! (exclamation point), for viewing AutoCAD variable values, [2]
" (quotation marks)
and parentheses in expressions
using within quoted strings
(), matching
(semicolon) in VLISP comment styles
) VLISP comment styles
), as AutoLISP comment code, [2]
* (asterisk)
as Apropos wild-card character
by file name in text editor status bar
*error* function
for document namespaces, [2]
overview, [2]
*Last-Value* variable, [2]
*lostAssociativity* variable, [2]
*Model_Space block definition
*ModelSpace* variable, [2], [3], [4]
*obj* system variable
copying Inspect objects to
copying symbol name from Apropos
copying trace stack elements to
copying value from Frame Binding window to
copying value from Inspect window
copying value from Watch window
*Paper_Space block definition
*polyToChange* variable, [2], [3]
*reactorsToRemove* variable
*Safe-to-Delete* function
+= operator
, as AutoLISP comment code, [2]
-= operator
._xx files
.c files
.cch files
.cpp files
.dcl file extension, [2]
.dsk files
.fas files
described
directory for
loading
loading from project, [2]
.hh files
.hpp files
.lsp files
described
finding strings in
loading from project
.NET assembly
load
.NET Framework
about
loading applications
.ob files
.pdb files
.prj file extension
.prj files
closing
described
.prv file extension
.sql files
.vlx file extension
.vlx files, [2], [3], [4], [5], [6]
// (slashes) for DCL comments
//, as DCL comment code
2D Cartesian coordinates
coordinate filters
entering
2D coordinates
Cartesian
entering
polar
2D Drafting & Annotation workspace
2D entities, coordinate systems associated with
2D isometric views
2D Navigation wheel
2D objects, [2]
editing
flattened views of 3D objects
positioning
sectioning
simplified display
simulating 3D
2D points
converting 3D points to
converting lists of, to lists of lists
2D polar coordinates, [2]
2D UCS icon
2D wireframe visual style
32-bit integer values\
3D arrays
3D Cartesian coordinates
coordinate filters
defining 3D views
entering
3D command
3D coordinates
Cartesian coordinates
cylindrical coordinates
entering
spherical coordinates
3D DWF files
3D DWF Publish dialog box
3D DWFx files
3D Edit Bar shortcut menu
3D entities, coordinate systems associated with
3D Free Orbit curson icons
3D meshes
about
best practices
converting objects to
converting to 3D solids
creases, [2], [3]
creating
creating from other objects
custom meshes
density
editing
extruding, [2]
faces
facets
gizmos
legacy meshes
predefined meshes
primitives
properties
refining, [2]
selection filters
self-intersections
smoothness
splitting faces, [2]
tessellation, [2]
types of
3D modeling
Line object
mirroring (illustration)
Polyline3d object
rotating (illustration)
Solid3D object
solids
analyzing properties (list)
combining
methods for creating (list)
wireframes, creating
3D Modeling tab (Options dialog box)
3D Modeling workspace
3D models
3D solids
3D surfaces
3D views
about, [2], [3]
advantages
backgrounds
cameras and
converting to meshes
converting to objects
cross sections
dynamic views
edge display
editing
flattened views of
gizmos
grips
history
interference problems in
live sectioning
meshes, [2]
motion path animations
navigating views
outputting physical models
parallel views
performance issues and, [2], [3]
perspective views, [2]
preview animations
properties
rendering
shadows
subobjects
sun and sky
thickness
types of
viewing
visual styles
weblights
wireframes
3D mouse devices
3D Move gizmo, [2]
3D Move Gizmo shortcut menu
3D Object Snap tab (Drafting Settings dialog box)
3D objects
aligning
arrays
AutoCAD LT functionality
Block Editor and
coordinates
edge display
exporting
extending
FBX files and, [2]
filleting
flattened views of
live sectioning
lofting, [2]
mirroring
modifying
motion path animations and
outputting physical models
rendering
rotating
shadows
simulating in 2D
smoothness
subobjects
surfaces
sweeping
thickness
trimming
visual styles
wireframes
3D Orbit tool
3D point clouds
about
AutoCAD LT functionality
editing
inserting data
locking
3D points
at specified angle and distance from a point
converting lists of, to list of lists
converting to 2D points
3D polylines, creating
3D printing
3D printing services
3D Rotate gizmo, [2]
3D Rotate Gizmo shortcut menu
3D Scale gizmo
3D Scale Gizmo shortcut menu
3D solid edges
imprinting objects on
modifying, [2]
redundant edges
3D solid faces
imprinting objects on
modifying, [2]
redundant faces
rendering
3D solid vertices
modifying, [2]
redundant vertices
3D solids
calculating geometric data for
chamfering
cleaning
colors
composite solids, [2]
converting meshes to
converting objects to, [2]
converting surfaces to
converting to objects
coordinates
creating
edges on, [2]
exporting
extruding, [2]
faces
filleting
flattened views of
gizmos
grips, [2]
history, [2]
imprinting objects on
interferences
lofting, [2], [3]
mass properties
meshes, [2]
modifying
polysolids
pressing or pulling areas
primitives
properties
revolving, [2]
separating into original shapes
shells
slicing
smoothness
solid primitives, [2]
subobjects
surfaces
sweeping, [2]
types
types of
validating
vertices
wireframes
3D space
3D models
coordinates
elevations
object snaps
UCSs
workplanes
3D Studio File Import Options dialog box
3D Studio files
3D surfaces, [2]
composite solids
composite surfaces
edges, [2]
editing
extending
faces and
filletting
modifying
NURBS surfaces
properties
reconstructing
separating into original shapes
surface analysis
trimming
vertices
3D UCS icon
3D views
architectural design conventions
cameras in
changing viewpoints
defining
dynamic viewing
flying through models
gizmos in
interactive 3D views
isometric views
mechanical design conventions
motion path animations
moving objects in
multiple UCSs
navigation tools
preset views
preview animations
rotating
rotating objects in
scaling objects in
UCS orientation
walking through models
3DALIGN command
3DARRAY command
3DCLIP command
3DCONFIG command
about
Adaptive Degradation and Performace Tuning dialog box
Performance Tuner Log
3Dconnexion 3D mouse
3Dconnexion Settings dialog box
3DCONVERSIONMODE system variable
3DCORBIT command
3DDISTANCE command
3DDWF command
3DDWFPREC system variable
3DEDITBAR command
3DFACE command
3dface group codes
3DFLY command
3DFORBIT command
3DMESH command
3DMOVE command
3DORBIT command
3DORBIT shortcut menu
3DORBITCTR command
3DOSMODE system variable
3DOSNAP command
3DPAN command
3dPoint->2dPoint function
3DPOLY command
3DPRINT command
Create STL File dialog box
3DROTATE command
3ds Max, [2]
3ds MAX files
3DSCALE command
3DSELECTIONMODE system variable
3DSIN command
3dsolid group codes
3DSolid object
example code
3DSWIVEL command
3DWALK command
about
Animation panel
Animation Settings dialog box
Position Locator window
Walk and Fly Navigation Mappings dialog box
3DZOOM command
> button (Project Properties dialog box)
_ (underscore)
for foreign-language support
for VLISP comments
_$ prompt, in Console window
{}, in DCL
| (vertical bar) for VLISP comments
A
abbreviations for commands
ABOUT command
absolute coordinates
2D coordinates
3D coordinates
entering
absolute hyperlinks, [2]
absolute menu referencing
absolute xref paths
ACAD-REQUEST trace keyword frame
acad.dcl file
acad.lsp file
acad.unt. See unit definition file
ACAD_LAYERSTATE dictionary
acad_proxy_entity group codes
ACAD_PROXY_OBJECT group codes
acaddoc.lsp file
ACADLSPASDOC system variable
ACADMAINTVER DXF header variable
ACADPREFIX system variable
ACADVER DXF header variable
ACADVER system variable
ACB files
acByLayer constant
acceleration
accelerator keys, [2], [3], [4]
Access databases, [2]
accessing
configuring
exporting extracted data to
accessing
AutoCAD groups
AutoCAD objects with ActiveX, [2]
circle object example
moving forward from the application object
overview, [2]
returning pointer to AutoCAD object
specifying VLA-object type
using Inspect tool to view object properties, [2]
dictionary entries, [2]
entities
Help files, [2]
symbol table entries
user input
calibrating tablets
summarized
AcCmColor object
assigning colors to objects
AccXES controller (Xerox)
ACDBDICTIONARYWDFLT group codes
AcDbMentalRayRenderSettings
ACDBPLACEHOLDER group codes
AcDbRenderGlobal
AcDbRenderSettings
ACFD_FIELD_VALUE key
ACI colors
ACI numbers
assigning colors to objects
layers
ACIS files, [2]
ACISIN command
ACISOUT command
ACISOUTVER system variable
ACMD-CALLBACK trace keyword frame
Acrobat PDF files
layers and
plotting
underlays, [2]
ACSM_DATABASE_CHANGED property
ACSM_DATABASE_CREATED property
ACSM_DATABASE_IS_CLOSING property
ACSM_DATABASE_LOAD_BEGIN property
ACSM_DATABASE_LOAD_COMPLETE property
ACSM_DATABASE_LOAD_FAILED property
ACSM_DATABASE_LOCKED property
ACSM_DATABASE_OPENED property
ACSM_DATABASE_UNLOCKED property
AcSmAcDbBlockRecordReference object
AcSmAcDbBlockRecordReference.Clear method
AcSmAcDbBlockRecordReference.GetAcDbHandle method
AcSmAcDbBlockRecordReference.GetAcSmAcDbDatabase method
AcSmAcDbBlockRecordReference.GetDatabase method
AcSmAcDbBlockRecordReference.GetDirectlyOwnedObjects method
AcSmAcDbBlockRecordReference.GetFileName method
AcSmAcDbBlockRecordReference.GetIsDirty method
AcSmAcDbBlockRecordReference.GetName method
AcSmAcDbBlockRecordReference.GetObjectId method
AcSmAcDbBlockRecordReference.GetOwner method
AcSmAcDbBlockRecordReference.GetOwnerAcDbHandle method
AcSmAcDbBlockRecordReference.GetTypeName method
AcSmAcDbBlockRecordReference.InitNew method
AcSmAcDbBlockRecordReference.Load method
AcSmAcDbBlockRecordReference.ResolveAcDbObject method
AcSmAcDbBlockRecordReference.ResolveFileName method
AcSmAcDbBlockRecordReference.Save method
AcSmAcDbBlockRecordReference.SetAcDbHandle method
AcSmAcDbBlockRecordReference.SetAcDbObject method
AcSmAcDbBlockRecordReference.SetFileName method
AcSmAcDbBlockRecordReference.SetName method
AcSmAcDbBlockRecordReference.SetOwner method
AcSmAcDbBlockRecordReference.SetOwnerAcDbHandle method
AcSmAcDbDatabase object
AcSmAcDbDatabase.GetAcDbDatabase method
AcSmAcDbDatabase.GetIAcadDatabase method
AcSmAcDbLayoutReference object
AcSmAcDbLayoutReference.Clear method
AcSmAcDbLayoutReference.GetAcDbHandle method
AcSmAcDbLayoutReference.GetAcSmAcDbDatabase method
AcSmAcDbLayoutReference.GetDatabase method
AcSmAcDbLayoutReference.GetDirectlyOwnedObjects method
AcSmAcDbLayoutReference.GetFileName method
AcSmAcDbLayoutReference.GetIsDirty method
AcSmAcDbLayoutReference.GetName method
AcSmAcDbLayoutReference.GetObjectId method
AcSmAcDbLayoutReference.GetOwner method
AcSmAcDbLayoutReference.GetOwnerAcDbHandle method
AcSmAcDbLayoutReference.GetTypeName method
AcSmAcDbLayoutReference.InitNew method
AcSmAcDbLayoutReference.Load method
AcSmAcDbLayoutReference.ResolveAcDbObject method
AcSmAcDbLayoutReference.ResolveFileName method
AcSmAcDbLayoutReference.Save method
AcSmAcDbLayoutReference.SetAcDbHandle method
AcSmAcDbLayoutReference.SetAcDbObject method
AcSmAcDbLayoutReference.SetFileName method
AcSmAcDbLayoutReference.SetName method
AcSmAcDbLayoutReference.SetOwner method
AcSmAcDbLayoutReference.SetOwnerAcDbHandle method
AcSmAcDbObjectReference object
AcSmAcDbObjectReference.Clear method
AcSmAcDbObjectReference.GetAcDbHandle method
AcSmAcDbObjectReference.GetAcSmAcDbDatabase method
AcSmAcDbObjectReference.GetDatabase method
AcSmAcDbObjectReference.GetDirectlyOwnedObjects method
AcSmAcDbObjectReference.GetFileName method
AcSmAcDbObjectReference.GetIsDirty method
AcSmAcDbObjectReference.GetObjectId method
AcSmAcDbObjectReference.GetOwner method
AcSmAcDbObjectReference.GetTypeName method
AcSmAcDbObjectReference.InitNew method
AcSmAcDbObjectReference.Load method
AcSmAcDbObjectReference.ResolveAcDbObject method
AcSmAcDbObjectReference.ResolveFileName method
AcSmAcDbObjectReference.Save method
AcSmAcDbObjectReference.SetAcDbHandle method
AcSmAcDbObjectReference.SetAcDbObject method
AcSmAcDbObjectReference.SetFileName method
AcSmAcDbObjectReference.SetOwner method
AcSmAcDbViewReference object
AcSmAcDbViewReference.Clear method
AcSmAcDbViewReference.GetAcDbHandle method
AcSmAcDbViewReference.GetAcSmAcDbDatabase method
AcSmAcDbViewReference.GetDatabase method
AcSmAcDbViewReference.GetDirectlyOwnedObjects method
AcSmAcDbViewReference.GetFileName method
AcSmAcDbViewReference.GetIsDirty method
AcSmAcDbViewReference.GetName method
AcSmAcDbViewReference.GetObjectId method
AcSmAcDbViewReference.GetOwner method
AcSmAcDbViewReference.GetOwnerAcDbHandle method
AcSmAcDbViewReference.GetTypeName method
AcSmAcDbViewReference.InitNew method
AcSmAcDbViewReference.Load method
AcSmAcDbViewReference.ResolveAcDbObject method
AcSmAcDbViewReference.ResolveFileName method
AcSmAcDbViewReference.Save method
AcSmAcDbViewReference.SetAcDbHandle method
AcSmAcDbViewReference.SetAcDbObject method
AcSmAcDbViewReference.SetFileName method
AcSmAcDbViewReference.SetName method
AcSmAcDbViewReference.SetOwner method
AcSmAcDbViewReference.SetOwnerAcDbHandle method
AcSmCalloutBlockReferences object
AcSmCalloutBlockReferences.Add method
AcSmCalloutBlockReferences.Clear method
AcSmCalloutBlockReferences.GetCustomPropertyBag method
AcSmCalloutBlockReferences.GetDatabase method
AcSmCalloutBlockReferences.GetDesc method
AcSmCalloutBlockReferences.GetDirectlyOwnedObjects method
AcSmCalloutBlockReferences.GetEnumerator method
AcSmCalloutBlockReferences.GetIsDirty method
AcSmCalloutBlockReferences.GetName method
AcSmCalloutBlockReferences.GetObjectId method
AcSmCalloutBlockReferences.GetOwner method
AcSmCalloutBlockReferences.GetTypeName method
AcSmCalloutBlockReferences.InitNew method
AcSmCalloutBlockReferences.Load method
AcSmCalloutBlockReferences.Remove method
AcSmCalloutBlockReferences.Save method
AcSmCalloutBlockReferences.SetDesc method
AcSmCalloutBlockReferences.SetName method
AcSmCalloutBlockReferences.SetOwner method
AcSmCalloutBlocks object
AcSmCalloutBlocks.Add method
AcSmCalloutBlocks.Clear method
AcSmCalloutBlocks.GetCustomPropertyBag method
AcSmCalloutBlocks.GetDatabase method
AcSmCalloutBlocks.GetDesc method
AcSmCalloutBlocks.GetDirectlyOwnedObjects method
AcSmCalloutBlocks.GetEnumerator method
AcSmCalloutBlocks.GetIsDirty method
AcSmCalloutBlocks.GetName method
AcSmCalloutBlocks.GetObjectId method
AcSmCalloutBlocks.GetOwner method
AcSmCalloutBlocks.GetTypeName method
AcSmCalloutBlocks.InitNew method
AcSmCalloutBlocks.Load method
AcSmCalloutBlocks.Remove method
AcSmCalloutBlocks.Save method
AcSmCalloutBlocks.SetDesc method
AcSmCalloutBlocks.SetName method
AcSmCalloutBlocks.SetOwner method
AcSmCustomPropertyBag object
AcSmCustomPropertyBag.Clear method
AcSmCustomPropertyBag.GetDatabase method
AcSmCustomPropertyBag.GetDirectlyOwnedObjects method
AcSmCustomPropertyBag.GetIsDirty method
AcSmCustomPropertyBag.GetObjectId method
AcSmCustomPropertyBag.GetOwner method
AcSmCustomPropertyBag.GetProperty method
AcSmCustomPropertyBag.GetPropertyEnumerator method
AcSmCustomPropertyBag.GetTypeName method
AcSmCustomPropertyBag.InitNew method
AcSmCustomPropertyBag.Load method
AcSmCustomPropertyBag.Save method
AcSmCustomPropertyBag.SetOwner method
AcSmCustomPropertyBag.SetProperty method
AcSmCustomPropertyValue object
AcSmCustomPropertyValue.Clear method
AcSmCustomPropertyValue.GetDatabase method
AcSmCustomPropertyValue.GetDirectlyOwnedObjects method
AcSmCustomPropertyValue.GetFlags method
AcSmCustomPropertyValue.GetIsDirty method
AcSmCustomPropertyValue.GetObjectId method
AcSmCustomPropertyValue.GetOwner method
AcSmCustomPropertyValue.GetTypeName method
AcSmCustomPropertyValue.GetValue method
AcSmCustomPropertyValue.InitNew method
AcSmCustomPropertyValue.Load method
AcSmCustomPropertyValue.Save method
AcSmCustomPropertyValue.SetFlags method
AcSmCustomPropertyValue.SetOwner method
AcSmCustomPropertyValue.SetValue method
AcSmDatabase object
AcSmDatabase.Clear method
AcSmDatabase.FindObject method
AcSmDatabase.GetCustomPropertyBag method
AcSmDatabase.GetDatabase method
AcSmDatabase.GetDbVersion method
AcSmDatabase.GetDesc method
AcSmDatabase.GetDirectlyOwnedObjects method
AcSmDatabase.GetEnumerator method
AcSmDatabase.GetFileName method
AcSmDatabase.GetIsDirty method
AcSmDatabase.GetIsTemporary method
AcSmDatabase.GetLockOwnerInfo method
AcSmDatabase.GetLockStatus method
AcSmDatabase.GetName method
AcSmDatabase.GetNewObjectId method
AcSmDatabase.GetObjectId method
AcSmDatabase.GetOwner method
AcSmDatabase.GetSheetSet method
AcSmDatabase.GetTemplateDstFileName method
AcSmDatabase.GetTypeName method
AcSmDatabase.InitNew method
AcSmDatabase.Load method
AcSmDatabase.LoadFromFile method
AcSmDatabase.LockDb method
AcSmDatabase.NotifyRegisteredEventHandlers method
AcSmDatabase.Register method
AcSmDatabase.RegisterOwner method
AcSmDatabase.Save method
AcSmDatabase.SetDesc method
AcSmDatabase.SetFileName method
AcSmDatabase.SetIsTemporary method
AcSmDatabase.SetName method
AcSmDatabase.SetOwner method
AcSmDatabase.UnlockDb method
AcSmDatabase.Unregister method
AcSmDatabase.UpdateInMemoryDwgHints method
AcSmDSTFiler object
AcSmDSTFiler.Close method
AcSmDSTFiler.GetCurrentObject method
AcSmDSTFiler.GetCurrentObjectHeaderInfo method
AcSmDSTFiler.GetDatabase method
AcSmDSTFiler.GetRevisionNumber method
AcSmDSTFiler.Init method
AcSmDSTFiler.PopCurrentReadObject method
AcSmDSTFiler.PopCurrentWriteObject method
AcSmDSTFiler.PushCurrentReadObject method
AcSmDSTFiler.PushCurrentWriteObject method
AcSmDSTFiler.ReadObject method
AcSmDSTFiler.ReadProperty method
AcSmDSTFiler.ReadRawData method
AcSmDSTFiler.WriteObject method
AcSmDSTFiler.WriteProperty method
AcSmDSTFiler.WriteRawData method
AcSmEvent object
AcSmEvent.ACSM_DATABASE_CHANGED property
AcSmEvent.ACSM_DATABASE_CREATED property
AcSmEvent.ACSM_DATABASE_IS_CLOSING property
AcSmEvent.ACSM_DATABASE_LOAD_BEGIN property
AcSmEvent.ACSM_DATABASE_LOAD_COMPLETE property
AcSmEvent.ACSM_DATABASE_LOAD_FAILED property
AcSmEvent.ACSM_DATABASE_LOCKED property
AcSmEvent.ACSM_DATABASE_OPENED property
AcSmEvent.ACSM_DATABASE_UNLOCKED property
AcSmEvent.CALLOUT_BLOCK_ADDED property
AcSmEvent.CALLOUT_BLOCK_DELETED property
AcSmEvent.MODEL_RESOURCE_ADDED property
AcSmEvent.MODEL_RESOURCE_DELETED property
AcSmEvent.SHEET_ADDED property
AcSmEvent.SHEET_DELETED property
AcSmEvent.SHEET_SELECTION_SET_CREATED property
AcSmEvent.SHEET_SELECTION_SET_DELETED property
AcSmEvent.SHEET_SUBSET_CREATED property
AcSmEvent.SHEET_SUBSET_DELETED property
AcSmEvent.SHEET_VIEW_CATEGORY_DELETED property, [2]
AcSmEvent.SHEET_VIEW_CREATED property
AcSmEvent.SHEET_VIEW_DELETED property
AcSmEvent.SHEETS_RENUMBERED property
AcSmFileReference object
AcSmFileReference.Clear method
AcSmFileReference.GetDatabase method
AcSmFileReference.GetDirectlyOwnedObjects method
AcSmFileReference.GetFileName method
AcSmFileReference.GetIsDirty method
AcSmFileReference.GetObjectId method
AcSmFileReference.GetOwner method
AcSmFileReference.GetTypeName method
AcSmFileReference.InitNew method
AcSmFileReference.Load method
AcSmFileReference.ResolveFileName method
AcSmFileReference.Save method
AcSmFileReference.SetFileName method
AcSmFileReference.SetOwner method
AcSmNamedAcDbObjectReference object
AcSmNamedAcDbObjectReference.Clear method
AcSmNamedAcDbObjectReference.GetAcDbHandle method
AcSmNamedAcDbObjectReference.GetAcSmAcDbDatabase method
AcSmNamedAcDbObjectReference.GetDatabase method
AcSmNamedAcDbObjectReference.GetDirectlyOwnedObjects method
AcSmNamedAcDbObjectReference.GetFileName method
AcSmNamedAcDbObjectReference.GetIsDirty method
AcSmNamedAcDbObjectReference.GetName method
AcSmNamedAcDbObjectReference.GetObjectId method
AcSmNamedAcDbObjectReference.GetOwner method
AcSmNamedAcDbObjectReference.GetOwnerAcDbHandle method
AcSmNamedAcDbObjectReference.GetTypeName method
AcSmNamedAcDbObjectReference.InitNew method
AcSmNamedAcDbObjectReference.Load method
AcSmNamedAcDbObjectReference.ResolveAcDbObject method
AcSmNamedAcDbObjectReference.ResolveFileName method
AcSmNamedAcDbObjectReference.Save method
AcSmNamedAcDbObjectReference.SetAcDbHandle method
AcSmNamedAcDbObjectReference.SetAcDbObject method
AcSmNamedAcDbObjectReference.SetFileName method
AcSmNamedAcDbObjectReference.SetName method
AcSmNamedAcDbObjectReference.SetOwner method
AcSmNamedAcDbObjectReference.SetOwnerAcDbHandle method
AcSmObjectReference object
AcSmObjectReference.Clear method
AcSmObjectReference.GetDatabase method
AcSmObjectReference.GetDirectlyOwnedObjects method
AcSmObjectReference.GetIsDirty method
AcSmObjectReference.GetObjectId method
AcSmObjectReference.GetOwner method
AcSmObjectReference.GetReferencedObject method
AcSmObjectReference.GetReferenceFlags method
AcSmObjectReference.GetTypeName method
AcSmObjectReference.InitNew method
AcSmObjectReference.Load method
AcSmObjectReference.Save method
AcSmObjectReference.SetOwner method
AcSmObjectReference.SetReferencedObject method
AcSmObjectReference.SetReferenceFlags method
AcSmPersistProxy object
AcSmPersistProxy.Clear method
AcSmPersistProxy.GetDatabase method
AcSmPersistProxy.GetDirectlyOwnedObjects method
AcSmPersistProxy.GetIsDirty method
AcSmPersistProxy.GetObjectId method
AcSmPersistProxy.GetOwner method
AcSmPersistProxy.GetTypeName method
AcSmPersistProxy.InitNew method
AcSmPersistProxy.Load method
AcSmPersistProxy.Save method
AcSmPersistProxy.SetOwner method
AcSmPersistProxy.SetTypeName method
AcSmPublishOptions object
AcSmPublishOptions.Clear method, [2]
AcSmPublishOptions.GetDatabase method
AcSmPublishOptions.GetDefaultOutputdir method
AcSmPublishOptions.GetDirectlyOwnedObjects method
AcSmPublishOptions.GetDwfType method
AcSmPublishOptions.GetIncludePlotStamp method
AcSmPublishOptions.GetIsDirty method
AcSmPublishOptions.GetLayerInfo method
AcSmPublishOptions.GetObjectId method
AcSmPublishOptions.GetOutputFileName method
AcSmPublishOptions.GetOwner method
AcSmPublishOptions.GetPassword method
AcSmPublishOptions.GetPromptForName method
AcSmPublishOptions.GetPromptForPassword method
AcSmPublishOptions.GetTypeName method
AcSmPublishOptions.GetUnrecognizedData method
AcSmPublishOptions.GetUnrecognizedSections method
AcSmPublishOptions.GetUsePassword method
AcSmPublishOptions.InitNew method
AcSmPublishOptions.Load method
AcSmPublishOptions.Save method
AcSmPublishOptions.SetDefaultOutputdir method
AcSmPublishOptions.SetDwfType method
AcSmPublishOptions.SetIncludePlotStamp method
AcSmPublishOptions.SetLayerInfo method
AcSmPublishOptions.SetOutputFileName method
AcSmPublishOptions.SetOwner method
AcSmPublishOptions.SetPassword method
AcSmPublishOptions.SetPromptForName method
AcSmPublishOptions.SetPromptForPassword method
AcSmPublishOptions.SetUnrecognizedData method
AcSmPublishOptions.SetUnrecognizedSections method
AcSmPublishOptions.SetUsePassword method
AcSmResources object
AcSmResources.Add method
AcSmResources.Clear method
AcSmResources.GetCustomPropertyBag method
AcSmResources.GetDatabase method
AcSmResources.GetDesc method
AcSmResources.GetDirectlyOwnedObjects method
AcSmResources.GetEnumerator method
AcSmResources.GetIsDirty method
AcSmResources.GetName method
AcSmResources.GetObjectId method
AcSmResources.GetOwner method
AcSmResources.GetTypeName method
AcSmResources.InitNew method
AcSmResources.Load method
AcSmResources.Remove method
AcSmResources.Save method
AcSmResources.SetDesc method
AcSmResources.SetName method
AcSmResources.SetOwner method
AcSmSheet object
AcSmSheet.Clear method
AcSmSheet.GetCategory method
AcSmSheet.GetCustomPropertyBag method
AcSmSheet.GetDatabase method
AcSmSheet.GetDesc method
AcSmSheet.GetDirectlyOwnedObjects method
AcSmSheet.GetDoNotPlot method
AcSmSheet.GetIsDirty method
AcSmSheet.GetIssuePurpose method
AcSmSheet.GetLayout method
AcSmSheet.GetName method
AcSmSheet.GetNumber method
AcSmSheet.GetObjectId method
AcSmSheet.GetOwner method
AcSmSheet.GetRevisionDate method
AcSmSheet.GetRevisionNumber method
AcSmSheet.GetSheetViews method
AcSmSheet.GetTitle method
AcSmSheet.GetTypeName method
AcSmSheet.InitNew method
AcSmSheet.Load method
AcSmSheet.Save method
AcSmSheet.SetCategory method
AcSmSheet.SetDesc method
AcSmSheet.SetDoNotPlot method
AcSmSheet.SetIssuePurpose method
AcSmSheet.SetLayout method
AcSmSheet.SetName method
AcSmSheet.SetNumber method
AcSmSheet.SetOwner method
AcSmSheet.SetRevisionDate method
AcSmSheet.SetRevisionNumber method
AcSmSheet.SetTitle method
AcSmSheetSelSet object
AcSmSheetSelSet.Add method
AcSmSheetSelSet.Clear method
AcSmSheetSelSet.GetCustomPropertyBag method
AcSmSheetSelSet.GetDatabase method
AcSmSheetSelSet.GetDesc method
AcSmSheetSelSet.GetDirectlyOwnedObjects method
AcSmSheetSelSet.GetEnumerator method
AcSmSheetSelSet.GetIsDirty method
AcSmSheetSelSet.GetName method
AcSmSheetSelSet.GetObjectId method
AcSmSheetSelSet.GetOwner method
AcSmSheetSelSet.GetTypeName method
AcSmSheetSelSet.InitNew method
AcSmSheetSelSet.Load method
AcSmSheetSelSet.Remove method
AcSmSheetSelSet.Save method
AcSmSheetSelSet.SetDesc method
AcSmSheetSelSet.SetName method
AcSmSheetSelSet.SetOwner method
AcSmSheetSelSets object
AcSmSheetSelSets.Add method
AcSmSheetSelSets.Clear method
AcSmSheetSelSets.GetCustomPropertyBag method
AcSmSheetSelSets.GetDatabase method
AcSmSheetSelSets.GetDesc method
AcSmSheetSelSets.GetDirectlyOwnedObjects method
AcSmSheetSelSets.GetEnumerator method
AcSmSheetSelSets.GetIsDirty method
AcSmSheetSelSets.GetName method
AcSmSheetSelSets.GetObjectId method
AcSmSheetSelSets.GetOwner method
AcSmSheetSelSets.GetTypeName method
AcSmSheetSelSets.InitNew method
AcSmSheetSelSets.Load method
AcSmSheetSelSets.Remove method
AcSmSheetSelSets.Save method
AcSmSheetSelSets.SetDesc method
AcSmSheetSelSets.SetName method
AcSmSheetSelSets.SetOwner method
AcSmSheetSet object
AcSmSheetSet.AddNewSheet method
AcSmSheetSet.Clear method
AcSmSheetSet.CreateSubset method
AcSmSheetSet.GetAltPageSetups method
AcSmSheetSet.GetCalloutBlocks method
AcSmSheetSet.GetCustomPropertyBag method
AcSmSheetSet.GetDatabase method
AcSmSheetSet.GetDefAltPageSetup method
AcSmSheetSet.GetDefDwtLayout method
AcSmSheetSet.GetDefLabelBlk method
AcSmSheetSet.GetDesc method
AcSmSheetSet.GetDirectlyOwnedObjects method
AcSmSheetSet.GetIsDirty method
AcSmSheetSet.GetName method
AcSmSheetSet.GetNewSheetLocation method
AcSmSheetSet.GetObjectId method
AcSmSheetSet.GetOwner method
AcSmSheetSet.GetProjectMilestone method
AcSmSheetSet.GetProjectName method
AcSmSheetSet.GetProjectNumber method
AcSmSheetSet.GetProjectPhase method
AcSmSheetSet.GetPromptForDwgName method
AcSmSheetSet.GetPromptForDwt method
AcSmSheetSet.GetPublishOptions method
AcSmSheetSet.GetResources method
AcSmSheetSet.GetSheetEnumerator method
AcSmSheetSet.GetSheetSelSets method
AcSmSheetSet.GetTypeName method
AcSmSheetSet.GetViewCategories method
AcSmSheetSet.ImportSheet method
AcSmSheetSet.InitNew method
AcSmSheetSet.InsertComponent method
AcSmSheetSet.InsertComponentAfter method
AcSmSheetSet.Load method
AcSmSheetSet.NotifyRegisteredEventHandlers method
AcSmSheetSet.Register method
AcSmSheetSet.RemoveSheet method
AcSmSheetSet.RemoveSubset method
AcSmSheetSet.Save method
AcSmSheetSet.SetAltPageSetups method
AcSmSheetSet.SetDefAltPageSetup method
AcSmSheetSet.SetDefDwtLayout method
AcSmSheetSet.SetDefLabelBlk method
AcSmSheetSet.SetDesc method
AcSmSheetSet.SetName method
AcSmSheetSet.SetNewSheetLocation method
AcSmSheetSet.SetOwner method
AcSmSheetSet.SetProjectMilestone method
AcSmSheetSet.SetProjectName method
AcSmSheetSet.SetProjectNumber method
AcSmSheetSet.SetProjectPhase method
AcSmSheetSet.SetPromptForDwgName method
AcSmSheetSet.SetPromptForDwt method
AcSmSheetSet.Sync method
AcSmSheetSet.Unregister method
AcSmSheetSet.UpdateInMemoryDwgHints method
AcSmSheetSetMgr object
AcSmSheetSetMgr.Close method
AcSmSheetSetMgr.CloseAll method
AcSmSheetSetMgr.CreateDatabase method
AcSmSheetSetMgr.FindOpenDatabase method
AcSmSheetSetMgr.GetDatabaseEnumerator method
AcSmSheetSetMgr.GetParentSheetSet method
AcSmSheetSetMgr.OpenDatabase method
AcSmSheetSetMgr.Register method
AcSmSheetSetMgr.Unregister method
AcSmSheetView object
AcSmSheetView.Clear method
AcSmSheetView.GetCategory method
AcSmSheetView.GetCustomPropertyBag method
AcSmSheetView.GetDatabase method
AcSmSheetView.GetDesc method
AcSmSheetView.GetDirectlyOwnedObjects method
AcSmSheetView.GetIsDirty method
AcSmSheetView.GetName method
AcSmSheetView.GetNamedView method
AcSmSheetView.GetNumber method
AcSmSheetView.GetObjectId method
AcSmSheetView.GetOwner method
AcSmSheetView.GetTitle method
AcSmSheetView.GetTypeName method
AcSmSheetView.InitNew method
AcSmSheetView.Load method
AcSmSheetView.Save method
AcSmSheetView.SetCategory method
AcSmSheetView.SetDesc method
AcSmSheetView.SetName method
AcSmSheetView.SetNamedView method
AcSmSheetView.SetNumber method
AcSmSheetView.SetOwner method
AcSmSheetView.SetTitle method
AcSmSheetViews object
AcSmSheetViews.Clear method
AcSmSheetViews.GetCustomPropertyBag method
AcSmSheetViews.GetDatabase method
AcSmSheetViews.GetDesc method
AcSmSheetViews.GetDirectlyOwnedObjects method
AcSmSheetViews.GetEnumerator method
AcSmSheetViews.GetIsDirty method
AcSmSheetViews.GetName method
AcSmSheetViews.GetObjectId method
AcSmSheetViews.GetOwner method
AcSmSheetViews.GetTypeName method
AcSmSheetViews.InitNew method
AcSmSheetViews.Load method
AcSmSheetViews.Save method
AcSmSheetViews.SetDesc method
AcSmSheetViews.SetName method
AcSmSheetViews.SetOwner method
AcSmSheetViews.Sync method
AcSmSubset object
AcSmSubset.AddNewSheet method
AcSmSubset.Clear method
AcSmSubset.CreateSubset method
AcSmSubset.GetCustomPropertyBag method
AcSmSubset.GetDatabase method
AcSmSubset.GetDefDwtLayout method
AcSmSubset.GetDesc method
AcSmSubset.GetDirectlyOwnedObjects method
AcSmSubset.GetIsDirty method
AcSmSubset.GetName method
AcSmSubset.GetNewSheetLocation method
AcSmSubset.GetObjectId method
AcSmSubset.GetOwner method
AcSmSubset.GetPromptForDwt method
AcSmSubset.GetSheetEnumerator method
AcSmSubset.GetTypeName method
AcSmSubset.ImportSheet method
AcSmSubset.InitNew method
AcSmSubset.InsertComponent method
AcSmSubset.InsertComponentAfter method
AcSmSubset.Load method
AcSmSubset.NotifyRegisteredEventHandlers method
AcSmSubset.RemoveSheet method
AcSmSubset.RemoveSubset method
AcSmSubset.Save method
AcSmSubset.SetDefDwtLayout method
AcSmSubset.SetDesc method
AcSmSubset.SetName method
AcSmSubset.SetNewSheetLocation method
AcSmSubset.SetOwner method
AcSmSubset.SetPromptForDwt method
AcSmSubset.UpdateInMemoryDwgHints method
AcSmViewCategories object
AcSmViewCategories.Clear method
AcSmViewCategories.CreateViewCategory method
AcSmViewCategories.GetCustomPropertyBag method
AcSmViewCategories.GetDatabase method
AcSmViewCategories.GetDefaultViewCategory method
AcSmViewCategories.GetDesc method
AcSmViewCategories.GetDirectlyOwnedObjects method
AcSmViewCategories.GetEnumerator method
AcSmViewCategories.GetIsDirty method
AcSmViewCategories.GetName method
AcSmViewCategories.GetObjectId method
AcSmViewCategories.GetOwner method
AcSmViewCategories.GetTypeName method
AcSmViewCategories.InitNew method
AcSmViewCategories.Load method
AcSmViewCategories.RemoveViewCategory method
AcSmViewCategories.Save method
AcSmViewCategories.SetDesc method
AcSmViewCategories.SetName method
AcSmViewCategories.SetOwner method
AcSmViewCategory object
AcSmViewCategory.Clear method
AcSmViewCategory.GetCalloutBlocks method
AcSmViewCategory.GetCustomPropertyBag method
AcSmViewCategory.GetDatabase method
AcSmViewCategory.GetDesc method
AcSmViewCategory.GetDirectlyOwnedObjects method
AcSmViewCategory.GetIsDirty method
AcSmViewCategory.GetName method
AcSmViewCategory.GetObjectId method
AcSmViewCategory.GetOwner method
AcSmViewCategory.GetSheetViewEnumerator method
AcSmViewCategory.GetTypeName method
AcSmViewCategory.InitNew method
AcSmViewCategory.Load method
AcSmViewCategory.Save method
AcSmViewCategory.SetDesc method
AcSmViewCategory.SetName method
AcSmViewCategory.SetOwner method
ACTBASEPOINT command
action (DCL attribute)
action expressions (dialog boxes). See dialog box management, action expressions and callbacks
Action Macro dialog box
Action Macro Manager dialog box
action macros, [2]
about
Action Recorder, [2]
base points
coordinates
modifying, [2]
node icons
object selection
pausing
playback, [2]
recording, [2]
samples
saving
sharing
user input
user messages in
action parameters, [2]
Action Recorder
about
action macros
node icons
recording actions
sample macros
tips for recording macros
Action Recorder Preferences dialog box
action_tile function, [2], [3]
actions
dependencies
actions (dynamic blocks)
about
array actions
Block Authoring palettes
Block Editor display
Chain Actions property
flip actions
grips and
lookup tables and
move actions
overriding
parameter sets and
polar stretch actions
properties
rotate actions
scale actions
selection sets
stretch actions
types
actions (user), [2]
double click actions
redoing
undoing
Actions tab (Block Authoring Palettes window)
actions, assigning to tiles
activating programs, [2], [3]
activating. See starting
activation code
active document, changing
ActiveLayer property, example code
ActiveUCS property, User Coordinate System
ActiveX
accessing AutoCAD objects, [2]
circle object example
moving forward from the application object
overview, [2]
returning pointer to AutoCAD object
specifying VLA-object type
using Inspect tool to view object properties, [2]
AutoCAD object model, [2]
collections of objects
object methods
object properties
AutoLISP functions and
connecting to application objects
connecting to applications
data types
converting from AutoLISP to ActiveX, [2]
errors, handling of using AutoLISP
interacting with other applications, [2]
calling ActiveX methods with vlax-invoke-method
establishing connection to application
importing a type library, [2]
obtaining properties with vlax-get-property
overview
sample application
updating properties with vlax-put-property
without importing a type library, [2]
intercepting errors returned from
languages and environments supporting
loading ActiveX support for AutoLISP
methods, [2], [3]
in ActiveX and VBA Reference, [2], [3], [4]
objects. See objects
overview
properties of objects
changing, [2]
getting
in ActiveX and VBA Reference
listing, [2]
reading
updating, [2]
viewing
safearrays, using
creating
creating variants containing
displaying contents of
populating with data
with variants
using AutoLISP functions with ActiveX methods, [2]
applying object's property to new object
AutoLISP data types accepted in place of ActiveX data type
changing X axis of circle, [2]
converting AutoLISP data types to ActiveX data types, [2]
converting object references, [2]
determining function needed, [2]
determining how to call functions
determining if method or property applies to object
determining if object is available for updating
listing object properties and methods, [2]
reading object properties
releasing objects and freeing memory
updating object properties, [2]
using ActiveX methods that return values in arguments
vla- functions
vla-get functions
vla-put functions
vlax- functions
working with collection objects, [2]
variants, using
changing data type of
creating
returning data type of
returning value of
safearrays and
ActiveX and VBA Developer's Guide
ActiveX and VBA Reference, [2], [3], [4], [5]
ActiveX Automation
about
starting applications with, [2]
Visual Basic for Applications and, [2]
ActiveX functions
command function and, [2]
entity creation. See object creation
entmake function and, [2]
global variables and
loading ActiveX, [2]
model space pointer and, [2]
object creation using, [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9]
object model structure for
passing parameters to
radio button for
reactors and, [2], [3]
real numbers required by
return values from, [2]
translating VBA syntax into ActiveX calls
variants
constructing from a list of points, [2]
defined
vla- prefix and
ACTMANAGER command
ACTPATH system variable
ACTRECORD command
ACTRECORDERSTATE system variable
ACTRECPATH system variable
ACTSTOP command
ACTUI system variable
ACTUSERINPUT command
ACTUSERMESSAGE command
adaptive degradation
Adaptive Degradation and Performance Tuning dialog box
adaptive grid display
adaptive plot style adjustments
ADCCLOSE command
ADCENTER command
about
DesignCenter window
Search dialog box
ADCNAVIGATE command
ADCSTATE system variable
Add a Sheet Set to a Database
Add Actions dialog box
Add Angle Value dialog box
Add Custom Property dialog box, [2]
Add Distance Value dialog box
Add File command (Project window shortcut menu)
Add Folder Options dialog box
Add Lisp Source Files to Project dialog box
Add method, [2], [3], [4], [5], [6]
leader lines
text styles
UCS, example code
User Coordinate System
Add method (CAO)
Add Page Setup dialog box
Add Parameter Properties dialog box, [2]
Add Profile dialog box
Add Scale dialog box
Add Scales to Object dialog box
Add to Watch command
Apropos results window shortcut menu
Frame Binding window shortcut menu
Add Watch button (Watch window)
Add Watch command
Console window shortcut menu
text editor shortcut menu
Add Watch command (Debug menu)
Add-a-Plot-Style-Table wizard
Add-a-Plotter wizard, [2], [3], [4]
Add/Modify FTP Locations dialog box
add_list function
AddBox method
example code
AddDimAligned method
example code
AddDimOrdinate method
example code, [2]
AddHandler statement
AddHatch method
example code
adding
files to projects
reactor callback functions
See also assigning
variables to Watch window, [2]
addition DIESEL function
Additional Format dialog box, [2]
AddLeader method
example code
AddLightweightPolyline method
example code
AddNewSheet method, [2]
ADDSELECTED command
AddSheet, [2]
AddVertex property, polylines
ADI DXB driver, [2], [3]
Adjust Background Image dialog box
Adjust Clipping Planes shortcut menu
Adjust Clipping Planes window
ADJUST command
Adjust Distance tool
Adjust Render Exposure dialog box
Adjust Sun & Sky Background dialog box
AdLM (Network License Manager)
administrative images
defined
shortcuts to
system requirements
administrator permission requirements
stand-alone installation
ADN (Autodesk Developer Network)
Adobe Acrobat PDF files
layers and
plotting
underlays, [2]
Adobe Flash Player
Adobe PDF driver
Adobe PostScript driver, [2]
configuring
plotting with
adsfunc function
Adskflex option
adskflex.exe (Autodesk vendor daemon), [2]
ADSKSIGTIMESRVR environment variable
Advanced Options dialog box, [2]
Advanced Preview Options dialog box
Advanced Render Settings palette
Advanced Settings for COM Port dialog box
Advanced Setup wizard
Advanced tab (Search dialog box)
advertising deployments
Aerial View window, [2]
about
panning with
zooming with
aesthetics in dialog box design
AFLAGS system variable
AFTER-EXP trace keyword frame
aggregators
alert function, [2], [3]
aliases, [2], [3]
creating for commands
entering commands with
migrating
pull-down menus, [2]
shortcut menus
ALIGN command
aligned constraints
aligned dimension group codes
aligned dimensions
AlignedDimension object
create
alignment, [2]
AutoTrack feature
dimension text, [2]
dimensions
displaying paths for
equal intervals, [2], [3]
hatches, [2]
isometric planes
lateral tolerances
linetype patterns
multileaders
multiline text
object snaps
objects
previous release formats and
single-line text
text
viewport objects
alignment (DCL attribute), [2]
alignment grips, [2]
Alignment property
example code
All (Apropos filter value)
allocating memory, [2]
allow_accept (DCL attribute)
Alternate Font dialog box
alternate font mapping files
Alternate Units tab (New Dimension Style dialog box)
alternative fonts
AltFontFile property
altitude
ambient color, group codes
AMECONVERT command
American lighting units
Analysis Options dialog box
ANALYSISCURVATURE command
ANALYSISDRAFT command
ANALYSISOPTIONS command
ANALYSISZEBRA command
analyzing. See inspecting
anchored palettes
anchored windows
and DIESEL function
ANGBASE DXF header variable
ANGBASE system variable
ANGDIR DXF header variable
ANGDIR system variable
angle coordinate display
angle offset property
angles, [2], [3]
angle overrides
calculating
constraints
converting degrees to radians, [2]
converting radians and degrees
converting to strings
defining 3D views with
drawing path at any angle
finding angle between line and X axis
parameter specifications
polar angles
polar coordinates
QuickCalc display units
rotating objects by
snap angle
spotlights
sunlight
unit types
angtof function
angtos DIESEL function
angtos function
angular constraints
angular dimension group codes
angular dimensions, [2]
breaks in
creating, [2]
definition points
illustration
spacing between
angular units
angular values, converting radians or degrees
Animate command (VLISP Debug menu)
Animate mode
Animation panel
Animation Preview dialog box
Animation Settings dialog box
animations
motion path animation
preview animations
ShowMotion
ANIPATH command
about
Animation Preview dialog box
Motion Path Animation dialog box
anisotropic light distributions
ANNOALLVISIBLE system variable
ANNOAUTOSCALE system variable
ANNORESET command
annotation objects
annotative styles
blocks as
creating
data extraction and
defined
dimensions as, [2]
hatches as
leaders as
model space and
multileaders as
orientation
previous release formats and
scale representations
scaling, [2], [3]
text, [2]
tolerances as
types of
updating
updating scale
visibility
visual fidelity, [2], [3]
workflow overview
Annotation tab (Leader Settings dialog box)
annotational constraints, [2]
annotations, and leader lines
annotative dimensions
Annotative Object Scale dialog box
Annotative property, [2]
ANNOTATIVEDWG system variable
ANNOUPDATE command
anonymous blocks, [2]
anonymous functions
anti-aliasing, [2]
anti-virus software
APBOX system variable
aperture box (AutoSnap)
APERTURE command
APERTURE system variable
APIs (application programming interfaces)
Appearance tab (Materials Editor)
append extend surfaces
append function, [2], [3]
Append With text formatting option
appending information to existing Console log file
AppendInnerLoop method
example code
AppendLoop method
example code
hatches
AppendOuterLoop method
example code
APPID group codes
xdata groupings and
Application Compilation Options dialog box
Application Directory dialog box
application level events
enabling
application modules, making. See making application modules
Application object
events (list)
