Syllabus

1. Advanced Text Objects

• Annotation Scale Overview
• Working with Annotative Styles
• Viewing Annotative Objects at Different Scales
• Annotation Scale and Model Space
• Modifying Annotative Objects at Different Scales
• Using Fields
• Updating and Modifying Fields
• Field Settings
• Object Fields
• Fields in Blocks
• Fields in Attributes
• Controlling the Draw Order
• Draw Order
• Draw Order of Hatching
• Masking Annotation Objects
• Adding a Wipeout

2. Working with Tables

• Working with Linked Tables
• Using the Data Link Manager
• Updating Table Links
• Creating Table Styles
• Cell Style Option

3. Dynamic Blocks

• Working with Dynamic Blocks
• Inserting Dynamic Blocks
• Modifying Dynamic Blocks
• Creating Dynamic Block Definitions
• Dynamic Block Authoring Tools
• Block Editor Contextual Tab
• Parameters
• Actions
• Parameter Sets
• Constraints
• Labeling Parameters
• Testing the Block
• Construction Geometry
• Constraints in Dynamic Blocks
• Creating a Block Table
• Additional Visibility Options

4. Attributes

• Inserting Blocks with Attributes
• What are Attributes?
• How Attribute Values Are Entered
• Attribute Visibility
• Editing Attribute Values
• Editing Attributes One at a Time
• Editing Multiple Attribute Values
• Defining Attributes
• Attribute Definition
• Associating Attributes with Blocks
• Redefining Blocks with Attributes
• Updating Blocks with New Attributes
• Extracting Attributes

Output and Publishing

• Output for Electronic Review
• Plotting Electronic Files
• Exporting DWF or PDF Files
• Autodesk Design Review
• Viewing Markups in AutoCAD
• Publishing Drawing Sets

6. Other Tools for Collaboration

• eTransmit
• Transmittal Setups
• Hyperlinks
• Using a Hyperlink

7. Online Collaboration and 2D Automation

• AutoCAD WS
• Automatic Model Documentation
• Base View
• Projected View
• Editing Drawing Views

8. Introduction to Sheet Sets

• Overview of Sheet Sets
• Understanding the Sheet Set Manager
• Creating Sheet Sets
• Sheet Set Properties
• Creating Sheets in Sheet Sets
• Organizing Sheets in Subsets
• Adding Views to Sheets
• Sheet Views Tab
• Importing Layouts to Sheet Sets
• Create a Sheet Set from Existing Layouts
• Importing a Layout to a Sheet Set

9. Publishing & Customizing Sheet Sets

• Transmitting and Archiving Sheet Sets
• Archiving Sheet Sets
• Publishing Sheet Sets
• Publish to DWFx
• Control Plotting Output
• Sheet Sets
• Customizing Sheet Sets
• Sheet Set Properties
• Creating Custom Properties
• Custom Blocks for Sheet Sets
• Creating a Title Label Block
• Creating a Callout Block

10. Managing Layers

• Working in the Layer Properties Manager
• Displaying Columns in the Layer
• Properties Manager
• Layer Settings
• Creating Layer Filters
• Using the Filter Tree
• Property Filters
• Group Filters
• Setting Layer States

11. CAD Standards

• CAD Standards Concepts
• Creating a Standards File
• Configuring Standards
• Plug-ins
• CAD Standards Status Bar Icon
• Notes
• Checking Standards
• CAD Standards Settings

12. System Setup

• Options Dialog Box
• System Variables
• Dynamic Input Settings
• Drawing Utilities
• Renaming Named Objects
• Drawing Recovery and Repair
• Checking a Drawing's Status
• Managing Plotters
• Add Plotter Wizard
• Plotter Manager
• Plotter Configuration Editor
• Plot Styles
• Concepts
• Types of Plot Style Tables
• Creating Plot Style Tables
• Attaching Plot Style Tables to Layouts

13. Introduction to Customization

• Why Customize?
• Customization Guidelines
• What Can Be Customized?
• Creating a Custom Workspace

14. Customizing the User Interface

• Using the Customize User Interface (CUI) Dialog Box
• Overview of the CUI Interface
• Customizing the Ribbon
• Customize User Interface Dialog Box
• Ribbon Contextual Tabs
• Ribbon Fold Panels
• Customizing the Quick Access Toolbar
• Multiple Quick Access Toolbars
• Customizing Menus
• Controlling Menus in Workspaces
• Modifying Shortcut Menus
• Creating Custom Toolbars
• Keyboard Shortcuts
• Mouse Buttons
• Customizing Double-Click Actions

15. Macros & Custom Routines

• Custom Commands and Macros
• Creating a New Command
• Command Macro
• Special Characters used in Macros
• Button Image
• Running Scripts
• Action Recorder
• Editing Action Macros
• Working with the Action Macro Manage
• Establishing a Base Point
• Specifying Playback Values
• Loading Custom Routines
• Loading Routines
• APPLOAD Options

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