating other entities
- Rows area / Creating tables and table styles
S
- SAVEAS command / Starting a drawing
- Save as type list / Opening, saving, and closing drawings
- SAVE command / Opening, saving, and closing drawings
- Scale / Inserting components
- SCALE command
- about / Rotating and scaling
- Select component / Editing components
- Select Sheets button
- about / Previewing and printing
- Settings option / Verifying and modifying properties, Creating text styles and applying text
- shaded views / Configuring sheets
- SHEET command / Creating and managing sheets for printing
- sheets
- managing, for printing / Creating and managing sheets for printing
- creating, for printing / Creating and managing sheets for printing
- configuring / Configuring sheets
- Sheets tabs / Understanding the user interface
- Shift key / The LAYER command
- SHOWLAYERS command / Advanced layer commands
- Show referenced entities / Cleaning the drawing
- sides option / Drawing rectangles and polygons
- SIMPLENOTE command / Creating text styles and applying text
- SMARTLEADER command
- about / Ordinate dimensions and leaders
- SMARTNEW command / Starting a drawing
- SMARTSELECT command / Verifying and modifying properties
- Snap function / Snap and Grid
- Specify entities button / Boundary definition
- specify Entity option / Measuring areas
- Specify later it is possible to define position / Inserting components
- SPLIT command / Joining, lengthening, and breaking the entities
- Standard Colors / Applying colors
- standard toolbar / Understanding the user interface
- status bar / Understanding the user interface
- STRETCH command
- about / Offsetting and stretching
- Style$ list / Creating text styles and applying text
- Subtract option / Measuring areas
- System Options section / Configuring DraftSight
T
- TABLE command / Creating tables and table styles
- tables
- creating / Creating tables and table styles
- styles, creating / Creating tables and table styles
- TABLESTYLE command / Creating tables and table styles
- template
- creating / Starting a drawing
- text
- applying / Creating text styles and applying text
- text section
- TEXTSTYLE command
- text styles
- creating / Creating text styles and applying text
- THAWLAYERS command / Advanced layer commands
- Through point option / Offsetting and stretching
- TOACTIVELAYER command / Advanced layer commands
- tolerance section
- toolbar
- layers / Understanding the user interface
- properties / Understanding the user interface
- modifying / Understanding the user interface
- TRIM command
- about / Trimming and extending
- applying / Exercise 3.1
- Trim option / Filleting and chamfering
- True Color / Applying colors
- Ttr / Drawing circles and arcs
- TTT / Drawing circles and arcs
U
- UNDOLAYER command / Advanced layer commands
- Undo option / Drawing lines, Filleting and chamfering, Creating linear dimensions
- UNISOLATELAYER command / Advanced layer commands
- UNITSYSTEM command / Setting up a drawing
- UnitSystem list / Exporting components
- UNLOCKLAYER command / Advanced layer commands
- Use previous settings option / Previewing and printing
- Use properties of selected hatch button / Other options
- User-defined location / Pattern origin
- User-defined type
- about / User-defined type
- user interface
- about / Understanding the user interface
- drawing area / Understanding the user interface
- cursor / Understanding the user interface
- coordinate system icon / Understanding the user interface
- main-menu / Understanding the user interface
- standard toolbar / Understanding the user interface
- layers toolbar / Understanding the user interface
- properties toolbar / Understanding the user interface
- toolbar, drawing / Understanding the user interface
- toolbar, modifying / Understanding the user interface
- palette, properties / Understanding the user interface
- Model tabs / Understanding the user interface
- Sheets tabs / Understanding the user interface
- command window / Understanding the user interface
- status bar / Understanding the user interface
- User Preferences section / Configuring DraftSight
V
- VIEWPORT command / Creating viewports
- viewports
- creating / Creating viewports
- visualization, adjusting / Adjusting viewport visualization, scale, and layers
- and spaces, navigating between / Adjusting viewport visualization, scale, and layers
- visualization tools
- about / Visualization tools
- zoom in/zoom out / Visualization tools
- zoom fit / Visualization tools
- pan / Visualization tools
- fit / Visualization tools
- previous / Visualization tools
W
- WELD command / Joining, lengthening, and breaking the entities
- Width option / Creating polylines
- WPolygon method / Selecting entities
Z
- ZOOMBACK / Visualization tools
- ZOOM command / Visualization tools
- zoom fit / Visualization tools
- zoom in/zoom out / Visualization tools