Application Option dialog box
Application Properties dialog box
application status bar
Application window
finding state
finding status, example code
sizing
Visible property
application window
display fonts in
settings
Application Wizard. See Make Application Wizard
application-defined object types
application-handling functions
applications, [2], [3], [4], [5], [6]
.NET Framework
ActiveX Automation
anti-virus software
AutoLISP
building. See building applications
closing during installation
database applications
distributing
distribution options
exporting files to
importing files from
managing. See managing VLISP applications
ObjectARX, [2]
OLE sources and destinations, [2]
opening attribute extraction files
programming applications
RealDWG-based applications
remote access applications
rendered images and
running, [2]
separate-namespace, [2]
starting with ActiveX Automation
starting with commands
uninstalling, [2]
Visual Basic for Applications
Visual LISP
applications, creating, [2]
APPLOAD command
about
Load/Unload Applications dialog box
Startup Suite dialog box
apply function
APPLYGLOBALOPACITIES system variable
Apropos dialog box
Apropos feature, [2]
calling from Watch window
Complete Word by Apropos feature
Copy to Trace/Log feature
Downcase Symbols option
Filter Flags option
Filter Values option
inserting symbols from results window
invoking from Console window shortcut menu
invoking from text editor shortcut menu
invoking from Watch window shortcut menu
Match by Prefix option
opening Apropos window, [2], [3]
overview
results window
searching for AutoLISP symbols by prefix
shortcut menu options
Use WCMATCH option
using search results
Apropos Window command (VLISP View menu)
APSTATE system variable
arbitrary axis algorithm
arbitrary data management
arbitrary handles
ARC command
arc edge data for hatch entities
arc group codes
arc length dimensions, [2]
Arc object creating
architectural units
Archive - Set Password dialog box
Archive a Sheet Set dialog box
ARCHIVE command
about
Archive - Set Password dialog box
Archive a Sheet Set dialog box
Modify Archive Setup dialog box
archiving
drawings with xrefs
sheet sets
arcs
dimensioning, [2], [3]
drawing
fillet arcs
joining to polylines
linetypes
modifying
polyline arcs
PostScript rendering
rendering
revision cloud segments
tangent to lines
AREA command
Area property
calculating for closed objects
example code
splines
AREA system variable
areas
calculating, [2]
combining calculations
subtracting
arguments. See parameter passing
arithmetic functions
ARQ-SUBR-CALLBACK trace keyword frame
Arrange Files command (Project window shortcut menu)
arranging files in Project window
array actions
ARRAY command
Array dialog box
arraying, patterns
arrays
polar arrays
rectangular
rectangular arrays
arrays of objects
3D objects
creating
polar
rectangular
arrays of polyline points, constructing
arrays. See safearrays
arrow (>) button (Project Properties dialog box)
arrowheads
customizing
dimension arrowheads, [2]
leader styles
artifical lighting
ARX applications
ARX applications. See ObjectARX applications
ARX command
ARX Object ID, [2]
ASCII code conversions
ASCII control characters in DXF files
ASCII DXF files
about
BLOCKS section (example)
CLASSES section (example)
control character handling
ENTITIES section (example)
HEADER section (example)
maximum file string length
OBJECTS section (example)
reading (example)
sections of
structure of
TABLES section (example)
vs. binary DXF files
writing (example)
AsciiDescription property
example code
linetypes
ASE links
Asian fonts, [2]
aspect ratio
OLE objects
rendering
aspect_ratio (DCL attribute)
assigning, [2], [3]
actions to tiles
See also adding
assigning deployments, [2]
assoc function, [2]
association lists
association lists (assoc lists), [2]
advantages
in gp
getPointInput function, [2], [3], [4], [5]
inspecting (parsing)
key values, [2], [3]
passing to functions
using
association points of dimensions
associative dimensions
about
annotation objects and
association points
changing associativity
leader objects and
limitations
modifying, [2]
previous release formats and
updating
associative dimensions, defined
associative hatches
creating
defined
exploding
extents
Associative property
hatches
associative searches. See searching
associative surfaces
about
creating, [2]
associative text
associativity between tiles and path, breaking, [2], [3], [4]
asterisk (*)
by file name in text editor status bar
atmospheric rendering effects
atof function
atoi function
ATTACH command
Attach DGN Underlay dialog box
Attach Digital Signatures dialog box
Attach Digital Signatures utility
Attach DWF Underlay dialog box
Attach External Reference dialog box
Attach PDF Underlay dialog box
Attach Point Cloud dialog box
attached xrefs
demand loading and
Internet-based xrefs
notification of
relocated xrefs
updating
attaching, [2], [3], [4], [5]
block attributes, [2]
DGN underlays
digital signatures, [2], [3], [4], [5]
DWF underlays
DWFx underlays, [2]
files to drawings
passwords, [2], [3]
PDF underlays
PMP files to PC3 files
raster images
reactors
See also adding
xrefs, [2]
attaching data
extended data to entities
to reactor objects
attaching reactors to AutoCAD drawings. See reactors
Attachment property
multiline text objects
Attachment tab (Leader Settings dialog box)
ATTACHURL command
ATTDEF command
attdef group codes
ATTDIA system variable
ATTDISP command
ATTEDIT command
attenuation of lights
ATTEXT command
ATTIPE system variable
ATTIPEDIT command
ATTMODE DXF header variable
ATTMODE system variable
ATTMULTI system variable
ATTREDEF command
ATTREQ system variable
attrib group codes
Attribute Definition dialog box
attribute definitions
Attribute Extraction dialog box
attribute extraction templates
Attribute Order dialog box
Attribute tab (Edit Attribute dialog box)
Attribute tab (Enhanced Attribute Editor)
attribute tags
attributes of blocks
attributes, DCL. See DCL
ATTSYNC command
AUDIT command
AUDITCTL system variable
auditing drawings
Batch Standards Checker
examples
standards violations, [2]
AUNITS DXF header variable
AUNITS system variable
AUPREC DXF header variable
AUPREC system variable
Auto Publish Options dialog box
Auto-hide option
auto-hiding palettes
Auto-list feature
AutoCAD, [2], [3], [4]
accessing AutoCAD groups
active document
blocks, viewing with VLISP
calibrating tablets
command line
commands
issuing with AutoLISP
redefining
configuration control
coordinate systems
crashing, [2], [3]
customization
DCL files and
device access and control functions, [2]
display control, [2]
graphics and text windows
low-level graphics
overview
emulating in AutoLISP programs
entities, viewing with VLISP
entities. See entities
exiting
foreign-language support
geometric utilities, [2]
finding angle between line and X axis
finding distance between two points
finding intersection of two lines
finding polar coordinates of points
overview
getting user input from
handling user input, [2]
pausing for input
Help files, accessing
inspecting and changing system and environment variables, [2]
menus, controlling
minimized window, gpath prompts and
object snap
objects, manipulating, [2]
extended data, [2]
object-handling, [2]
selection set handling, [2]
symbol table and dictionary access, [2]
xrecord objects
passing pick points to commands
pausing for user input
previous releases
query and command functions, [2]
reactors and. See reactors
receiving user input from
redefining AutoCAD commands
related publications
running with VLISP
sending commands to AutoCAD prompt
text extents
undoing commands issued with command function
user input functions, [2]
accessing user input from devices
allowable input
arbitrary keyboard input
controlling user-input function conditions, [2]
getting user input
getxxx functions
input options
keyword options
pausing for user input
validating input
viewing drawing entities, [2]
blocks in the drawing database
controlling amount of Inspect information
extended data associated with objects, [2]
selected objects in drawings
symbol tables in the drawing database
waiting for control to return from
working in AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT
AutoCAD 2008
AutoCAD Classic workspace
AutoCAD command window
Console window compared to, [2], [3]
AutoCAD drawing database, viewing
blocks in
entities in
extended data
selected objects in drawings
symbol tables in
AutoCAD groups, accessing
AutoCAD Macro Virus Protection dialog box
AutoCAD mode command (Console window shortcut menu)
AutoCAD object model, [2]
collections of objects
object methods
object properties
AutoCAD objects. See objects
AutoCAD Runtime Extension
AutoCAD Runtime Extension. See ARX
AUTOCONSTRAIN command
Autoconstrain tab (Constraint Settings dialog box)
Autodesk 3D Printing website
Autodesk 3ds MAX files
Autodesk Authorized Training Centers
Autodesk Channels, [2], [3]
Autodesk Consulting
Autodesk Design Review, [2]
about, [2]
installing
publishing for
viewing drawing sets in
viewing DWF files
viewing DWFs
viewing DWFx files
Autodesk Developer Network (ADN)
Autodesk e-learning program
Autodesk HDI system printer driver
Autodesk License Borrowing utility
Autodesk License Manager
Autodesk Material Libraries
Autodesk Network License Manager
Autodesk Official Training Courseware
Autodesk products, [2], [3]
activating
borrowing network licenses for
information resources
late-breaking information about
License Transfer utility
reinstalling
using off network
versions of
Autodesk Reference Manager
Autodesk Seek
Autodesk Subscription
Autodesk Subscription Services
Autodesk Vault
Autodesk vendor daemon
Autodesk VIZ, [2]
Autodesk World Wide Web site
AUTODWFPUBLISH system variable
AutoFill feature
AutoLISP, [2]
accessing AutoCAD groups
accessing user input with
application-handling functions
arbitrary handles and
AutoCAD display control, [2]
graphics and text windows
low-level graphics
menus
overview
calibrating tablets with
closing files in programs
collection manipulation functions
comments in program files, [2]
communicating with AutoCAD, [2]
converting data types and units, [2]
device access and control, [2]
display control, [2]
file-handling functions, [2]
geometric utilities, [2]
getting user input, [2]
query and command functions, [2]
compiling and linking AutoLISP programs, [2]
Application Compilation Options dialog box
choosing a compilation mode, [2], [3]
choosing build options, [2]
compile example
compiling programs from files, [2]
defining build options
linking function calls, [2], [3]
loading and running compiled programs
localizing variables
Make Application output
Merge Files mode
naming an output file
optimization during compiling
project source files, [2]
recompiling project source files
report detail level
safe optimization, [2], [3]
using Application Wizard, [2]
using the compiler
using VLISP integrated project management facilities
conditional branching and looping
control characters in strings
controlling dialog boxes with, [2]
converting data types and units, [2]
angular values from radians or degrees
ASCII code conversions
coordinate system transformations, [2]
measurement unit conversions, [2]
point transformations
string conversions
synopsis of functions, [2]
curve measurement functions
data types, [2]
entity names
file descriptors
integers
lists
reals
selection sets
strings
symbols and variables, [2]
VLA-objects
debugging AutoLISP code
break loop process
breakpoint life cycle
checking for syntax errors, [2]
continuable break loops
continuing program execution
Debug-on-Entry flag
disabling breakpoints temporarily
displaying breakpoints
example, [2]
highlight colors for breakpoints
listing breakpoints
monitoring evaluation results of an expression
non-continuable break loops
optimization and bug introduction
Quit Current Level option
removing breakpoints
Reset to Top Level option
running in Animate mode
semantic auditing of DCL files, [2]
setting breakpoints, [2]
starting debugging sessions
starting Trace logging
stepping through programs from breakpoints, [2]
Stop Once mode
Top-Level debugging mode
using Frame Binding window, [2]
using Inspect windows, [2]
using Symbol Service dialog box, [2]
using Trace Stack window, [2]
using Watch window, [2]
VLISP debugging features
developing AutoLISP programs
checking for syntax errors
formatting code, [2]
using the Console window, [2]
device access and control functions, [2]
synopsis of
dialog box management, [2]
action expressions and callbacks, [2]
application-specific data
controlling dialog boxes with AutoLISP programs, [2]
DCL error handling, [2]
function sequence, [2]
handling tiles, [2]
hiding dialog boxes, [2]
image tiles and buttons, [2]
list boxes and pop-up lists, [2]
nesting dialog boxes
sample block definition dialog box
dictionary functions, [2], [3]
display-control functions
displaying messages with, [2]
dotted pairs
entnext function output for ole2frame entity (example)
equality and conditional functions
equality verification
error codes, [2]
error-handling, [2], [3]
exiting quietly
expressions, [2]
extended data functions
attaching extended data to entities
filtering selection sets for extended data
group codes for extended data
handles in extended data
managing memory use
organization of extended data
registration of applications
retrieving extended data, [2]
synopsis of
file-handling functions
accessing Help files
file search
synopsis of
foreign-language support
formatting code, [2]
function synopsis (summary), [2]
basic functions, [2]
category summary
memory management functions
namespace communication functions
reactor functions
selection set, object, and symbol table functions
utility functions, [2]
Visual LISP extended functions
VLX namespace functions
Windows Registry functions
function syntax
function-handling, [2]
adding commands
c\
xxx functions, [2]
defining functions, [2]
defining functions with arguments, [2]
defun function, [2]
defun-q function
local variables in functions, [2]
redefining AutoCAD commands
special forms
synopsis of functions
functions, as lists
geometric utilities, [2]
finding angle between line and X axis
finding distance between two points
finding intersection of two lines
finding polar coordinates of points
object snap
overview
synopsis of
text extents
group code 1005 xdata items and
handent function
integer overflow handling
interacting with users
list processing functions
adding items to list beginning
combining lists
dotted pairs
grouping related items
point lists
retrieving items from lists
returning all but first element
substituting items
synopsis of
manipulating AutoCAD objects, [2]
extended data, [2]
object-handling, [2]
selection set handling, [2]
symbol table and dictionary access, [2]
xrecord objects
matching parentheses
MDI (multiple document interface), and AutoLISP, [2]
error-handling in MDI environment, [2]
limitations
namespaces overview, [2]
running an application in its own namespace, [2]
sharing data between namespaces
memory management functions
method invocation functions
namespace communication functions
number handling
object-handling functions, [2]
blocks and
entity access functions
entity data functions, [2]
entity name functions, [2]
extended data, [2]
non-graphic object-handling, [2]
polylines (old-style and lightweight), [2]
selection sets, [2]
symbol table and dictionary entries, [2]
synopsis of, [2]
xrecord objects
output functions, [2]
control characters in quoted strings
displaying messages, [2]
wild-card matching
predefined variables
program files, [2]
color coding
comments, [2]
creating new source files
editing code in VLISP
formatting code, [2]
property-handling functions
protected symbols, [2]
query and command functions, [2]
configuration control
foreign-language support
inspecting and changing system and environment variables, [2]
passing pick points to AutoCAD commands
pausing for user input
sending commands to AutoCAD prompt
synopsis of
undoing commands issued with command function
reactor functions
reference handles and
referring to entities for multiple sessions
selection set handling functions, [2]
adding entities
creating selection sets
deleting entities
finding number of entities
passing selection sets between AutoLISP and ObjectARX applications
returning entity names
selection set filter lists, [2]
synopsis of
testing whether an entity is a member
selection set, object
and symbol table functions, [2]
spaces in code
special forms
string-handling, [2], [3]
symbol and function-handling, [2]
symbol table access functions
symbol-handling, [2]
undoing commands issued with command function
user input functions
accessing user input from devices
allowable input
arbitrary keyboard input
controlling user-input function conditions, [2]
getting user input
getxxx functions
input options
keyword options
pausing for user input
synopsis of
validating input
utility functions, [2]
conversion functions
device access functions
display-control functions
file-handling functions
geometric functions
query and command functions
user input functions
variables
assigning values to, [2]
data type, [2], [3]
displaying value of
nil variables
predefined
Visual LISP extended functions
collection manipulation functions
curve measurement functions
data conversion functions
dictionary functions
method invocation functions
object-handling functions
property-handling functions
VLX namespace functions
Windows Registry functions
xrecord objects
AutoLISP (LSP) applications, [2]
about
acad.lsp file
acaddoc.lsp file
customizing interface
customizing status line
DIESEL expressions and
errors when loading
loading, [2]
loading ObjectARX applications with
macros and, [2], [3]
MNL files
S STARTUP function
system variables and
tools for
AutoLISP code
checking, [2]
color syntax coding, [2]
commenting, [2]
debugging. See debugging
modularizing
revising, [2]
selecting blocks of
testing, [2]
AutoLISP Compatibility Analyzer
AutoLISP Format Options command (VLISP Tools menu), [2]
AutoLISP functions. See functions
AutoLISP Reference
automatic garbage collection
automatic saves
automatic word completion, [2]
automatically backing up text editor files, [2]
AUTOMATICPUB system variable
Automation controllers
Automation objects, [2]
AUTOPUBLISH command
AutoSnap, [2]
AUTOSNAP system variable
AutoSpool feature, [2]
AutoStack feature
AutoStack Properties dialog box
AutoTrack feature
axes
coloring
constraining movement to
constraining rotation to
constraining scale to
positive direction of
reflection lines
right-hand rule
WCS
AXVLO-IO-CALLBACK trace keyword frame
B
B-splines
back faces of 3D solids
back, moving objects to
back-face culling
background colors
drawings
hatches
text
Background dialog box
Background Mask dialog box
background publishing
BACKGROUNDPLOT system variable, [2]
backgrounds
rendering effects
underlays
visual styles and
backing up
files in text editor automatically, [2]
restoring from backup files
backslash
for control characters in quoted strings
using within quoted strings
backslash (\\)
for control characters in quoted strings
using within quoted strings
backup files, [2]
customization files
restoring drawings from
saving
sheet set data
BACKZ system variable
BACTION command
BACTIONBAR command
BACTIONBARMODE system variable
BACTIONCOLOR system variable
BACTIONSET command
BACTIONTOOL command
balance of parentheses, checking in VLISP, [2], [3]
BASE command
base point, rotating objects
base points, [2]
snap base point
base.dcl file
default_button definition
overview
baseline dimensions
basic dimensions
BASSOCIATE command
batch files
batch plots, [2]
AutoSpool feature
publishing drawing sets
Batch Standards Checker, [2]
Batch Standards Checker toolbar
BATTMAN command
about
Block Attribute Manager
Block Attribute Settings dialog box
Edit Attribute dialog box
BATTORDER command
baud rate
BAUTHORPALETTE command
BAUTHORPALETTECLOSE command
BCLOSE command
BCONSTATUSMODE system variable
BCONSTRUCTION command
BCPARAMETER command
BCYCLEORDER command
BDEPENDENCYHIGHLIGHT system variable
beam angle (spotlights)
BEDIT command
about
Block Editor
Block Editor Ribbon contextual tab
Edit Block Definition dialog box
beeping your PC
BEFORE-EXP trace keyword frame
BeginCustomizationMode event
BeginDocumentClose event
example code
BeginDoubleClick event
BeginFileDrop event
example code
BeginQuit event
BESETTINGS command
beveled corners
BGRIPOBJCOLOR system variable
BGRIPOBJSIZE system variable
BGRIPSET command
BHATCH command
Big Font files
Big Fonts, [2]
about
defining
examples
extended Big Font files
extending text fonts with
properties
text styles and
big_increment (DCL attribute)
BigFontFile property
example code
BigFontFileName property
unicode
bills of materials (BOM)
binary DXF files, [2], [3]
Bind Xrefs dialog box
binding
dependent named objects to drawings
object definitions
xrefs to drawings
BINDTYPE system variable
bisecting objects with construction lines
bitcodes
bitmaps (BMP images), [2]
exporting
importing
pasting
plotting to, [2]
rendering
bitonal raster images
blackboard namespace
blackboard variables
blending surfaces
BLIPMODE command
BLIPMODE system variable
blips
BLK files
Block Attribute Manager, [2]
about
duplicate tags
reordering prompts
Block Attribute Settings dialog box
block attributes
about
annotative
attaching
attribute definitions
attribute extraction templates
attribute tags, [2], [3]
attribute values
constant
definitions
editing
error handling
exporting data
extracting data from, [2], [3]
invisible
modifying
nested blocks
removing
stand-alone
updating, [2]
variable
Block Authoring palettes
Block Authoring Palettes window
BLOCK command
Block Definition dialog box
block definitions, [2]
about, [2], [3]
actions
annotations, [2]
base points
block attributes
Block Editor
block libraries
colors
copying
creating
cross sections as
database links in
dependencies
descriptions
drawing files as, [2]
dynamic block definitions
fields in, [2]
hyperlinks in
in-place editing
inserting blocks
linetypes
lineweights
model space settings
Model_Space and Paper_Space
modifying, [2], [3], [4]
object properties
OLE objects in
parameters
publishing 3D files and
removing
saving
tool palettes
UCS/WCS and
updating, [2]
Block Editor, [2]
about, [2]
Block Authoring palettes
correcting block definitions
custom block authoring tools
custom properties
dependency highlighting
dynamic block constraints
fully constrained objects
modifying dynamic block definitions
object display
Parameters Manager, [2]
saving block definitions
testing blocks
Block Editor Ribbon contextual tab (Block Editor)
Block Editor Settings dialog box
Block Editor toolbar
block group codes
block libraries
creating
inserting blocks
updating block definitions
Block Properties Table dialog box
block reference (insert) group codes
block references
about
action parameters
annotations and
associative dimensions and
block attributes
clipping
colors
constraints
database links in
descriptions
dynamic blocks
editing, [2], [3]
exploding, [2]
extracting data from, [2]
grips
groups compared to
hyperlinks in
inserting
layers and
leader objects and
linetypes
model space settings
nested
non-uniform scaling
OLE objects and, [2]
orientation
paper space and
pasted objects as
pasted text as
properties
publishing 3D files and
saving changes to
scaling
table cells and
updating
visibility
xrefs vs.
BLOCK section (DXF files), about
block table handles
block template files
Block Template Options dialog box
BLOCK_RECORD group codes
BLOCKEDITLOCK system variable
BLOCKEDITOR system variable
BLOCKICON command
BlockReference object
leader lines
blocks, [2], [3], [4], [5]
action macros and
and layers
creating objects
exploding
IsLayout property
viewing with VLISP
working with
blocks in the drawing database
blocks of code, selecting
blocks of text
converting code to comments
converting comments to active text
indenting or unindenting
saving to new file, [2]
sorting
BLOCKS section
about, [2]
and writing a DXF file
example of
group codes in
blocks, anonymous
BlockTableRecord object
in layouts
BlockTableRecordId property, in layouts
BLOCKTESTWINDOW system variable
BLOOKUPTABLE command
about
Add Parameter Properties dialog box
Property Lookup Table dialog box
BMP files (bitmaps), [2]
exporting
importing
pasting
plotting to, [2]
BMP Image Options dialog box
BMPOUT command
body group codes
BOM (bills of materials)
bookmarking text
adding bookmarks
clearing
deleting bookmarks
moving to bookmarks
overview
selecting text using bookmarks
Boolean flags, group code range
Boolean intersection (illustration)
Boolean method
calculating area
composite regions
creating regions
Boolean operators
database queries
BooleanOperation method
borders (in tables), group codes
borders (menu items)
borders (table cells)
borrowing licenses
about, [2]
configuring
reconnecting and borrowing again, [2]
returning licenses
borrowing periods
BORROWLICENSE command
about
boundaries, [2]
ActiveX and, [2]
angle of path and, [2]
boundary edges
dialog box creation for
dialog box defaults for
erasing, reactors and, [2], [3], [4], [5]
gaps in, [2]
layout viewports
line styles
default type
defining radio buttons for specifying
drawing specified style
reactors and, [2], [3], [4]
modifying
GRIP commands and, [2]
grip mode of STRETCH command and, [2], [3], [4]
reactors and, [2], [3], [4]
polylines, [2]
recreating
regions
See also gp
drawOutline function
vertices
comparing
determining, [2]
finding moved points
finding points in lists
reactors and moving, [2], [3], [4]
See also points
variant array of, [2]
zooming to
boundaries, Hatch object
BOUNDARY command
Boundary Creation dialog box
Boundary Hatch dialog box pattern option
boundary path data for hatch entities
boundary path data for hatch entities, group codes
boundary sets
defined
hatches
polylines
BoundaryData variable, [2]
bounded areas
bounded hatches
BOX command
boxed_column tile
boxed_radio_column DCL directive
boxed_radio_column tile
boxed_radio_row tile
boxed_row tile
boxes, [2]
3D solids
adding, example code, [2]
mesh boxes
mirroring, example code
modifying
slicing, example code
BP3 files
BPARAMETER command
BPARAMETERCOLOR system variable
BPARAMETERFONT system variable
BPARAMETERSIZE system variable
BPTEXTHORIZONTAL system variable
braces ({}), in DCL
BREAK command
break loops
Break on Error option
Break on Function Entry, [2]
continuable break loops
continuing program execution, [2]
Debug-on-Entry flag, [2]
entering, [2]
exiting, [2]
non-continuable break loops
overview of
Prompt to enter break loop option for protected symbols
Quit Current Level option
stepping through programs in, [2]
turning on, [2]
Break on Error command (VLISP Debug menu)
Break on Function Entry command (VLISP Debug menu)
BREAK-POINT trace keyword frame
breaking
objects
OLE links
Breakpoint Service dialog box
breakpoints, [2], [3]
clearing
clearing all
clearing individual, [2]
continuing program execution, [2]
cursor and
Debug toolbar and
Debug-on-Entry flag, [2]
defined
described
disabling temporarily
highlight colors for
life cycle of
listing and viewing
monitoring evaluation results of an expression
Prompt to enter break loop option for protected symbols
removing
Reset to Top Level option, [2]
resuming execution from
setting, [2], [3]
stepping through code from
stepping through programs from, [2]
Stop Once mode, [2]
Toggle Breakpoint command
turning on, [2]
Breakpoints window
breaks in dimensions
BREP command
brightness
bringing objects to front
Browse All Entities command (VLISP View menu)
Browse Blocks command (VLISP View menu)
Browse Selection command (VLISP View menu)
Browse Tables command (VLISP View menu)
BROWSER command
browsers
browsing. See displaying
BSAVE command
BSAVEAS command
BTABLE command
BTESTBLOCK command
Btm button (Project Properties dialog box)
BTMARKDISPLAY system variable
Build Options dialog box
Build Output window, [2]
application building and
error messages in
finding location of syntax errors
Make Application output
syntax checking and
Build Project FAS button (Project window), [2]
building applications, [2]
compiling and linking programs, [2]
compile example
compiling programs from files, [2]
linking function calls, [2], [3]
loading and running compiled programs
using the compiler
designing for multiple document environments, [2]
error-handling in MDI environment, [2]
namespaces overview, [2]
running an application in its own namespace
sharing data between namespaces
making application modules
changing application options
including projects
loading and running VLISP applications
rebuilding applications
updating applications
building queries, [2]
building. See creating
Built-in function (Apropos filter value)
bulge magnitude
bulleted lists
bullets
bump maps
bump maps, group codes
bumpy surfaces
bundled products
Button Editor dialog box
button tile
buttons, [2]
assigning actions for dialog boxes
creating for dialog boxes
crosshair coordinates
customizing
Debug toolbar, [2], [3]
drop-downs
flyouts
images on
moving
pointing device buttons, [2]
Project Properties dialog box
ribbon controls
swapping, [2]
tablet buttons
VLISP toolbar, [2], [3]
Watch window
buttons (dialog box). See tiles (dialog box)
Buzzsaw location shortcuts
Buzzsaw Location Shortcuts dialog box
Buzzsaw project collaboration service
Buzzsaw sites
BVHIDE command
BVMODE system variable
BVSHOW command
BVSTATE command
about
New Visibility State dialog box
Visibility States dialog box
BYBLOCK setting
block definitions
properties
BYLAYER setting
C
C
(prefix)
GPath function, [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8]
C# programming language
C++ class names, default class values
c\
xxx functions, [2]
CAD Manager Channel, [2]
CAD Manager Control utility
DesignCenter Online and
InfoCenter and
CAD standards
CAD Standards Settings dialog box
caddr function
cadr function
CAL command
CALCINPUT system variable
CalComp plotters
configuring, [2]
custom properties
drivers for
supported models
Calculate-and-Draw-Tiles function, [2], [3]
Calculate-Draw-TileRow function, [2]
calculating
angles
areas
circumferences
command prompt calculator
converting measurement units
distances
model space scale factors
perimeters
point coordinates
QuickCalc calculator
calculations
performing in drawings
calculator variables in QuickCalc
calculators
command prompt calculator
QuickCalc
Calibrate Plotter wizard
calibrating
digitizing tablets
plotters
calibrating tablets
calibration utilities
Call Point Source command (Trace Stack window shortcut menu)
call stack
callback events for reactors
callback functions
ActiveX and, [2], [3]
adding
adding functionality to, [2]
defined
editor reactors and, [2], [3], [4], [5], [6]
object reactors and, [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7]
planning and designing, [2]
See also specific callback functions, [2]
callback functions for dialog boxes. See dialog box management, action expressions and callbacks
callback functions for reactors, [2]
calling ActiveX methods, [2], [3]
callout blocks
annotations, [2]
sheet sets
CALLOUT_BLOCK_ADDED property
CALLOUT_BLOCK_DELETED property
CALS files, [2], [3], [4]
CAMERA command
Camera Glyph Appearance dialog box
Camera Preview dialog box
Camera Properties palette
CAMERADISPLAY system variable
CAMERAHEIGHT system variable
cameras
about, [2]
clipping planes
creating
lens length
linking to paths
locations
motion path animations
properties
recording animations
section objects and
targets
Cancel button
defining in DCL
procedure when user presses, [2]
canceling commands, [2], [3]
Cancelled event
candelas
CANNOSCALE system variable
CANNOSCALEVALUE system variable
CanonicalMediaName property
capitalization. See case
Capitalize option
caps
CAPTURETHUMBNAILS system variable
car function
for point lists
handling dotted pairs
retrieving items from lists
caret syntax in macros
cascading menus
case (of text and symbols)
Assign-Protect flag and
automatic changing of by AutoLISP, [2]
conversion by Apropos
converting selected text
converting with strcase function
DCL attributes and
dialog box design guidelines
equality checking and
symbols, automatic case changing of, [2]
tile names
case sensitivity
comparison functions and
of Apropos search
of Complete Word by Match
of DCL attribute names and values
of DCL tile names
of equality functions
of grouping operators
of input functions
of mnemonics (in DCL tiles)
of reserved words (in DCL tiles)
of search in text editor
of symbol names
case sensitivity, Help system and
Catalog property (CAO)
catalogs in databases
catalogs of parts, [2]
categories, [2]
commands
data extraction properties
DesignCenter Online content
sheet set views
Category Definition dialog box
CBARTRANSPARENCY system variable
CCONSTRAINTFORM system variable
CDATE system variable
CDCL language
CDF files (comma delimited)
cdr function, [2]
handling dotted pairs
returning all but first list element
CECOLOR DXF header variable
CECOLOR system variable
Cell Border Properties dialog box
cell libraries (MicroStation)
Cell shortcut menu
cells (data extraction tables)
cells (databases)
cells (tables)
address format
AutoFill feature
blocks in
cell ranges
formulas in
merging
modifying
text in
CELTSCALE DXF header variable
CELTSCALE system variable, [2]
CELTYPE DXF header variable
CELTYPE system variable
CELWEIGHT DXF header variable
CELWEIGHT system variable
center location overrides
center marks in dimensions, [2]
Center tool
centerlines in dimensions, [2]
CENTERMT system variable
centers of gravity
CEPSNID DXF header variable
CEPSNTYPE DXF header variable
CER (Customer Error Reporting)
certificate authorities, [2]
certification of hardware and software
CETRANSPARENCY system variable
CFG files
Chain Actions property
CHAMFER command
CHAMFERA DXF header variable
CHAMFERA system variable
CHAMFERB DXF header variable
CHAMFERB system variable
CHAMFERC DXF header variable
CHAMFERC system variable
CHAMFERD DXF header variable
CHAMFERD system variable
CHAMFEREDGE command
chamfering
3D solids
hatch boundaries
objects
CHAMMODE system variable
CHANGE command
Change Icon dialog box
Change Profile dialog box
Change to Layer dialog box
Changes to a Printer Configuration File dialog box, [2]
changing
boundaries
GRIP commands and, [2]
grip mode of STRETCH command and, [2], [3], [4]
reactors and, [2], [3], [4]
See also clearing
value of variables while program is running
changing X axis of circle, [2]
character formatting, example code
Character tab (Label Template dialog box)
characters, [2]
Big Fonts
formatting, [2]
height
including in linetypes
international
macro control characters, [2]
password characters
PostScript rendering
query operators
stacking
Unicode text
Check command, [2]
errors detected by, [2]
finding location of errors
running
Check Selection command (VLISP Tools menu)
Check Spelling dialog box
Check Spelling Settings dialog box
Check Standards dialog box
Check Syntax command (Project window shortcut menu)
Check Text in Editor command (Tools menu)
Check Text in Editor command (VLISP Tools menu)
Checker Map Property Settings dialog box
checkerboard patterns
checking code. See syntax checking
checking for syntax errors, [2], [3]
balance of parentheses
from Project window
using Check command, [2]
using color coding
checking interferences
checking spelling
CheckInterference method
example code
CHECKSTANDARDS command
child fields, group codes
children_alignment (DCL attribute)
children_fixed_height (DCL attribute)
children_fixed_width (DCL attribute)
CHPROP command
CHSPACE command
CIP (Customer Involvement Program), [2]
CIRCLE command
circle group codes
Circle object
creating
example code, [2], [3]
CIRCLERAD system variable
circles, [2]
calculating geometric data for
changing X axis, [2]
dimensioning, [2]
donuts
drawing
grips on
isometric circles, [2]
modifying
PostScript rendering
rendering
returning minimum and maximum bounding points
circles. See tiles (garden path)
circular references between xrefs
circumferences
clamp curves
CLASSES section
about, [2]
default class values by DXF record name and C++ class name
group codes in
classic menu bar
Classic workspace
CLASSICIMAGE command
CLASSICKEYS system variable
CLASSICLAYER command
CLASSICXREF command
CLAYER DXF header variable
CLAYER system variable, [2]
clean-all-reactors function
cleaning, [2]
3D solids
clearing screen
hard drives
screen display
CleanReactors function
CLEANSCREENOFF command
CLEANSCREENON command
CLEANSCREENSTATE system variable
Clear All Bookmarks command (VLISP Search menu)
Clear All Breakpoints command (Debug menu)
Clear All Breakpoints command (VLISP Debug menu)
Clear Console window command (Console window shortcut menu)
clear language in dialog box design
Clear method, [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16], [17], [18], [19], [20], [21], [22], [23], [24], [25], [26], [27]
Clear method (CAO)
clearing
all breakpoints
individual breakpoints, [2]
See also detaching
clearing screen
clearing. See deleting
clicking actions, [2]
client log files
client workstations
assigning deployments, [2]
imaging software deployments
repairing installations
system requirements
verifying deployments
client_data_tile function
CLIP command
Clipboard
Console window shortcut menu commands
See also copying
text editor shortcut menu commands
VLISP support for
Clipboard (Windows)
clipping
blocks
layout viewport boundaries
underlays
xrefs, [2]
clipping boundaries
blocks
layout viewports
raster images, [2]
underlays
xrefs, [2]
clipping planes
3D views and
cameras and
CLISTATE system variable
CLOSE command
close function
Close method, [2]
Close Parenthesis Style options (Format Options dialog box)
Close Project command (Project window shortcut menu)
CloseAborted event
CLOSEALL command
CloseAll method
closed areas
closed curves
closed meshes
closed polylines
Closed property
polylines
splines
CloseWillStart event
closing
all Inspect windows
AutoCAD
Console log file
dialog box closing functions
files in AutoLISP programs
projects
CMATERIAL system variable
cmd (Windows system command)
CMDACTIVE system variable
CMDDIA system variable
CMDECHO system variable
CMDINPUTHISTORYMAX system variable
CMDNAMES system variable
CMLEADERSTYLE system variable
CMLJUST DXF header variable
CMLJUST system variable
CMLSCALE DXF header variable
CMLSCALE system variable
CMLSTYLE DXF header variable
CMLSTYLE system variable
code pages
codes (shape specification bytes)
codes, group. See group codes (DXF files)
coding aids
Apropos feature, [2]
color coding, [2], [3]
Complete Word by Apropos feature
Complete Word by Match feature
formatting code, [2]
See also formatting text
coincident grips
collaborative drawing standards, [2]
collaborative sheet set use
collaborative web sites
collating settings
collected leader lines
collection objects
applying function to every object in
collection manipulation functions
evaluating series of functions with each object in
overview
retrieving member objects
working with, [2]
collections of content, [2], [3]
color (DCL attribute)
color books
Color Books tab (Select Color dialog box)
color coding
changing colors
for AutoLISP code
for syntax error detection
of DCL files
of files in text editor, [2]
scheme for AutoLISP code
COLOR command
color depth
color libraries
color mapping tables
color palettes
Color property
example code
layers
Color property (CAO)
color styles (in tables), group codes
Color tab (Modify DGN Mapping Setup dialog box)
color-dependent plot style tables
about
color mapping tables
plot styles in
switching to named
color-dependent plot styles, [2]
colors, [2], [3]
3D solids
ACI colors
application window elements
applying
assigning to objects
backgrounds
blocks
changing
color books
color intensity
color palettes
converting to grayscale
current color
defaults
DIC color guide
dimension elements
display speed and
dithering
edges
fills
filtering selection sets by
gradients
grid elements
grips
hatches
layer property overrides
layers and, [2], [3]
lighting, [2], [3], [4]
masking objects with
materials
names
NURBS surfaces
Pantone color books
pasted objects
plot settings
plot styles
plotter configuration files and, [2]
RAL color sets
raster images, [2]
rendered image backgrounds
screening, [2]
shades
table elements
tints
True Colors
underlays
visual styles and
xref layer properties
colors for breakpoints
column headings (in tables), suppression of
Column Label shortcut menu
Column Settings dialog box
Column shortcut menu
Column style
column tile
Column Values dialog box
columns (data extraction tables)
adding
organizing
columns (multiline text)
columns (tables)
adding or deleting
formatting
modifying
columns and rows (in tables), group codes
Columns menu
COM architecture
combining
database queries
joining objects
regions
solids, [2]
combining lists
combining strings in AutoLISP
comma-delimited files (CDF)
comma-separated files (CSV)
linking to tables
command function, [2]
ActiveX and, [2]
entity creation by
entity creation via, [2]
foreign-language support
passing pick points to AutoCAD commands
pausing for user input
radio button for
reactors and, [2]
sending commands to AutoCAD prompt
undoing commands
command line, [2], [3]
colors in
entering system variables on
hiding
prompting user
prompts on
switches, [2]
switching between dialog boxes and
syntax
command line switches, [2]
customizing program startup
running scripts and
Command Line Window Font dialog box
command line, in AutoCAD
Command List pane (CUI editor)
command prompt calculator
command scripts
command window
about
hiding
moving and resizing
navigating in
command-ended function. See gp
command-ended function
command-will-start function, [2], [3]
CommandCancelled event
CommandEnded event, [2]
CommandFailed event
COMMANDLINE command
COMMANDLINEHIDE command
commands, [2], [3], [4]
about
adding to toolbars
aliases, [2]
canceling, [2], [3]
categories
command history
command prompt calculator
Console window shortcut menu commands
creating
creating tools for
custom-defined
customization FAQs
customizing, [2]
descriptions on status bar
double click actions
drop-downs
Dynamic Input and
editing
entering in Console window
executing
external commands
flyouts
Help topics about
images for, [2], [3]
interrupting
issuing from Console window
issuing from VLISP menus
listing
macros and, [2]
menu referencing
name validity
options
pausing for input
performing calculations in
prompts for
properties
pull-down menus, [2]
Quick Access toolbar
rearranging
recording in action macros
repeating, [2], [3]
retrieving previous commands, [2]
reusing
ribbon panels and
screen menus and
scripts
searching for
See also specific commands, [2]
shortcut menus, [2]
shortcut menus and, [2]
SQL queries
starting applications with
status line messages
submenus and
swapping menu contents
tablet buttons and
tagging
text editor shortcut menu commands
text window
tooltips
transparent commands, [2]
Windows system commands
CommandWillStart event, [2]
Comment Block option
comments, [2], [3], [4]
AutoLISP, [2]
AutoLISP commenting
DCL
digital signatures and
in AutoLISP program files, [2]
in dialog control language (DCL)
in unit definition file
Insert Form-Closing Comment option
markups and
script commenting
shortcut keys for
Split Comments option
VLISP comment styles
comments, group code, [2]
Commercial licenses, [2]
committing edits
common entity group codes
Communication Center
about
receiving announcements
settings
communication protocols
Compare Dimension Styles dialog box
comparing floating point values
compass (ViewCube)
COMPASS system variable
Compilation mode option (Build Options dialog box)
compilation report detail level
COMPILE command
compile time
errors
compiling and linking programs
Application Compilation Options dialog box
build options, choosing, [2]
choosing a compilation mode, [2], [3]
compile example
compiling programs from files, [2]
defining build options
identifying the input file
linking function calls, [2], [3]
loading and running compiled programs
localizing variables
Make Application output
Merge Files mode
optimization during compiling
output file, naming
project source files, [2]
recompiling project source files, [2], [3]
report detail level
safe optimization, [2], [3]
See also Application Wizard
source files, identifying, [2]
using Application Wizard
using the compiler
using VLISP integrated project management facilities
vlisp-compile function, [2]
compiling shape or font files
Complete Word by Apropos feature, [2]
Complete Word by Match command (Search menu)
Complete Word by Match feature
completing words automatically, [2]
component object model architecture
composite regions
composite solids
3D solids, [2]
history
modifying
modifying original components
selecting subobjects
separating into original shapes
composite surfaces
composite tolerances
compound objects
compression, [2]
DWF files
JPEG files
textures
computers, [2], [3]
licenses for
re-imaged
concatenating lists
concatenating strings in AutoLISP
concatenation tile
Conceptual visual style
COND-expression clauses, Column style for
conditional branching and looping in AutoLISP
conditional expressions in macros
conditional operators
CONE command
cones
3D solids
mesh cones
modifying
ConfigName property
configuration control
configuration files (databases)
configuration files (plotters), [2]
attaching PMP files
custom properties, [2]
file output
graphics settings
initialization strings
locating
multiple
pen settings
port settings
configuration files (pointing devices)
locating
multiple
Configure a Data Source dialog box
Configure button
Configure Current command (VLISP Tools menu), [2]
Configure LPT Port dialog box
Configure Standards dialog box
configured deployments
configured plot files
configuring, [2], [3]
digitizing tablets
DWF6 driver settings
DWFx driver settings
external databases, [2]
file format drivers
license borrowing
license servers, [2]
nonsystem plotters
pen settings
plot spooling, [2]
plotters, [2], [3]
ports, [2], [3], [4]
printers
Render
Windows system printers, [2]
Confirm DWF Password dialog box
Confirm Password dialog box
conflicting CAD standards
conflicting xref names
conical helixes
Connect method (CAO)
connecting
objects
queries
connecting with ActiveX
to application objects
to applications
cons function
adding items to list beginning
creating dotted pairs
consistency in dialog box design
Console prompt
changing active document
clearing, [2]
copying symbol name from Apropos window
copying text within the Console window
displaying new prompt without evaluating text, [2]
illustrated
pasting text at
resetting, [2]
running AutoLISP programs from
Console prompt, displaying variable values
Console window, [2]
AutoCAD command window compared to, [2], [3]
changing active document
clearing Console prompt
color coding of text, [2]
Complete Word by Apropos feature
Complete Word by Match feature, [2]
continuing expression on new line
copying text to the prompt
displaying new prompt without evaluating text, [2]
ENTER key and
entering commands in
entering multiple expressions before processing
features
history command
interactive programming in
interrupting commands
logging activity
Make Application output
multiple AutoCAD drawings with
overview, [2], [3], [4]
printing Frame Binding window value to
printing Inspect window object to
printing stack element to
printing Watch window variable values
retrieving previous commands, [2]
running AutoLISP programs
searching input history, [2]
shortcut menu commands
constant block attributes
constants
ConstantWidth property
polylines
Constrained Orbit tool
constraining
object movement
object rotation
object scaling
constraint bars
constraint icons
constraint parameters
about
blocks
user variables
constraint points
Constraint Settings dialog box
CONSTRAINTBAR command
CONSTRAINTBARDISPLAY system variable
CONSTRAINTBARMODE system variable
CONSTRAINTINFER system variable
CONSTRAINTNAMEFORMAT system variable
CONSTRAINTRELAX system variable
constraints
annotational constraints
applying
applying automatically
AutoCAD LT functionality
constraint bars
construction geometry and
contraint points
dimensional constraints, [2]
displaying, [2]
dynamic blocks, [2], [3]
dynamic constraints
editing, [2]
editing constrained objects, [2]
fix constraints
formulas
fully constrained drawings
fully constrained objects
geometric constraints, [2]
identifying
inferring
multiple constraints
object snaps and
parameters
Parameters Manager, [2], [3]
parametric constraints
reference parameters
relaxing
removing
surfaces
unconstrained drawings
underconstrained drawings
Constraints palette
Constraints tab (Block Authoring Palettes window)
CONSTRAINTSETTINGS command
CONSTRAINTSOLVEMODE system variable
constructing. See creating
construction geometry
construction lines
drawing
modifying
Content Search
Content tab (Modify Multileader Style dialog box)
context menus
context-sensitive Help. See Help feature
contextual fields
contextual ribbon tabs, [2]
continuable break loops
Continue button (Debug toolbar)
Continue command (VLISP Debug menu), [2]
continued dimensions
continuing expression on new line in Console window
continuity (surfaces), [2], [3]
Continuous Orbit tool
contrast in raster images, [2]
control character handling
control characters
in DCL strings
in quoted strings
control characters in macros
control codes, text formatting (table)
control points on splines, [2], [3]
control strings
control vertices, [2]
controlling amount of Inspect information
controlling AutoCAD display, [2]
graphics and text windows
low-level graphics
menus, [2]
overview
controls
ribbon controls
ribbon panels
toolbar controls
conventions used in this reference
conversion functions, [2]
angular values from radians or degrees
ASCII code conversions
coordinate system transformations, [2]
AutoCAD coordinate systems
overview
point transformations
specifying coordinate systems
valid integer codes
measurement unit conversions, [2]
point transformations
string conversions
synopsis of
conversion units
CONVERT command
Convert dialog box
Convert Mesh panel (Mesh Object Ribbon)
CONVERTCTB command
converting, [2], [3]
2D point lists to list of lists
3D models to objects
3D point lists to list of lists
3D points to 2D points
colors to grayscale
database links in older files
degrees to radians, [2]
DGN files to DWG
dimension units
dimensions to annotations
drawing units
drawings to other formats
files to AutoCAD LT
fonts
layers to drawing standards
legacy materials
lights in older drawings
lists of points to variant arrays, [2]
LMAN layer states
menu files to CUI format
meshes to 3D solids
nonassociative dimensions to associative
objects to 3D solids
objects to meshes
objects to surfaces
older files
pasted objects to block references
plot style tables
real numbers to strings
strings to real numbers
surfaces to 3D solids
text in model or paper space
text to annotations
units of measurement
converting AutoLISP data types to ActiveX data types, [2]
ActiveX and VBA Reference
AutoLISP data types accepted in place of ActiveX data type
other AutoLISP data types
using safearrays with variants
working with safearrays
working with variants
converting coordinates
converting object references, [2]
enames and VLA-objects
obtaining one object identifier from another
converting string case, [2]
CONVERTOLDLIGHTS command
CONVERTOLDMATERIALS command
CONVERTPSTYLES command
CONVTOMESH command
CONVTONURBS command
CONVTOSOLID command
CONVTOSURFACE command
Coons surface patch meshes
coordinate filters
Coordinate Filters command modifier
Coordinate System Already Defined dialog box
coordinate system transformations
AutoCAD coordinate systems
entity context and coordinate transform data
overview
point transformations
specifying coordinate systems
valid integer codes
coordinate systems
origin
Tablet mode and
types of
UCS (user coordinate system)
WCS (world coordinate system)
coordinate systems associated with entity types
coordinates, [2], [3]
2D coordinates
3D coordinates
absolute values
action macros and
base points
calculating
camera locations, [2]
converting between systems
coordinate filters
cursor location
displaying values
Dynamic Input and
geographic locations
reading with pointing devices
relative values
types of
unit types
COORDS system variable
Copied event
coplanar faces
COPY command
Copy command
Apropos results window shortcut menu
Console window shortcut menu
Frame Binding window shortcut menu
text editor shortcut menu
Trace Stack window shortcut menu
Copy Render Preset dialog box
Copy to Clipboard command (Apropos results window shortcut menu)
Copy To Layer dialog box
Copy to Trace/Log feature (Apropos window)
Copy Value command (Watch window shortcut menu)
COPYBASE command
COPYCLIP command
COPYHIST command
copying, [2], [3], [4], [5], [6]
Apropos search results to Trace window and log
arraying
arrays of objects
block definitions
buttons to other toolbars
by dragging in text editor
Clipboard support for
customization file data
demand loading and
dragging objects
edges
faces
formulas to table cells
from Console window
from Frame Binding window to *obj* system variable
from Inspect window to *obj* system variable
from Inspect window to Trace window and log
from one drawing to another
from Watch window to *obj* system variable
from Watch window to Trace window and log
grip modes and
hatch properties
layers
licenses, [2]
list of shortcut keys
materials
mirroring
multiple copies of objects
multiple objects
object properties
objects, [2]
objects to other drawings, [2]
offsetting
offsetting objects
plotter configuration settings
rendered images
See also printing
selected text to new file, [2]
single object
stack elements to *obj* system variable
symbol names from Apropos results window
undoing copy actions
using Console window shortcut menu
using text editor shortcut menu
COPYLINK command
COPYMODE system variable
CopyObjects method
example code, [2]
copyright restrictions on fonts
COPYTOLAYER command
corner points. See boundaries, vertices
corners
beveled
chamfering
filleting
correcting
dynamic block definitions
mistakes
spelling
correcting text. See text editor
corrupted report logs
CPLOTSTYLE system variable
CPolygon selection
CPROFILE system variable
crashes, recovering from
crashing AutoCAD, reactors and, [2], [3]
Crease panel (Mesh Subobject Ribbon)
creases
limiting distortion
mesh objects, [2]
Create a Buzzsaw Location Shortcut dialog box
Create a Subset
Create Layout wizard, [2]
Create New Cell Style dialog box
Create New Dimension Style dialog box
Create New Drawing dialog box
Create New Multileader Style dialog box
Create New Multiline Style dialog box
Create New Table Style dialog box
Create New Visual Style dialog box
Create or Open a Sheet Set Database
Create Sheet Set wizard
Create STL File dialog box
Create Transmittal dialog box
about
Files Table tab
Files Tree tab
Sheets tab
CreateDatabase method
CreateLabel method (CAO)
CreateLink method (CAO)
CreateSubset method, [2]
CreateViewCategory method
creating, [2], [3], [4]
applications, [2], [3]
boundaries. See boundaries
breakpoints
buttons in dialog boxes
complex entities
Console log file
dialog box default values
dialog boxes
entities (objects). See objects, creating
files, [2], [3]
new instance of application object
new source files, [2]
projects
reactors, [2]
safearrays
See also adding
selection sets
tiles. See tiles (garden path)
variant arrays of polyline points, [2]
variant with an array of four doubles
variants
creating objects
blocks in
model space in
paper space in
cropped regions
cross sectioning
2D and 3D sections
live sectioning
lofting objects and, [2]
section objects
crosshairs, [2], [3]
coloring
coordinates of
resizing
crossing selections
CROSSINGAREACOLOR system variable
CSHADOW Header variable
CSHADOW system variable
CSV files (comma-separated)
exporting extracted data to
CTAB system variable
CTABLESTYLE system variable
CTB files, [2], [3]
CUI (customization) files, [2], [3]
backwards compatibility
CUIx files
defined
migrating to CUIx
structure
CUI command
about
Button Editor dialog box
Customize User Interface dialog box
Find and Replace dialog box
Image Manager dialog box
CUI Editor
about, [2], [3]
changes in customization and, [2]
Command List pane
Customizations In pane
customizing workspaces, [2], [3]
Dynamic Display pane
FAQs
tree nodes
CUIEXPORT command
CUIIMPORT command
CUILOAD command
CUIUNLOAD command
CUIx (customization) files
backups
backwards compatibility
creating, [2]
CUI Editor, [2]
customization FAQs
defined
enterprise CUIx files
finding items in
importing workspaces
menu swapping
migrating older files to
partial CUIx files
structure
XML-based format
CUIx files
CULLINGOBJ system variable
CULLINGOBJSELECTION system variable
curly braces ({}), in DCL
Current File option (Find dialog box)
Current Plot Style dialog box
Current Selection option (Find dialog box)
current viewports
current workspaces
cursor, [2]
coordinate display
Dynamic Input and
locking movement
moving in tables
polar tracking
restricting with Ortho mode
restricting with Snap mode
rubber-band line, [2]
cursor, breakpoints and
CursorSize property
crosshairs, resizing
CURSORSIZE system variable
Curvature tab (Analysis Options dialog box)
curve measurement functions
curve-fit polylines, processing
curved objects, [2]
analyzing
arcs
circles
clamp curves
closed curves
drawing
ellipses
modifying
open curves
rendering
spline curves
CUS files
custom block authoring tools
custom grips
custom icon files
custom objects
Custom Paper Size wizard
custom properties, [2]
grips and
plotter drivers
plotters
sheets and sheet sets
custom settings
exporting to other systems, [2]
importing migration packages, [2]
migrating from previous releases, [2]
restoring default settings
Custom tab (Drawing Properties dialog box)
custom-defined commands
CUSTOM_SHEET_PROP property
CustomDictionary property
Customer Error Reporting (CER)
Customer Involvement Program, [2]
customization
about
customization files (CUI), [2]
backwards compatibility
converting older menu files to
CUIx files
defined
DIESEL expressions in
directory structure and
locating files
migrating older menu files to
migrating to CUIx
structure
customization files (CUIx)
about, [2]
backups
backwards compatibility
creating
CUI Editor
customization FAQs
defined
enterprise CUIx files
finding items in
importing workspaces
menu swapping
migrating older menu files to
partial CUIx files
structure
XML-based format
customization groups, [2]
Customization Guide
Customizations In pane (CUI editor)
CUSTOMIZE command
Customize dialog box
Customize Layer Columns dialog box
Customize tab (Customize User Interface dialog box)
Customize User Interface dialog box
about
Customize tab
Transfer tab
Customize User Interface editor
about, [2], [3]
changes in customization and
Command List pane
Customizations In pane
customizing workspaces, [2], [3]
Dynamic Display pane
FAQs
tree nodes
customized deployments, [2]
customizing, [2], [3], [4]
about customization
arrowheads
AutoCAD functions and features
benefits of
commands, [2]
Customize User Interface editor, [2]
dimension text
double click actions, [2]
drawing environment
FAQs for
glossary of terms for
hatch patterns
hatches, [2]
images for commands
Initial Setup
installation
issues
legacy interface elements
linetypes
locating customized files
migrating older customization files, [2]
migration packages
mouse button actions, [2]
navigation bar
object selection
paper size, [2], [3]
profiles
properties
pull-down menus, [2]
Quick Access toolbar
render presets
restoring default settings
ribbon, [2], [3]
ribbon panels
right-clicking
scripts and
shortcut keys
shortcut menus, [2]
spelling dictionaries
status line, [2], [3]
tablet buttons
templates, [2]
tips
tool palettes
toolbars, [2], [3]
tooltips
types of customized files
user interface, [2]
visual styles
windows
workspaces, [2], [3], [4], [5]
CustomPrintScale property
CustomScale property
Cut command, text editor shortcut menu
cutaway views
CUTCLIP command
cutouts (lighting)
cutouts maps
cutting, [2]
cutting edges
objects
paper settings
slicing
cutting edges
cutting planes
live sectioning
section objects
slicing solids
cutting. See deleting
CVADD command
CVHIDE command
CVPORT system variable
CVREBUILD command
about
Rebuild Curve dialog box
Rebuild Surface dialog box
CVREMOVE command
CVSHOW command
cvunit function, [2]
Cycling property
CYLINDER command
cylinder, example code for adding
cylinders
3D solids
mesh cylinders
modifying
cylindrical coordinates
cylindrical helixes
D
daemons, [2]
license manager daemons
vendor daemons, [2], [3]
versions of
damaged drawing files
dashboard panel
dashes
hatch pattern definitions
linetype definitions
data extraction
about
block attributes and
converting older files and
Data Extraction wizard
drawing units and
editing settings
exporting data
formulas
including spreadsheet data in
linking to Excel spreadsheets
matching data
monitoring drawings for updates, [2]
non-uniform scaling and
notifications
overview
saving settings
selecting objects for
updating data
validation
data extraction tables
about
block attributes
converting older files and
exporting
formatting
inserting in drawings
modifying, [2]
notifications
organizing data in
table styles
updating
Data Extraction wizard, [2]
about
data extraction process
extracting block attributes
Data Extraction-Additional Settings dialog box
Data Extraction-Out of Date Table dialog box
data inspection tools. See Frame Binding window
Data Link Manager
data links, [2]
database links
defined
locating files
locking linked spreadsheets
updating
data loss
data matching
Data Objects shortcut menu
data sources, [2]
configuring, [2]
converting older files and
Data Extraction wizard
dBConnect Manager
linking to spreadsheets
selecting
updating extracted data
Data Sources Node shortcut menu
data types
AutoLISP
accepted in place of ActiveX data type
converting to ActiveX data types, [2]
entity names
file descriptors
integers
lists
overview, [2]
reals
selection sets
strings
symbols, [2]
variables, [2], [3]
VLA-objects
converting AutoLISP data types to ActiveX data types, [2]
ActiveX and VBA Reference, using
other AutoLISP data types
using safearrays with variants
working with safearrays
working with variants
element list formats and
extended data organization
for tile attribute values
data types in tables
Data View and Query Options dialog box
Data View Grid window
Data View Print Preview window
Data View window, [2], [3]
database objects, [2]
Database Objects shortcut menu
Database reactors
database reactors
database records
about
accessing
committing changes
finding
linking to objects, [2]
querying
restoring original values
tracking changes
updating
viewing
viewing links
database tables
accessing
querying
databases, [2]
about
block attribute data in
configuring, [2]
converting links in older files
editing records
error correction
exporting extracted data to
exporting link information
links, [2]
querying
sample files
selecting links
synchronizing
types of
viewing tables, [2]
views
DATAEXTRACTION command
about
Add Folder Options dialog box
Additional Format dialog box
Data Extraction - Additional Settings dialog box
Data Extraction - Out of Date Table dialog box
Data Extraction wizard
Edit Formula Column dialog box
Filter Column dialog box
Insert Formula Column dialog box
New Drawings Found dialog box
Set Cell Format dialog box
Sort Columns dialog box
DATALINK command
about
Data Link Manager
New and Modify Excel Link dialog box
DATALINKNOTIFY system variable
DATALINKUPDATE command
DataSource property (CAO)
DataSourceLocation property (CAO)
DATATABLE group codes
date
changing format for
inserting current date
Date Modified tab (Find dialog box)
Date Modified tab (Search dialog box)
DATE system variable
dates, [2], [3], [4]
angle of sun and
edtime DIESEL function
expiration
report formats
system dates
datum
composite tolerances
geometric tolerances
ordinate dimensions
dBase databases, [2]
DBCONNECT command
about
Column Values dialog box
Configure a Data Source dialog box
Data View and Query Options dialog box
Data View window
dbConnect Manager
Export Links dialog box
Export Query Set dialog box
Export Template Set dialog box
Find dialog box
Format dialog box
Import Query Set dialog box
Import Template Set dialog box
Label Template dialog box
Label Template Properties dialog box
Link Conversion dialog box
Link Manager
Link Select dialog box
Link Template dialog box
Link Template Properties dialog box
New Label Template dialog box
New Link Template dialog box
New Query dialog box
Query Editor
Replace dialog box
Select a Database Object dialog box
Select Data Object dialog box
Sort dialog box
Synchronize dialog box
dbConnect Manager, [2]
about
editing database records
DbConnect object (CAO)
DbConnect property (CAO)
DBCSTATE system variable
DBLCLKEDIT system variable
DBLIST command
DBMOD system variable
DBPoint class
point object
DBText object
DBX applications
DC Online
DC Online tab (DesignCenter)
DCALIGNED command
DCANGULAR command
DCCONVERT command
DCDIAMETER command
DCDISPLAY command
DCFORM command
DCHORIZONTAL command
DCL (dialog control language), [2]
acad.dcl file
actions
adjusting layout, [2]
centering buttons
customizing exit button text
distributing tiles in a cluster
example
space around boxed row or column
space at right side or bottom
space between tiles
attributes, [2]
case-sensitivity
data types for values
naming
numeric values and
overview, [2]
restricted attributes
synopsis of predefined attributes
syntax
user-defined attributes
attributes listed by function
action expression specification
aligning horizontally or vertically in a cluster, [2]
aspect ratio specification
background color of image
bold text specification
button is selected with ESC key (or not)
callback specification
character used to mask user input
character width units for edit box input
default alignment for all tiles in a cluster
default button specification
default height for all tiles in a cluster
default width for all tiles in a cluster
fixed pitch font for list boxes or pop-up lists
initial availability of tile
initial choices for list box or pop-up list
initial value of tile
key of tile to receive initial keyboard focus
keyboard mnemonic character for tile
maximum characters for edit box input
maximum value for slider
minimum value for slider
multiple selections allowed in list box (or not)
slider incremental control value specification, [2]
slider orientation specification
specifying if tile is activated
tab placement in character width units
text larger than tab stop truncated in list box or pop-up list (or not)
tile height allowed to fill space (or not)
tile height specification
tile name specification
tile receives focus with TAB key (or not)
tile text (label) specification
tile width allowed to fill space (or not)
tile width specification
attributes listed by name, [2]
action
alignment, [2]
allow_accept
aspect_ratio
big_increment
children_alignment
children_fixed_height
children_fixed_width
color
edit_limit
edit_width
fixed_height
fixed_width
fixed_width_font
height
initial_focus
is_bold
is_cancel
is_default
is_enabled
is_tab_stop
key
label
layout
list
max_value
min_value
mnemonic
multiple_select
password_char
small_increment
tab_truncate
tabs
value
width
AutoCAD and
base.dcl file
comment code for
control characters in DCL strings
DCL files, [2]
DCL syntax, [2]
attributes and attribute values
comments
semantic auditing of DCL files
tile definitions
tile references
defining dialog boxes, [2], [3]
DCL syntax, [2]
referencing DCL files, [2]
displaying dialog boxes with VLISP, [2]
color coding in text editor
example
preview error handling
selecting a dialog box from multiple definitions
semantic auditing of DCL files, [2]
error handling
alert boxes, [2]
error tile guidelines, [2]
forgiving errors
preview error handling
semantic auditing of DCL files
loading files, [2]
previewing files
referencing DCL files, [2]
saving files
See also dialog boxes
sources of information on
symbolic names for colors
syntax coloring scheme and
tiles in functional groupings, [2]
decorative and informative tiles
dialog box exit buttons and error tile
predefined active tiles
restricted tiles
text clusters
tile clusters
tiles listed by name, [2]
boxed_column
boxed_radio_column
boxed_radio_row
boxed_row
button
column
concatenation
dialog
edit_box
errtile
image
image_button
list_box
ok_cancel
ok_cancel_help
ok_cancel_help_errtile
ok_cancel_help_info
ok_only
paragraph
popup_list
radio_button
radio_column
radio_row
row
slider
spacer
spacer_0
text
text_part
toggle
unloading files
VLX applications and
DCL files
acad.dcl
base.dcl
color coding
overview, [2]
parts of
referencing, [2]
semantic auditing of, [2]
specifying in VLISP
DCL files (dialog control language), [2]
DCL-ACTION trace keyword frame
DCLINEAR command
DCRADIUS command
DCS
converting coordinates
definition
DCTCUST system variable
DCTMAIN system variable
DCVERTICAL command
DDEDIT command
about
Edit Attribute Definition dialog box
Edit Text dialog box
DDIM Annotation dialog box
DDIM Format dialog box
DDIM Geometry dialog box
DDPTYPE command
DDVPOINT command
De symbol flag
Debug menu
Add Watch command
Clear All Breakpoints command
Watch Last Evaluation command
Debug menu (VLISP)
Animate command
Break on Error command
Break on Function Entry command, [2]
Clear All Breakpoints command
Continue command, [2]
Debug Top-Level mode command
overview
Quit Current Level command
Reset to Top Level command, [2]
Step Into command, [2]
Step Out command
Step Over command, [2]
Stop Once command, [2]
Toggle Breakpoint command, [2]
Debug toolbar, [2]
breakpoints and
Continue button, [2]
described
Quit Current Level button
Reset button
Reset to Top Level button, [2]
Step Indicator
Step Indicator button
Step Into button, [2], [3], [4], [5]
Step Out button, [2], [3]
Step Over button, [2], [3]
stepping through code and, [2], [3]
Toggle Breakpoint button, [2], [3], [4]
Debug Top-Level mode command (VLISP Debug menu)
Debug-on-Entry flag
Debug-on-Entry symbol flag, [2]
debugging, [2]
association lists and, [2]
breakpoints and, [2]
changing value of variables while program is running
commenting and
global variables and, [2], [3]
local variables and, [2], [3]
modularizing
revising code
stepping through code, [2]
watching variables, [2]
debugging programs
break loop process
Break on Error option
breakpoint life cycle
breakpoints
clearing
continuing program execution, [2]
Debug-on-Entry flag, [2]
described
disabling temporarily
duration of
highlight colors for
life cycle of
listing and viewing
monitoring evaluation results of an expression
Prompt to enter break loop option for protected symbols
removing
Reset to Top Level option
resuming execution from
setting, [2]
stepping through programs from, [2]
Stop Once mode, [2]
turning on, [2]
checking for syntax errors, [2]
continuable break loops
continuing program execution, [2]
Debug-on-Entry flag, [2]
disabling breakpoints temporarily
displaying breakpoints
example, [2]
highlight colors for breakpoints
listing breakpoints
monitoring evaluation results of an expression
non-continuable break loops
optimization and bug introduction
Quit Current Level option
removing breakpoints
Reset to Top Level option, [2]
running in Animate mode
See also break loop mode
See also Frame Binding window
semantic auditing of DCL files, [2]
setting breakpoints
starting debugging sessions
starting Trace logging
stepping through programs from breakpoints, [2]
Stop Once mode, [2]
Top-Level debugging mode
using Frame Binding window, [2]
using Inspect windows, [2]
using Symbol Service dialog box, [2]
using Trace Stack window, [2]
using Watch window, [2]
VLISP debugging features
default class values by DXF record name and C++ class name
default deployments
Default Scale List dialog box
default templates
DEFAULTGIZMO system variable
DEFAULTLIGHTING system variable
DEFAULTLIGHTINGTYPE system variable
defaults, dialog box values, [2], [3]
Define Geographic Location dialog box
DefinedSize property (CAO)
defining, [2], [3]
dialog boxes
functions. See defun function statement
goals
See also adding
defining callback functions, [2]
defining functions. See defun function
defining new units
defining projects, [2]
assigning properties, [2]
overview
sample files
using the Project window, [2]
DEFLPLSTYLE system variable
DEFPLSTYLE system variable
defun function, [2]
adding commands
c\
xxx functions, [2]
compatibility with AutoCAD versions
defining functions, [2]
with arguments, [2]
local variables in functions, [2]
redefining AutoCAD commands
defun function statement
ActiveX loading and
described
global variable assignment and
stubbed-out functions and
variable declaration and
defun-q function
Degree property
splines
degrees, converting to radians
Degrees->Radians function, [2], [3]
DELAY command
delaying slide shows
DELCONSTRAINT command
Delete Blanks option
Delete Layers dialog box
Delete method
linetypes
Delete method (CAO)
Delete to EOL option
deleted items in symbol tables
deleting, [2], [3]
3D solid history
back faces
block attributes
block definitions
bookmarks
breakpoints
clearing Console prompt
clipping boundaries
color mapping tables
constraints
creases
data extraction elements
data extraction tables
determining if objects were erased
dimension breaks
disabling reactors
edges
entities
faces
fillets
geometric constraints
group definitions
hidden surfaces
hyperlinks
layer property overrides
layers, [2]
linetypes
menus
multiline vertices
objects, [2]
objects from groups
passwords
points in splines
project members
reactor owner objects
ribbon items
selection set entities
sheets
spaces from cursor to first non-blank character
stripping file extensions
table elements
text from cursor to end of line
text styles
toolbar buttons
tools and palettes
trailing spaces
trailing tab characters
unused named objects
using text editor shortcut keys
variables from Watch window, [2]
vertices
deleting. See clearing
DELOBJ system variable
demand loading (xrefs)
about
saving xrefs with indexes, [2]
temporary xref file copies
updating xrefs
DEMANDLOAD system variable
density of mesh objects
dependencies
dependency highlighting
Deployment wizard, [2], [3]
deployments
about
assigning, [2]
checklist
choices
Configure button
customized, [2]
Deployment wizard
distributing, [2]
group policies
imaging software
issues
methods
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager
modifying
preparing for
scripts
system requirements
verifying installation
depth cueing
derived units
Descend command (Inspect window shortcut menu)
deselecting objects, [2]
Design Review, [2]
about
installing
publishing for
viewing DWFs
design review process
DesignCenter, [2]
about
accessing content
action macros and
adding content from
attaching xrefs
blocks in
copying block definitions
creating tools
DesignCenter Online
display options
file metadata
inserting blocks from
layouts in
raster images in
toolbar
tree view
updating block definitions
DesignCenter Online, [2]
about
downloading content
searching for content
types of content
DesignCenter window
designing
programs, [2]
reactor callback functions, [2]
See also planning
designing dialog boxes. See dialog box design
designing for multiple document environments
AutoLISP limitations
error-handling in MDI environment, [2]
limitations using AutoLISP
namespaces overview
running an application in its own namespace
sharing data between namespaces
DesignJet plotters
desktop publishing
detaching, [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7]
PMP files
raster images
See also attaching
toolbars
underlays, [2]
xrefs
DETACHURL command
detecting syntax errors. See checking for syntax errors
developing programs, [2]
basic steps
checking for syntax errors, [2]
formatting code, [2]
using coding aids, [2]
using the Console window, [2]
using the text editor
deviation tolerances
device access and control functions, [2]
accessing user input
calibrating tablets
synopsis of
Device and Document Settings tab (Plotter Configuration Editor)
DGN files
editing
exporting
importing
layers and
MicroStation and AutoCAD terminology
seed files
translation mapping
types of
underlays, [2]
DGN Mapping Setups dialog box
DGN seed files
DGN Underlay Ribbon contextual tab
DGNADJUST command
DGNATTACH command
about
Attach DGN Underlay dialog box
DGN Underlay Ribbon contextual tab
DGNCLIP command
DGNEXPORT command
DGNFRAME system variable
DGNIMPORT command
DGNIMPORTMAX system variable
DGNLAYERS command
DGNMAPPING command
about
DGN Mapping Setups dialog box
Modify DGN Mapping Setup dialog box
New Mapping Setup dialog box
Select Color dialog box
DGNMAPPINGPATH system variable
DGNOSNAP system variable
DGNUNDERLAY
dialog box design, [2]
acad.dcl file
adjusting layout, [2]
centering buttons
customizing exit button text
distributing tiles in a cluster
example
layout guidelines
space around boxed row or column
space at right side or bottom
space between tiles
base.dcl file
defining dialog boxes, [2]
DCL syntax, [2]
referencing DCL files, [2]
tile definitions, [2]
dialog box components
displaying dialog boxes with VLISP, [2]
color coding in text editor
example
preview error handling
selecting a dialog box from multiple definitions
semantic auditing of DCL files, [2]
error handling
alert boxes, [2]
error tile guidelines, [2]
forgiving errors
preview error handling
semantic auditing of DCL files, [2]
guidelines, [2]
abbreviations, avoiding
capitalization
consistency
disabling tiles
error handling, [2]
for users with disabilities
forgiving errors
handling keyboard input
hiding dialog boxes
international language considerations
layout
nesting dialog boxes
placement of dialog boxes
predefined tiles and clusters, [2]
providing defaults
providing help
size of dialog boxes
user control over input
planning the design
predefined tiles and clusters, [2]
buttons
clusters
edit boxes
image buttons and image tiles
list boxes
radio buttons, radio rows, and radio columns, [2]
sliders
text
toggles
user input
for users with disabilities
handling keyboard input
user control over
dialog box management, [2]
action expressions and callbacks
callback reasons, [2]
DCL actions
default actions
for application-specific data
for edit boxes
for image buttons
for radio clusters
for sliders
hiding dialog boxes
nesting dialog boxes
overview, [2]
processing list elements
variables
application-specific data
functions handling
callback reasons, [2]
edit boxes
image buttons
list boxes
reason codes
sliders
canceling dialog boxes
all dialog boxes, [2], [3]
hiding dialog boxes and
if Cancel button and Default button the same
ok_cancel tiles
controlling dialog boxes with AutoLISP programs, [2]
displaying the dialog box and responding to the user
functions restricted when dialog box is open
overview
DCL error handling, [2]
auditing level for error messages
for multiple DCL files
testing dialog boxes with programs
when loading first time
dialog box opening and closing functions
displaying the dialog box and responding to the user
function sequence, [2]
function synopsis, [2]
application-specific data handling functions
dialog box opening and closing functions
image tile handling functions
list box and pop-up list handling functions
tile and attribute handling functions
functions restricted when dialog box is open
handling tiles, [2]
changing modes and values at callback time
edit boxes
initializing modes and values
mode codes for mode_tile function
radio clusters
sliders
hiding dialog boxes, [2]
canceling all dialog boxes
requesting a password
user input and
image tiles and buttons, [2]
color attributes
creating images
handling image buttons
image tile handling functions
list boxes and pop-up lists, [2]
appending list items
changing list items
creating lists
deleting list items
functions handling, [2]
inserting list items
list operations
operation codes for start_list function
processing list elements
nesting dialog boxes
canceling all dialog boxes, [2], [3]
managing
overview
requesting passwords from users
sample block definition dialog box
dialog boxes, [2], [3], [4], [5]
all dialog boxes, [2], [3]
assigning actions to tiles
calculations in, [2]
default values, [2], [3]
defining
display options
hiding dialog boxes and
image tile dialog boxes
initializing
interfacing with, from AutoLISP code, [2]
loading, [2]
ok_cancel tiles
overview
previewing
saving
See also specific dialog boxes
starting
suppressing display
transparent commands and
unloading
VLX applications and
dialog control language (DCL). See DCL (dialog control language)
dialog control language. See DCL
dialog tile
DialogInput function. See gp
getDialogInput function
dialogLoaded variable, [2]
dialogShow variable, [2], [3]
diameter constraints
diameter dimension group codes
diameter dimensions
creating
definition points
text
DiametricDimension object
create
DIASTAT system variable
DIC color guide
dictionaries
Dictionaries dialog box
dictionaries, named object
dictionary and symbol table handling functions
dictionary functions, [2], [3]
DICTIONARY group codes
dictionary objects
DICTIONARYVAR group codes, [2]
dictnext function
dictsearch function, [2]
Did You Know balloon messages
DIESEL expressions
customizing status line
error messages
macros and, [2], [3]
nesting
pull-down menu labels
quoted strings in
DIESEL functions
addition
and
angtos
catalog
division
edtime
eq
equal to
eval
fix
getenv
getvar
greater than
greater than or equal to
if
index
less than
less than or equal to
multiplication
not equal to
nth
or
rtos
strlen
substr
subtraction
upper
xor
DIESEL string expressions
diffuse color maps
diffuse color, group codes
diffuse maps, group codes
digital design workflow
digital IDs
about
certificate authorities, [2]
obtaining
root certificates
Digital Signature Contents dialog box
Digital Signature tab (Security Options dialog box)
digital signatures
about
attaching to files, [2], [3]
comments in
digital IDs
encryption and
file types supported
invalidation of, [2], [3], [4]
keys
root certificates
signed file information
time stamps
validating, [2]
digitized signatures
DIGITIZER system variable
digitizing coordinates
digitizing tablets, [2], [3]
buttons, [2]
Tablet mode
digitizing tablets, calibrating
DIM and DIM1 commands
DIMADEC DXF header variable
DIMADEC system variable
DIMALIGNED command
DimAligned object
example code
DIMALT DXF header variable
DIMALT system variable
DIMALTD DXF header variable
DIMALTD system variable
DIMALTF DXF header variable
DIMALTF system variable
DIMALTRND DXF header variable
DIMALTRND system variable
DIMALTTD DXF header variable
DIMALTTD system variable
DIMALTTZ DXF header variable
DIMALTTZ system variable
DIMALTU DXF header variable
DIMALTU system variable
DIMALTZ DXF header variable
DIMALTZ system variable
DIMANGULAR command
DIMANNO system variable
DIMAPOST DXF header variable
DIMAPOST system variable
DIMARC command
DIMARCSYM system variable
DIMASO DXF header variable
DIMASSOC DXF header variable
DIMASSOC system variable, [2]
DIMASZ DXF header variable
DIMASZ system variable
DIMATFIT DXF header variable
DIMATFIT system variable
DIMAUNIT DXF header variable
DIMAUNIT system variable
DIMAZIN DXF header variable
DIMAZIN system variable
DIMBASELINE command
DIMBLK DXF header variable
DIMBLK system variable
DIMBLK1 DXF header variable
DIMBLK1 system variable
DIMBLK2 DXF header variable
DIMBLK2 system variable
DIMBREAK command
DIMCEN DXF header variable
DIMCEN system variable
DIMCENTER command
DIMCLRD DXF header variable
DIMCLRD system variable, [2]
DIMCLRE DXF header variable
DIMCLRE system variable
DIMCLRT DXF header variable
DIMCLRT system variable, [2], [3]
DIMCONSTRAINT command
DIMCONSTRAINTICON system variable
DIMCONTINUE command
DIMDEC DXF header variable
DIMDEC system variable
DIMDIAMETER command
DIMDISASSOCIATE command
DIMDLE DXF header variable
DIMDLE system variable
DIMDLI DXF header variable
DIMDLI system variable
DIMDSEP DXF header variable
DIMDSEP system variable
DIMEDIT command
dimension entities, coordinate systems associated with
dimension group codes
aligned
angular
common
diameter
linear
ordinate
radial
rotated
Dimension Input Settings dialog box
dimension lines, [2]
angular dimensions
defined
illustration
leader objects vs.
linear dimensions
Dimension Style Manager, [2]
about
creating styles
dimension values
fractions
text options
text styles
dimension style overrides
dimension styles, [2]
about
active
applying
creating dimensions
listing
modifying, [2]
overriding
parent
system variables
dimension styles (illustration)
dimension system variables
list, [2]
dimension text
Dimensional CALS format, [2]
dimensional constraints
about, [2]
annotational constraints
applying
displaying
dynamic constraints
editing
editing constrained objects
illustrated
Parameters Manager
reference parameters
surfaces
user variables
dimensional input
Dimensional tab (Constraint Settings dialog box)
dimensions, [2], [3]
about
alignment, [2]
and geometry
angular, [2], [3]
annotations, [2], [3], [4]
arc length
arrowheads
associative, [2], [3], [4]
basic
breaks in
converted DGN files
creating, [2]
customizing contents
dimension lines, [2]
dimensional constraints
elements of
exploded, [2], [3]
extension lines
font characters for
grips
hook lines (illustration), [2]
in model space
in paper space
inspection
jog lines
lateral
leader lines (illustration), [2]
LeaderLength setting
linear, [2]
methods, editing
model space settings
modifying, [2], [3], [4]
nonassociative, [2], [3]
ordinate
ordinate (illustration)
previous release formats and, [2]
properties, editing
radial, [2]
creating
rotating
scale
spacing between
styles, [2]
text, [2], [3]
text styles, [2]
illustration
types, [2]
types of illustration
units of measurement, [2]
values
DimensionStyle property
DimensionStyleName property
DIMEXE DXF header variable
DIMEXE system variable
DIMEXO DXF header variable
DIMEXO system variable
DIMFAC DXF header variable
DIMFIT system variable
DIMFRAC system variable
DIMFXL system variable
DIMFXLON system variable
DIMGAP DXF header variable
DIMGAP system variable, [2]
DIMINSPECT command
DIMJOGANG system variable
DIMJOGGED command
DIMJOGLINE command
DIMJUST DXF header variable
DIMJUST system variable, [2], [3]
DIMLDRBLK DXF header variable
DIMLDRBLK system variable
DIMLFAC DXF header variable
DIMLFAC system variable, [2]
DIMLIM DXF header variable
DIMLIM system variable
DIMLINEAR command
DIMLTEX1 system variable
DIMLTEX2 system variable
DIMLTYPE system variable
DIMLUNIT DXF header variable
DIMLUNIT system variable
DIMLWD DXF header variable
DIMLWD system variable
DIMLWE DXF header variable
DIMLWE system variable
DIMORDINATE command
DimOrdinate object
example code, [2]
DIMOVERRIDE command
DIMPOST DXF header variable
DIMPOST system variable
DIMRADIUS command
DIMREASSOCIATE command
DIMREGEN command
DIMRND DXF header variable
DIMRND system variable
DIMSAH DXF header variable
DIMSAH system variable
DIMSCALE DXF header variable
DIMSCALE system variable
DIMSD1 DXF header variable
DIMSD1 system variable
DIMSD2 DXF header variable
DIMSD2 system variable
DIMSE1 DXF header variable
DIMSE1 system variable
DIMSE2 DXF header variable
DIMSE2 system variable
DIMSHO DXF header variable
DIMSOXD DXF header variable
DIMSOXD system variable
DIMSPACE command
DIMSTYLE
table handle code
DIMSTYLE command
about
Compare Dimension Styles dialog box
Create New Dimension Style dialog box
Dimension Style Manager
Modify Dimension Style dialog box
New Dimension Style dialog box
Override Dimension Style dialog box
DIMSTYLE DXF header variable
DIMSTYLE group codes
Dimstyle property
database
DIMSTYLE system variable
DIMSTYLE table handle code
DIMTAD DXF header variable
DIMTAD system variable, [2], [3]
DIMTDEC DXF header variable
DIMTDEC system variable
DIMTEDIT command
DIMTFAC DXF header variable
DIMTFAC system variable
DIMTFILL system variable
DIMTFILLCLR system variable
DIMTIH DXF header variable
DIMTIH system variable, [2], [3]
DIMTIX DXF header variable
DIMTIX system variable
DIMTM DXF header variable
DIMTM system variable
DIMTMOVE DXF header variable
DIMTMOVE system variable
DIMTOFL DXF header variable
DIMTOFL system variable, [2], [3]
DIMTOH DXF header variable
DIMTOH system variable, [2], [3]
DIMTOL DXF header variable
DIMTOL system variable
DIMTOLJ DXF header variable
DIMTOLJ system variable
DIMTP DXF header variable
DIMTP system variable
DIMTSZ DXF header variable
DIMTSZ system variable
DIMTVP DXF header variable
DIMTVP system variable
DIMTXSTY DXF header variable
DIMTXSTY system variable, [2]
DIMTXT DXF header variable
DIMTXT system variable, [2], [3], [4]
DIMTXTSTY system variable
DIMTZIN DXF header variable
DIMTZIN system variable
DIMUPT DXF header variable
DIMUPT system variable, [2], [3]
DIMZIN DXF header variable
DIMZIN system variable
direct distance entry, [2]
Direct Distance Entry command modifier
direction, [2]
axes
shape specification codes
Direction Control dialog box
directories, [2], [3]
application directory
for .fas files
for Console log file
Make Application output
project home directory
project source directory
searching for text in
Tmp directory for project files
working directory
directory paths
AutoLISP files
program and support files
disabling
breakpoints temporarily
reactors
disassociated dimensions
Disconnect method (CAO)
discontinuities
displacement vector
display control functions
Display Coordinate System, [2]
definition
display drivers
display performance, [2]
Display preference, Options dialog box
Display tab (Options dialog box)
DisplayableAttributes property (CAO)
displaying, [2], [3], [4], [5]
3D files
3D solid history
alignment paths
annotative objects
AutoCAD drawing entities, [2]
breakpoints
constrained objects
constraints
contextual ribbon tabs
controlling AutoCAD display, [2]
graphics and text windows
low-level graphics
menus, [2]
overview
current trace stack
current value of variables, [2]
database links
database tables
dialog boxes with VLISP, [2]
color coding in text editor
example
preview error handling
selecting a dialog box from multiple definitions
semantic auditing of DCL files, [2]
dimensional constraints
display control functions
draw order
drawing properties
drawing units
error trace stack
Frame Binding window for local variables
function call stack
function definition for Symbol Service dialog box
gizmos, [2]
grip tools (gizmos)
grips
Help
hidden files
isolated objects
layers, [2]
lights
linetypes
lineweights
list of shortcut keys
menus
messages in AutoLISP, [2]
migration log files
new Console prompt without evaluating text, [2]
OLE objects
originals in composite solids
overlapping objects
palettes, [2]
plot areas
plot styles
position of caller expression in Trace Stack window
product license information
published files
Quick Access toolbar, [2]
Quick View images, [2], [3]
raster images
rendered images, [2]
ribbon panels, [2]
ribbon tabs, [2]
See also Inspect feature
shadows
shortcut menus
simplifying
slide shows
slides
source text for functions
toolbars, [2], [3]
tooltips
trace stack element information
underlay frames
unreconciled layers
variable values
workspace toolbars
displaying program output
DisplayingCustomizeDialog event
DisplayingDraftingSettingsDialog event
DisplayingOptionDialog event
DisplayScreenMenu property
DisplayScrollBar property
DISPSILH DXF header variable
DISPSILH system variable
DIST command
distance coordinate display
distance multiplier property
DISTANCE system variable
distances
calculating
coordinate display
equal intervals
fuzz distance
parameter specifications
polar distances
specifying
distant lights, [2], [3]
DISTANTLIGHT command
distof function
distributed license server model, [2]
about
license file example
distributing, [2], [3], [4]
applications
deployments, [2]
dimensions
leader lines
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager
software installation images
dithering, [2]
DIVIDE command
dividing
objects into equal segments, [2], [3]
objects into original shapes
division DIESEL function
DIVMESHBOXHEIGHT system variable
DIVMESHBOXLENGTH system variable
DIVMESHBOXWIDTH system variable
DIVMESHCONEAXIS system variable
DIVMESHCONEBASE system variable
DIVMESHCONEHEIGHT system variable
DIVMESHCYLAXIS system variable
DIVMESHCYLBASE system variable
DIVMESHCYLHEIGHT system variable
DIVMESHPYRBASE system variable
DIVMESHPYRHEIGHT system variable
DIVMESHPYRLENGTH system variable
DIVMESHSPHEREAXIS system variable
DIVMESHSPHEREHEIGHT system variable
DIVMESHTORUSPATH system variable
DIVMESHTORUSSECTION system variable
DIVMESHWEDGEBASE system variable
DIVMESHWEDGEHEIGHT system variable
DIVMESHWEDGELENGTH system variable
DIVMESHWEDGESLOPE system variable
DIVMESHWEDGEWIDTH system variable
docked palettes
docked toolbars
docked windows, [2], [3]
Document object, [2]
enabling events, [2]
events (list), [2]
Document object event
example code
Document property (CAO)
Document reactors
document reactors
Document window
creating views
displaying views
maximizing
minimizing
modifying position
sizing
Split method
status of active document
viewports
WindowState property
document- level events
enabling, [2]
document-level events
events (list), [2]
DocumentActivated event, [2]
DocumentActivated object
example code
DocumentActivationChanged event
DocumentBecameCurrent event
DocumentCollection object event
example code
DocumentCreated event, [2]
DocumentCreateStarted event, [2]
DocumentCreationCanceled event
DocumentDestroyed event
DocumentLockModeChanged event
DocumentLockModeChangeVetoed event
DocumentLockModeWillChange event
DocumentToBeActivated event
DocumentToBeDeactivated event, [2]
DocumentToBeDestroyed event
doglegs, [2]
dollar sign ($) prompt. See Console prompt
done_dialog function, [2]
for OK button
hiding dialog boxes and
nested dialog boxes and
start_dialog calls and
user input based on graphics screen and
Windows and
DONUT command
DONUTID system variable
DONUTOD system variable
donuts
drawing
exploding
simplified display
dots in linetype definitions
dotted pairs
double click actions, [2]
customization FAQs
customizing, [2]
editing
double slash (//), as DCL comment code
doubles, arrays of, [2]
Down option (Find dialog box)
Downcase option
Downcase Symbols option (Apropos dialog box)
downloading, [2]
DesignCenter Online content, [2]
migration tools
draft analysis, [2]
Draft Analysis tab (Analysis Options dialog box)
Draft Angle Handle
draft quality display of raster images
Drafting preference, Options dialog box
Drafting Settings dialog box
Drafting tab (Options dialog box)
dragging objects
dragging text in text editor
DRAGMODE command
DRAGMODE system variable
DRAGP1 system variable
DRAGP2 system variable
DRAGVS Header variable
DRAGVS system variable
draw order
changing
hatches
OLE objects
drawing
3D solids
arcs
boxes
circles
cones
construction lines
curved objects
cylinders
direct distance entry
donuts
ellipses
helixes and spirals
isometric circles, [2]
layout viewports and
lines
multilines
object properties
objects
Ortho mode
parametric drawing
polygons, [2]
polyline arcs
polylines
polysolids
precision
pyramids
rays
rectangles
reference points
revision clouds
spheres
splines
squares
tangent arcs and lines
tori
triangles
viewports and
wedges
wide polylines
drawing area and entity data functions
drawing extents, [2], [3]
drawing files (DWG), [2]
backups
converting other files to
file locations
finding, [2]
folders and maintenance
inserting as blocks
markups
metadata
opening
previous release formats
repairing
saving
TrustedDWG
drawing interchange file formats
ASCII DXF, [2]
binary DXF, [2]
Slide (SLD)
Slide Library (SLB)
drawing interchange format (DXF files)
converting to DWG
exporting
Drawing Nodes shortcut menu
drawing orientation, [2]
drawing properties
adding
displaying
encryption and, [2]
finding files with, [2]
metadata
Drawing Properties dialog box
Drawing Recovery Manager, [2]
about
recovering work
drawing sets
plotting
publishing, [2]
republishing
sheet sets
viewing published files
drawing status bar
drawing templates, [2]
creating
DGN seed files
hyperlinks to
locating files
opening
saving
starting drawings with
startup routines and
web page templates
drawing units
about
angular units
converted DGN files
converting
data extraction and
linear units
model space settings
precision
rounding off
Drawing Units dialog box
drawing units, converting
Drawing Window Colors dialog box
drawing-stored options, setting
drawing. See creating
DRAWINGRECOVERY command
about
Drawing Recovery Manager
DRAWINGRECOVERYHIDE command
drawings, [2], [3]
2D sections of 3D models
3D views
adding entities to
annotations in
archiving
assigning colors to objects
AutoCAD drawing database
viewing blocks in
viewing entities in
viewing extended data
viewing selected objects in drawings
viewing symbol tables in
background colors
colors
converting to AutoCAD LT
copying between
counting objects in
creating tools from
cross sectioning
DesignCenter drawings
digital signatures
encryption
exporting
extents
extracting data from
file formats
file locations, [2]
finding, [2]
fitting on paper, [2]
fully constrained drawings
geographic location
i-drop content in
importing files into
incremental saves
information about
inserting as blocks
international files
Internet-based
layers
layouts, [2]
lighting
linking to databases
markups
measurement units
metadata
model space
monitoring for updates
multiple AutoCAD drawings with Console window
multiple open drawings
naming
object properties
opening, [2]
opening drawings containing persistent reactors
orientation, [2]
page setups
partial saves
partially opening
passwords
performing calculations
plot settings
plotting
previewing, [2]
previous release formats
publishing
rendering
repairing damaged drawings
saving, [2]
saving as templates
scaling
sharing
standards violations, [2]
starting
switching between
templates
text in
transmittal packages
TrustedDWG drawings
unconstrained drawings
underconstrained drawings
underlays, [2], [3]
viewing drawing entities, [2]
blocks in the drawing database
controlling amount of Inspect information
entities in the drawing database
extended data associated with objects, [2]
selected objects in drawings
shortcut menu for object line
symbol tables in the drawing database
viewports
views
xrefs
Drawings tab (Batch Standards Checker)
drawline function
loading from text editor
running from Console prompt
DRAWORDER command
DRAWORDERCTL system variable
drawOutline function. See gp
drawOutline function
drivers
Drop directives and Safe Optimization, [2]
drop-down lists, [2]
drop-downs
ribbon panels
DRSTATE system variable
DSD files (drawing set descriptions)
DSETTINGS command
about
Dimension Input Settings dialog box
Pointer Input Settings dialog box
Tooltip Appearance dialog box
DST files (sheet set data)
creating
team member access to
DSVIEWER command
duplex printing
duplicating objects
duration of animation
DVIEW command
DWF files (Design Web Format), [2], [3]
3D DWF files
about
configuring ePlot for
Design Review
DWF6 driver configuration
exporting
layers
markups
metadata
multi-sheet files
plotter drivers
plotting to
publishing
publishing to Buzzsaw locations
security options
sheet sets and
underlays, [2]
viewers, [2]
web page images
DWF Password dialog box
DWF trace keyword frame
DWF Underlay Ribbon contextual tab
DWF Viewer
DWF6 driver
configuring
custom properties
DWF6 ePlot pc3 plotter configuration files, [2]
DWFADJUST command, [2]
DWFATTACH command
about
Attach DWF Underlay dialog box
DWF Underlay Ribbon contextual tab
Substitute DWF Name dialog box
DWFCLIP command
DWFFORMAT command
DWFFRAME system variable
DWFLAYERS command
DWFOSNAP system variable
DWFUNDERLAY
DWFx driver
configuring
custom properties
DWFx ePlot pc3 plotter configuration files, [2]
DWFx files, [2], [3]
3D DWFx files
about
Design Review
DWFx driver configuration
exporting
layers
markups
metadata
plotter drivers
plotting
plotting to
publishing
security options
sheet set properties in
sheet sets and
underlays, [2]
viewers, [2]
viewing
web page images
DWG files
saving underlays as
DWG Options tab (Saveas Options dialog box)
DWG to PDF driver, [2]
DWG trace keyword frame
DWG TrueView migration tool
DWGCHECK system variable
DWGCODEPAGE DXF header variable
DWGCODEPAGE system variable
DWGNAME system variable
DWGPREFIX system variable
DWGPROPS command
about
Add Custom Property dialog box
Drawing Properties dialog box
DWGTITLED system variable
DWS files
DWT files, [2], [3]
locating
modifying
saving layouts as
sheet creation templates
starting drawings
DXB files, [2]
configuring drivers for
converting to DWG
custom properties
plotting
DXBIN command
DXE files, [2]
DXEVAL system variable
DXF
conventions
group code ranges
group codes in numerical order
file parsers, subclass markers and
files. See ASCII DXF files\
format
about
header variables
interface programs, writing (example)
record names, default class values
DXF codes, and filter types (table)
DXF codes. See DXF Reference
DXF files
DXF header variables in
group codes. See group codes (DXF files)
See also ASCII DXF files\
DXF files (drawing interchange format)
converting to DWG
exporting
exporting block attribute data
saving
DXF format, objects vs. entities in
DXF header variables, in DXF files
DXF object list (ENAME Inspect window)
DXF Options tab (Saveas Options dialog box)
DXF reactors
DXF Reference
DXFIN considerations for writing DXF files
DXX files
dynamic block definitions
about, [2]
action parameters
actions, [2]
assigning data to
AutoCAD LT functionality
block attributes
Block Editor
constraints
construction geometry
correcting
creating
dependencies
designing
grips and
inserting blocks
lookup tables
modifying
parameter sets
parameters, [2], [3]
properties
saving
testing, [2]
value sets
visibility states
workflow
dynamic block references
about, [2]
actions
block attributes
constraints
grips
modifying
restoring
dynamic blocks
action parameters
dynamic constraints, [2]
dynamic coordinate display
Dynamic Display pane (CUI editor)
Dynamic Help
Dynamic Input tab (Drafting Settings dialog box)
dynamic panning
dynamic prompts
dynamic UCSs
dynamic viewing
DYNCONSTRAINMODE system variable
DYNDIGRIP system variable
DYNDIVIS system variable
DYNMODE system variable
DYNPICOORDS system variable
DYNPIFORMAT system variable
DYNPIVIS system variable
DYNPROMPT system variable
DYNTOOLTIPS system variable
E
e-learning program (Autodesk)
E-mail Address tab (Insert Hyperlink dialog box)
Ea symbol flag
earlier versions of AutoCAD
early returns of licenses
EATTEDIT command
EATTEXT command
echoes in macros
ECS. See object coordinate system
EDGE command
edge-defined meshes
EDGEMODE system variable
edges
3D solid edges
boundary edges
colors
copying
creases
customizing
cutting edges
deleting
imprinting objects on
mesh edges
modifying
redundant edges
rendering
surfaces
trimming to
EDGESURF command
Edit a Buzzsaw Location Shortcut dialog box
Edit Attribute Definition dialog box
Edit Attribute dialog box
Edit Attributes dialog box
Edit Block Definition dialog box
edit boxes. See tiles (dialog box)
Edit command (Project window shortcut menu)
Edit Face panel (Mesh Subobject Ribbon)
Edit Formula Column dialog box
Edit Global Declarations option (Build Options dialog box)
Edit Hyperlink dialog box
Edit Layer dialog box
Edit Layer State dialog box
Edit Lineweights dialog box
Edit menu (VLISP)
Match Backward command
Match Forward command
overview
Redo command
Select Backward command
Select Forward command
Undo command
Edit menu, Parentheses Matching command
Edit Name and Description dialog box
Edit Reference Ribbon contextual tab
Edit Scale dialog box
Edit Scale List dialog box
Edit Sheet List Table Settings dialog box
Edit Text dialog box
Edit toolbar
New File button
Open button
Redo button
Undo button
edit_box tile
edit_limit (DCL attribute)
edit_width (DCL attribute)
editing, [2], [3], [4]
2D objects
3D models
3D solids, [2], [3]
action macros, [2]
block attribute definitions
block attributes, [2]
block definitions, [2]
block references, [2]
cameras
columns of text
commands
complex objects
composite solids
constrained objects, [2]
constraints, [2]
custom objects
data extraction settings
data extraction tables
database records
dictionaries
dimension styles
dimensions, [2]
double click actions for
dynamic blocks, [2]
edges
faces
fields in text
fills
gizmos
grip modes
grip tools (gizmos)
groups
hatches
helixes
hyperlinks, [2]
label templates
labels
layer objects
layers, [2]
leader objects
link templates
maps
markups, [2]
materials
meshes
multiline styles
multilines
nongraphical objects
objects, [2]
OLE objects
paper size
pen settings
plot style tables, [2]
plot styles
plotter configuration files, [2]
point clouds
polylines
printable areas
queries
revision clouds
separating solids into shapes
sheet and sheet set properties
sheets
shortcut keys
ShowMotion shots
slide files and
spirals
splines
surfaces, [2], [3], [4], [5]
tables, [2]
text, [2]
text styles
toolbars
underlays
vertices
visual styles
xrefs, [2]
editing. See text editor
Editor reactors
editor reactors
callback functions and, [2], [3], [4], [5], [6]
described, [2], [3], [4]
types of
where to attach
EDITSHOT command
edtime DIESEL function
Educational (EDU)/Institution licenses, [2]
educational products
electronic drawing sets
plotting
publishing, [2]
republishing
sheet sets
viewing published files
element IDs
ELEV command
ElevateDegree method
splines
elevation
ELEVATION DXF header variable
ELEVATION system variable
elevation value for entity positioning
ELLIPSE command
ellipse edge data for hatch entities
ellipse group codes
Ellipse object
creating
ellipses
calculating geometric data for
drawing
grips on
modifying
PostScript rendering
elliptical arcs
modifying
PostScript rendering
email hyperlinks
embedded libraries
embedded objects (OLE), [2], [3]
EMPTY property
enabling reactors
ENAME Inspect window
enames
converting to and from VLA-objects
searching for associated handle
encryption
about
advanced levels
digital signatures and
drawing properties and, [2]
keys, [2]
end_image function
end_list function
endblk group codes
ENDCAPS DXF header variable
EndCustomizationMode event
EndFitTangent property
splines
EndPoint property
example code
EndPt variable, [2], [3]
Enhanced Attribute Editor
entdel function
Enter Expression to Watch dialog box
ENTER key and Console window processing
EnterModal event, [2]
enterprise customization files
about
creating
customization FAQs
defined
ENTERPRISEMENU system variable
entget function, [2], [3], [4]
entget function, entmake function vs.
entities, [2]
adding to drawings
block
blocks
changing
complex, [2]
coordinate systems associated with
endblk
entity group codes vs. object codes
group codes listed in numerical order
handles and use of
modifying
names, obtaining
obtaining information on
referring to across multiple sessions
viewing in drawing database
entities (DXF format)
end marker
group codes for, [2]
FIELD objects
hatch boundary path data
hatches
MATERIAL objects
TABLE objects
TABLESTYLE objects
viewports
vs. objects
ENTITIES section
about, [2]
and writing a DXF file
ENTITIES section (DXF files), about
entities. See objects
entity
SetDatabaseDefaults method
entity access functions
entity data functions, [2]
adding entities to drawings
anonymous blocks
creating complex entities
deleting entities
drawing area and
modifying entities
obtaining entity information
working with blocks
entity filter lists for selection sets, [2]
examples
filtering for extended data
logical grouping of filter tests
overview
relational tests
selection set manipulation
wild-card patterns in
entity name data type
defined
overview
referring to entities across multiple sessions
entity name functions, [2]
entity access functions
entity context and coordinate transform data
entity handles and their uses
overview
retrieving entity names
setting entity name to variable name
entlast function
entmake function, [2], [3], [4], [5]
ActiveX and, [2], [3]
entget function vs.
entity creation
radio button for
entmod function
dictionary objects and
drawing area and
modifying entities
non-graphic object handling
polylines and
symbol table objects and
entnext function, [2]
entries beginning with get, vla-get, and vlax-get
ENTRY-NAMESPACE trace keyword frame
entsel function
entupd function
environment variables, inspecting and changing
environments in databases
ePlot driver
EPS files
exporting
plotting to
eq DIESEL function
equal to DIESEL function
equality and conditional functions
equality verification in AutoLISP
equations
parametric constraints
ERASE command
Erase method
layers
leader lines
erase-tiles function
Erased event
erasing, [2], [3], [4], [5]
boundaries and tiles, reactors and, [2], [3], [4], [5]
See also clearing
tiles and redrawing when boundaries change, reactors and, [2], [3], [4], [5]
erasing objects
erasing. See deleting
ergonomics in dialog box design
ERHIGHLIGHT system variable
ERRNO system variable, [2]
error checking
color coding and, [2]
See also debugging
syntax checker
error codes
AutoLISP
error messages
AutoLISP
DIESEL
error messages, displaying
Error option for protected symbols
ERROR-BREAK trace keyword frame
errors, [2], [3], [4], [5]
*error* function, [2]
at compile time
at runtime
AutoLISP error handling, [2]
AutoLISP errors
block attribute extraction files
bug introduction during optimization
catching and continuing execution
checking for syntax errors, [2]
continuing after
correcting
dialog box error handling
alert boxes, [2]
error tile guidelines, [2]
for multiple DCL files
forgiving errors
preview errors
semantic auditing of DCL files, [2]
testing dialog boxes with programs
when loading first time
dynamic block definitions
error messages
error trapping
error-handling functions, [2], [3], [4], [5]
from ActiveX function calls
handling for ActiveX methods
handling for VLX application in its own namespace, [2]
ignoring errors
Inspect command error handling
intercepting with vl-catch-all-apply
logic
MDI environment error-handling, [2]
reporting
safe optimization warning messages
SAMreport-Lite messages
See also debugging programs
separate-namespace VLX error handling, [2]
synchronizing database links
try example code
user input
viewing error trace stack
vl-catch-all-apply, using
VLX error handling, [2]
xref error messages
ERSTATE system variable
escape codes in strings
establishing ActiveX connection to application
Ethernet address
ETRANSMIT command
Create Transmittal dialog box
Import Transmittal Setups dialog box
Modify Transmittal dialog box
Transmittal - Set Password dialog box
Transmittal Setups dialog box
eTransmit feature
Buzzsaw sites and
creating transmittal packages
prior versions and
saved transmittal settings
underlays and
eval DIESEL function
Evaluate method
example code
leader lines
EvaluateHatch method
hatches
evaluating new layers in drawings, [2]
event handlers
and infinite loops
and interactive functions
and parameters
and subroutines
Begin events
creating objects
deleting objects
enabling doc-level eventsdocument-level events, [2]
End events
writing guidelines
events, [2]
handling, [2]
in AutoCAD
events, callback
defining callback functions, [2]
overview
Excel spreadsheets, [2]
accessing data from
configuring external data sources
database connectivity
extracting data to, [2]
including in data extractions, [2]
opening attribute extraction files
exclamation point (!), for viewing AutoCAD variable values, [2]
executing. See loading
executing. See running
Existing Application Properties command (VLISP File menu)
Existing File or Web Page tab (Insert Hyperlink dialog box)
exiting, [2]
AutoCAD
programs quietly
quietly in AutoLISP
See also closing
stepping through code
Visual LISP
expanding
element list items in Inspect window
selections using shortcut keys
EXPERT system variable
Expert Wizard mode
expiration dates for licenses
about
EXPLMODE system variable
EXPLODE command
exploded dimensions, [2]
exploding, [2]
blocks, [2]
compound objects
objects, [2]
polylines
EXPORT command
Export DGN Settings dialog box
Export Layout to Model Space Drawing dialog box
Export Links dialog box
Export Query Set dialog box
Export Template Set dialog box
Export to DWF/PDF Options palette
Export to DWF/PDF ribbon panel
Export-to-ACAD symbol flag
EXPORTDWF command
about
Export to DWF/PDF Options palette
Export to DWF/PDF ribbon panel
New Precision Preset dialog box
Page Setup Override dialog box
Precision Presets Manager
Save as DWF dialog box
Save as DWFx dialog box
EXPORTDWFX command
about
EXPORTEPLOTFORMAT system variable
exporting, [2], [3]
3D files
3D solids, [2]
animations
block attribute data, [2]
configuring drivers for
custom settings as migration packages, [2]
database links
drawings
export file formats, [2]
extracted data, [2]
FBX files, [2]
files
label templates
layer states
layout objects to model space
link templates
OLE objects
plot files
profiles
queries
rendered images, [2]
tool palettes
exporting functions
to ACAD
to document namespaces, [2]
exporting images for commands
exporting licenses
about
transfer files
ExportLayerState method
layer states
EXPORTLAYOUT command
EXPORTMODELSPACE system variable
EXPORTPAGESETUP system variable
EXPORTPAPERSPACE system variable, [2]
EXPORTPDF command
about
Save as PDF dialog box
EXPORTSETTINGS command
EXPORTTOAUTOCAD command
exposing functions. See exporting functions
Express Tools
expressions, [2], [3]
AutoLISP, [2]
form for
formatting styles for
function syntax
matching parentheses
monitoring evaluation results of
Parameters Manager
parametric constraints
quotation marks and parentheses
EXRXSUBR Apropos filter value
EXRXSUBR Inspect window
EXTEND command
extended Big Font files
extended data, [2]
associated with objects, [2]
attaching to entities
filtering selection sets for
group codes for
handles in
managing memory use
organization of
registration of applications
retrieving, [2]
synopsis of
viewing associated with objects, [2]
extended help
extending
3D objects
chamfered objects
filleted objects
objects
extension dictionary
extension lines
angular dimensions
appearance
arc length dimensions
arcs and
breaks in
defined
oblique
origins of
properties
text on, [2]
extensions to AutoLISP. See Visual LISP, extended functions
external commands
external data
exporting to files
linking to spreadsheets
matching
updating
external databases, [2]
external queries
External Reference Ribbon contextual tab
external references (xrefs)
about
archiving drawings with
attaching, [2]
Autodesk Educational Products
binding, [2]
blocks and, [2]
circular references
clipping, [2]
constraints
copying
database links in
defined
demand loading, [2], [3], [4]
DesignCenter and
detaching
editing, [2]
error messages
exploding
External References palette
fields in
freezing layers of
icons
Internet-based xrefs
layer properties
layer states and
log files
missing, [2]
name conflicts
nested
notifications about, [2], [3]
OLE objects and, [2]
overlays
password-protected, [2]
paths, [2], [3]
project names and
properties
Reference Manager
reloading
relocated xrefs
saving changes to
saving with indexes, [2]
sheet sets and
temporary file copies
underlays as, [2], [3]
unloading
updating, [2]
xref tools
External References palette, [2]
about
displaying
loading or unloading images
raster image information
underlay information
externally referenced dimension styles
EXTERNALREFERENCES command
EXTERNALREFERENCESCLOSE command
EXTMAX DXF header variable
EXTMAX system variable
EXTMIN DXF header variable
EXTMIN system variable
EXTNAMES DXF header variable
EXTNAMES system variable
extracting
block attribute data, [2]
drawing property data
geometric data
EXTRUDE command
EXTRUDED SURFACE group codes
extruding
faces
mesh faces
objects, [2]
extruding objects
extrusion direction, OCS properties for
F
face counts
face normals
face views
faces of 3D solids
colors
coplanar faces
copying
creases
edge display
extruding, [2]
face styles
imprinting objects on
intersecting faces
materials
mesh faces, [2]
mesh objects
modifying, [2]
redundant faces
rendering
splitting, [2]
facet edges
faceted lighting
faceted mesh objects
faceted surfaces
FACETERDEVNORMAL system variable
FACETERDEVSURFACE system variable
FACETERGRIDRATIO system variable
FACETERMAXEDGELENGTH system variable
FACETERMAXGRID system variable
FACETERMESHTYPE system variable
FACETERMINUGRID system variable
FACETERMINVGRID system variable
FACETERPRIMITIVEMODE system variable
FACETERSMOOTHLEV system variable
FACETRATIO system variable
FACETRES system variable
FACETRES system variables
fade settings
raster images
underlays
xref objects
falloff angle of spotlights
FAS Directory option (Build Options dialog box)
FAS files
FASTZ revised VPORT header variable
Favorites links (DesignCenter)
Favorites links (InfoCenter)
faxing registration information
FBX Export Options dialog box
FBX files
about, [2]
FBX Import Options dialog box
FBXEXPORT command
FBXIMPORT command
feature classifications
FeatureControlFrame object
example code
field angle of spotlights
FIELD command
Field dialog box
FIELD group codes
Field Update Settings dialog box
field value, data type
FIELDDISPLAY system variable
FIELDEVAL system variable
FieldName property (CAO)
fields (databases)
about
attribute extraction and
labels
links
fields (font definition files)
Big Font files
shape font files
fields (text)
about
AutoCAD LT functionality
hyperlinks in
previous releases of AutoCAD and
file descriptor data type
defined
overview
file extensions
.fas
.lsp
.vlx, [2], [3]
additional file types
for project files
stripping
file formats, [2]
animations
attribute extraction files
configuring drivers for
data extraction, [2]
digital signatures and
drawing interchange formats
export file formats, [2]
importable files
pasted objects
plot files
plottable formats, [2], [3], [4], [5], [6]
PostScript formats
Quick View images
raster formats, [2], [3]
rendered images
saving drawings
saving in older formats
trusted formats
web page publishing
file input and output commands
FILE Inspect window
file locations, [2]
file management
File menu
Make Application command
New File command
Save All command
Save As command
File menu (VLISP)
Load File command, [2], [3]
Make Application submenu
Existing Application Properties command
Make Application command
New Application Wizard command, [2]
Rebuild Application command
New File command
Open File command
overview
Toggle Console Log command
Toggle Trace Log command
file-based databases
file-handling functions, [2], [3]
accessing Help files
file search
synopsis of
FILEDIA system variable
FileName property
text styles
unicode
files, [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7]
.vlx files, [2]
adding to projects
AutoLISP program files, [2]
color coding
comments, [2]
creating new source files
editing code in VLISP
formatting code, [2]
backing up automatically in text editor, [2]
backups
block attribute data
Buzzsaw sites and
closing in AutoLISP programs
color coding in text editor, [2]
compiling programs from, [2]
compressing
Console log file
copying text to new file
creating, [2]
creating application, [2]
creating Console log file
currently open
custom settings files
DCL files, [2]
acad.dcl
base.dcl
color coding
overview, [2]
parts of
referencing, [2]
semantic auditing of, [2]
specifying in VLISP
default locations
digital signatures and
encryption
exporting, [2]
extracting data to
FILE Inspect window
file-handling functions, [2], [3]
accessing Help files
file search
synopsis of
finding
global declarations file
importing
input file for compiler
inserting into text editor window
large objects in
LISP files to include in applications
loading, [2]
DCL files, [2]
program files, [2]
project files, [2]
locations, [2]
maintenance
make
managing multiple LISP files, [2]
managing through projects
markups
metadata
migrating
migration packages
modularizing
navigating in text editor
navigating to
network locations, [2]
opening, [2], [3]
opening in text editor
organizing contents of source code
output file from compiler
pinned
plotting to, [2], [3]
previewing
publishing, [2], [3]
recently used
repairing damaged files
resource files to include in applications
restoring from backups
roaming profiles and
SAMreport-Lite formats
saving
saving all
saving DCL
search paths
searching for text in
See also DCL files
stripping file extensions
Support File Search Path
temporary files for projects
types
uninstalling
unit definition file
unloading DCL
validating, [2]
Files preference, Options dialog box
Files tab (Options dialog box)
Files Table tab (Archive a Sheet Set dialog box)
Files Table tab (Create Transmittal dialog box)
Files Tree tab (Archive a Sheet Set dialog box)
Files Tree tab (Create Transmittal dialog box)
filing a stream of group data, subclass markers and
FILL command
Fill mode
fill_image function, [2]
FILLET command
FILLETEDGE command
filleting
3D solids
objects
surfaces
FILLETRAD DXF header variable
FILLETRAD system variable
FILLETRAD3D system variable
FILLMODE DXF header variable
FILLMODE system variable, [2]
fills
about
boundaries, [2]
gradient fills
modifying
plot styles
PostScript rendering
properties
solid fills, [2]
turning off display
wipeout objects
filter colors of lighting
Filter Column dialog box
FILTER command
Filter Flags option (Apropos dialog box)
filter lists
filter lists for selection sets, [2]
examples
filtering for extended data
logical grouping of filter tests
overview
relational tests
selection set manipulation
wild-card patterns in
filter types, and DXF codes (table)
Filter Values option (Apropos dialog box)
filtering, [2], [3]
data extraction properties
dimension types
example code
files for data extraction
layers, [2]
object selection, [2]
objects for data extraction
paramenters
SAMreport-Lite data
selection sets
subobject selection filters, [2]
texture filtering
unreconciled new layers, [2]
viewport overrides and
final gathering
Find and Replace dialog box (commands)
Find and Replace dialog box (mtext)
Find and Replace dialog box (text)
FIND command
Find command
Console window shortcut menu
text editor shortcut menu
VLISP Search menu
Find command (Search menu)
Find dialog box, [2]
Cancel button
Direction options
Find button
Find What field
illustrated
Mark Instances option
Match Case option
Match Whole Word Only option
opening
Search options
See also searching
Find dialog box (DBCONNECT)
Find dialog box (OPEN)
Find in Files option (Find dialog box)
Find in Project option (Find dialog box)
Find toolbar
Clear All Bookmarks button
Next Bookmark button
Previous Bookmark button
Repeat Search button
Replace button
Search button
Toggle Bookmark button
Find What field (Find dialog box)
Find/Replace tab (Label Template dialog box)
findfile function
finding, [2]
commands
commands in CUIx files
customized files
database records
DesignCenter Online content, [2]
drawing files, [2]
files for data extraction updates
InfoCenter information, [2]
materials
paramenters
raster images
tagged commands
text
underlay files
finding. See searching, [2]
FindMovedPoint function
FindObject method
FindOpenDatabase method
FindPointInList function
FINGERPRINTGUID DXF header variable
fit points in splines
fit points on splines, [2]
Fit tab (New Dimension Style dialog box)
fitting
dimension text
spline reshaping
FitTolerance property
splines
Fix constraints
fix DIESEL functions
fixed group codes
fixed-length extension lines
fixed_height (DCL attribute)
fixed_width (DCL attribute)
fixed_width_font (DCL attribute)
fixtures (lighting), [2]
FlagBits property
text styles
flags, [2]
Boolean flag group code range
UCS flags
viewport status flags
Flash Player
flat lighting
FLATSHOT command
flatshot objects
flattened views of 3D objects
FLEXnet tools, [2]
about
Options file, [2], [3]
updating
FLIC files
flip actions
flip grips, [2]
flipped normals
flipping
arrowheads
blocks
lights
objects
floating point numbers
REAL Inspect window
floating point numbers, distance to floating point function
floating point values
comparing
See also real numbers
floating properties
floating toolbars
floating windows, [2], [3]
floating-point numbers, group code ranges
flow control in plotting
FLS files
flushing data
flying through models
flyouts, [2]
buttons
tool palettes
toolbars
FMP files (font mapping), [2]
fog effects
folders, [2]
file locations, [2]
monitoring for updates
font mapping files, [2]
Font property
text styles
FONTALT system variable
FontFile property
example code
FontFileMap property
FONTMAP system variable
fonts, [2], [3], [4]
alternative fonts
alternative, specifying
and text styles
assigning
assigning in drawings
Big Font files
Big Fonts
compiling
converting
creating
dimensioning characters in
display settings
DWF font-handling
exporting in drawings
file locations
font mapping tables
including in linetypes
international sets
mapping
PostScript
previous release file formats and
proxy fonts, [2]
publishing 3D files and
SHX fonts
special symbols in
substitute fonts
substituting
substitution rules
superscripts and subscripts in
TEXTFILL system variable
TrueType, [2]
types of
Unicode, [2]
forcing internal lines
forcing line breaks in strings
foreach function
foreign-language support, [2]
foreshortened radius dimensions
form tolerances
Form View tab (Plot Style Table Editor)
Format AutoLISP in Editor command (Tools menu)
Format Code in Editor command (VLISP Tools menu)
Format Date/Time option
Format dialog box
Format Options dialog box, [2]
Close Parenthesis Style options
illustrated
Insert Form-Closing Comment option
Long List Format Style options
More Options button
opening
Preserve Existing Line Breaks option
Setting Case for Symbols options
Split Comments option
Format property (CAO)
formatting
formatting AutoLISP code, [2]
Format Options dialog box, [2]
in active editor window
long lists
options, [2]
preserving existing line breaks
saving formatting options
shortcut keys for
formatting characters
example code
formatting code, [2]
Close Parenthesis style
Column style
comment styles
formatter restrictions
inserting form-closing comments
Narrow style
overriding session settings
Plane style
splitting long comments
Wide style
formatting dates
formatting text
character formatting
codes for
data extraction tables
fields
multiline text, [2]
stacked text
table cells, [2]
formulas
copying
data extraction tables
inserting in table cells
parametric constraints
forward slashes (//), as DCL comment code
Forward tool
FoxPro databases, [2]
fractions, [2], [3]
Frame Binding window, [2]
adding symbol to Watch window
calling Inspect feature
calling Symbol Service dialog box
copying value to *obj* system variable
described
displaying for local variables
displaying value in Console
keyword frames
printing value to Console window
shortcut menu commands
special function call frames
frame rates in animations
FRAME system variable
frames, [2]
plotting
underlay frames
Free Orbit tool
free weblights
freeing memory and releasing objects
FREESPOT command
FREEWEB command
freezing
layers
layers in layout viewports
xref layers
front views
front, moving objects to
FRONTZ system variable
FTP sites
opening Internet drawings
saving drawings to
full hyperlinks, [2]
Full Navigation wheels
full xref paths
FULLOPEN system variable
FULLPLOTPATH system variable
fully constrained drawings
fully constrained objects
function call frames
function keys (F1-F12), [2], [3], [4]
Function symbol command (Trace Stack window shortcut menu)
FUNCTION-ENTRY trace keyword frame
function-handling functions, [2]
adding commands
c\
xxx functions, [2]
defining functions, [2]
defining functions with arguments, [2]
defun function, [2]
defun-q function, [2]
local variables in functions, [2]
redefining AutoCAD commands
special forms
synopsis of
functions, [2], [3], [4]
ActiveX versus ename
anonymous
application-handling
arithmetic
as AutoCAD commands, [2]
as lists, [2]
c\
xxx functions, [2]
callback functions for reactors, [2]
callback. See callback functions
checking, [2]
collection manipulation
commenting, [2]
controlling AutoCAD display, [2]
graphics and text windows
low-level graphics
menus, [2]
overview
conversion functions
angular values from radians or degrees
ASCII code conversions
coordinate system transformations, [2]
data conversion functions
measurement unit conversions, [2]
point transformations
string conversions
synopsis of
curve measurement
Debug-on-Entry flag, [2]
debugging. See debugging
defining. See defun function statement
device access and control
synopsis of
device access and control functions, [2]
accessing user input
calibrating tablets
dialog box function synopsis, [2]
application-specific data handling functions
dialog box opening and closing functions
image tile handling functions
list box and pop-up list handling functions
tile and attribute handling functions
dialog box management functions, [2]
action expressions and callbacks, [2]
application-specific data
controlling dialog boxes with AutoLISP programs, [2]
DCL error handling, [2]
function sequence, [2]
handling tiles, [2]
hiding dialog boxes, [2]
image tiles and buttons, [2]
list boxes and pop-up lists, [2]
nesting dialog boxes
sample block definition dialog box
dictionary functions, [2], [3]
display control functions
displaying definition for Symbol Service dialog box
Drop directives and safe optimization, [2]
entity access functions
entity data functions, [2]
adding entities to drawings
anonymous blocks
creating complex entities
deleting entities
drawing area and
modifying entities
obtaining entity information
working with blocks
entity name functions, [2]
entity access functions
entity context and coordinate transform data
entity handles and their uses
overview
retrieving entity names
setting entity name to variable name
equality and conditional
error-handling
exiting quietly
exporting
to document namespaces, [2]
exposing. See functions, exporting
EXRXSUBR Inspect window
extended data functions, [2]
attaching extended data to entities
filtering selection sets for extended data
group codes for extended data
handles in extended data
managing memory use
organization of extended data
registration of applications
retrieving extended data, [2]
synopsis of
file-handling functions, [2]
accessing Help files
file search
synopsis of
function-handling
synopsis of
function-handling functions, [2]
adding commands
c\
xxx functions, [2]
defining functions, [2]
defining functions with arguments, [2]
local variables in functions, [2]
redefining AutoCAD commands
special forms
geometric utilities, [2]
finding angle between line and X axis
finding distance between two points
finding intersection of two lines
finding polar coordinates of points
object snap
overview
synopsis of
text extents
Help for
help for, [2]
linking function calls, [2], [3]
list handling
synopsis of
list handling functions
adding items to list beginning
combining lists
dotted pairs
grouping related items
point lists
retrieving items from lists
returning all but first element
substituting items
loading
local variables in, [2]
Make Application output
making available
as AutoCAD commands, [2]
to documents
to ObjectARX applications
to other VLX applications
making available to documents
memory management functions
method invocation functions
multiple namespaces effect on
namespace communication functions
naming
finding and completing names
number handling in AutoLISP
object-handling functions
entity access functions
entity data functions, [2]
entity name functions, [2]
non-graphic object-handling, [2]
polylines, old-style and lightweight, [2]
synopsis of, [2]
organizing within source code files
output functions, [2]
control characters in quoted strings
displaying messages, [2]
wild-card matching
passing parameters to. See parameter passing
polar, [2]
property-handling functions
protected symbols and
query and command functions
configuration control
foreign-language support
inspecting and changing system and environment variables, [2]
passing pick points to AutoCAD commands
pausing for user input
sending commands to AutoCAD prompt
synopsis of
undoing commands issued with command function
querying reactors using function calls
reactor callback functions, [2]
reactor functions
restrictions when dialog box is open
return values. See return values
revising, [2]
running
on individual elements in lists, [2]
running from Console prompt
See also specific functions
selection set handling functions
adding entities
creating selection sets
deleting entities
finding number of entities
passing selection sets between AutoLISP and ObjectARX applications
returning entity names
selection set filter lists, [2]
synopsis of
testing whether an entity is a member
special forms
string-handling, [2]
stubbed-out
defining
updating
SUBR Inspect window
summary of
basic functions, [2]
category summary
memory management functions
namespace communication functions
reactor functions
selection set, object, and symbol table functions, [2]
symbol-handling functions
utility functions, [2]
Visual LISP extended functions, [2]
VLX namespace functions
Windows Registry functions
symbol table access functions
syntax conventions in AutoLISP
testing, [2]
tracing user-defined functions
user input functions
accessing user input from devices
allowable input
arbitrary keyboard input
controlling user-input conditions, [2]
getting user input
getxxx functions
input options
keyword options
pausing for user input
restrictions when dialog box is open
synopsis of
validating input
user-defined
defining with defun, [2]
protected symbols and
tracing
using with ActiveX methods, [2]
applying object's property to new object
AutoLISP data types accepted in place of ActiveX data type
changing X axis of circle, [2]
converting AutoLISP data types to ActiveX data types, [2]
converting object references, [2]
determining function needed, [2]
determining how to call functions
determining if method or property applies to object
determining if object is available for updating
listing object properties and methods, [2]
reading object properties
releasing objects and freeing memory
updating object properties, [2]
using ActiveX methods that return values in arguments
vla- functions
vla-get functions
vla-put functions
vlax- functions
working with collection objects, [2]
USUBR Inspect window
variables. See variables
Visual LISP extensions, [2]
collection manipulation functions
curve measurement functions
data conversion functions
dictionary functions
method invocation functions
object-handling functions
property-handling functions
VLX namespace functions
VLX namespace functions
Windows Registry functions
fundamental units
fuzz distance
FWS files
G
G0 and G1 continuity, [2]
G2 curvature, [2]
gaps between objects
gaps in boundaries
garbage collection, [2]
garbage collection, automatic
garden path
angle of
illustrated, [2]
See also boundaries
See also gp
getDialogInput function
width of, [2]
gardenpath.prv file
gardenpath.vlx file, [2]
Gaussian curvature
GCCOINCIDENT command
GCCOLLINEAR command
GCCONCENTRIC command
GCEQUAL command
GCFIX command
GCHORIZONTAL command
GCPARALLEL command
GCPERPENDICULAR command
GCSMOOTH command
GCSYMMETRIC command
GCTANGENT command
GCVERTICAL command
General tab (Drawing Properties dialog box)
General tab (Plot Style Table Editor)
General tab (Plotter Configuration Editor)
Generate Section / Elevation dialog box
Geo SPOT files
GEODATA group codes
Geographic Location dialog box
geographic locations
about
angle of sun
defining
displaying location
geographic markers
GEOGRAPHICLOCATION command
about
Coordinate System Already Defined dialog box
Define Geographic Location dialog box
Geographic Location dialog box
Location Already Exists dialog box
Location Picker dialog box
GEOLATLONGFORMAT system variable
GEOMARKERVISIBILITY system variable
GEOMCONSTRAINT command
geometric calculators
geometric constraints
about
applying
applying automatically
constraint points
creating
displaying
editing
editing constrained objects
fix constraints
illustrated
inferring
multiple constraints
relaxing
removing, [2]
surfaces
Geometric tab (Constraint Settings dialog box)
Geometric Tolerance dialog box
geometric tolerances, [2]
composite tolerances
creating
datum reference frames
lateral tolerances
material conditions
modifying
projected tolerances
geometric utilities, [2], [3]
finding
angle between line and X axis
distance between two points
intersection of two lines
polar coordinates of points
object snap
overview
synopsis of
text extents
geometry
authoring blocks with constraints
extracting data from
object geometric data
partially opened drawings
projecting
rendering
trimming edges with
get_attr function
GetAcDbDatabase method
GetAcDbHandle method, [2], [3], [4], [5]
GetAcSmAcDbDatabase method, [2], [3], [4], [5]
GetAltPageSetups method
getangle function
GetBoundingBox method
GetCalloutBlocks method, [2]
GetCategory method, [2]
GetControlPointAt method
splines
getcorner function
GetCurrentObject method
GetCurrentObjectHeaderInfo method
GetCustomPropertyBag method, [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14]
GetDatabase method, [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16], [17], [18], [19], [20], [21], [22], [23], [24], [25], [26], [27], [28]
GetDatabaseEnumerator method
GetDbVersion method
GetDefAltPageSetup method
GetDefaultOutputdir method
GetDefaultViewCategory method
GetDefDwtLayout method, [2]
GetDefLabelBlk method
GetDesc method, [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14]
getDialogInput function. See gp
getDialogInput function, [2]
GetDirectlyOwnedObjects method, [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16], [17], [18], [19], [20], [21], [22], [23], [24], [25], [26]
getdist function, [2]
GetDistance method
example code
GetDoNotPlot method
GetDwfType method
GetEnumerator method, [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8]
getenv DIESEL function
getenv function
getfiled function
GetFileName method, [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7]
GetFitPointAt method
splines
GetFlags method
GetFont method
example code
GetHandle method
GetIAcadDatabase method
GetIncludePlotStamp method
getint function
GetIsDirty method, [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16], [17], [18], [19], [20], [21], [22], [23], [24], [25], [26]
GetIssuePurpose method
GetIsTemporary method
GetKeyword method
example code
getkword function
GetLabelTemplates method (CAO)
GetLayerInfo method
GetLayout method
GetLinks method (CAO)
GetLinksByKey method (CAO)
GetLinksByLabelTemplate method (CAO)
GetLinksBySQLCond method (CAO)
GetLinkTemplates method (CAO)
GetLockOwnerInfo method
GetLockStatus method
GetLoopAt method
hatches
GetName method, [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16], [17], [18]
GetNamedView method
GetNewObjectId method
GetNewSheetLocation method, [2]
GetNumber method, [2]
GetObjectId method, [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16], [17], [18], [19], [20], [21], [22], [23], [24], [25], [26]
getorient function
GetOutputFileName method
GetOwner method, [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16], [17], [18], [19], [20], [21], [22], [23], [24], [25], [26], [27]
GetOwnerAcDbHandle method, [2], [3], [4]
GetParentSheetSet method
GetPassword method
GetPersistObject method
getpoint function, [2]
GetPoint method
defined
example code, [2]
getPointInput function. See gp
getPointInput function
GetProjectMilestone method
GetProjectName method
GetProjectNumber method
GetProjectPhase method
GetPromptForDwgName method
GetPromptForDwt method, [2]
GetPromptForName method
GetPromptForPassword method
GetProperty method
GetPropertyEnumerator method
GetPublishOptions method
GetQueries method (CAO)
getreal function
GetReferencedObject method
GetReferenceFlags method
GetResources method
GetRevisionDate method
GetRevisionNumber method, [2]
GetSheetEnumerator method, [2]
GetSheetSelSets method
GetSheetSet method
GetSheetViewEnumerator method
GetSheetViews method
getstring function
GetString method
example code
GetTemplateDstFileName method
getting user input, [2], [3]
accessing user input from devices
allowable input
arbitrary keyboard input
controlling user-input function conditions, [2]
getxxx functions
input options
keyword options
pausing for user input
validating input
GetTitle method, [2]
GetTypeName method, [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16], [17], [18], [19], [20], [21], [22], [23], [24], [25], [26]
GetUCSMatrix method
GetUnrecognizedData method
GetUnrecognizedSections method
GetUsePassword method
GetValue method
getvar AutoLISP function
getvar DIESEL function
getvar function
GetVariable method
GetViewCategories method
getxxx functions, [2]
GFANG system variable
GFCLR1 system variable
GFCLR2 system variable
GFCLRLUM system variable
GFCLRSTATE system variable
GFNAME system variable
GFSHIFT system variable
GI (global illumination), [2]
gizmos
3D models
about
displaying
mesh objects and
moving objects with
rotating objects with
scaling objects with
settings
switching
global constants
Global Declarations file for projects
global illumination (GI), [2]
global linetype scale factor
global variables, [2]
ActiveX entity creation and
debugging and, [2], [3], [4]
defined
defun function statement and
local vs.
model space and, [2]
reactors and, [2], [3], [4], [5], [6]
See also specific global variables
uses for
GLOBALOPACITY system variable
glossary, [2]
glossy materials
Go to Last Edited command (text editor shortcut menu)
goals, defining
goniometers
goniometric diagrams
Gooch face style
Goodbye event
Google Earth
GOTOURL command
gp
Calculate-and-Draw-Tiles function, [2], [3]
Calculate-Draw-TileRow function, [2]
clean-all-reactors function
command-ended function, [2], [3], [4], [5], [6]
code for, [2]
designing, [2]
gp
outline-changed function and
outline-erased function and
multiple entity types and
multiple reactors and
command-will-start function, [2], [3]
drawOutline function, [2], [3]
ActiveX and, [2]
angle of path and
basic code for
boundary line style selection code for
passing parameters to, [2]
pointer to model space, [2]
purpose of
reactors and
return values
polyline perimeter point list
polyline pointer
See also boundaries
stubbing-out
vertices
setting up
variant array of, [2]
erase-tiles function
FindMovedPoint function
FindPointInList function
getDialogInput function
adding dialog box to, [2]
purpose of, [2]
return value
stubbing-out
getPointInput function, [2], [3]
angles and
breakpoints and, [2]
how it works
local variables in, [2]
purpose of, [2]
return values
as 3D points
association lists of, [2], [3], [4], [5]
regular lists of
storing in variables
revising code
stepping through, [2]
stubbing-out
watching variables, [2]
list->variantArray function
outline-changed function, [2]
outline-erased function, [2]
pointEqual function
prefix
recalcPolyCorners function
RedefinePolyBorder function
rtos2 function
Safe-Delete function
zeroSmallNum function
gp-io.lsp file
gp_dialogResults variable
gp_PathData variable
described
gp
drawOutline function and, [2]
getDialogInput function and, [2]
reactors and, [2]
watching value of
gp_spac variable
gp_trad variable
gpath command, [2], [3]
GPath function. See C
GPath function
gpath.prj file
gpdialog.dcl file, [2], [3]
gpdraw.lsp file, [2], [3], [4], [5], [6]
gpmain.lsp file
modularizing
position in project files
reactors and
return values and
See also C
GPath function
using the supplied
gppoly.lsp, [2]
gpreact.lsp file, [2], [3], [4], [5]
GRADIENT command
gradient fills
creating
materials maps
simplified display
Gradient Property Settings dialog box
Gradient tab (Hatch and Gradient dialog box)
GradientAngle property
hatches
GradientName property
hatches
gradients, shifted/unshifted definitions
GradientShift property
hatches
graphical object group codes. See names of specific objects
graphics cards
graphics for commands, [2], [3]
graphics plot settings
graphics systems
GRAPHICSCONFIG command
GRAPHSCR command
graphscr function
graying out menu item labels
grayscale
grdraw function
greater than DIESEL function
greater than or equal to DIESEL function
grid
displaying
snapping to
GRID command
Grid Header shortcut menu
grid limits
calculating
overriding
zooming to
GRIDDISPLAY system variable
GRIDMAJOR system variable
GRIDMODE revised VPORT header variable
GRIDMODE system variable
GridOn property
GRIDSTYLE system variable
GRIDUNIT revised VPORT header variable
GRIDUNIT system variable
Grip Colors dialog box
GRIP commands, reactors and, [2]
grip mode of STRETCH command, reactors and, [2], [3], [4]
grip modes
grip tools (gizmos)
GRIPBLOCK system variable
GRIPCOLOR system variable
GRIPCONTOUR system variable
GRIPDYNCOLOR system variable
GRIPHOT system variable
GRIPHOVER system variable
GRIPMULTIFUNCTIONAL system variable
GRIPOBJLIMIT system variable
grips
3D solids, [2]
Block Editor display
blocks
camera grips
coincident
constrained objects, [2]
copying objects with
dependencies
dimension text
dimensional input
dimensions
display options
dynamic blocks
editing objects with
gizmos
grip tools (gizmos)
hatches
helixes
insertion cycling
jog lines
multi-functional, [2]
non-associative hatch objects
OLE objects
parameters
polylines
quadrant grips
section objects
selecting
splines, [2]
surfaces, [2]
tables
text objects, [2]
tooltips
types of, [2]
underlay files, [2]
GRIPS system variable
GRIPSIZE system variable
GRIPSUBOBJMODE system variable
GRIPTIPS system variable
ground plane
ground plane grid
group codes (DXF files)
about, [2]
arbitrary handle range
ASCII DXF files and
binary DXF files and
examples of
fixed
for entities, [2]
FIELD objects
hatch boundary path data
hatches
MATERIAL objects
TABLE objects
TABLESTYLE objects
viewports
for entities (graphical objects)
for xdata
formatting conventions for
HEADER section codes
in numerical order
objects/entities and
ranges of
reference handle ranges
values of
descriptions
type ranges
group codes for regular and extended data, [2]
GROUP command
about
Object Grouping dialog box
Order Group dialog box
group data, subclass markers and
GROUP group codes
group policies
advantages and disadvantages
advertising deployments
distributing deployments
verifying deployments
groups
about
adding objects to
creating, [2]
editing groups
editing objects
layer group filters
parameter groups
removing group definition
removing objects from
reordering objects in
selecting
tool palette groups
grread function
grtext function
grvecs function
GTAUTO system variable
GTDEFAULT system variable
GTLOCATION system variable
guide curves, [2]
Guidelines for Modifying a Sheet Set
gutters between text columns
H
HalfWidth variable, [2], [3]
HALOGAP DXF header variable
HALOGAP system variable
handdrawn effects
handent function, [2]
handent functions (AutoLISP)
handles, [2]
about
arbitrary
entity handles and their uses
in extended data
of dictionary objects
reference
searching for ename associated with
searching for object associated with
searching for, associated with ename
searching for, associated with object
handles (i-drop)
HANDLES system variable
HANDSEED DXF header variable
handshaking in plotting
hanging indents
hard clip limits
hard disks
cleaning
system requirements, [2]
hard references vs. soft references
hard-owner handles, [2]
hard-pointer handles, [2]
hardware, [2], [3], [4]
acceleration, [2]
handshaking
installation requirements
license errors and
linetypes and
network system requirements
hardware requirements
Network License Manager
Hatch and Gradient dialog box
HATCH command
about
Hatch and Gradient dialog box
Hatch Creation ribbon contextual tab
Hatch Pattern Palette dialog box
Hatch Creation ribbon contextual tab
Hatch Edit dialog box
Hatch Editor ribbon contextual tab
hatch entities
boundary path data group codes
group codes
hatch group codes
Hatch object
Associative property
associativity, [2]
boundaries
Boundary Hatch dialog box
creating
editing, [2]
example code, [2], [3]
handling islands
patterns, [2]
specifying loops
hatch pattern data
Hatch Pattern Palette dialog box
hatch patterns
about
creating
examples, [2], [3]
multiple lines
Hatch tab (Hatch and Gradient dialog box)
HATCHEDIT command
hatches, [2], [3]
about
alignment
annotations and, [2]
applying
associative, [2]
background colors
boundaries, [2]
bounded hatches
chamfering boundaries
creating
customizing, [2]
density
draw order
editing
exploding
file locations
filleting boundaries
gradient fills
islands within
ISO patterns
large or complex drawings and
migrating patterns to new releases, [2]
model space settings
modifying
nonassociative
orientation
origin point
pattern libraries
pre-defined
properties, [2]
rotating
scaling patterns, [2]
simplified display
solid fills
styles
transparency
unbounded hatches, [2]
hatches, editing
HATCHGENERATEBOUNDARY command
HATCHSETBOUNDARY command
HATCHSETORIGIN command
HatchStyle property
definitions (table)
HATCHTOBACK command
hats
HDI drivers (Heidi Device Interface)
about
Autodesk system printer driver
resolving driver conflicts
updating
HEADER section
about, [2]
and writing a DXF file
example of
group codes for revised VPORT variables
group codes for saved DXF header variables
time/date variables, handling of
HEADER section (DXF files), group codes
heartbeat signals
height
table rows
text, [2]
height (DCL attribute)
HELIX command
HELIX group codes
helixes
drawing
modifying
Help, [2]
displaying
Dynamic Help
late-breaking product information
locating Help files
New Features Workshop
Readme topic
searching multiple Help sources
tooltip command Help
Help button (VLISP toolbar)
HELP command
Help command (Apropos results window shortcut menu)
Help documentation, [2]
Help feature
accessing Help files
described
for ActiveX object methods
for Apropos results
for AutoLISP functions
providing dialog box Help
Symbol Service dialog box
Help function
Help menu (VLISP)
help, for functions, [2]
HELPPREFIX system variable
Hewlett-Packard DesignJet plotters
Hewlett-Packard HP-GL plotters, [2]
Hewlett-Packard HP-GL/2 plotters, [2]
Hewlett-Packard Windows system printer driver
hexagons
hidden files
hidden lines in model space viewports
Hidden Message Settings dialog box
hidden objects, [2]
hidden surfaces
Hidden visual style
HIDE command
Hide method (CAO)
HIDEOBJECTS command
HIDEPALETTES command
HIDEPRECISION system variable
HIDETEXT DXF header variable
HIDETEXT system variable
hiding, [2]
annotative objects
columns in extracted data
dynamic block visibility states
hatch boundaries
image boundaries
isolating objects
layers
palettes
paper space objects
raster images
toolbar buttons
toolbars
underlay frames
hiding dialog boxes
canceling and
design guidelines
handling, [2]
highlight colors for breakpoints
HIGHLIGHT system variable
highlighted materials
highlighting
dependencies
objects
suppressing
visual styles and
highlighting blocks of code
histories of 3D solids, [2]
history command
history entries
history of Console input
retrieving previous commands, [2]
searching, [2]
HLSETTINGS command
holes in 3D solids
hollow objects
Home view
hook lines, [2], [3]
illustration
horizontal dimension text
horizontal dimensions
horizontal ribbon
horizontal text
HorizontalRotation property
host IDs
host names
hotspot angle of spotlights
Houston Instrument plotters
HP-GL driver
configuring
custom properties
Simplified HPGL plotting
HP-GL/2 driver
configuring, [2]
custom properties
HPANG system variable
HPANNOTATIVE system variable
HPASSOC system variable
HPBACKGROUNDCOLOR system variable
HPBOUND system variable
HPBOUNDRETAIN system variable
HPCOLOR system variable
HPDLGMODE system variable
HPDOUBLE system variable
HPDRAWORDER system variable
HPGAPTOL system variable
HPINHERIT system variable
HPISLANDDETECTION system variable
HPISLANDDETECTIONMODE system variable
HPLAYER system variable
HPMAXLINES system variable
HPNAME system variable
HPOBJWARNING system variable
HPORIGIN system variable
HPORIGINMODE system variable
HPQUICKPREVIEW system variable
HPSCALE system variable
HPSEPARATE system variable
HPSPACE system variable
HPTRANSPARENCY system variable
HYPERLINK command
about
Edit Hyperlink dialog box
Insert Hyperlink dialog box
Select Place in Document dialog box
HYPERLINKBASE DXF header variable
HYPERLINKBASE system variable
HYPERLINKOPTIONS command
hyperlinks
about
absolute, [2]
blocks and
creating
cursor display options
editing, [2]
email hyperlinks
fields and
full, [2]
opening files with
relative, [2]
removing
starting drawings with
template files and
I
I-beam cursor, in Debug toolbar
i-drop content
about
functionality
handles
resources
types of
i-drop Options dialog box
IAcSmComponent object
IAcSmComponent.Clear method
IAcSmComponent.GetCustomPropertyBag method
IAcSmComponent.GetDatabase method
IAcSmComponent.GetDesc method
IAcSmComponent.GetDirectlyOwnedObjects method
IAcSmComponent.GetIsDirty method
IAcSmComponent.GetName method
IAcSmComponent.GetObjectId method
IAcSmComponent.GetOwner method
IAcSmComponent.GetTypeName method
IAcSmComponent.InitNew method
IAcSmComponent.Load method
IAcSmComponent.Save method
IAcSmComponent.SetDesc method
IAcSmComponent.SetName method
IAcSmComponent.SetOwner method
IAcSmEnumAcDbBlockRecordReference object
IAcSmEnumAcDbBlockRecordReference.Next method
IAcSmEnumAcDbBlockRecordReference.Reset method
IAcSmEnumComponent object
IAcSmEnumComponent.Next method
IAcSmEnumComponent.Reset method
IAcSmEnumDatabase object
IAcSmEnumDatabase.Next method
IAcSmEnumDatabase.Reset method
IAcSmEnumFileReference object
IAcSmEnumFileReference.Next method
IAcSmEnumFileReference.Reset method
IAcSmEnumPersist object
IAcSmEnumPersist.Next method
IAcSmEnumPersist.Reset method
IAcSmEnumProperty object
IAcSmEnumProperty.Next method
IAcSmEnumProperty.Reset method
IAcSmEnumSheetSelSet object
IAcSmEnumSheetSelSet.Next method
IAcSmEnumSheetSelSet.Reset method
IAcSmEnumSheetView object
IAcSmEnumSheetView.Next method
IAcSmEnumSheetView.Reset method
IAcSmEnumViewCategory object
IAcSmEnumViewCategory.Next method
IAcSmEnumViewCategory.Reset method
IAcSmEvents object
IAcSmEvents.OnChanged method
IAcSmObjectId object
IAcSmObjectId.GetDatabase method
IAcSmObjectId.GetHandle method
IAcSmObjectId.GetOwner method
IAcSmObjectId.GetPersistObject method
IAcSmObjectId.IsEqual method
IAcSmObjectId.IsValid method
IAcSmPersist object
IAcSmPersist.Clear method
IAcSmPersist.GetDatabase method
IAcSmPersist.GetDirectlyOwnedObjects method
IAcSmPersist.GetIsDirty method
IAcSmPersist.GetObjectId method
IAcSmPersist.GetOwner method
IAcSmPersist.GetTypeName method
IAcSmPersist.InitNew method
IAcSmPersist.Load method
IAcSmPersist.Save method
IAcSmPersist.SetOwner method
icons, [2]
action macros
customizations
tool palette icons
tools
ID command
IDBUFFER group codes
IDE. See integrated development environment (IDE)
Identity Reference tab (Reference Edit dialog box)
Idle event
IES photometric data files, [2]
if DIESEL function
IG4 files
ignoring standards violations
Image Adjust dialog box
IMAGE command
image group codes
Image Manager dialog box
image maps
Image ribbon contextual tab
image tile menus
creating
menu swapping
slides and
image tiles. See tiles (dialog box)
image_button tile
IMAGEADJUST command
IMAGEATTACH command
about
Attach Image dialog box
Image ribbon contextual tab
IMAGECLIP command
IMAGEDEF group codes
IMAGEDEF_REACTOR group codes
IMAGEFRAME system variable
IMAGEHLT system variable
IMAGEQUALITY command
images for commands, [2], [3]
imaging software deployments
imperial units
converting to metric
linetype definition file for
QuickCalc display
IMPLIEDFACE system variable
ImpliedSelectionChanged event
IMPORT command
Import DGN Settings dialog box
Import Layouts as Sheets dialog box
Import Page Setups dialog box
Import Query Set dialog box
Import Template Set dialog box
Import Transmittal Setups dialog box
importing, [2], [3]
3D point cloud files
custom settings from migration packages, [2]
customization file data
FBX files, [2]
files into drawings
images for commands
label templates
layer states
layouts as sheets
link templates
named page setups
OLE objects
plotter configuration settings
profiles
queries
text
tool palettes
workspace settings
importing licenses
about
transfer files
importing type libraries, [2]
ImportLayerState method
layer states
ImportSheet method, [2]
IMPRINT command
imprinting objects on 3D solids
improper lists
Imtools.exe
in-place reference editing
about
inheritance and
saving changes
undoing changes
In-Place Text Editor, [2]
about
columns
fonts in
indents and
multiline text
table text and, [2]
inches, converting to meters
incremental saves
Indent Block option
Indent to Current Level option
indenting code
shortcut keys for
using text editor shortcut keys
indenting paragraphs
Index Color tab (Select Color dialog box)
index DIESEL function
Index of Refraction
INDEXCTL DXF header variable
INDEXCTL system variable
indexing point cloud data
indirect illumination
benefits
final gathering
industries, [2]
INETLOCATION system variable
inferring constraints
infinite lines
InfoCenter
about
favorite links
search wildcards
searching for information
settings
InfoCenter Communication Center
Information tab (Materials Editor)
inheritance
blocks
in-place reference editing and
joined objects
inheritance levels for filer members, subclass markers and
Init method
initget function, [2], [3]
Initial Setup, [2], [3]
about
default profiles
Initial Setup dialog box
initial_focus (DCL attribute)
initialization strings (plotters)
InitializeUserInput
example code
initializing dialog boxes
initializing layouts
InitNew method, [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16], [17], [18], [19], [20], [21], [22], [23], [24], [25], [26]
input, [2]
action macros
pausing macros for
prompting for
QuickCalc calculator variables
input history. See history of Console input
input properties
input reports
input, user. See dialog box design, user input
input. See gp
getDialog Input function
INPUTHISTORYMODE system variable
Inquire Extended Data command
Inspect window shortcut menu
VLISP View menu
INSBASE DXF header variable
INSBASE system variable
Insert a Block in a Table Cell dialog box
INSERT command, [2]
ASCII control character handling and
binary DXF files and
Insert Date option
Insert dialog box
Insert File option
Insert Form-Closing Comment option (Format Options dialog box)
Insert Formula Column dialog box
insert group codes
Insert Hyperlink dialog box
INSERT Object dialog box
Insert Sheet List Table dialog box
Insert Table dialog box
Table Ribbon contextual tab
Insert Time option
InsertComponent method, [2]
InsertComponentAfter method, [2]
InsertFitPointAt method
splines
inserting, [2], [3]
blocks, [2]
content with tools
data extraction tables
DesignCenter content
drawing files as blocks
fields in text
files into text editor window
form-closing comments
formulas
i-drop content
markups
menus
objects at equal intervals
OLE objects
shortcut keys for
symbols from Apropos results window
using text editor overstrike mode
Insertion Cycling Order dialog box
insertion point for blocks
InsertionPoint property
InsertLoopAt method
hatches
INSERTOBJ command
INSNAME system variable
Inspect command
Apropos results window shortcut menu
Console window shortcut menu
error handling
Frame Binding window shortcut menu
Inspect window shortcut menu
text editor shortcut menu
Trace Stack window shortcut menu
Inspect command (View menu)
Inspect Drawing Objects Verbosely option
Inspect feature
caption (title bar) of window
closing all Inspect windows
copying Inspect window contents to Trace window and log
copying objects to *obj* system variable
described, [2], [3]
element list content
element list formats
error handling
expanding element list items
Inspect window contents
inspecting reactors
invoking
for symbol in Apropos results window
from Frame Binding window
from Symbol Service dialog box
from Trace Stack window
from Watch window
Symbol Service feature
maximum element lines per window
navigating multiple pages
object line of window
opening Inspect window, [2], [3]
opening text editor window containing selected text
overview
passing element values as argument
printing Inspect window object to Console window
shortcut menu commands, [2]
updating Inspect window
viewing AutoCAD drawing entities, [2]
blocks in the drawing database
controlling amount of Inspect information
entities in the drawing database
extended data associated with objects, [2]
selected objects in drawings
symbol tables in the drawing database
viewing AutoCAD object properties, [2]
Inspect Next Entity command (Inspect window shortcut menu)
Inspect Raw Data command (Inspect window shortcut menu)
Inspect Value command (Watch window shortcut menu)
Inspect window
Add Watch command
Inspect command
Inspect window. See Inspect feature
INSPECT-EVAL trace keyword frame
INSPECT-VERBOSE trace keyword frame
inspecting
association lists
variables
inspecting. See displaying
Inspection Dimension dialog box
inspection dimensions
inspection rates
inspection tools. See Frame Binding window
installation, [2], [3], [4]
adding or removing features
additional files
advertising deployments
Autodesk Design Review
color books
Configure button
customizing
Express Tools
group policies
imaging software
Initial Setup
Installation wizard
Java Runtime Environment
License Transfer utility
materials libraries
multiple or bundled products
network deployment, [2], [3]
Network License Manager
networking issues
preparing for
registration and activation
reinstalling
repairing damaged installations, [2], [3]
restoring operating systems
SAMreport-Lite, [2]
scripts
serial numbers
service packs
side-by-side
software deployments, [2], [3], [4]
stand-alone installation, [2]
starting
switches and flags
system requirements
troubleshooting
types of, [2]
typical
uninstalling, [2]
verifying deployments
Installation wizard, [2]
INSUNITS DXF header variable
INSUNITS system variable
INSUNITSDEFSOURCE system variable
INSUNITSDEFTARGET system variable
INT Inspect window
integer data type
defined
for DCL attribute values
number handling in AutoLISP
overflow handling by AutoLISP
overview
integers
32-bit integer values
group code ranges
integers, ActiveX functions and
integrated development environment (IDE)
components
returning to
starting Visual LISP, [2]
Visual LISP as
INTELLIGENTUPDATE system variable
Intellimouse
intensity of light
Interactive Graphics System DGN files, [2]
interactive programming in Console window
intercepting program errors
interface, [2], [3]
action macros and
changes in customization process
customization FAQs
Customize User Interface editor, [2], [3]
customizing, [2]
legacy interface elements
migrating custom settings for
terminology
workspaces
interface elements
defined
swapping, [2]
tree view
interface items
Interface Tools command (Tools menu)
INTERFERE command
about
Interference Checking dialog box
Interference Settings dialog box
INTERFERECOLOR Header variable
INTERFERECOLOR system variable
Interference Checking dialog box
Interference Settings dialog box
interferences
INTERFEREOBJVS Header variable
INTERFEREOBJVS system variable
INTERFEREVPVS Header variable
INTERFEREVPVS system variable
Intergraph MicroStation DGN files, [2], [3], [4]
International (SI) lighting units
international character sets, [2], [3], [4], [5], [6]
international language considerations, [2]
Internet, [2], [3]
attaching xrefs from
Buzzsaw sites
customizing templates for
DesignCenter Online
FTP sites
navigating to specific locations
network access
opening drawings from
program registration and activation
raster images from
saving drawings to
sharing drawings on
transmittal packages
Internet Explorer (Microsoft)
Internet-based drawings
interrupting commands, [2]
INTERSECT command
Intersect method (CAO)
intersecting objects
composite solids and
dimension breaks
edges
interferences
multilines
regions
rendering intersecting objects
self-intersections
trimming
INTERSECTIONC DXF header variable
INTERSECTIONCOLOR system variable
INTERSECTIOND DXF header variable
INTERSECTIONDISPLAY system variable
intervals on objects, [2], [3]
inverting
layer filters
invisible block attributes
invisible objects in blocks
is_bold (DCL attribute)
is_cancel (DCL attribute)
is_default (DCL attribute)
is_enabled (DCL attribute)
is_tab_stop (DCL attribute)
ISAVEBAK system variable
ISAVEPERCENT system variable
IsConnected method (CAO)
IsEqual method
IsFrozen property
layers
islands
hatch patterns and
island detection styles
IsMClosed property
IsMirroredInX property
example
IsMirroredInY property
IsNClosed property
ISO 8859 Latin 1 character set
ISO hatch patterns
ISO pen widths
IsOff property
layers
ISOLATEOBJECTS command
isolating objects
isoline edges
ISOLINES system variable
ISOLINES system variables
isometric circles, [2]
isometric drawings
isometric planes
Isometric Snap/Grid mode
isometric views
2D views
3D views
ISOPLANE command
Isotropic distribution of lights
IsPeriodic property
splines
IsPlanar property
splines
IsRational property
splines
IsValid method
IsVertical property
text styles
Item method (CAO)
iterative selection sets
J
Japanese fonts, [2]
Java Runtime Environment (JRE)
JFIF files, [2]
jitter edge effect
jog lines in dimensions
jogged radius dimension
creating, [2]
jogged radius dimensions
jogged segments in section objects
JOGSECTION command (SECTIONPLANEJOG)
JOIN command
join operator
joining
line join styles
objects, [2]
queries
JOINSTYLE DXF header variable
joystick panning
JPEG files, [2]
attaching
configuring raster driver
exporting
plotting to, [2]
web page images
JPEG Image Options dialog box
JPGOUT command
JRE (Java Runtime Environment)
justified text
defined
dimension text
modifying
settings
JUSTIFYTEXT command
K
Kanji fonts, [2]
KBD-BREAK trace keyword frame
key (DCL attribute)
key points
about
parameters, [2]
key values, [2]
AutoCAD and, [2]
in associated lists, [2], [3]
key-field pair
keyboard input and dialog box design
keyboard input in macros
keyboard shortcuts, [2], [3], [4], [5], [6]
keyboard shortcuts. See shortcut keys
KeyDescription object (CAO)
KeyDescriptions Collection object (CAO)
KeyDescriptions property (CAO)
keys (digital IDs), [2]
keytips
KeyValue object (CAO)
KeyValues Collection object (CAO)
KeyValues property (CAO)
keyword frames (in trace stack)
overview, [2]
types at bottom of stack
types at top of stack
keywords, [2]
command line
user input keywords
KML files
KMZ files
L
L symbol (least material condition)
label (DCL attribute)
label blocks
annotations, [2]
sheet sets
Label Fields tab (Label Template dialog box)
Label object (CAO)
Label Offset tab (Label Template dialog box)
Label property (CAO)
Label Template dialog box
Label Template Properties dialog box
label templates
creating
exporting
importing
labels (data labels)
attaching
creating
updating
labels (parameters)
labels (text)
LabelTemplate object (CAO)
LabelTemplate property (CAO)
LabelTemplates Collection object (CAO)
lambda forms
lambda function, [2]
lamp color, [2], [3]
Lamp Color dialog box
lamp intensity, [2], [3]
Lamp Intensity dialog box
landings
dimension text
multileader leader lines, [2]
landscape orientation, [2]
language in dialog box design
avoiding abbreviations
capitalization
clarity
international language considerations
languages, [2], [3]
Big Fonts
dictionaries
macro translations
previous release file formats
selecting during installation
special character codes
Unicode text
working internationally
languages, supporting foreign, [2]
large objects, [2], [3]
LARGEOBJECTSUPPORT system variable
LAS files (cloud data)
LAS files (layer states)
LASTANGLE system variable
LASTPOINT system variable
LASTPROMPT system variable
lateral tolerances
displaying
stacked text in
latitude
LATITUDE system variable
LAYCUR command
LAYDEL command
LAYER command
about
Customize Layer Columns dialog box
Edit Layer State dialog box
Layer Filter Properties dialog box
Layer Properties Manager
Layer Settings dialog box
Layer Transparency dialog box
Lineweight dialog box
New Layer State to Save dialog box
Select Layer States dialog box
Select Layers to Add to Layer State dialog box
Select Linetype dialog box
Layer Filter Properties dialog box
LAYER group codes
layer group filters
layer indexes, [2]
Layer object
example code, [2], [3]
layer properties
blocks and
converting to drawing standards
filters
tool overrides
xref properties
Layer Properties Manager, [2]
about
filtering layers
layer names
modifying layers
property overrides
sorting layers
unreconciled new layers and
Layer property
layer property filters
layer settings
listing saved settings
saving
Layer Settings dialog box
Layer shortcut menu
Layer State Manager
layer states, [2], [3]
export
import
manage
remove
rename
restore
save, [2]
Layer States Manager, [2]
about
LMAN layer states
restoring layer states
xrefs and
Layer tab (Modify DGN Mapping Setup dialog box)
Layer Translator, [2]
Layer Transparency dialog box
LAYER_FILTER group codes
LAYER_INDEX group codes
LAYERCLOSE command
LAYERDLGMODE system variable
LAYEREVAL system variable
LAYEREVALCTL system variable
LAYERFILTERALERT system variable
LAYERMANAGERSTATE system variable
LAYERNOTIFY system variable
LayerOn property
example code
LAYERP command
LAYERPALETTE command
LAYERPMODE command
layers, [2], [3]
about, [2]
ACI number
action macros and
and blocks
assigning colors to
assigning linetypes
block elements and
color and
Color property
color, assigning
colors, [2], [3]
converting to drawing standards
copying
creating
current, [2]
default properties
deleting, [2]
displaying
Erase method
exporting layer states
filtering, [2]
freezing, [2], [3]
hiding
importing layer states
inverting filters
IsFrozen property
IsOff property
LAS files
layer 0
Layer State Manager
layer states, [2]
layout viewports and
linetypes, [2], [3], [4]
linetypes and
lineweights, [2], [3], [4]
live sectioning and
LMAN Express Tool
locking, [2]
materials
metadata
modifying, [2]
modifying objects on
moving objects to another, [2], [3], [4]
naming, [2]
new layer notification
OLE objects and
overriding properties, [2]
plot styles, [2]
plotting
preventing selection
previous release formats and
properties
reconciled, [2]
referenced
restoring layer states
saving
selecting
settings
sorting
thawing
transparency, [2]
turning off
turning on or off
underlays and, [2]
undoing changes
unlocking
unreconciled, [2]
unused
visibility, [2]
xrefs and, [2], [3]
layers states
save (illustration)
Layers table
layer states
LAYERSTATE command
about
Layer States Manager
LayerStateManager object, [2]
access
LayerWalk dialog box
LAYFRZ command
LAYISO command
LAYLCK command
LAYLOCKFADECTL system variable
LAYMCH command
LAYMCUR command
LAYMRG command
about
Merge Layers dialog box
Merge to Layer dialog box
LAYOFF command
LAYON command
layout (DCL attribute)
LAYOUT command
LAYOUT group codes
Layout object
example code
PlotHidden property
plotting
layout of dialog boxes, [2]
adjusting space at right side or bottom
adjusting space between tiles
centering buttons
customizing exit button text
distributing tiles in a cluster
example
fixing spacing around boxed row or column
layout templates
layout viewports
about
accessing model space from
aligning views in
annotations and, [2]
creating
drawing in
freezing layers in
linetypes in
magnifying
modifying views in
multiple
plotting
resizing
rotating views in
scale
screening objects in
shaded
turning on or off
views in
visibility in
Layout Wizard, [2]
about
creating layouts
LAYOUTREGENCTL system variable
layouts, [2]
adding
BlockTableRecord object
BlockTableRecordId property
CanonicalMediaName property
dimensioning in
display options
exporting objects to model space
importing plotter configuration files
in model space
in paper space
initializing, [2]
inserting from DesignCenter
layer visibility, [2]
Layout object
layout tabs
layout templates
layout viewports
Layout Wizard, [2]
lineweight scale
lineweights in, [2]
opening
orientation, [2], [3]
page setups
paper size, [2], [3]
plot elements
plot scale
plot settings, [2], [3]
plot style tables
PlotCentered property
PlotOrigin property
PlotPaperUnits property
PlotSettings object
plotting
plotting input values (list)
PlotType property
previewing
settings
shaded viewports
sheet sets and, [2]
switching model space and paper space
switching to model space
work process
LAYOUTWIZARD command
LAYTHW command
LAYTRANS command
about
Edit/New Layer dialog box
Layer Translator
Settings dialog box
LAYULK command
LAYUNISO command
LAYVPI command
LAYWALK command
LEADER command
Leader Format tab (Modify Multileader Style dialog box)
leader group codes
Leader Line & Arrow tab (Leader Settings dialog box)
leader lines
annotations
associativity and editing
associativity with annotations
color
creating
illustration
modifying
scale
scaling
updating geometry
Leader object
create
example code, [2]
Leader Settings dialog box
Leader Structure tab (Modify Multileader Style dialog box)
LeaderAttachment property (CAO)
LeaderObjectId property (CAO)
LeaderOffset property (CAO)
leaders (leader lines)
annotations, [2]
associativity and, [2]
automatically creating
blocks in
breaks in
creating
defined
landings
modifying
multileaders
multiline text in
ordinate dimensions and
styles
leading (line spacing)
least material condition values
LeaveModal event, [2]
legacy interface elements, [2]
legacy menu files
legacy mesh types, [2]
LEGACYCTRLPICK system variable
LENGTHEN command
lengthening objects
lens length of cameras
LensLength property
LENSLENGTH system variable, [2]
less than DIESEL function
less than or equal to DIESEL function
lettered lists
libraries
library search path
licences
about
license borrowing
about, [2]
borrowing licenses, [2], [3]
configuring
expiration dates
returning licenses
third-party licensing tools
license files, [2]
about
additional parameters in
combined products
examples
package examples
SAMreport-Lite
license manager daemon, [2]
license servers, [2], [3]
borrowing licenses, [2], [3]
configuring, [2], [3]
heartbeat signals
host IDs and host names
limited number of licenses
management utilities
models
Network License Manager
Options files
returning licenses
SAMreport-Lite report logs
specifying
stopping and restarting
system requirements
third-party licensing tools
types of, [2]
license timeout
License Transfer utility
about
installing
transferring licenses
licenses, [2]
about
active
assigning
availability
behaviors (term limits), [2]
copying
exporting
FLEXnet tools
glossary
importing
issues
license errors
license files
license servers, [2]
license timeout
license types, [2]
moving between computers
Network License Manager
single-user
transferring, [2]
troubleshooting
types of
LID (luminous intensity distribution)
life cycle of breakpoints
LIGHT command
Light Glyph Appearance dialog box
light glyphs
displaying
plotting
settings
Light group codes
LIGHTGLYPHDISPLAY system variable
lighting
about
assigning shapes to
colors, [2], [3], [4]
converting older versions of, [2]
default
display options
distant lights, [2]
distribution, [2]
face styles and
final gathering
fixtures
guidelines
highlights
illuminating scenes
importing
indirect illumination
lamp values
light glyphs, [2]
light intensity
luminaire objects
luminous intensity distribution (LID)
materials
photometric lighting, [2]
placement and location
point lights
properties
sky and
spotlights
Standard lighting, [2]
sunlight
visual styles and
weblights
workflow
Lighting Properties dialog box
LIGHTINGUNITS system variable
LIGHTLIST command
LIGHTLIST group codes
LIGHTLISTCLOSE command
LIGHTLISTSTATE system variable
Lights in Model palette
LIGHTSINBLOCKS system variable
lightweight boundary lines. See boundaries, line styles
LightweightPolyline object
creating
example code, [2]
LIMCHECK DXF header variable
LIMCHECK system variable
limited user rights
limits
arrays
lighting
tolerances
LIMITS command
limits on number of licenses
LIMMAX DXF header variable
LIMMAX system variable
LIMMIN DXF header variable
LIMMIN system variable
LIN files (linetype library), [2], [3], [4]
LIN library files
and linetypes
LINE command
line edge data for hatch entities
line end styles
line group codes
Line object
creating
example code
Line object, 3D modeling
line spacing
dimension text
previous release formats and
text, [2]
line styles. See boundaries, line styles
LineAngularDimension2 object
create
example code
linear constraints
linear dimension group codes
linear dimensions, [2]
aligning
breaks in
creating, [2]
definition points
illustration
jog lines
modifying properties (illustration)
rotating
spacing between
types of
linear grips, [2]
linear parameters
grip numbers
values
linear units
LINEARBRIGHTNESS system variable
LINEARCONTRAST system variable
lines, [2]
creating
dimension lines
direct distance entry
drawing
end styles
extension lines
filleting
freehand lines
join styles
joining to polylines
lengthening
linear constraints
linetypes
linetypes on short segments
lineweights
modifying
multilines
occluded
Ortho mode
polyline arcs
table gridlines
tangent to arcs
lines (graphic)
finding angle between line and X axis
finding intersection of two lines
old-style and lightweight polylines, [2]
processing curve-fit and spline-fit polylines
lines (text)
deleting from cursor to end of line
forcing line breaks in strings
navigating in text editor
Preserve Existing Line Breaks option
starting new lines in text editor
Lines and Arrows tab (New Dimension Style dialog box), [2]
LINETYPE command
about
Linetype Manager
Load or Reload Linetypes dialog box
Linetype Manager, [2]
about
scale settings
Linetype object
example code, [2]
Linetype property, [2]
Linetype property (CAO)
Linetype tab (Modify DGN Mapping Setup dialog box)
linetypes, [2], [3], [4]
about, [2]
active
applying
assigning to layers
blocks
changing descriptions
complex, [2]
converted DGN files
creating
current
customizing
defaults
deleting, [2]
displaying on short segments
examples
examples of (illustration)
file locations
filtering selection sets by
freehand sketches
hardware linetypes
including shapes in
layers and, [2], [3]
layout viewports and
LIN library files
Load method
loading
migrating to new releases, [2]
model space settings
new object properties
plot style linetypes
polylines
reapplying
renaming
scales
scaling, [2], [3]
simple
text characters in
x-ref dependent
LinetypeScale property
Lineweight dialog box
Lineweight Settings dialog box
Lineweight tab (Modify DGN Mapping Setup dialog box)
lineweights, [2]
about
applying
block properties
current
defaults
dimension elements
displaying, [2]
filtering selection sets by
layers and, [2], [3]
model space and
objects not displaying
overriding
plot settings
plot style lineweights
plotting, [2]
previous releases and
reassigning
regenerating drawings and
scale, [2]
scaling in layouts
turning on or off, [2]
lineweights, enum value
Link Conversion dialog box
Link Manager, [2]
about
editing database links
Link mode option (Build Options dialog box)
Link object (CAO)
Link property (CAO)
Link Select dialog box
Link Select feature
Link Template dialog box
Link Template Properties dialog box
link templates (database links)
creating
exporting
importing
linkable attributes
linked objects (OLE), [2]
Linker reactors
linker reactors
linking, [2]
cameras to paths
choosing a link mode, [2]
database links, [2]
extracted data to spreadsheets, [2]
function calls, [2]
pasted objects
safe optimization and, [2]
See also compiling and linking programs
views to other applications
links (databases), [2], [3], [4]
Links Collection object (CAO)
Links dialog box
LinkTemplate object (CAO)
LinkTemplate property (CAO)
LinkTemplates Collection object (CAO)
LinkType property (CAO)
LISP Files to Include dialog box, [2]
LispCancelled event
LispEnded event
LispWillStart event
list (DCL attribute)
list boxes. See tiles (dialog box)
LIST command
list data type
defined
overview
list function
forming point lists
grouping related items
list handling
adding items to list beginning
association lists
combining lists
creating lists, [2]
dotted pairs
grouping related items
improper lists
viewing
point lists
proper lists
viewing
retrieving items from lists
returning all but first element
substituting items
synopsis of
LIST Inspect window
List of Blocks dialog box
List View shortcut menu
list->variant Array function
list_box tile
listed
listing, [2], [3]
breakpoints
commands
condition-function pairs for reactors
dimension styles
dimension system variables
functions exported by applications
keyboard shortcuts
layers
object properties and methods, [2]
objects that fire notifications to reactors
raster images
reactor callback events
reactor types
reactors of given type
rendered images
separate-namespace applications associated with documents
underlays
xrefs
lists
association. See association lists
comparing lists of points
concatenating
converting 2D point lists to list of
converting 3D point lists to list of
converting lists of points to variant arrays
executing functions on individual elements in
finding points in
of return values
association lists. See association lists
passing to functions
association lists
regular lists
testing for null values in
lists in multiline text
lists, AutoLISP. See list handling
live sectioning
about, [2]
cameras and
Live Updates
LIVESECTION command
LMAN Express Tool
LMC symbol (least material condition)
lmgrd.exe (license manager daemon), [2]
lmswitchr, [2]
lmtools.exe utility, [2], [3], [4]
lmutil.exe utility, [2]
load
.NET assembly
Load Application command (VLISP Tools menu)
LOAD command
Load command (Project window shortcut menu)
Load File command (VLISP File menu), [2]
load function
loading compiled programs
loading VLX applications
Load method, [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16], [17], [18], [19], [20], [21], [22], [23], [24], [25], [26], [27]
example code
linetypes
Load Multiline Styles dialog box
Load or Reload Linetypes dialog box
Load Project FAS button (Project window), [2]
Load Source command (Project window shortcut menu)
Load Source Files button (Project window)
Load Text command (VLISP Tools menu)
Load Text in Editor command (Tools menu)
Load/Unload Applications dialog box
Load/Unload Customizations dialog box
load_dialog function, [2], [3]
LoadFromFile method
loading, [2], [3], [4]
.NET Framework applications
ActiveX, [2]
ActiveX support
application in its own namespace, [2]
AutoLISP applications, [2], [3], [4], [5]
AutoLISP macros
color books
customization files
DCL files, [2]
dialog boxes, [2]
functions, [2], [3]
linetypes
ObjectARX applications, [2]
order for application file loading
order for project file loading
partial customization files
partially opened drawings
programs, [2]
project .fas files, [2], [3]
project files, [2]
project source files, [2]
raster images
reactor support, [2]
See also opening
See also unloading
selected code, [2], [3]
VBA applications
VBA projects
VLX applications
local nonsystem plotters
configuring
port settings
resolving conflicts
local variables, [2], [3], [4]
declaring, [2]
defined
global vs.
nil return values and
See also specific local variables
watching, [2]
Local Variables command (Trace Stack window shortcut menu)
LOCALE system variable
Localize directives and safe optimization, [2]
Localize Variables option (Build Options dialog box)
LOCALROOTPREFIX system variable
location
cameras, [2]
default drawing folder
geographic
Location Already Exists dialog box
Location Picker dialog box
Lock property
LockDb method
locked tool palettes
locking
cursor movements, [2]
layers
layout viewport scale, [2]
point cloud data
sheets and sheet sets
table data links
toolbars
windows
LOCKUI system variable
LOFT command
Loft Handle
Loft Settings dialog box
LOFTANG1 system variable
LOFTANG2 system variable
LOFTED SURFACE group codes
lofting objects
3D objects, [2], [3]
surfaces
LOFTMAG1 system variable
LOFTMAG2 system variable
LOFTNORMALS system variable
LOFTPARAM system variable
Log command (Inspect window shortcut menu)
log files, [2], [3]
creating
i-drop content
migration log files
report log files
xrefs
Log In to Buzzsaw dialog box
LOGEXPBRIGHTNESS system variable
LOGEXPCONTRAST system variable
LOGEXPDAYLIGHT system variable
LOGEXPMIDTONES system variable
LOGEXPPHYSICALSCALE system variable
LOGFILEMODE system variable
LOGFILENAME system variable
LOGFILEOFF command
LOGFILEON command
LOGFILEPATH system variable
logging Console window activity
appending information to existing file
creating log files
quitting the logging process
replacing existing file
logging Trace activity
copying Apropos search results to log file
turning on and off
logic
errors
LOGINNAME system variable
logo startup screen
Long List Format Style options (Format Options dialog box)
long lists
defined
format style options
long-axis plots
Hewlett-Packard DesignJet plotters
Hewlett-Packard HP-GL plotters
HP-GL/2 driver
longitude
LONGITUDE system variable
Look tool
lookup actions, [2]
lookup grips, [2], [3]
lookup parameters
lookup properties
lookup tables
about
properties
reverse lookup
values
loops
defining regions
LoopTypeAt method
hatches
LowerLeftCorner property
illustration
lsa compiler mode parameter
lsm compiler mode parameter
LSP files (AutoLISP), [2]
LTSCALE command
LTSCALE DXF header variable
LTSCALE system variable, [2]
LTYPE group codes
lumens
luminaire objects, [2], [3]
luminous intensity distribution (LID)
LUNITS DXF header variable
LUNITS system variable
LUPREC DXF header variable
LUPREC system variable
LWDEFAULT system variable
LWDISPLAY DXF header variable
LWDISPLAY system variable
LWEIGHT command
lwpolyline group codes
LWUNITS system variable
LZW compression
M
M symbol (maximum material condition)
macros
about
action macros
ActiveX programming
AutoLISP expressions in, [2]
automatically loading
commands in
conditional expressions in
defined
DIESEL expressions in, [2]
international language support
length
pausing for user input, [2]
prompting for user input
repeating commands
scripts
selecting objects with
shortcut keys and
special character codes for commands
starting applications with
suppressing echoes and prompts
swapping interface elements with
syntax
tablet menus and
terminating
Macros dialog box
magnet snapping
magnifying views
Magnitude Handle
mailing registration information
main customization files, [2]
MainDictionary property
maintenance issues
major grid lines
Make Application command (File menu)
Make Application command (VLISP File menu)
Make Application Wizard, [2]
application directory
application options
building the application
compilation options
including projects in applications
LISP files to include, [2]
naming applications
order for loading application files
resource files to include, [2]
Wizard mode
make files
making application modules
changing application options
creating new applications
including projects
loading and running VLISP applications
Make Application output
object directory for
rebuilding applications
updating applications
using Make Application Wizard. See Make Application Wizard
Manage Cell Content dialog box
Manage Cell Styles dialog box
Manage Custom Dictionaries dialog box
managing dialog boxes. See dialog box management
managing files through projects
managing VLISP applications, [2]
defining projects, [2]
assigning project properties, [2]
overview
using the Project window, [2]
managing multiple LISP files, [2]
optimizing application code, [2]
choosing a Compilation mode, [2]
choosing a Link mode, [2]
defining build options
safe optimization, [2]
working with existing projects, [2]
finding strings in project source files
including projects in VLISP applications
opening projects
manipulating AutoCAD objects, [2]
extended data, [2]
object-handling, [2]
selection set handling, [2]
symbol table and dictionary access, [2]
xrecord objects
Manual Performance Tuning dialog box
manufacturer data
DesignCenter
IES lighting data files, [2]
lighting fixtures
map channels
about
map types, [2]
Map Property Settings dialog box
mapcar function, [2], [3]
mapchar function
mapping
fonts
layers to standard layers
map properties
map types
materials
marble maps
Marble Property Settings dialog box
markers
equal segments on objects, [2], [3]
geographic
object snaps
point markers, [2]
tracking points
MARKUP command
Markup Set Manager, [2]
about
responses to markups
viewing markups
Markup shortcut menu
MARKUPCLOSE command
markups
inserting
markup sets
publishing
republishing
responding to
revision clouds
status
viewing
masking objects
mass properties
MASSPROP command
master drawings
master images, [2], [3]
master systems
MATBROWSERCLOSE command
MATBROWSEROPEN command
MATBROWSERSTATE system variable
Match Backward command (VLISP Edit menu)
Match by Prefix option (Apropos dialog box)
Match Case option (Find dialog box)
Match Forward command (VLISP Edit menu)
Match Whole Word Only option (Find dialog box)
MATCHCELL command
matching data
matching parentheses, [2]
in AutoLISP code, [2]
matching wild-cards in strings
MATCHPROP command
MATEDITORCLOSE command
MATEDITOROPEN command
about
Map Property Settings dialog box
Material Tool Property Editor
Materials Editor
Nested Map Navigation display
Texture Editor
MATEDITORSTATE system variable, [2]
Material Attachment Options dialog box
Material Condition dialog box
material condition symbols
MATERIAL objects, group codes
Material Tool Property Editor
MATERIALASSIGN command
MATERIALATTACH command
about
Material Attachment Options dialog box
MATERIALMAP command
materials
adding to libraries
applying
converting previous versions of, [2]
copying
creating
editing
map channels
Materials Browser
Materials Editor
materials libraries
properties
publishing 3D files and
rendering
updating
Materials Browser, [2]
about
MATERIALS command
about
Materials Editor, [2]
about
Material Tool Property Editor
Nested Map Navigation
Texture Editor
materials libraries, [2]
MATERIALSCLOSE command
mathematical calculators
max_value (DCL attribute)
MAXACTVP DXF header variable
MAXACTVP system variable
MaxArray system registry variable
maximizing, Document window
maximum material condition values
MAXSORT system variable, [2]
MAXTOUCHES system variable
MBUTTONPAN system variable
MDB files (Access), [2], [3]
MDE (Multiple Design Environment)
MDF files
MDI (multiple document interface), and AutoLISP, [2]
AutoLISP limitations
error-handling in MDI environment, [2]
limitations, AutoLISP
namespaces overview
running an application in its own namespace
sharing data between namespaces
MEASURE command
MEASUREGEOM command
MEASUREINIT system variable
MEASUREMENT DXF header variable
Measurement property
MEASUREMENT system variable
measurement unit conversions, [2]
measurement units
about
converting
coordinates
data extraction and
dimension text
dimensions
model space
plot scale
QuickCalc display
measurements
dimensions
equal intervals, [2], [3]
tolerances
media settings (plotting)
memory
freeing, [2]
garbage collection, [2]
managing extended data memory use
memory management functions
releasing objects and freeing memory
memory (RAM), [2], [3]
allocating
memory tuning
plot options and
system requirements
memory, local and global variables and
MENTALRAYRENDERSETTINGS
MENU command
MENU DXF header variable
menu files
menu groups (customization groups), [2]
menu items
action macros and
DIESEL expressions and
disabling
graying out
status line messages
menu referencing
menu resource files (MNR)
menu swapping, [2]
menu template files (MNU), [2]
MENUBAR system variable
menucmd function, [2]
MENUCTL system variable
MENUECHO system variable
MENUNAME system variable
menus, [2], [3]
action macros and
AutoLISP MNL files
classic menu bar
creating, [2], [3]
customization FAQs
customizing, [2], [3]
international language support
legacy interface elements
macros and
menu files
menu referencing
migrating to new releases
pull-down menus, [2]
rearranging commands
removing
screen menus
shortcut menus, [2]
starting applications from
submenus
swapping, [2]
tablet menus
workspace arrangements, [2]
menus (AutoCAD)
controlling, [2]
customizing. See AutoCAD Customization Guide
menus (VLISP)
issuing VLISP commands from
overview, [2], [3]
See also specific menus
shortcut menus
Apropos results window
Console window
displaying
Frame Binding window
Inspect window
Project window
text editor
Trace Stack window
Watch window
variable contents of
merge extend surfaces
Merge Files mode option (Build Options dialog box)
Merge Layers dialog box
Merge to Layer dialog box
merging
cells in tables
extracted data
MESH command
Mesh Object Ribbon contextual panels
Mesh Subobject ribbon contextual panels
mesh models
Mesh Object Ribbon contextual panels
Mesh Primitive Options dialog box
Mesh Subobject ribbon contextual panels
Mesh Tessellation Options dialog box
MESHCAP command
MESHCOLLAPSE command
MESHCREASE command
meshes, [2]
about, [2]
and solids
and wireframes
best practices
boxes
cones
converting objects to, [2]
converting to 3D solids, [2], [3]
creases, [2], [3]
creating, [2]
custom
cylinders
density
density, defined
editing
extruding
extruding faces
faces
facets
gizmos
legacy mesh types, [2]
polyface mesh, creating
predefined meshes
primitives
properties
pyramids
rectangular, defined
refining, [2]
rendering
selection filters
self-intersections
smoothness
spheres
splitting faces, [2]
tessellation, [2]
tori
types
wedges
MESHEXTRUDE command
MESHMERGE command
MESHOPTIONS command
MESHPRIMITIVEOPTIONS command
MESHREFINE command
MESHSMOOTH command
MESHSMOOTHLESS command
MESHSMOOTHMORE command
MESHSPIN command
MESHSPLIT command
MESHTYPE system variable
MESHUNCREASE command
Message mode option (Build Options dialog box)
messages (instruction)
messages, displaying program
messages, safe optimization warning
metadata
entering
publishing options
meters, converting inches to
method invocation functions
methods
methods, ActiveX. See ActiveX, methods
metric units
converting to imperial
linetype definition file for
Microsoft .NET Framework
Microsoft Access databases, [2]
accessing
configuring
exporting extracted data to
Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, [2]
accessing data from
configuring external data sources
database connectivity
extracting data to, [2]
including in data extractions, [2]
opening attribute extraction files
Microsoft Installer files (MSI)
Microsoft Installer Patch files, [2]
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Microsoft Jet OLE DB Provider
Microsoft ODBC, [2]
Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers
Microsoft SQL commands
Microsoft SQL Server
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager, [2]
Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications
Microsoft Visual FoxPro databases, [2]
Microsoft Windows
configuring license servers
Network License Manager
Microsoft Windows Clipboard
Microsoft Windows Netmeeting
Microsoft Windows operating systems, [2]
Microsoft XPS Viewer
MicroStation DGN files
attaching, [2]
exporting
importing
terms
MIGRATEMATERIALS command
migrating, [2], [3]
custom settings from previous releases, [2]
customization FAQs
Initial Setup
issues
menu files from previous releases
migration log files
migration packages
migration tools, [2]
restoring default settings after
tips
migration log files
migration packages
migration tools, [2]
min_value (DCL attribute)
minimized windows
AutoCAD window, gpath prompts and
VLISP, accessing
minimizing, Document window
minor grid lines
MINSERT command
MIRRHATCH system variable
MIRROR command
Mirror method
example code
MIRROR3D command
Mirror3D method
example code
mirroring, [2]
example code
grip methods for
in 3D
lights
objects, [2], [3]
text, [2]
Text objects
textures
with two coordinates
MIRRTEXT DXF header variable
MIRRTEXT system variable, [2], [3]
Missing Texture Maps dialog box
misspellings
MLEADER command
mleader group codes
MLEADERALIGN command
MLEADERCOLLECT command
MLEADEREDIT command
MLEADERSCALE system variable
MLEADERSTYLE command
about
Create New Multileader Style dialog box
Modify Multileader Style dialog box
Multileader Style Manager
mleaderstyle group codes
common
context data
leader line
leader node
MLEDIT command
MLINE command
mline group codes
MLine object
creating
MLINESTYLE group codes
MLSTYLE command
about
Create New Multiline Style dialog box
Load Multiline Styles dialog box
Modify Multiline Style dialog box
Multiline Style dialog box
New Multiline Style dialog box
MMC symbol (maximum material condition)
MNC files
mnemonic (DCL attribute)
MNL files (menu LISP)
customization and, [2]
loading, [2]
locating
macros and
MNR files (menu template)
MNS files (source menu), [2]
changes in customization and
converting
defined
migrating, [2]
MNU files (menu template), [2]
changes in customization and
converting
defined
migrating, [2], [3]
mode codes for
mode_tile function, [2]
MODEL command
model space, [2], [3], [4]
accessing from layout viewports
and paper space, switching
annotations and, [2], [3]
cameras in
creating objects
defined, [2]
DGN file conversions and
dimensioning in, [2]
display options
drawing process in, [2]
example code
exporting layout objects to
global variables and, [2]
hidden lines
layer states and
layer visibility settings
layouts
lineweight display in, [2]
live sectioning and
markups and
moving objects to paper space
obtaining a pointer to, [2]
obtaining a pointer to global variables
model space and
plot scale
plot settings, modifying
plotting, [2]
plotting from, [2], [3]
slides created in
switching to layouts
text in
viewports, [2]
model space viewports
Aerial View window and
assigning UCSs to
creating
UCSs in
Model Views tab (Sheet Set Manager)
MODEL_RESOURCE_ADDED property
MODEL_RESOURCE_DELETED property
Model_Space block definition
MODEMACRO system variable
Modified event
ModifiedXData event
Modify Archive Setup dialog box
Modify command (Inspect window shortcut menu)
Modify DGN Mapping Setup dialog box
Modify Dimension Style dialog box
Modify FTP Locations dialog box
Modify Multileader Style dialog box
Modify Multiline Style dialog box
Modify Table Style dialog box
Modify Transmittal dialog box
modifying, [2], [3]
3D models
3D solids, [2], [3]
action macros
block attribute definitions
block attributes, [2]
block definitions, [2], [3]
block references, [2], [3]
cameras
colors
columns of text
commands
complex objects
composite solids
constrained objects, [2]
constraints
data extraction settings
data extraction tables
database records
dictionaries
dimension styles
dimensions, [2]
double click actions for
dynamic blocks, [2]
edges
faces
fields in text
fills
gizmos
grip tools (gizmos)
hatches
helixes and spirals
hyperlinks, [2]
label templates
labels
layer objects
layers, [2]
layout viewports, [2]
leader objects
lineweights
link templates
maps
markups, [2]
materials
meshes
multiline styles
multilines
objects, [2]
OLE objects
paper size
pen settings
plot style tables, [2]
plot styles
plotter configuration files, [2]
point clouds
polylines
printable areas
queries
revision clouds
separating objects into shapes
sheet and sheet set properties
sheets
shortcut keys
splines
surfaces, [2], [3], [4], [5]
tables, [2]
text, [2]
text styles
toolbars
tools, [2]
vertices
visual styles
xrefs, [2]
modifying. See changing
ModifyUndone event
modularizing
molds
MomentOfInertia property
moments of inertia
monitoring, [2]
data source changes
drawings for updates
evaluation results of an expression
variables during program execution
monitors
monochrome settings, [2]
plot settings
underlays
moonlight
More Options tab (Hatch and Gradient dialog box)
motion path animation
about
linking cameras to paths
recording
settings
Motion Path Animation dialog box
mouse, [2], [3]
buttons
Console window shortcut menus
coordinates of crosshairs
customizing button actions, [2]
displaying shortcut menus
double click actions
dragging text in text editor
See also dialog box design, user input
swapping actions
wheel mouse
mouse devices
Mouse reactors
move actions
MOVE command
Move method
vectors
Move object
example code
illustration
moving, [2], [3]
3D Move gizmo, [2]
3D subobjects
blocks
boundaries. See boundaries, modifying
constraining movement
dimension text
dragging objects
edges
faces
grip methods for
jog lines
layer objects to other layers
leader objects
lights
navigation bar
objects, [2], [3]
objects between model and paper space
referenced drawings
sheets to other sets
stretch-moves
text, [2]
toolbars, [2]
tools on palettes
UCSs
vertices
moving around. See navigating
moving text
by dragging in text editor
Clipboard support for
undoing move actions
using Console window shortcut menu
using text editor shortcut menu
MREDO command
MSI files
MSLIDE command
MSLIDE/VSLIDE commands
MSLTSCALE system variable
MSMSTATE system variable
MSOLESCALE system variable
MSP files, [2]
MSPACE command
MTEDIT command
mtext
creating
mtext (multiline text)
MTEXT command
about
AutoStack Properties dialog box
Background Mask dialog box
Column Settings dialog box
Columns menu
Find and Replace dialog box
In-Place Text Editor
MTEXT ribbon contextual tab
Paragraph dialog box
Stack Properties dialog box
mtext group codes
MText object
example code
leader example code
leader lines
modifying
MTEXT ribbon contextual tab
MTEXTCOLUMN system variable
MTEXTED system variable
MTEXTFIXED system variable
MTextObjectId property (CAO)
MTEXTTOOLBAR system variable
MTJIGSTRING system variable
MTP command modifier
multi-functional grips, [2]
multi-product bundles
multi-seat stand-alone installations, [2], [3]
multiframe long-axis plots
multileader group codes
Multileader Style Manager
multileaders (leader lines)
annotations, [2]
blocks in
breaks in
creating
landings
modifying
previous release file formats and
styles
text in
Multiline Edit Tools dialog box
Multiline Style dialog box
multiline styles
multiline text, [2]
about
aligning
annotations
columns
control codes (table)
creating, [2]
database labels
editing
finding
formatting
height, [2]
indenting
justification, [2]
leader objects and
line spacing
lists in
obliquing angle
orientation
previous release file formats and
properties
replacing
stacked
styles, [2]
tabs
text editors
text wrap
Multiline Text Editor
multiline text objects
Attachment property
formatting characters
Rotation property
TextStyleId property
Unicode fonts (table)
multilines
drawing
editing commands
intersections
modifying
styles, [2]
vertices
MULTIPLE command
multiple configuration files
Multiple Design Environment
multiple document environment
designing for. See designing for multiple document environments
multiple documents. See MDI
multiple drawings
opening
switching between
multiple hot grip selection
multiple LISP files, managing, [2]
multiple namespaces. See namespaces
Multiple Selection command (Project window shortcut menu)
multiple-line hatch patterns
multiple-view drawing layouts
multiple_select (DCL attribute)
multiplication DIESEL function
MVIEW command
MVSETUP command
My Documents folder, [2]
MYDOCUMENTSPREFIX system variable
N
Name and Location tab (Find dialog box)
Name property
example code
linetypes
setting active viewport
Name property (CAO)
named colors
assigning colors to objects
named layer states
saving
named object dictionary
named objects, [2]
CAD standards
character length
partially open drawings and
purging
renaming
specifying
standards violations
xref name conflicts
named page setups
applying
creating
sheet sets and
named plot style tables
about, [2]
color mapping tables
Plot Style Table Editor
plot styles in
switching to color-dependent
named plot styles
about, [2]
creating
predefined styles
switching to color-dependent
named ranges in Excel
Named UCSs tab (UCS dialog box)
Named Viewports tab (Viewports dialog box)
named views
saving
section objects and
names/naming
DCL attributes, [2]
entity name functions, [2]
input file for compiler, [2]
Make Application output
output file from compiler
setting entity name to variable name
stripping file extensions
symbol naming restrictions
symbol table entries that cannot be renamed
tiles (dialog box), [2]
variables
namespaces
blackboard
defined
error-handling in MDI environment, [2]
functions and multiple, [2]
making functions available to documents
making functions available to other VLX applications
namespace communication functions
overview
referencing variables in document namespaces
running an application in its own namespace
sharing data between
variables and multiple
VLX namespace functions
namespaces in Visual LISP
naming, [2], [3]
layer states
layers, [2]
lights
linetypes
plotters
raster images
selection filters
shapes
text styles
viewports
views
naming conventions
imported files
international
naming functions
finding and completing names
Narrow formatting style
natural lighting
NAVBAR command
NAVBARDISPLAY system variable
navigating, [2]
3D views
command window keys
going to position last edited
Inspect window pages
moving insertion point to parentheses
navigation bar
SteeringWheels
using bookmarks
using text editor shortcut keys
ViewCube
navigation bar
NAVSMOTION command
NAVSMOTIONCLOSE command
NAVSWHEEL command
NAVSWHEELMODE system variable
NAVSWHEELOPACITYBIG system variable
NAVSWHEELOPACITYMINI system variable
NAVSWHEELSIZEBIG system variable
NAVSWHEELSIZEMINI system variable
NAVVCUBE command
NAVVCUBEDISPLAY system variable
NAVVCUBELOCATION system variable
NAVVCUBEOPACITY system variable
NAVVCUBEORIENT system variable
NAVVCUBESIZE system variable
nentsel function, [2]
nentselp function
nested blocks
block attributes
clipped
creating
Nested Map Navigation display
nested OLE objects
nested xrefs
clipped
defined
editing
paths, [2]
nesting dialog boxes
canceling all dialog boxes, [2], [3]
design guidelines
managing
NET Framework
NETLOAD command
Netmeeting
network adapters
network administration
about
group policies
license servers
network installations
Configure button
deployment, [2], [3]
group policies
imaging software deployments
issues
scripting
system requirements
types of
network license installations, [2]
imaging software deployments
license behaviors
license borrowing
license timeout
planning
selecting
tools and utilities
types of
Network License Manager
about
assigning licenses
glossary
installing
license server models
uninstalling
upgrading
network license servers
borrowing licenses, [2], [3]
limited number of licenses
returning licenses
third-party licensing tools
network log files
network nonsystem plotters
configuring
port settings
network shares
creating
locations
network surfaces, [2]
networks, [2]
custom files located on, [2]
enterprise customization files and
New and Modify Excel Link dialog box
New Application Wizard command (VLISP File menu), [2], [3], [4]
NEW command
about
Advanced Setup wizard
Create New Drawing dialog box
Quick Setup wizard
New Dimension Style dialog box
New Drawings Found dialog box
new features
New Features Workshop
New File command (File menu)
New File command (VLISP File menu), [2]
New Label Template dialog box
New Layer dialog box
New Layer Name dialog box
New Layer State to Save dialog box
New Link Template dialog box
New Mapping Setup dialog box
New Multiline Style dialog box
New Page Setup dialog box
New Parameter dialog box
New Precision Preset dialog box
New Project command (Project menu)
New Query dialog box
New Sheet dialog box
New Sheet Selection dialog box
New Table Style dialog box
New View dialog box
about
Shot Properties tab
View Properties tab, [2]
New Viewports tab (Viewports dialog box)
New Visibility State dialog box
new_dialog function, [2]
default actions, [2]
error handling
nested dialog boxes and
nil values and
passing dialog name and ID
Windows and
newline character
NewReactorData parameter
NEWSHEETSET command
NEWSHOT command
NEWVIEW command
Next Bookmark command (VLISP Search menu)
Next method, [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9]
nil parameters
nil return values, [2]
nil variables
exiting quietly
overview
nodes
action macro icons
interface customization
noise maps
Noise Property Settings dialog box
NOMUTT system variable
non-continuable break loops
Non-Uniform Rational B-Splines surfaces (NURBS)
nonassociative dimensions, [2], [3]
nonassociative hatches, [2]
nongraphical object group codes. See names of specific objects
nongraphical objects, editing
nonlinear reactor sequences
nonrectangular layout viewports
nonsystem plotter drivers, [2]
CalComp drivers
custom properties
DXB driver, [2]
HP-GL driver, [2]
HP-GL/2 driver, [2]
PDF driver
PDF output
plotting to
plotting to files
PostScript driver
raster driver, [2]
settings
XES Synergix driver
nonsystem plotters
configuring
custom properties
device-specific configurations
initialization strings
media settings
paper sizes
port settings
timeout values
Nonull (Apropos filter value)
nonuniform rational B-spline curves
nonuniform scaling
normal vector, arbitrary axis algorithm and
normals of 3D faces
about
flipped normals
NORTHDIRECTION system variable
Norton Ghost
not equal to DIESEL function
Not for Resale licenses, [2]
Not Found raster images
notes
annotations, [2]
creating text
markups
Notes tab (Batch Standards Checker)
notification
attached xrefs
changed xrefs
data extraction updates, [2]
new layers added
relocated xrefs
standards violations
notifications, reactor
NotifyRegisteredEventHandlers method, [2], [3]
nth DIESEL function
nth function
ntmod function, anonymous blocks and
Null (Apropos filter value)
null values, testing for, in lists
number handling in AutoLISP
Number of Grips property
number pad keys, [2], [3], [4]
numbered lists
NumberOfCopies method
NumberOfLoops property
hatches
numbers
ActiveX functions and
comparing floating point values
converting real numbers to strings
converting strings to real numbers
integer vs. real
passing to functions
NumControlPoints property
splines
numeric values
block attribute data
data extraction
dimensions
rounding
suppressing zeros
numerical order group codes
NumericScale property (CAO)
NumFitPoints property
splines
NURBS curves, [2], [3]
NURBS surfaces
about
analyzing
creating, [2]
editing, [2]
rebuilding
O
Object Coordinate System, [2]
definition
object coordinate system (OCS)
arbitrary axis algorithm and
object directory, for applications
object enablers
Object Grouping dialog box
Object ID, ARX, [2]
object level events
class modules
enabling
object linking and embedding (OLE)
object model, AutoCAD. See AutoCAD object model
object properties, [2]
about, [2]
assigning
blocks
colors, [2]
copying
customizing
extracting data
inheritance
layer defaults
linetypes
lineweights
xrefs
Object reactors
attaching data to reactor objects
defining callback functions
overview
to see how an object reactor works
object reactors
callback functions and, [2], [3]
described, [2]
where to attach
Object Selection Filters dialog box
Object Snap modes
Object Snap tab (Drafting Settings dialog box)
object snap tracking
object snaps
3D space
about, [2]
angles of
AutoSnap
base points
constraints and
grid snap
isometric drawings
object snap tracking
overriding
point clouds
PolarSnap feature
running object snaps
shortcut menu, [2]
underlays
Object Snaps command modifier
OBJECT_PTR group codes
ObjectAppended event
ObjectARX
group code 1005 xdata items and
reference handles and
ObjectARX applications, [2], [3]
.NET managed wrapper classes
about
called from AutoLISP programs
custom and proxy objects
loading, [2]
making functions available to
passing selection sets between AutoLISP and
ObjectARX applications, reactors and, [2]
ObjectARX Reference
ObjectARX, reference handles and
ObjectClosed event
ObjectCreationFunction variable
ObjectCreationStyle parameter, [2], [3]
ObjectCreationStyle variable
ObjectErased event, [2]
ObjectId property (CAO)
OBJECTISOLATIONMODE system variable
ObjectModified event
ObjectOpenedForModify event, [2]
ObjectReappended event
objects, [2], [3], [4], [5], [6]
3D objects
accessing in ActiveX, [2]
circle object example
moving forward from the application object
overview, [2]
returning pointer to AutoCAD object
specifying VLA-object type
using Inspect tool to view object properties, [2]
ActiveX object model structure
ActiveX objects
aligning
applying properties to new object
arrays of
ARX Object ID of, [2]
assigning colors
assigning to other layers, [2], [3]
attaching data to reactor objects
Automation objects
blocks
breaking
chamfering
changing. See objects, modifying
closed
calculating area (illustration)
defining from user input points
collection objects
collection manipulation functions
evaluating series of functions with each object in
overview
retrieving member objects
working with, [2]
colors
converting between enames and VLA-objects
converting object references, [2]
converting to meshes
converting to revision clouds
copying, [2], [3]
counting
creating, [2]
dialog box for
with ActiveX, [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9]
with command function, [2]
with entmake function, [2], [3]
creating 3D solids from
creating meshes from
creating new instance of application object
creating solids or surfaces from, [2]
cross sectioning
custom objects
cutting
deleting
deselecting, [2]
determining availability for updating
determining if method or property applies
dictionary objects
double click actions
draw order
drawing
editing, [2]
entity access functions
entity data functions, [2]
adding entities to drawings
anonymous blocks
creating complex entities
deleting entities
drawing area and
modifying entities
obtaining entity information
working with blocks
entity name functions, [2]
entity access functions
entity context and coordinate transform data
entity handles and their uses
overview
retrieving entity names
setting entity name to variable name
equal intervals on
erasing
existing, modifying
exploding
extending
extracting data from
feature classifications
filleting
filtering
fully-constrained
geometric data
grouping
handling multiple types of
highlighting
identifying ARX Object ID of
isolating
joining
key values and
large objects, [2], [3]
layers
layout viewports and
linetypes
lineweights
linking to databases, [2]
listing properties and methods, [2]
magnifying
manipulating AutoCAD objects, [2]
extended data, [2]
object-handling, [2]
selection set handling, [2]
symbol table and dictionary access, [2]
xrecord objects
masking
mass properties
materials
methods
mirroring
modifying
collection objects
with ActiveX, [2]
with entmod
moving
named, specifying
object group codes vs. entity codes
object-handling functions, [2]
entity access functions
entity data functions, [2]
entity name functions, [2]
non-graphic object-handling, [2]
polylines, old-style and lightweight, [2]
synopsis of, [2]
obtaining one object identifier from another
offsetting, [2], [3]
OLE objects
open, calculating area (illustration)
overlapping
ownership of
paper space and
pasting
PICKSET Inspect window
plotting
properties
properties of, in ActiveX and VBA Reference
changing with ActiveX, [2]
defined
getting
listing, [2]
modifying with ActiveX, [2]
reading
updating with ActiveX, [2]
viewing
proxy objects
reactors and. See object reactors
reading object properties
releasing objects and freeing memory
removing from selection sets
rendering
reshaping
resizing
returning entity data to AutoLISP
rotating
rotating in 3D
saving
scale factor
scaling, [2]
searching for handle associated with
section objects
selecting
selection set handling functions
adding entities
creating selection sets
deleting entities
finding number of entities
passing selection sets between AutoLISP and ObjectARX applications
returning entity names
selection set filter lists, [2]
synopsis of
testing whether an entity is a member
separating into original shapes
set default properties
shortcut menus
simplified display
snapping
stretching
subobjects
symbol table objects
testing, availability for modification
availability for reading
availability for updating
whether erased or not
whether method applies to
whether property applies to
whether released or not
textures
transforming
translating from ARX Object ID to object
transparency
trimming
updating object properties, [2]
visibility
VLA-object type specification
VLA-objects
xrecord objects
objects (DXF format), vs. entities
OBJECTS section
about, [2]
common group codes
objects. See entities (objects)
OBJECTSCALE command
about
Add Scales to Object dialog box
Annotative Object Scale dialog box
ObjectUnappended event
oblique extension lines
Oblique property
example
oblique text
ObliqueAngle property
ObliquingAngle property
text styles
OBSCOLOR DXF header variable
obscured edges
OBSCUREDCOLOR system variable
OBSCUREDLTYPE system variable
OBSLTYPE DXF header variable
obtaining entity information
obtaining user input. See getting user input
occluded lines
OCS
converting coordinates
definition
ODBC (Microsoft), [2]
OFFSET command
Offset method
example code
offset snaps
OFFSETDIST system variable
OFFSETGAPTYPE system variable
offsetting
construction lines
copying objects
labels
objects
plot offsets, [2]
surfaces
temporary reference points
textures
offsetting, objects
OK button
assigning actions to
defining in DCL
procedure when user presses, [2]
ok_cancel tile, [2]
ok_cancel_help tile
ok_cancel_help_errtile tile
ok_cancel_help_info tile
ok_only tile
OLE (object linking and embedding)
OLE DB (Microsoft), [2]
OLE objects
attached xrefs
breaking links
display options
editing
embedding, [2]
exporting
linking, [2]
nested
opacity
pasted text as
pasting
plot quality of
reconnecting
resizing
text in
updating
OLE Text Size dialog box
ole2frame entities, AutoLISP entnext function output (example)
ole2frame group codes
DXF output (example)
oleframe group codes
OLEFRAME system variable
OLEHIDE system variable
OLELINKS command
about
Change Icon dialog box
Convert dialog box
Links dialog box
OLEQUALITY system variable
OLESCALE command
OLESTARTUP system variable
On Error
forms of (list)
OnChanged method
OnConnect event (CAO)
OnDisconnect event (CAO)
OnLabelTemplateCreated event (CAO)
OnLabelTemplateDeleted event (CAO)
OnLabelTemplateModified event (CAO)
online Help, [2]
online resources, [2]
OnLinkTemplateCreated event (CAO)
OnLinkTemplateDeleted event (CAO)
OnLinkTemplateModified event (CAO)
OnQueryCreated event (CAO)
OnQueryDeleted event (CAO), [2]
OOPS command
opacity
transparency settings
visual styles
opacity maps, group codes
Open and Save tab (Options dialog box)
OPEN command, [2]
about
Add/Modify FTP Locations dialog box
ASCII control character handling and
binary DXF files and
Buzzsaw Location Shortcuts dialog box
Create a Buzzsaw Location Shortcut dialog box
Edit a Buzzsaw Location Shortcut dialog box
Find dialog box
Log In to Buzzsaw dialog box
Partial Open dialog box
Select a Buzzsaw Location dialog box
open curves
Open Database Connectivity
Open Documents list
Open File command (VLISP File menu)
open meshes
Open Project command (Project menu)
Open Project command (VLISP Project menu), [2]
Open Reference Files dialog box
OpenDatabase method
OPENDWFMARKUP command
OpenedForModify event
opening, [2], [3]
Apropos window, [2]
attribute extraction files
dbConnect Manager
DesignCenter drawings
dialog box opening functions
drawings containing persistent reactors
drawings, [2]
files
files in other formats
files in text editor
files with hyperlinks
files with large objects, [2]
Format Options dialog box
Inspect window, [2], [3], [4]
layouts
multiple drawings
new files in text editor
older files
project files, [2]
Project Properties dialog box, [2]
projects
See also loading
selecting text before opening files
sheets and sheet sets
source applications for OLE objects
source files in text editor
starting Visual LISP, [2]
Symbol Service dialog box, [2], [3], [4], [5], [6]
templates
Watch window, [2]
OPENPARTIAL system variable
OpenSave preference, Options dialog box
OPENSHEETSET command
operating systems, [2]
reinstalling
restoring
system requirements, [2]
operators
Boolean operators
calculations
database queries, [2]
Parameters Manager
operators, relational, for selection set filter lists
OPMSTATE system variable
optimizing application code, [2]
analyzing for optimization correctness
bug introduction during
choosing a compilation mode, [2], [3]
choosing a Link mode, [2]
defining build options
pasting. See copying
safe optimization, [2]
OPTIONS command
about
Add Profile dialog box
Advanced Preview Options dialog box
Alternate Font dialog box
Camera Glyph Appearance dialog box
Change Profile dialog box
Command Line Window Font dialog box
Default Scale List dialog box
Drawing Window Colors dialog box
Field Update Settings dialog box
Grip Colors dialog box
Hidden Message Settings dialog box
Initial Setup dialog box
Light Glyph Appearance dialog box
Options dialog box
Plot Style Table Settings dialog box
Ribbon Contextual Tab State Options dialog box
Right-Click Customization dialog box
Thumbnail Preview Settings dialog box
Transparency dialog box
Visual Effect Settings dialog box
Options dialog box
Options file (FLEXnet tools), [2], [3]
Options files (SAMreport-Lite)
or DIESEL function
Oracle databases, [2]
Orbit tool
order for loading
application files
program files
project AutoLISP files
Order Group dialog box
ordinate dimension group codes
ordinate dimensions, [2], [3], [4]
and error preventing
creating
leader lines
organizing functions within source code files
orientation
annotations
drawings, [2]
text
origin
coordinate systems, [2]
displaying UCS icon at
hatches
ordinate dimensions
ORTHO command
Ortho mode, [2]
cursor movement
defining axes (illustration)
example code
orthographic projection view
orthographic sectioning
Orthographic UCS Depth dialog box
Orthographic UCSs tab (UCS dialog box)
orthographic views
ORTHOMODE DXF header variable
ORTHOMODE system variable
OSMODE system variable
OSNAP command
osnap function
OSNAPCOORD system variable
OSNAPNODELEGACY system variable
OSNAPZ system variable
OSOPTIONS system variable
Out of Limit light
outline-changed function, [2], [3]
outline-erased function, [2], [3]
outline. See also gp
drawOutline function
output
displaying program
See also gp
drawOutline function
vla-put functions
output functions, [2]
control characters in quoted strings
displaying messages, [2]
wild-card matching
Output preference, Options dialog box
output reports
Output Size dialog box
overhang edge effect
overlapping objects
3D solids
draw order
rendering
selecting, [2]
overlaying xrefs
overlays
Override Dimension Style dialog box
overrides
angle overrides
center locations of dimensions
dimension styles, [2]
dynamic block actions
grid spacing
identifying
layer property overrides, [2], [3]
linetypes
lineweights
object snaps
previous release formats and
removing
sheet set page setups, [2]
snap spacing
tool properties
overriding format settings
overshoot of extension lines
overstrike mode in text editor
ownership pointers to extension dictionaries
ownership references vs. pointer references
P
Pa symbol flag
package license files, [2], [3], [4]
Page Setup dialog box
Page Setup Manager, [2]
about
creating page setups
Page Setup dialog box
Page Setup Override dialog box
page setup override files, [2]
page setups
Create Layout Wizard
importing plotter configuration settings
named page setups, [2], [3]
overriding, [2]
Page Setup Manager
plot settings
settings
sheet sets, [2], [3], [4]
pages, [2]
page setups
paper settings
PAGESETUP command
about
Changes to a Printer Configuration File dialog box
Import Page Setups dialog box
New Page Setup dialog box
Page Setup dialog box
Page Setup Manager
PALETTEOPAQUE system variable
palettes
defined
displaying
workspaces and, [2]
pan
view manipulation
PAN command
Pan shortcut menu
Pan tool, [2]
panning
3D views
about
Aerial View window
dynamic
layout viewports
Pantone color books
paper drawing sets
paper options
paper size, [2]
customizing
fitting drawings on
layout settings
modifying
nonsystem plotters
plot scale and
scaling drawings to fit
settings
paper space, [2], [3]
about
blocks and
creating objects
defined
dimensioning in, [2]
drawing in
editing models
example code
exporting objects from
hiding objects
layer states and
layout work process
layouts
lineweight display in
moving objects to model space
navigation tools
object visibility
plotting, [2], [3]
plotting options, [2]
scaling linetypes
slides created in
text in
UCS limitations
viewports, floating
Paper Space DCS
Paper Space Display Coordinate System
definition
paper-saving features
Paper_Space block definition
PAPERUPDATE system variable
Paradox databases, [2]
Paragraph dialog box
paragraph tile
paragraphs (multiline text)
parallel dimensions
parallel lines
construction lines
filleting
parallel ports
default setting
device-specific configurations
parallel projections
about
creating
parameter groups
Parameter Manager
parameter passing, [2], [3]
association lists
declaring variables as both parameters and local variables
lists
nil parameters
numbers, [2]
See also specific parameters
variables
parameter sets
Parameter Sets tab (Block Authoring Palettes window)
PARAMETERCOPYMODE system variable
parameters
adding actions to, [2]
Block Authoring palettes
Block Editor display
Chain Actions property
constraint parameters
custom properties
defined
dependencies
dynamic block action parameters
dynamic blocks, [2]
grips and
groups
key points
labels
lookup tables and
parameter sets
Parameters Manager
parametric constraints
user variables
values
visibility parameters
PARAMETERS command
about
Parameters Manager (Block Editor)
Parameters Manager (Drawing Editor)
parameters in license files
Parameters Manager, [2], [3]
Parameters Manager (Block Editor)
Parameters Manager (Drawing Editor)
Parameters tab (Block Editor Authoring Palettes)
PARAMETERSCLOSE command
PARAMETERSSTATUS system variable
parametric constraints
about
annotational constraints
applying
dimensional constraints
displaying, [2]
dynamic constraints
editing constrained objects, [2]
formulas
geometric constraints, [2]
parameters
reference parameters
relaxing
removing
parametric drawing
about
parametric constraints
paramters
Parameters Manager
parentheses
checking balance, [2]
Close Parenthesis Style options
matching in
matching in AutoLISP code, [2]
moving insertion point to
navigating in text editor
selecting text between cursor and
selecting text in text editor and
Smart Indent feature and
unbalanced, found by formatter
parentheses \
Parentheses Matching command (Edit menu)
parenthetical grouping
parsing association lists
partial customization files
about
creating
defined
toolbars and
Partial Load dialog box
partial menu files
Partial Open dialog box
partial saves
partially open drawings
PARTIALOAD command
PARTIALOPEN command
Partner Product search
Partner Products and Services (Autodesk)
parts
DesignCenter Online content, [2]
inspection dimensions
parts lists, [2]
passing parameters
ActiveX functions
passing parameters. See parameter passing
passing pick points to AutoCAD commands
passing selection sets between AutoLISP and ObjectARX applications
Password tab (Security Options dialog box)
password_char (DCL attribute), [2]
passwords
case sensitivity
characters in
DWF files
encryption passwords, [2], [3]
entering
password-protected xrefs, [2]
published files
removing
viewing passworded drawings
passwords, requesting from users
Paste command
Console window shortcut menu
text editor shortcut menu
Paste Special dialog box
PASTEASHYPERLINK command
PASTEBLOCK command
PASTECLIP command
PASTEORIG command
PASTESPEC command
pasting
converting data while pasting
lists
objects
objects from other drawings
text
PAT files, [2]
patching surfaces
path. See garden path
PathAngle variable, [2]
PathLength variable
paths, [2]
default file locations
extruding
for project files
for source files, [2]
linking to cameras
lofting
Make Application output
motion path animations
raster image files
Support File Search Path
support files
sweeping
underlay files
xrefs
pattern data for hatch entities
PatternAngle property
hatches
PatternDouble property
hatches
PatternName property
hatches
patterns, [2], [3]
asssigning hatch patterns
converted DGN files
hatches, [2], [3]
libraries
linetypes
PatternScale property
hatches
PatternSpace property
example code
hatches
PatternType constants
defined
PatternType property
hatches
PAUSE symbol, [2]
pausing
macros
pausing for user input
pausing macros, [2]
pausing program execution. See breakpoints
PC2 files (legacy plotter configuration)
pc3 editor, [2]
PC3 files (plotter configuration), [2], [3]
about
attaching PMP files
creating
custom properties
device settings
document settings
DWF6 plotter configuration files
DWFx plotter configuration files
editing
file information in
file output
graphics settings
initialization strings
migrating
pen settings
port settings
saving configurations
PCINWIZARD command
PCP files (legacy plotter configuration)
PCX files, [2]
attaching
plotting to, [2]
PCX Image Options dialog box
PDF driver
configuring
custom properties
PDF files
exporting
layers and
plotting
underlays, [2]
PDF Underlay ribbon contextual tab
PDFADJUST command
PDFATTACH command
about
Attach PDF Underlay dialog box
PDF Underlay ribbon contextual tab
PDFCLIP command
PDFFRAME system variable, [2]
PDFLAYERS command
PDFOSNAP system variable
PDMODE DXF header variable
PDMODE system variable, [2]
illustration
PDSIZE DXF header variable
PDSIZE system variable, [2]
illustration
PEDIT command
PEDITACCEPT system variable
PELEVATION DXF header variable
PELLIPSE system variable
pen plotters, [2]
pen assignments
settings
pen settings, [2]
color mapping tables
configuring
DWF files
importing into layouts
multiframe long-axis plots
plot style assignments
raster plotters
virtual pens
penless plotters
performance improvement
3D display and
adaptive degradation
adaptive sampling
Aerial View dynamic updating
arrays and
demand loading xrefs, [2]
fills display
groups and
hardware acceleration
incremental saves
layers and
lineweights and, [2]
memory and, [2]
performance tuning
publishing 3D files and
raster image display
resolution
shadow display and, [2]
software acceleration
text display
texture compression
performance tuner
Performance Tuner Log
PERIMETER system variable
perimeters
periods for licenses
about
Permanent licenses, [2]
permanent transfers of licenses
perpendicular lines
persistent inter-object reference handles
persistent reactor tables, [2]
persistent reactors
defined
making
opening drawings containing
transient reactors versus
PERSPECTIVE system variable
perspective view
perspective views
about
defining
settings
PERSPECTIVECLIP system variable
PEXTMAX DXF header variable
PEXTMIN DXF header variable
PFACE command
PFACE command considerations
PFACEVMAX system variable
PFB files (printer font binary)
PGP files (program parameters), [2]
photometric lights
distant lights and
goniometric diagrams
IES data files, [2]
lamp values
luminous intensity distribution (LID)
overview
point lights
properties, [2]
sky settings
spotlights
sun properties and
weblights, [2]
workflow
photon maps, [2]
photorealistic rendering
physical address
physical models
PI variable
pick button (mouse)
pick points, passing to AutoCAD commands
PICKADD system variable
PICKAUTO system variable
pickbox cursor
PICKBOX system variable
PICKDRAG system variable
PICKFIRST system variable
PICKSET Inspect window
PICKSTYLE system variable
PICT files
pinned files
PINSBASE DXF header variable
pivot points
pixels
raster images
removing strays on display
placeholder fields
placement of dialog boxes
PLAN command
plan views
changing viewpoints
defined
planar closed spline curves
planar surfaces, [2]
Plane style
planes
constraining movement to
constraining scale to
workplanes
PLANESURF command
planning
reactor callback functions, [2]
reactors
See also designing
utility functions, [2]
PLATFORM system variable
playing action macros, [2]
playing shots
PLIMCHECK DXF header variable
PLIMMAX DXF header variable
PLIMMIN DXF header variable
PLINE command
pline variable, [2], [3]
PLINECONVERTMODE system variable
PLINEGEN DXF header variable
PLINEGEN system variable
PLINETYPE system variable
PLINEWID DXF header variable
PLINEWID system variable
Plot and Publish Details dialog box
Plot and Publish Status Bar Icon shortcut menu
Plot and Publish tab (Options dialog box)
plot areas
printable areas
setting, [2]
PLOT command
about
Add Page Setup dialog box
Changes to a Printer Configuration File dialog box
Plot dialog box
Plot Job Progress dialog box
Update PC3 File with New Printer dialog box
Plot dialog box
plot files, [2]
Plot Job Progress dialog box
plot model parameter files (PMP), [2]
Plot object
example code
plot settings
objects
orientation
page setups and
scale
transparency
plot spooling
AutoSpool
configuring
Windows system spooler
Plot Stamp dialog box
plot stamps
about
turning on
Plot Style Manager
Plot Style Table Editor, [2]
about
editing plot styles
Form View tab
General tab
managing plot style tables
Table View tab
Plot Style Table Settings dialog box
plot style tables, [2]
assigning to layouts, [2]
color mapping tables
creating
editing
modifying
pen settings
Plot Style Manager
Plot Style Table Editor
predefined, [2]
shaded viewport plotting options and
switching types
types, [2], [3], [4]
plot styles, [2]
about
layers and, [2]
locating files
modifying
NORMAL style
object plot styles
plot style tables, [2]
selecting
settings
types, [2]
PlotCentered property
PlotConfigurationName property
example code
PlotEngine object
PlotFactory object
PlotHidden property
PlotInfo object
PlotInfoValidator object
PLOTOFFSET system variable
PlotOrigin property
PlotPageInfo object
PlotPaperUnit enum
PlotPaperUnits property
PLOTROTMODE system variable
PLOTSETTINGS group codes
PlotSettings object
PLOTSTAMP command
about
Advanced Options dialog box
Plot Stamp dialog box
User Defined Fields dialog box
PLOTSTYLE command
about
Current Plot Style dialog box
Select Plot Style dialog box
Plotter Configuration Editor, [2], [3]
device settings
document settings
editing PC3 files
paper size
port settings
plotter configuration files, [2], [3]
about
attaching PMP files
custom properties, [2]
device and document settings
editing
file information
file output
graphics settings
initialization strings
locating files
multiple files
pen settings
Plotter Configuration Editor
port settings
plotter drivers
AccXES driver
CalComp driver
custom properties
DXB files
HP-GL (PLT) files
HP-GL/2 driver
PDF driver
port settings
raster driver
resolving conflicts
system driver
Xerox driver
XES Synergix driver
Plotter Manager, [2]
about
configuring plotters
creating PC3 files
PLOTTERMANAGER command
about
Add-a-Plotter wizard
Advanced Settings for COM dialog box
Configure LPT Port dialog box
Plotter Configuration Editor
Settings for COM Port dialog box
plotters, [2]
calibrating
configuration files
configuring, [2]
connection options
custom properties
descriptions
device names
driver custom properties
DWF6 configuration files
DWFx configuration files
graphics settings
nonsystem drivers
offsetting plots
paper size
paper-saving features
pen assignments
pen settings
Plotter Configuration Editor
port settings
PostScript plotters
raster plotters
resolving driver conflicts
selecting, [2]
timeout values
plotting, [2], [3]
about
AutoSpool
batch files
color depth
dithering
draw order and
drawing sets
exporting files, [2]
file formats, [2]
fit options
flow control
from shaded viewports
handshaking
hardware linetypes
in model space, [2], [3]
in paper space, [2], [3]
layout input values (list)
layout process and
light glyphs
lineweights, [2], [3]
model space settings
new layer notification and
offsets
OLE objects
orientation, [2]
page setups, [2]
paper size
paper space objects
plot scale
plot style tables
plot styles, [2]
port settings, [2]
positioning image on paper
previewing
quick start
resolution, [2]
resolving driver conflicts
scaling drawings for
screened objects
section objects
selecting output devices
spooling
terminology
test plot performance
text frames
transparent objects, [2]
underlays
wipeout objects
PlotToDevice method
example code
PLOTTRANSPARENCYOVERRIDE system variable
PlotType enum
PlotType property, [2]
PLQUIET system variable
PLT files
plug-ins (CAD standards), [2]
Plug-ins tab (Batch Standards Checker)
Plug-ins tab (Configure Standards dialog box)
PMP files (plot model parameter), [2], [3]
PNG files (Portable Network Graphics), [2]
exporting
importing
plotting to, [2]
web page images
PNG Image Options dialog box
PNGOUT command
point clouds
about
AutoCAD LT functionality
editing
inserting data
locking
POINT command
point group codes
point lights
artifical lighting
attenuation rates
location
overview
target points
point lists
point markers, [2]
Point object
controlling appearance of
creating
example code
Point Style dialog box
Point3AngularDimension object
create
POINTCLOUD command
POINTCLOUDATTACH command
POINTCLOUDAUTOUPDATE system variable
POINTCLOUDDENSITY system variable
POINTCLOUDINDEX command
POINTCLOUDLOCK system variable
POINTCLOUDRTDENSITY system variable
pointer input
Pointer Input Settings dialog box
pointer references vs. ownership references
pointers
to model space, [2]
VLISP pointer
pointing devices, [2], [3]
buttons
coordinates of crosshairs
customizing button actions
digitizing tablets
double click actions
mouse buttons
multiple configuration files
swapping actions
system requirements
wheel mouse
PointInput function. See gp
getPointInput function
POINTLIGHT command
points, [2], [3]
3D points at specified angle and distance from a point
block base points
comparing
control points
converting 3D points to 2D points
converting lists of 2D/3D points to list of lists
coordinate system transformations, [2]
coordinates
determining corner, [2]
direct distance entry
drawing
equal intervals between, [2], [3]
finding distance between
finding in lists
finding moved
finding polar coordinates of
fit points
geometric data
key points, [2]
offsetting objects from
point markers, [2]
reactors and moving, [2], [3], [4]
specifying
tracking points
transformations
variant array of, [2]
polar angles
polar arrays, [2]
center point, specifying
creating
example code
reference points
polar coordinates
2D coordinates
about
cylindrical coordinates
spherical coordinates
polar function, [2]
polar parameters
grip numbers
values
polar stretch actions
polar tracking, [2]
Polar Tracking tab (Drafting Settings dialog box)
POLARADDANG system variable
POLARANG system variable
POLARDIST system variable
POLARMODE system variable
PolarSnap feature
polyface meshes
about
creating
rendering
polyface meshes in DXF
PolyfaceMesh object
creating mesh
example code
POLYGON command
polygon meshes
PolygonMesh object
creating rectangular mesh
example code
polygons
calculating geometric data for
drawing, [2]
polyface meshes
polyline arcs
polyline borders. See boundaries
polyline boundary data for hatch entities
polyline group codes
polyface meshes and
Polyline object
creating
defining from user input points
Polyline3d object, 3D modeling
PolylineList variable
polylines, [2], [3]
calculating geometric data for
chamfering
closed
drawing
editing, [2]
exploding, [2]
filleting
fit and spline fit
grips, [2]
joining
linetypes
modifying, [2], [3]
offsetting
old-style and lightweight, [2]
polyline arcs
PostScript rendering
processing curve-fit and spline-fit polylines
revision clouds
simplifying display
subobjects
wide polylines, [2]
polyPoints variable
POLYSIDES system variable
POLYSOLID command
polysolids
drawing
PopCurrentReadObject method
PopCurrentWriteObject method
populating safearrays with data
popup_list tile
POPUPS system variable
portrait orientation, [2]
ports
configuring
device-specific configurations
output options
plot options
resolving conflicts, [2]
settings
types
Ports tab (Plotter Configuration Editor)
Position Locator window
position parameter specifications
PostScript driver, [2]
configuring
levels supported
plotting with
PostScript files
exporting
plotting to
PostScript fonts, [2]
PostScript printers
pre-configured plotters
precedence in calculations
precision
calculators
coordinate systems
cursor movements
distances
drawing units
Dynamic Input
geometric data
numeric values
object snaps
offset locations
point locations
Precision Presets Manager
Precision property (CAO)
predefined 3D meshes
predefined attributes, synopsis of
predefined tiles and clusters (dialog box design guidelines), [2]
buttons
clusters
edit boxes
image buttons and image tiles
list boxes
radio buttons, radio rows
and radio columns
sliders
text
toggles
predefined variables, AutoLISP
preferences
preferences in AutoCAD
drawing-stored options
Prefix With option
prefixes for commands
preloading slides
Preserve Existing Line Breaks option (Format Options dialog box)
preset 3D views
pressing areas of 3D solids
PRESSPULL command
PreTranslateMessage event
Pretty Print command (Inspect window shortcut menu)
preview animations
PREVIEW command
Preview DCL in Editor command (VLISP Tools menu)
PREVIEWEFFECT system variable
PREVIEWFACEEFFECT system variable
PREVIEWFILTER system variable
previewing
animations, [2]
drawings, [2]
files
layouts
object selections
online content
plotted drawings
textures
weblights
previewing dialog boxes
PREVIEWTYPE system variable
Previous Bookmark command (VLISP Search menu)
previous releases, [2], [3]
backwards compatibility
changes in customization process
converting database links
converting files
converting lighting
fields and
legacy interface elements
legacy materials
lineweights and
migrating custom settings from, [2], [3]
rendering and
saving drawings as
underlays and
user profile default settings and
Primary Units tab (New Dimension Style dialog box)
primitive solids
about
grips
modifying
spheres
primitives
mesh primitives
solids
prin1 function
princ function, [2]
exiting quietly
output display from, [2]
PrincipalAxes property
PrincipalMoments property
Print command
Apropos results window shortcut menu
Frame Binding window shortcut menu
Inspect window shortcut menu
Trace Stack window shortcut menu
print function, [2]
Print Manager conflicts
Print message option for protected symbols
Print Value command (Watch window shortcut menu)
printable areas, [2], [3], [4], [5]
printer drivers
port settings
resolving conflicts
printers, [2]
configuring, [2]
connection options
device names
driver custom properties
offsetting plots
Plotter Configuration Editor
port settings
PostScript printers
resolving driver conflicts
selecting, [2]
timeout values
printing, [2], [3], [4]
3D DWF files
3D physical models
AutoSpool
files
Frame Binding window value to Console window
Inspect window object to Console window
list of arguments to Trace window
lists of shortcut keys
messages in AutoLISP, [2]
page setups
port settings
spooling
stack element to Console window
symbol name from Apropos in Console window
Watch window variable values in Console window
privacy, [2], [3]
private keys
private licenses
procedural maps
procedural surfaces
about
converting objects to
creating, [2]
editing
processors, [2]
Product Activation wizard, [2], [3]
product information
product keys, [2]
product manuals, [2], [3]
Product Partner search
PRODUCT system variable
product updates
ProductOfInertia property
profile tolerances
profiles
profiles (objects)
extruding
geometric objects used as
lofting
profiles (user), [2]
about
contents
default profiles
importing custom settings
Initial Setup
migrating custom settings, [2]
restoring default settings
workspaces and
Profiles preference, Options dialog box
Profiles tab (Options dialog box)
progn expressions, Narrow style for
program file locations
PROGRAM system variable
programming applications
.NET
about
ActiveX Automation
AutoLISP
ObjectARX
Visual Basic for Applications
Visual LISP
programs. See AutoLISP programs
programs. See code
Progress tab (Batch Standards Checker)
project lines
Project menu
New Project command
Open Project command
Project menu (VLISP)
Open Project command, [2]
overview
Project Properties button (Project window), [2]
Project Properties button (project window), [2]
Project Properties dialog box, [2]
changing order for loading files
compiler build options, [2]
identifying path name of files
opening, [2]
selecting files to include in project
project sites
accessing Buzzsaw sites
creating
Project window
adding files to project
arranging files
buttons
checking syntax of source code
closing projects
compiling project files
editing source code, [2]
loading compiled files, [2]
loading source files
recompiling project files
removing members
saving projects, [2]
selecting multiple members
shortcut menu commands
project window, [2]
projected geometry
projected tolerances
PROJECTGEOMETRY command
PROJECTNAME DXF header variable
PROJECTNAME system variable
projects, [2], [3]
adding files
adding files to
checking syntax of source code
closing
compiler build options, [2]
compiling source files, [2]
creating
currently active
defining, [2]
assigning project properties, [2]
overview
using the Project window, [2]
described
editing source code, [2]
file types
finding strings in project source files
global declarations file
home directory
including in VLISP applications
loading and running all files in
loading compiled files, [2]
loading source files
naming
opening
order for loading files
overview
path name of files
recompiling source files, [2]
removing members
saving, [2]
searching
searching for text in
selecting files to include
selecting multiple members
source directory
xrefs and
PROJMODE system variable
prompt function
Prompt to enter break loop option for protected symbols
prompts, [2], [3]
_$ prompt in Console window
command line
displaying program
dynamic prompts
minimized AutoCAD window and
suppressing
user input in macros
proper lists
properties, [2], [3]
3D solids
action macros and
blocks, [2]
cameras, [2]
colors
commands
copying
customizing
dimension lines
dynamic blocks
extracting data
fills
floating properties
hatches, [2]
layer property filters
layers, [2]
lighting
linetypes
lineweights
lookup tables
maps
mass properties
materials
meshes, [2]
metadata
multiline properties
objects, [2]
OLE objects
overriding
plot styles
plotter drivers
plotters
programming properties
Quick Properties panel
section objects
selecting objects by filtering
sheets and sheet sets
simplifying display
surfaces, [2]
tables
text, [2]
tool overrides
tool properties
toolbars
views
workspaces
PROPERTIES command
about
Add Angle Value dialog box
Add Distance Value dialog box
Cell Border Properties dialog box
Lamp Color dialog box
Lamp Intensity dialog box
Lighting Properties dialog box
Properties palette
properties of objects. See objects, properties
Properties palette, [2]
about
general properties
object properties
performing calculations in
table properties
Properties tab (Edit Attribute dialog box)
Properties tab (Enhanced Attribute Editor)
Properties tab (Label Template dialog box)
PROPERTIESCLOSE command
Property Lookup Table dialog box
Property Settings dialog box
property-handling functions
PropertyFlags object
PropertyFlags.CUSTOM_SHEET_PROP property
PropertyFlags.EMPTY property
Protect-Assign symbol flag
PROTECT-ASSIGN trace keyword frame
protected symbols
protocol for serial ports
prototypes. See tiles (dialog box)
proxy fonts
proxy objects
proxy servers
PROXYGRAPHICS DXF header variable
PROXYGRAPHICS system variable
PROXYNOTICE system variable
PROXYSHOW system variable
PROXYWEBSEARCH system variable
PS files (PostScript)
exporting
plotting to
PSDCS
converting coordinates
definition
PSETUPIN command
PSF files
PSLTSCALE DXF header variable
PSLTSCALE system variable, [2]
PSOLHEIGHTsystem variable
PSOLWIDTH system variable
PSPACE command
PSSTYLEMODE DXF header variable
PSTYLEMODE system variable
PSTYLEPOLICY system variable
PSVPSCALE DXF header variable
PSVPSCALE system variable
public keys
public licenses
Publish Block Template dialog box
PUBLISH command
about
Block Template Options dialog box
Confirm DWF Password dialog box
DWF Password dialog box
Publish Block Template dialog box
Publish dialog box
Publish Job Progress dialog box
Publish Options dialog box
Publish dialog box
Publish Job Progress dialog box
Publish Options dialog box
Publish Sheets dialog box
Publish to Web wizard, [2], [3]
about
customizing templates
PUBLISHALLSHEETS system variable
PUBLISHCOLLATE system variable
PUBLISHHATCH system variable
publishing, [2]
background processing
Buzzsaw sites and
drawing sets
drawings for review
DWF files
DWF6 settings
DWFx settings
files
markups
page setups
section objects
sheet sets
underlays and
web pages
PUBLISHTOWEB command
PUCSBASE DXF header variable
PUCSBASE system variable
PUCSNAME DXF header variable
PUCSORG DXF header variable
PUCSORGBACK DXF header variable
PUCSORGBOTTOM DXF header variable
PUCSORGFRONT DXF header variable
PUCSORGLEFT DXF header variable
PUCSORGRIGHT DXF header variable
PUCSORGTOP DXF header variable
PUCSORTHOREF DXF header variable
PUCSORTHOVIEW DXF header variable
PUCSXDIR DXF header variable
PUCSYDIR DXF header variable
pull-down menus
creating, [2]
customizing, [2], [3]
menu referencing
starting applications from
pulling areas of 3D solids
PURGE command
Purge dialog box
PurgeAll method
example code
purging
block definitions
named objects
unreferenced linetypes
unused layers
purging, named objects
PushCurrentReadObject method
PushCurrentWriteObject method
PYRAMID command
pyramids
3D solids
mesh pyramids
modifying
Q
QCCLOSE command
QCSTATE system variable
QDIM command
QLEADER command
about
Leader Settings dialog box
QNEW command
QPLOCATION system variable
QPMODE system variable
QSAVE command
QSELECT command
QTEXT command
QTEXTMODE DXF header variable
QTEXTMODE system variable
quadrant grips
quadrants in dimensioning
Queries Collection object (CAO)
query and command functions
configuration control
foreign-language support
inspecting and changing system and environment variables, [2]
passing pick points to AutoCAD commands
pausing for user input
sending commands to AutoCAD prompt
synopsis of
undoing commands issued with command function
Query Builder, [2]
Query Builder tab (Query Editor)
Query Editor, [2]
about
Query Builder tab
Quick Query tab
Range Query tab
SQL Query tab
Query object (CAO)
query operators, [2], [3]
querying
block attribute data
databases, [2]
querying reactors
listing all reactors of given type
using function calls
using Inspect tool
Quick Access toolbar, [2], [3], [4], [5], [6]
Quick Properties palette
Quick Properties panel
Quick Properties tab (Drafting Settings dialog box)
quick queries, [2]
Quick Query tab (Query Editor)
Quick Select dialog box
Quick Setup wizard
Quick Text mode
Quick View tools, [2], [3]
QuickCalc calculator, [2]
about
Category Definition dialog box
displaying coordinate values
Variable Definition dialog box
QUICKCALC command
QUICKCUI command
quiet exit
QUIT command
Quit Current Level command (VLISP Debug menu)
QuitAborted event
quitting. See exiting
QuitWillStart event
quotation marks
and parentheses in expressions
using within quoted strings
quote function, forming point lists
quoted lists
Column style for
Long List Format Style options
quoted strings
control characters in, [2]
for DCL attribute values
quoted symbols
QVDRAWING command
QVDRAWINGCLOSE command
QVDRAWINGPIN system variable
QVLAYOUT command
QVLAYOUTCLOSE command
QVLAYOUTPIN system variable
R
radial dimension group codes
radial dimensions, [2], [3]
creating
illustration
RadialDimension object
create
example code
RadialDimensionLarge object
create, [2], [3]
example code
radians
converting degrees to
converting to degrees
radians, converting degrees to, [2]
RadiiOfGyration property
radio buttons
in dialog boxes
See also buttons
radio buttons, radio rows, and radio columns. See tiles (dialog box)
radio_button tile
radio_column DCL directive
radio_column tile
radio_row tile
radius (fillet)
radius dimensions, [2]
radius of tiles
default, [2]
specifying
RAL color sets
RAM, [2], [3]
allocating
memory tuning
plot options and
system requirements
random access memory (RAM). See memory
range queries, [2]
Range Query tab (Query Editor)
ranges of group codes
rapid decay area of spotlights
Rapid prototyping
raster driver, [2]
configuring
custom properties
plotting with
raster images, [2]
about
attaching
bitonal
clipping boundaries
display options
display speed, [2]
file formats
file paths
file size
finding files
hiding
image information
Internet-based files
loading
missing
naming
pixels
plotting to
preview images
resolution, [2], [3]
ribbon contextual tab
scaling
tiled images
transparency
unloading
raster plotters
RASTERDPI system variable
RASTERPERCENT system variable
RASTERPREVIEW system variable
RASTERTHRESHOLD system variable
RASTERVARIABLES group codes
RAY command
ray group codes
ray-tracing
ray-traced reflections
ray-traced shadows
trace depth
rays
drawing
filleting
modifying
RC4 encryption providers
re-imaged computers
RE-INIT system variable
Re-initialization dialog box
reactivating programs, [2]
REACTOR-CALLBACK trace keyword frame
reactors, [2]
ActiveX and, [2], [3]
adding owner object
attaching
attaching data to reactor objects
AutoLISP applications and
beeping your PC
callback events
callback functions
ActiveX and, [2], [3]
adding
adding functionality to, [2]
defined
editor reactors and, [2], [3], [4], [5], [6]
object reactors and, [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7]
planning and designing, [2], [3]
See also specific callback functions
callback functions, defining, [2]
changing application-specific data associated with
changing callback function link
communicating with applications
crashing AutoCAD and, [2], [3], [4]
creating, [2]
defined, [2]
defining callback functions, [2]
determining if active
determining if persistent or transient
disabling
editor
callback functions and, [2], [3]
described, [2], [3], [4]
where to attach
editors
types of
enabling
event selection
events
for boundaries, [2], [3], [4]
function reactors, summary
function synopsis
global variables and, [2], [3], [4], [5]
GRIP commands and
grip mode of STRETCH command and, [2], [3], [4]
guidelines for using
inspecting
listing
all reactors of given type
callback events
condition-function pairs
objects that fire notifications
reactor types
loading support for, [2]
making persistent
modifying definitions
multiple
multiple entity types and
non-linear sequences of
notifications
object
callback functions and, [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7]
described, [2]
where to attach
ObjectARX applications and, [2]
opening drawings containing persistent reactors
persistence, [2]
planning the overall process, [2]
printing list of arguments to Trace window
querying
for application-specific data value
for name of event triggering callback function
for reactor type
listing all reactors of given type
listing condition-function pairs
listing objects that fire notifications
using function calls
using Inspect tool
removing, [2], [3]
removing owner object
returning to VLISP from AutoCAD and
storing data with, [2]
testing, [2]
tiles and, [2], [3], [4], [5], [6]
trace sheets for, [2], [3]
transient versus persistent, [2]
types
Database reactors
Document reactors
Editor reactors
Linker reactors
listing all types
Object reactors
types of, [2]
using Object reactors
read function
read-char function
READ-ERROR trace keyword frame
read-line function
read-only tool palettes
reading a DXF file (example)
reading object properties
Readme file
Readme help topic
ReadObject method
ReadProperty method
ReadRawData method
real data type
converting to string
defined
for DCL attribute values
number handling in AutoLISP
overview
scientific notation for
Real face style
REAL Inspect window
real numbers
ActiveX functions and
converting real numbers to strings, [2]
floating point values
RealDWG files
realistic rendering
Realistic visual style
realtime panning
Reappended event
rearranging, [2]
menus
objects in groups
ribbon items
ribbon tabs
toolbar buttons
reassociating dimensions
Rebuild Application command (VLISP File menu)
Rebuild Curve dialog box
Rebuild Project FAS button (Project window)
Rebuild Surface dialog box
REBUILD2DCV system variable
REBUILD2DDEGREE system variable
REBUILD2DOPTION system variable
REBUILDDEGREEU system variable
REBUILDDEGREEV system variable
rebuilding applications
rebuilding surfaces
REBUILDOPTIONS system variable
REBUILDU system variable
REBUILDV system variable
recalcPolyCorners function
Recent Documents list
recompiling project source files, [2]
reconciled layers
about
marking
reconnecting OLE links
reconstructing surfaces
Record shortcut menu
recording, [2]
action macros
animations, [2]
history of composite solids
records (database)
RECOVER command
RECOVERALL command
RECOVERAUTO system variable
recovering
after system failures
damaged drawings
sheet set data
recovery audits
RECOVERYMODE system variable
RECTANG command
rectangles
drawing
modifying
rectangular arrays, [2]
creating in 3D
example code
rectangular meshes
REDEFINE command
RedefinePolyBorder function
redefining AutoCAD commands
redline markups
REDO command
Redo command
Console window shortcut menu
text editor shortcut menu
VLISP Edit menu
redoing actions, [2]
REDRAW command
redraw function
REDRAWALL command
redrawing screen display
redundant edges
redundant faces
redundant license server model, [2]
about
license file example
package license files
selecting
redundant vertices
REFCLOSE command
REFEDIT command
about
Edit Reference Ribbon contextual tab
Reference Edit dialog box
Refedit toolbar
REFEDITNAME system variable
Reference Edit dialog box
reference handles
hard vs. soft
pointer vs. ownership
types of
Reference Manager
about
underlays and
reference parameters
reference points
drawing
offsetting from
reference points, in polar arrays
reference works. See resources
referenced layers
references (xrefs)
referencing
DCL files, [2]
tiles (dialog box)
variables in document namespaces
referencing menus, [2]
refinement
mesh objects, [2]
tessellation
reflection lines
reflection maps, group codes
reflective materials, [2]
reflectivity maps
reformatting
refraction
material highlights
rendering
refraction maps, group codes
Refresh method (CAO)
refreshing screen display
refreshing Trace Stack window contents
REFSET command
regapp function, [2]
regardless of feature size values
REGEN command
REGENALL command
REGENAUTO command
regenerating
drawings
layer display
raster image display and
screen display
REGENMODE DXF header variable
REGENMODE system variable
REGION command
region group codes
Region object
Boolean method
creating composite
defining loops
example code, [2]
subtracting
regions
calculating geometric data for
composite
creating
cross sections
Register method, [2], [3]
registering programs
RegisterOwner method
registration of applications
Registry functions for Windows
regular lists
REINIT command
reinstalling
operating systems
reinstalling programs
relational databases
relational operators for selection set filter lists
logical grouping of
overview
relative coordinates
2D coordinates
3D coordinates
copying objects with
cylindrical coordinates
entering
moving objects with
spherical coordinates
relative hyperlinks, [2]
relative menu referencing
relative paths
hyperlinks
xrefs, [2]
relaxing constraints
releasing objects and freeing memory
Reload Linetypes dialog box
ReloadLabels method (CAO)
relocated xrefs
REMEMBERFOLDERS system variable
remote access applications
Remove File command (Project window shortcut menu)
Remove from Watch command (Watch window shortcut menu)
Remove method, [2], [3], [4], [5]
RemoveFitPointAt method
splines
RemoveHandler statement
RemoveLoopAt method
hatches
RemoveSheet method, [2]
RemoveSubset method, [2]
RemoveViewCategory method
removing, [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8]
3D solid history
back faces
blips
block attributes
block definitions
color mapping tables
constraints
creases
data extraction elements
data extraction tables
dimension breaks
edges
faces
fillets
geometric constraints
group definition
hidden surfaces
hyperlinks
layer property overrides
menus
multiline vertices
objects
objects from groups
passwords
points in splines
reactors, [2]
ribbon items
See also clearing
sheets
stray pixels
table elements
text styles
toolbar buttons
tools and palettes
uninstalling programs, [2]
unreferenced linetypes
unused named objects
vertices
removing. See deleting
Rename & Renumber Sheet dialog box
Rename & Renumber View dialog box
RENAME command
Rename dialog box
renaming
layers
sheets and sheet sets
Render (renderer)
RENDER command
about
BMP Image Options dialog box
JPEG Image Options dialog box
Missing Texture Maps dialog box
PCX Image Options dialog box
PNG Image Options dialog box
Render Output File dialog box
Render window
Targa Image Options dialog box
TIFF Image Options dialog box
render destinations
Render Environment dialog box
render history
Render Output File dialog box
render presets
about
customizing
Render Presets Manager
Render Settings palette
Render window
RENDERCROP command
RENDERENVIRONMENT command
RENDERENVIRONMENT group codes
RENDEREXPOSURE command
RENDERGLOBAL¶
rendering
about
advanced techniques
atmospheric effects
background effects
basic techniques
configuring Renderer
displaying images
exporting images
flipped normals
image quality
legacy drawings and
plotting rendered objects
preparing models for
render history
render presets, [2]
Render Settings palette
saving images, [2]
section objects
shaded viewport objects, [2]
simplifying geometry for
texture maps
two-sided
RENDERPREFSSTATE system variable
RENDERPRESETS command
about
Copy Render Preset dialog box
Render Presets Manager
RENDERUSERLIGHTS system variable
RENDERWIN command
renumbering sheets in sheet sets
repairing, [2]
damaged drawing files
damaged installations, [2], [3]
repeat function
repeating commands, [2], [3]
repeating earlier searches
repeating patterns
Replace command (VLISP Search menu)
Replace dialog box
Replace dialog box (DBCONNECT)
Replace tab (Find and Replace dialog box)
replacing, [2], [3]
commands in CUIx files
Console log file
dimension text
list items
text
text using overstrike mode
text using search-and-replace
report log files, [2]
corruption in
flushing data
log files
managing
multiple logs
rotating
size
REPORTERROR system variable
reports, [2]
date formats
error messages
generating
input and output reports
report logs, [2]
start and end dates
timestamps
usage summary reports
republishing drawing sets
requesting passwords from users
requirements
reserved words for DCL attribute values
Reset button (Debug toolbar)
Reset method, [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9]
Reset to Top Level command (VLISP Debug menu), [2]
RESETBLOCK command
reshaping
objects, [2]
splines
resizing
3D solid faces
Aerial View image
annotations, [2], [3]
arrowheads
columns in text
data extraction tables
dimension breaks
dimensions
edges
extending objects
fitting drawings on paper
layout viewports
leader objects
object grips and
objects
OLE objects
tables
text, [2], [3]
textures
toolbars
trimming objects
windows
resolution, [2]
animations
DWF6 files
DWFx files
PDF files
plotting, [2]
raster images
rendering and, [2]
ResolveAcDbObject method, [2], [3], [4], [5]
ResolveFileName method, [2], [3], [4], [5], [6]
Resource Drawing Locations dialog box
Resource Files to Include dialog box, [2]
resources
DCL
LISP and AutoLISP
restoring, [2]
backup files
damaged drawings
damaged installations, [2]
layer settings
operating systems
previous view
UCSs, [2]
viewports
views
restoring from backup files in text editor
restrictions
formatter
functions restricted when dialog box is open
restricted characters
restricted DCL attributes
symbol naming restrictions
resulting color, [2], [3]
resulting intensity, [2], [3]
RESUME command
retrieving
commands in Console window
searching for specific commands, [2]
using TAB key, [2]
entity names
extended data, [2], [3], [4]
items from lists
member objects in collections
variable values from document namespace
return character in quoted strings
return dates for licenses
about
return values
ActiveX functions
defined
gp
drawOutline function, [2]
getDialogInput function
getPointInput function. See gp
getPointInput function, return values
lists of
association. See association lists
regular
nil return, [2]
storing in variables
true return
returning borrowed licenses, [2]
returning to the VLISP IDE
RETURNLICENSE command
REVCLOUD command
REVERSE command
reverse lookup
ReverseCurve method
polylines
splines
reversing actions
reviewing
drawings
new layers in drawings
revision clouds
revising code, [2], [3]
revision clouds
REVOLVE command
revolved meshes
REVOLVED SURFACE group codes
revolving
solids
surfaces
revolving objects
REVSURF command
Rewind tool
RFS symbol (regardless of feature size)
RGB values
assigning colors to objects
ribbon, [2]
about
action macros and
command images, [2], [3]
contextual tab states, [2]
contextual tabs, [2]
controls
customizing, [2], [3]
defined
displaying and organizing
drop-downs on panels
reorganizing command and controls
ribbon panels, [2]
ribbon tabs, [2], [3]
workspaces and
RIBBON command, [2]
Ribbon Contextual Tab State Options dialog box
ribbon panels
adding items to
controls for
creating
customizing, [2]
defined
drop-downs on
rearranging
ribbon tabs
contextual tab states, [2]
creating, [2]
customizing
rearranging
RIBBONCONTEXTSELECT system variable
RIBBONCONTEXTSELLIM system variable
RIBBONDOCKEDHEIGHT system variable
RIBBONSELECTMODE system variable
RIBBONSTATE system variable
RIF files
right mouse button
Right-Click Customization dialog box
right-click menus, [2]
right-hand rule
RLC files
ROAMABLEROOTPREFIX system variable
roaming profiles
rollover tooltips
ROLLOVEROPACITY system variable
ROLLOVERTIPS system variable
root certificates for digital IDs
rotate actions
ROTATE command
Rotate method
example code
ROTATE3D command
rotated dimension group codes
rotated dimensions
RotatedDimension object
create
example code
rotating, [2]
3D objects
3D Rotate gizmo, [2]
3D subobjects
3D views
block insertion prompts
blocks
constraining rotation
dimension text
dimensions
edges
faces
grip methods for
hatches
lights
objects, [2]
report logs
snap angles
textures
UCSs
underlays
vertices
views in layout viewports
rotating boundaries. See boundaries, modifying
rotating objects
illustration
rotation grips, [2]
Rotation method
3D object
rotation parameters
Rotation property
multiline text objects
Rotation property (CAO)
rotation snaps
rounding
corners
edges
rounding off
dimension values
drawing units
roundtripping
row tile
rows (data extraction tables)
rows (ribbon)
rows (tables)
adding or deleting
formatting
modifying
rows and columns (in tables), group codes
rows. See tiles (garden path)
rowStartPoint variable
RPREF command
about
Advanced Render Settings palette
Output Size dialog box
RPREFCLOSE command
RSCRIPT command
RSS feeds, [2], [3]
RTDISPLAY system variable
RTF files
rtos DIESEL function
rtos function, [2]
Rtos2 function
rubber-band lines
locking
tracking
ruled meshes
RULESURF command
Run toolbar
Activate AutoCAD button
Load Active Edit Window button
running, [2]
and stepping through, [2]
application in its own namespace
applications, [2]
AutoCAD with Visual LISP, [2]
breakpoints with, [2]
Check command
compiled programs
dialog boxes
functions
on individual elements in lists, [2]
garden path example
in Animate mode
programs, [2]
project files
See also loading
separate-namespace applications, [2], [3]
starting Visual LISP, [2]
tutorial
VLISP
running object snaps, [2]
running scripts
runtime
error trapping, [2]
errors
S
S (regardless of feature size symbol)
S STARTUP AutoLISP function
safe optimization, [2]
build option
compiler checking of conditions
conditions bypassed by
overview
warning messages
Safe Optimize option (Build Options dialog box)
Safe-Delete function
SAFEARRAY Inspect window
safearrays
converting to lists
creating
creating variant with an array of four doubles
displaying contents of
populating with data
using with variants
working with
sample files, AutoLISP
sampling in rendered images
sampling radius
SAMreport-Lite, [2], [3]
about, [2]
date formats
displaying output
error messages, [2]
filtering output
flushing data
generating reports
input and output reports
installing, [2]
Java Runtime Environment
license files
license management
Options files
output formats
report logs
timestamps
usage summary reports
vendor daemons and lmswitchr
SAT format files, [2]
SATA RAID environments
Save All command (File menu)
Save As command (File menu)
Save as DWF dialog box
Save as DWFx dialog box
Save as PDF dialog box
Save Block As dialog box
Save Block As option, [2]
SAVE command, [2]
Binary option
Select Objects option
Save method, [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16], [17], [18], [19], [20], [21], [22], [23], [24], [25], [26], [27]
for layer settings
Save Project As command (Project window shortcut menu)
Save Settings command (VLISP Tools menu)
Save Workspace dialog box
SAVEAS command, [2]
about
ASCII control character handling and
binary DXF files and
Binary option
Saveas Options dialog box
Select Objects option
Template Options dialog box
Saveas Options dialog box
SAVEFIDELITY system variable
SAVEFILE system variable
SAVEFILEPATH system variable
SAVEIMG command
SAVENAME system variable
SAVETIME system variable
saving, [2], [3], [4]
action macros
all files
animations
automatic saves, [2]
backup files, [2]
block definitions
changes to code when exiting AutoCAD
cross sections
data extraction settings
database links in older formats
DCL files
drawings, [2]
files in older formats, [2]
files with underlays
formatting options
incremental saves
layer indexes
layer property overrides
layer settings
layer states
layout templates
markups
objects
page setups
partial saves
preview images
profiles
projects, [2]
publish options
queries
rendered images, [2]
selection filters
sheet selections
sheet sets
spatial indexes
standards files
tool palettes, [2]
UCSs
unreconciled layers and
viewports
views
visual fidelity and, [2], [3]
workspaces
xref editing changes
scale
annotations, [2], [3]
data extraction and
dimensions, [2]
drawing units
drawings
layout viewports
linetypes
multilines
plot scale, [2]
scale factors
scale actions
SCALE command
scale factor
illustration
object dimensions
scale factors
layout viewports
model space settings
raster images
scaling objects
scale locking in layout viewports
ScaleFactor property
ScaleLineweights property
SCALELISTEDIT command
about
Add Scale dialog box
Edit Scale dialog box
Edit Scale List dialog box
SCALETEXT command
scaling, [2]
3D Scale gizmo, [2]
3D subobjects
annotations, [2], [3]
arrowheads
blocks, [2]
constraining scale
drawings
drawings to fit paper
edges
faces
grip methods for
hatch patterns, [2]
in layouts
in paper space
leader lines
linetypes, [2], [3], [4]
lineweights
model space settings
objects, [2], [3]
OLE objects
plot scale
raster images
scaling by reference
tables
text, [2], [3]
text scale ratios
textures
underlays
vertices
viewports (illustration)
views in layout viewports
scaling boundaries. See boundaries, modifying
SCCM (System Center Configuration Manager)
SCCM packages
scenes
lighting
rendering
schedules
extracting data for
Schema Property (CAO)
schemas in databases
scientific calculators
scientific notation for reals
SCR files (scripts)
screen display
cleaning up
clearing
performance
quality
updating
screen menus
SCREENBOXES system variable
screening
layout viewports
plot settings
SCREENMENU system variable
SCREENMODE system variable
SCREENSIZE system variable
SCRIPT command
ScriptPro migration tool
scripts, [2], [3]
about
creating
customizing program startup
customizing user interface
deploying program with
file names and, [2]
flags and
running
running at startup
running slide shows from
sample scripts
suppressing dialog boxes
switches and, [2]
system requirements
tools for
SDF files (space-delimited format)
Search dialog box
Search Folders dialog box
Search menu
Complete Word by Match command
Find command
Search menu (VLISP)
Bookmarks submenu
Clear All Bookmarks command
Next Bookmark command
Previous Bookmark command
Complete Word by Apropos command
Complete Word by Match command
Find command
overview
Replace command
search order, for loading program files
search paths, [2], [3], [4]
default file locations, [2]
projects and
referenced drawings
specifying
Search settings
Search tabs (Search dialog box)
searching, [2], [3], [4], [5]
Complete Word by Apropos feature
Complete Word by Match feature
Console input history, [2]
Console window
customized for industries
database querying
files for data extraction updates
finding commands
finding commands in CUIx files
finding database records
finding DesignCenter Online content, [2]
finding drawing files, [2]
finding materials
finding paramenters
finding raster images
finding tagged commands
for closest match to complete a word
for ename associated with handle
for file names
for handle associated with ename
for handle associated with object
for moved points
for object associated with handle
for points in a list, [2]
for strings in project source files
for symbols using Apropos feature, [2]
Apropos dialog box options
by prefix
Copy to Trace/Log feature
inserting symbols from results window
opening Apropos window, [2], [3]
overview
shortcut menu options
using search results
in text editor, [2]
overview
repeating earlier searches
replacing text
shortcut menu command
using Find dialog box, [2]
InfoCenter, [2]
Partner Product search
projects
Search locations
text search and replace
underlay files
SECTION command
SECTION group codes¶
section lines
section objects
about
cameras and
creating
grips
jogged segments
live sectioning
object states
plotting
properties
publishing
rendering
saving
viewing
views and
section planes
Section Settings dialog box
Section Type Settings group codes¶, [2]
sectioning
2D sections
3D objects
3D views and
cameras and
jogged segments
live sectioning, [2], [3]
lofting objects and, [2]
publishing or plotting cross sections
section objects
views and
SECTIONMANAGER group codes¶
SECTIONPLANE command
SECTIONPLANEJOG command
SECTIONPLANESETTINGS command
about
New Layer Name dialog box
Section Settings dialog box
SECTIONPLANETOBLOCK command
about
Generate Section / Elevation dialog box
security of files
about
digital ID levels
Security Options dialog box
SECURITYOPTIONS command
about
Advanced Options dialog box
Confirm Password dialog box
Security Options dialog box
See also key values
SEEK command
Seek utility
Select a Buzzsaw Location dialog box
Select a Database Object dialog box
Select All command (Project window shortcut menu)
Select Backward command (VLISP Edit menu)
Select Block dialog box
Select Color dialog box
about
Color Books tab
Index Color tab
True Color tab
SELECT command
Select Data Object dialog box
Select Forward command (VLISP Edit menu)
Select Layer States dialog box
Select Layers to Add to Layer State dialog box
Select Layout as Sheet Template dialog box
Select Linetype dialog box
Select Place in Document dialog box
Select Plot Style dialog box
Select Project dialog box
Select Similar Settings dialog box
Select Window button (VLISP toolbar)
SelectAtPoint method
SelectByPolygon method
selected objects in drawings
selecting, [2], [3]
3D solid subobjects
action macro object selections
classification properties and
copying selected text to new file, [2]
CP and WP selection
cursor location and
customizing object selection
database records
default options for
deselecting
entities, [2], [3]
files to include in projects, [2]
groups
highlighted objects
irregularly shaped selection areas
layers
methods for
multiple members from Project window
multiple objects
objects, [2], [3], [4]
objects with macros
output devices, [2]
overlapping objects
preventing object selection
previewing selections
searching highlighted text
selection fences
selection windows
subobject selection filters
suppressing highlighting
tables or table elements
text before opening files
text between cursor and
using bookmarks
using text editor shortcut keys
Selection Cycling tab (Draft settings dialog box)
selection fences
selection filters, [2]
Selection Modes command modifier
Selection preference, Options dialog box
selection preview
selection set data type
defined
selection set handling functions, [2], [3]
selection sets, [2], [3]
adding entities to
creating
defined
deleting entities from
filter lists, [2], [3]
examples
filtering for extended data
logical grouping of filter tests
overview
relational tests
selection set manipulation
wild-card patterns in
finding number of entities
iterative
passing between AutoLISP and ObjectARX applications
removing objects
returning entity names
synopsis of functions for handling
testing whether an entity is a member
Selection tab (Options dialog box)
selection windows
SELECTIONANNODISPLAY system variable
SELECTIONAREA system variable
SELECTIONAREAOPACITY system variable
SELECTIONCYCLING system variable
SELECTIONPREVIEW system variable
SelectionSet object
example code
SelectOnScreen method
example code
SELECTSIMILAR command
SELECTSIMILARMODE system variable
self-extracting executable files
self-illuminated materials
self-illumination maps
self-intersections
semantic auditing of DCL files, [2]
semicolon (, [2], [3]
Send to 3D Print Service dialog box
sending commands to AutoCAD prompt
sending objects to back
sequend group codes
serial numbers, [2]
stand-alone installation
updatng
serial ports
configuring, [2], [3]
default setting
device-specific configurations
servers, [2], [3]
host IDs and host names
license servers, [2]
proxy servers
server-based databases
stopping and restarting
service packs, [2], [3], [4]
Set Cell Format dialog box
Set Default i-drop Content Type dialog box
set_tile function, [2]
SetAcDbHandle method, [2], [3], [4], [5]
SetAcDbObject method, [2], [3], [4], [5]
SetAltPageSetups method
SetBulgeAt method
polylines
SETBYLAYER command
SetByLayer dialog box
SETBYLAYERMODE system variable
SetCategory method, [2]
SetControlPointAt method
example code
splines
SetDatabaseDefaults method
SetDefAltPageSetup method
SetDefaultOutputdir method
SetDefDwtLayout method, [2]
SetDefLabelBlk method
SetDesc method, [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14]
SetDoNotPlot method
SetDwfType method
SetFileName method, [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7]
SetFitPointAt method
splines
SetFlags method
SetFont method
example code
setfunhelp function
SetGradient method
hatches
SetHatchPattern method
hatches
SETIDROPHANDLER command
about
i-drop Options dialog box
Set Default i-drop Content Type dialog box
SetIncludePlotStamp method
SetIssuePurpose method
SetIsTemporary method
SetLayerInfo method
SetLayout method
SetName method, [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16], [17], [18]
SetNamedView method
SetNewSheetLocation method, [2]
SetNumber method, [2]
SetOutputFileName method
SetOwner method, [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16], [17], [18], [19], [20], [21], [22], [23], [24], [25], [26]
SetOwnerAcDbHandle method, [2], [3], [4]
SetPassword method
SetPlotConfigurationName method
example code
SetProjectMilestone method
SetProjectName method
SetProjectNumber method
SetProjectPhase method
SetPromptForDwgName method
SetPromptForDwt method, [2]
SetPromptForName method
SetPromptForPassword method
SetProperty method
setq function
SetReferencedObject method
SetReferenceFlags method
SetRevisionDate method
SetRevisionNumber method
SetStartWidthAt method
polylines
SetSystemVariable method
dimension system variables
setting
breakpoints
variable values in document namespace
Setting Case for Symbols options (Format Options dialog box)
setting up pages
setting. See adding
Settings dialog box
Settings for COM Port dialog box
Settings tab (Reference Edit dialog box)
Settings tab (UCS dialog box)
SetTitle method, [2]
SetTypeName method
SetUnrecognizedData method
SetUnrecognizedSections method
SetUsePassword method
SetValue method
SETVAR command
setvar function
SetVariable method
example code
SetWeightAt method
splines
shaded images
AutoCAD LT functionality
customizing shading
edge display
rendering
visual styles
shaded UCS icon
shaded viewports
plotting options, [2], [3], [4]
resolution settings
shaded viewports, plotting from
Shaded visual style
Shaded with Edges visual style
SHADEDGE DXF header variable
SHADEDGE system variable
SHADEDIF DXF header variable
SHADEDIF system variable
SHADEMODE command
ShadePlot property
shades (colors)
Shades of Gray visual style
SHADOWPLANELOCATION Header variable
SHADOWPLANELOCATION system variable
shadows
hardware acceleration and
lighting and, [2]
raytraced shadows
rendering
shadow mapping
shadow mode settings
visual styles
SHAPE command
shape definition files
about
Big Font files
creating, [2]
samples, [2]
superscripts and subscripts
text fonts
Unicode fonts and
shape fonts
Big Fonts
sample files, [2]
superscripts and subscripts
Unicode shape definition files
shape group codes
shape specification bytes
shapes
descriptions
including in linetypes
shape specification bytes
special codes
Share with Autodesk Seek dialog box
SHAREWITHSEEK command
sharing data between namespaces
sheet creation templates, [2]
Sheet List tab (Sheet Set Manager)
sheet list tables
Sheet Properties dialog box
Sheet Selection dialog box
Sheet Set Custom Properties dialog box
Sheet Set Manager, [2]
about, [2]
Buzzsaw sites and
eTransmit and
features
locking and unlocking sheets
Model Views tab
publishing options
Sheet List tab
Sheet Views tab
shortcut menus
team collaboration
Sheet Set Manager Objects
Sheet Set Properties dialog box
sheet sets
archiving
backing up and recovering
basing on drawing files
creating and modifying sheets
creating sets
defined
DST files
eTransmit and
example sheet sets
label and callout blocks
locking and unlocking
metadata
named page setups and
opening drawings within
organizing
overrides
page setups, [2]
placeholder fields in
properties
publishing, [2]
reassociating moved sheets
saving
saving sheet selections
sheet names and numbers
Sheet Set Manager
status
subsets and categories
team collaboration
titles and tables of content
transmitting
updating
views
working without Sheet Set Manager
Sheet Views tab (Sheet Set Manager)
SHEET_ADDED property
SHEET_DELETED property
SHEET_SELECTION_SET_CREATED property
SHEET_SELECTION_SET_DELETED property
SHEET_SUBSET_CREATED property
SHEET_SUBSET_DELETED property
SHEET_VIEW_CATEGORY_DELETED property, [2]
SHEET_VIEW_CREATED property
SHEET_VIEW_DELETED property
sheets in sheet sets
defined
layouts and
modifying
named page setups and
names and numbers
opening
page setups
placeholder fields in
properties
saving sheet selections
Sheet Set Manager
status
subsets
templates, [2]
title sheets
views
working with
Sheets tab (Archive a Sheet Set dialog box)
Sheets tab (Create Transmittal dialog box)
SHEETS_RENUMBERED property
SHEETSET command
about
Add Custom Property dialog box
Edit Sheet List Table Settings dialog box
Import Layouts as Sheets dialog box
Insert Sheet List Table dialog box
List of Blocks dialog box
New Sheet dialog box
New Sheet Selection dialog box
Publish Sheets dialog box
Rename & Renumber Sheet dialog box
Rename & Renumber View dialog box
Resource Drawing Locations dialog box
Select Block dialog box
Select Layout as Sheet Template dialog box
Sheet Properties dialog box
Sheet Selection dialog box
Sheet Set Custom Properties dialog box
Sheet Set Manager
Sheet Set Properties dialog box
Subset Properties dialog box
View Category dialog box
SHEETSETHIDE command
SHELL command
shelling solids
shortcut keys, [2]
assigning
Complete Word by Apropos feature
Complete Word by Match feature
customizing
defaults
temporary override keys, [2]
text editor
for code indentation
for correcting text
for formatting text
for navigation
for selecting text
shortcut menus, [2], [3]
about
aliases
Apropos results window
Console window
context-sensitive shortcut menus
creating, [2]
customizing, [2]
displaying
double click actions
for object line
Frame Binding window
Inspect window, [2]
menu referencing
Project window
text editor
Trace Stack window
Watch window
SHORTCUTMENU system variable
shortcuts, [2]
administrative images
creating
customizing
keytips
Shot Properties tab (New View dialog box)
shots (ShowMotion), [2], [3]
Show method (CAO)
SHOWHIST system variable
SHOWLAYERUSAGE system variable
ShowMotion
SHOWMOTIONPIN system variable, [2]
SHOWPALETTES command
SHP fonts (shape definition), [2]
SHPGL plotting
SHPNAME system variable
SHX fonts, [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8]
SI lighting units
side-by-side installation
signatures, digital
SIGVALIDATE command
about
Digital Signature Contents dialog box
Validate Digital Signatures dialog box
SIGWARN system variable
silent mode, [2]
silhouette edges
simplified HPGL plot files
single license server model, [2]
about
license file example
package license files
single quotation mark, forming point lists
single-line text
creating
editing
height
obliquing angle
orientation
styles
single-user licenses
size of dialog boxes
sizing
Application window
Document window
SKETCH command
SKETCHINC DXF header variable
SKETCHINC system variable
sketching freehand lines
Sketchy visual style
SKPOLY DXF header variable
SKPOLY system variable, [2]
sky
background settings
display options
illumination
lighting overview
natural lighting and
SKYSTATUS system variable
slanted text
slashes (//) for DCL comments
slashes (//), as DCL comment code
SLICE command
SliceSolid method
example code
slicing solids
slide (SLD) files
about
data record types
header format
hex dump of (example)
old-format header
vectors and
slide libraries, [2]
slide library (SLB) file format
slide shows
slide_image function
SLIDELIB utility, [2]
slider tile
sliders. See tiles (dialog box)
slides
creating
editing commands and
image tile menus and, [2]
preloading
slide libraries
slide shows
viewing
small_increment (DCL attribute)
Smart Indent feature
smooth lighting
Smooth panel (Mesh Object Ribbon)
smooth rendering, [2]
smoothing
mesh objects, [2], [3]
tessellation
SMOOTHMESHCONVERT system variable
SMOOTHMESHGRID system variable
SMOOTHMESHMAXFACE system variable
SMOOTHMESHMAXLEV system variable
Snap and Grid tab (Drafting Settings dialog box)
snap angle
illustration
SNAP command
Snap mode
cursor movement
Snap modes
SNAPANG revised VPORT header variable
SNAPANG system variable
SNAPBASE revised VPORT header variable
SNAPBASE system variable
SNAPISOPAIR revised VPORT header variable
SNAPISOPAIR system variable
SNAPMODE revised VPORT header variable
SNAPMODE system variable
snapping (object snaps)
SNAPSTYL system variable
SNAPSTYLE revised VPORT header variable
SNAPTYPE system variable
SNAPUNIT revised VPORT header variable
SNAPUNIT system variable
soft references vs. hard references
soft-owner handles, [2]
soft-pointer handles
software acceleration, [2]
software deployments
software handshaking
software installation requirements, [2]
software requirements
Network License Manager
SOLDRAW command
SOLID command
solid fills
creating, [2]
defined
overlapping objects
PostScript rendering
turning off
solid group codes, [2]
Solid object
analyzing properties
Boolean intersection (illustration)
CheckInterference method
combining solids
creating
creating solids
example code
properties (list)
solid primitives
about
boxes
cones
creating
cylinders
pyramids
tori
wedges
solid-filled areas
illustration
See also Solid object
Solid3D object
defined
example code
Solid3d object
creating box
creating cylinder
example code
SOLIDCHECK system variable
SOLIDEDIT command
SOLIDHIST system variable
solids
3D solids
composite solids
converting objects to
converting to meshes
creating
extruding
grips
interferences
lofting
modifying
polysolids
revolving
separating into original shapes
solid modeling
solid primitives
sweeping
types of
SOLPROF command
SOLVIEW command
Sort Block option
Sort Columns dialog box
Sort dialog box
SORTENTS DXF header variable
SORTENTS system variable
SORTENTSTABLE group codes
sorting, [2]
blocks of text
extracted data
layers
variables in Watch window
source code
CD containing
directories
organizing functions within files of
source menu files (MNS), [2], [3]
Source Position command, Trace Stack window shortcut menu
source vectors for distant lights
space-delimited format files (SDF)
spacer tiles (dialog box), [2]
spaces
AutoCAD command window versus VLISP Console window
clearing in text editor
deleting from cursor to first non-blank character
in AutoLISP code
spaces in linetypes
SPACETRANS command
spacing
dimension elements
dimensions
equal intervals
grid lines
previous release formats and
spacing in dialog boxes
adjusting space at right side or bottom
adjusting space between tiles
centering buttons
distributing tiles in a cluster
fixing spacing around boxed row or column
spacing of rows
spacing of tiles
default, [2]
specifying
spatial indexes, [2]
SPATIAL_FILTER group codes
SPATIAL_INDEX group codes
special characters, [2], [3]
block attribute extraction files
bullets in lists
commands and
control characters in DCL strings
control characters in quoted strings
file names
filtering layers by
fractions
image tile menus
inserting
macros and, [2], [3]
passwords
query operators
relational operators for selection set filter lists
tolerance stacks
Unicode text
wildcard characters
xref symbols
special forms
special function call frames
specific windows
Speckle Property Settings dialog box
speckled patterns
specular color, group codes
specular maps, group codes
speed
spell checking
SPELL command
about
Check Spelling dialog box
Check Spelling Settings dialog box
Dictionaries dialog box
Manage Custom Dictionaries dialog box
spelling check
SPHERE command
spheres
3D solids
mesh spheres
modifying
spherical coordinates
spirals
drawing
modifying
SPLDEGREE system variable
SPLFRAME system variable
SPLINE command
spline edge data for hatch entities
spline group codes
Spline object
creating
example code, [2]
spline-fit polylines
extending
trimming
spline-fit polylines, processing
SPLINEDIT command
splines, [2]
B-splines
calculating geometric data for
control points
drawing
editing, [2]
fit points
grips, [2]
modifying
NURBS splines
offsetting
querying
reshaping
tolerance
SPLINESEGS DXF header variable
SPLINESEGS system variable
SPLINETYPE DXF header variable
SPLINETYPE system variable, [2]
Split Comments option (Format Options dialog box)
Split method
splitting
faces
mesh faces
splitting viewports
example code
SPLKNOTS system variable
SPLMETHOD system variable
spooling plot jobs, [2]
SPOTLIGHT command
spotlights
artifical lighting
attenuation rates
beam angle
falloff angle
field angle
hotspot angle
location
overview
rapid decay area
spreadsheets, [2]
accessing data from
attribute extraction data files
configuring external data sources
extracting data to, [2]
including in data extractions, [2]
SQL
SQL (Structured Query Language), [2]
SQL Query tab (Query Editor)
SQL Server, [2]
squares, [2]
ssadd function
ssdel function, [2]
SSECTIONSETTINGS group codes¶
SSFOUND system variable
ssget function
creating selection sets
restrictions when dialog box is open
selection set filter lists, [2]
sslength function
SSLOCATE system variable
SSMAUTOOPEN system variable
ssmemb function
SSMPOLLTIME system variable
SSMSHEETSTATUS system variable
SSMSTATE system variable
ssname function
st compiler mode parameter
stack elements
calling Inspect feature for
defined
printing to Console window
See also Trace Stack window
types of
Stack Properties dialog box
stacked text (multiline text)
stand-alone installations
CAD Manager tool
imaging software and
process
program registration and activation
Quick Start
scripting
selecting
stand-alone licenses
standard DesignCenter parts
Standard File Selection dialog boxes
standard grips, [2]
Standard lighting workflow
about
converting lights in older drawings
distant lights
standards (CAD)
about
Batch Standards Checker
checking for violations
converting layers and properties
defining
plug-ins, [2]
violations reports
standards audits, [2]
standards check files
STANDARDS command
about
CAD Standards Settings dialog box
Configure Standards dialog box
standards files
about
associating with drawings
creating
standards plug-ins, [2]
Standards tab (Batch Standards Checker)
Standards tab (Configure Standards dialog box)
standards violations, [2]
StandardScale property
StandardScale property, example code
STANDARDSVIOLATION system variable
stapling pages
start (Windows system command)
start_dialog function, [2], [3]
functions restricted during
hiding dialog boxes and
nested dialog boxes and
passing dialog control to AutoCAD
Windows and
start_image function
start_list function
StartFitTangent property
splines
starting, [2], [3], [4]
Animate mode
applications with ActiveX Automation
applications with commands
break loop mode, [2]
customizing program startup
debugging session
dialog boxes
drawings, [2]
See also creating
See also loading
Trace logging
Visual LISP, [2]
starting tables
StartPt variable, [2], [3]
startup AutoLISP errors
startup scripts
Startup Suite dialog box
STARTUP system variable
static coordinate display
Statistics tab (Drawing Properties dialog box)
status bar (VLISP)
asterisk next to file names
menu command descriptions on
overview
toolbar button explanations on
status bars
STATUS command
status line, [2], [3], [4]
STATUSBAR system variable
STB files, [2], [3]
StdScale property
SteeringWheels
SteeringWheels Settings dialog box
Step Indicator (Debug toolbar)
Step Indicator button
Step Into button (Debug toolbar), [2], [3], [4]
Step Into command (VLISP Debug menu), [2]
Step Out button (Debug toolbar), [2]
Step Out command (VLISP Debug menu)
Step Over button (Debug menu)
Step Over button (Debug toolbar), [2]
Step Over command (VLISP Debug menu), [2]
stepping through code, [2]
Debug toolbar and, [2], [3]
exiting, [2]
from breakpoints, [2], [3]
watching variables while
stepping through programs from breakpoints, [2]
STEPSIZE system variable
STEPSPERSEC system variable
Stereolithograph (STL) files
Stereolithography Apparatus (SLA)
STL files
STLOUT command
stone textures
Stop Once command (VLISP Debug menu), [2]
storing
data with reactors, [2]
return values in variables
storing arbitrary data
Straighten method
polylines
stray pixels
strcase function
strcat function
stretch actions, [2]
STRETCH command
stretch-moves
stretching
blocks
grip methods for
objects
stretch-moves
stretching boundaries, reactors and, [2], [3], [4]
string data type
defined
overview
STRING Inspect window
strings, [2]
ASCII code conversions
AutoLISP output functions, [2]
AutoLISP string-handling
concatenating
control characters in quoted strings
converting angles to
converting case
converting real numbers to
converting reals to
converting to real numbers
DIESEL string expressions, [2]
displaying messages, [2]
finding number of characters
forcing line breaks in
returning substrings
string conversions
string-handling functions
stripping file extensions
wild-card matching
strings in CUIx files
strings, group code ranges
stripping file extensions
strlen DIESEL function
strlen function
stubbed-out functions
defining
updating
Student Portfolio licenses, [2]
STYLE command
STYLE group codes
styles
annotations
data extraction tables
dimensions
leader objects
multiline styles
reference points
text
visual
STYLESMANAGER command
about
Add-a-Plot-Style-Table wizard
Edit Lineweights dialog box
Plot Style Table Editor
subassemblies. See tiles (dialog box)
subclass data marker
subclass markers
submenus
SubObjectModified event
subobjects, [2]
SUBOBJSELECTIONMODE system variable
SUBR Inspect window
Subscription Center, [2]
subscripts in fonts
Subset Properties dialog box
Subsets and Sheets tab (Insert Sheet List Table Dialog Box)
subsets of sheet sets
subst function
Substitute DWF Name dialog box
substitute fonts, [2]
substituting list items
substr DIESEL function
substr function
subtracing
composite solids
SUBTRACT command
Subtract method (CAO)
subtracting
areas
objects
regions
subtraction DIESEL function
Suffix property
example code
Summary tab (Drawing Properties dialog box)
SUN group codes, [2]
Sun Properties window
sunlight
about, [2]
geographic locations
natural lighting, [2]
SUNPROPERTIES command
SUNPROPERTIESCLOSE command
SUNPROPERTIESSTATE system variable
SUNSTATUS system variable
superscripts in fonts
support content folders, [2]
Support File Search Path, [2]
support files, [2]
locations, [2]
search paths
suppressing echoes and prompts
SURFACE group codes
surface models
SURFACEASSOCIATIVITY system variable
SURFACEASSOCIATIVITYDRAG system variable
SURFACEAUTOTRIM system variable
SURFACEMODELINGMODE system variable
surfaces
3D surfaces
about
associative, [2]
blending
bulge magnitude
chamfering
composite solids
composite surfaces
constraints
continuity
converting meshes to
converting objects to, [2]
converting to 3D solids
converting to meshes
creating
edges, [2]
editing
extending
extruding, [2], [3]
faces and
filleting, [2]
grips
hidden
interferences
lighting and
lofting, [2]
meshes
modifying, [2]
network surfaces, [2]
NURBS surfaces, [2], [3], [4]
offsetting
patching
planar surfaces, [2]
procedural surfaces, [2], [3], [4]
properties, [2]
reconstructing
rendering, [2]
revolving, [2]
separating into original shapes
smoothness
surface analysis
surface models
sweeping, [2]
trimming
vertices
SURFBLEND command
SURFEXTEND command
SURFFILLET command
SURFNETWORK command
SURFOFFSET command
SURFPATCH command
SURFSCULPT command
SURFTAB1 DXF header variable
SURFTAB1 system variable
SURFTAB2 DXF header variable
SURFTAB2 system variable
SURFTRIM command
SURFTYPE DXF header variable
SURFTYPE system variable
SURFU DXF header variable
SURFU system variable
SURFUNTRIM command
SURFV DXF header variable
SURFV system variable
suspending program execution. See breakpoints
swap files
swapping
interface elements with macros
menus
SWEEP command
sweeping objects, [2]
SWEPT SURFACE group codes
switches, [2]
customizing startup with
running scripts and
switching, [2]
dictionaries
drawings
gizmos
toolbar controls
workspaces
Swivel tool
Symbol command
Apropos results window shortcut menu
Frame Binding window shortcut menu
Watch window shortcut menu
Symbol dialog box
symbol flags
SYMBOL Inspect window
symbol libraries
creating
inserting blocks
updating block definitions
Symbol Service command
Console window shortcut menu
Inspect window shortcut menu
text editor shortcut menu
Symbol Service dialog box
adding symbol to Watch window
described
displaying function definition
Help feature
opening, [2], [3], [4], [5], [6]
opening Inspect window
overview
symbol flags
toolbar
updating symbols
symbol table
names
objects
symbol table entries
common group codes
structure of
symbol tables
common group codes
deleted items and
DIMSTYLE handle
handles and
identifying
structure of
symbol tables in the drawing database
symbolic names for colors
symbols, [2], [3], [4]
arcs
AutoLISP data type, [2]
AutoLISP symbol-handling
block attribute extraction data
blocks
bullets in lists
case setting by VLISP formatter
case setting of, [2]
commands and
Debug-on-Entry flag, [2]
defined
file names
finding using Apropos feature, [2]
Apropos dialog box options
Copy to Trace/Log feature
inserting symbols from results window
opening Apropos window, [2], [3]
overview
shortcut menu options
using search results
with prefix
flags
image tile menus
inserting
inserting from Apropos results window
macros and, [2], [3]
material conditions
naming restrictions
passwords
PAUSE symbol
projected tolerances
protected
query operators
quoted
restricted characters
SYMBOL Inspect window
symbol table
access functions
and dictionary handling functions
entries that cannot be modified
entries that cannot be renamed
objects
symbol-handling functions
symbols of termination
T
tolerances
using Apropos search results
wildcard characters
xref symbols
symmetrical tolerances
Sync method, [2]
Synchronize dialog box
synchronizing
database links
syntax, [2]
command line switches
macros
QuickCalc
shape fonts
SQL
Unicode shape definition files
syntax checking, [2]
automated
balance of parentheses
color coding and, [2]
from Project window
in text editor
using Check command, [2]
using color coding
Syntax Coloring command (VLISP Tools menu), [2]
SYNTAX-ERROR trace keyword frame
SYSCODEPAGE system variable
system dates
System preference, Options dialog box
system printer drivers, [2]
system requirements, [2]
network deployments
Network License Manager
scripts
stand-alone installations
System tab (Options dialog box)
system times
system variables, [2], [3]
AutoLISP functions and
bitcodes and
command line changes and
command line entry
dialog box display and
ERRNO
specifying values
TABMODE
toggling values with macros
system variables, saved in DXF files
SystemVariableChanged event
SystemVariableChanging event
SYSWINDOWS command
T
T (symbol)
T symbol
TAB character in quoted strings
TAB key
clearing TAB characters in text editor
for Console window history
tab-delimited text files
tab_truncate (DCL attribute)
Table Cell Format dialog box
TABLE command
about
Insert Table dialog box
Manage Cell Content dialog box
Table Data tab (Insert Sheet List Table Dialog Box)
TABLE group codes
Table property (CAO)
Table Ribbon contextual tab (Insert Table dialog box)
Table Style dialog box
table styles
Table toolbar
Table View tab (Plot Style Table Editor)
TABLEDIT command
TABLEEXPORT command
TABLEINDICATOR system variable
tables (data extraction)
about
block attributes in
detaching
exporting
inserting in drawings
modifying
notifications
organizing data in
previous release formats and
table styles
updating
tables (inserted)
adding rows or columns
annotations
AutoFill feature
breaking into parts
cell styles
column width
creating
data links
defined
deleting rows or columns
editing
fields in
formatting
formulas in
gridlines
grips
inserting blocks in
merging cells
previous release formats and
row height
selecting elements
table styles
text in
title rows
updating linked data
tables (lookup tables)
tables of contents
TABLES section
about, [2]
and writing a DXF file
example of
symbol table common group codes
symbol table structure
tables, group codes for
TABLESTYLE command
about
Additional Format dialog box
Create New Cell Style dialog box
Create New Table Style dialog box
Manage Cell Styles dialog box
Modify Table Style dialog box
New Table Style dialog box
Table Cell Format dialog box
Table Style dialog box
TABLESTYLE group codes
TABLET command
tablet function
Tablet mode
TABLETOOLBAR system variable
tablets
customizing buttons, [2]
customizing menus
menu swapping, [2]
tablets, calibrating
TABMODE system variable, [2]
tabs (DCL attribute)
tabs in text
TABSURF command
tabulated meshes
tagged data
tags
element IDs
menu commands
tangential objects
arcs and lines
circles
tapering
polylines
TARGA files, [2], [3]
Targa Image Options dialog box
target point lights, [2]
TARGET system variable
targeted weblights
TARGETPOINT command
targets of cameras, [2]
task-based tools, [2]
TASKBAR command
TBCUSTOMIZE system variable
tblnext function
tblsearch function
TCP/IP names
TDCREATE DXF header variable
TDCREATE system variable
TDINDWG DXF header variable
TDINDWG system variable
TDUCREATE DXF header variable
TDUCREATE system variable
TDUPDATE DXF header variable
TDUPDATE system variable
TDUSRTIMER DXF header variable
TDUSRTIMER system variable
TDUUPDATE DXF header variable
TDUUPDATE system variable
teams
drawing standards, [2]
master drawings
shared tool palettes
sheet sets and
Template Options dialog box
templates, [2], [3]
attribute extraction templates
block template files
customized for industries
customizing
database link templates
default
drawing templates
hyperlinks to
label templates
layout templates
locating files
modifying
new layer notification and
saving
sheet creation templates
sheet sets
startup routines and
web page templates
temporary file directory for projects
temporary files
temporary override keys, [2]
temporary transfers of licenses
TEMPOVERRIDES system variable
TEMPPREFIX system variable
Term Extendable licenses, [2]
Term Non-Extendable licenses, [2]
term_dialog function, [2], [3]
terminating macros
terpri function
tessellation
about
curved solids
mesh objects
refinement
smoothing
test plots
testing, [2]
code, [2]
dynamic blocks, [2]
part dimensions
reactor code, [2]
See also debugging
text, [2]
alignment, [2]
annotations, [2]
checking spelling
columns in
creating
database labels
dimension text, [2]
editing, [2]
fields
finding and replacing
fonts
height
hyperlinks, [2]
importing
including in linetypes
justification
leader objects
mirroring, [2]
model space settings
model vs. paper space
moving, [2]
multline text (mtext)
obliquing angle
OLE object text
orientation, [2]
overlapping
pasting
plotting
PostScript rendering
previous release file formats and
properties
publishing 3D files and
Quick Text mode
resizing
scale ratios
scaling, [2]
simplified display
single-line
tables, [2]
text editors
text styles
types
TEXT command
text editor, Visual LISP, [2]
backing up files automatically, [2]
bookmarking text
color coding of files, [2], [3]
converting code to comments
converting comments to active text
copying text
described
editing files
editing project file source code, [2]
features
formatting text in active window
indenting or unindenting blocks of text
loading AutoLISP programs from
moving text
need for
opening
existing files
LISP programs
new files
window containing text selected from Inspect window
overstrike mode
overview, [2], [3]
replacing text
restoring from backup files
saving text to new file, [2]
searching for text, [2]
See also formatting text
shortcut keys
for code indentation
for correcting text
for formatting text
for navigation
for selecting text
shortcut menu commands
sorting text
starting new lines
undoing last edit
window prototyping
text editors, [2]
text extents
text files
exporting block attribute data to
exporting extracted data to
importing
Text Formatting toolbar
TEXT group codes
Text object
aligning in drawings (illustration)
displaying backward
displaying upside down
example code
height settings
mirroring text
spell check
text objects
alignment
annotation
change style
create single-line text
format
IsMirroredInX property
IsMirroredInY property
modify
multiline text
multiline text (mtext)
Oblique property
properties
single line text
styles
Text Options tab (Edit Attribute dialog box)
Text Options tab (Enhanced Attribute Editor)
Text property (CAO)
Text shortcut menu
text strings, group code range
text style (in tables), group codes
Text Style dialog box
text styles, [2], [3]
about
Big Fonts and
BigFontFileName property
changing properties
creating, [2]
current
default
define
dimension text
fields
FileName property
FlagBits property, [2]
Font property
fonts
for dimensions
height
IsVertical property
modifying
multiline text, [2]
obliquing angle
ObliquingAngle property, [2]
orientation in
single-line text
tables
TextSize property
XScale property
Text tab (New Dimension Style dialog box)
text tile
text window
text wrap
text_part tile
TextAlignmentPoint property
example code
TextAttachment property (CAO)
textbox function
TEXTED system variable
TEXTEDIT command
TEXTEVAL system variable
TEXTFILL system variable, [2]
TextGenerationFlag property
TextHeight property (CAO)
TEXTOUTPUTFILEFORMAT system variable
TextOverride property
example code
textpage function
TextPosition property
TEXTQLTY system variable
TextRotation property
TEXTSCR command
textscr function
TEXTSIZE DXF header variable
TextSize property
text styles
TEXTSIZE system variable
TextString property
TEXTSTYLE DXF header variable
TextStyle object
example code
properties (list)
TextStyle property (CAO)
TEXTSTYLE system variable
TextStyleId property
multiline text objects
single-line text
TextStyles collection
TEXTTOFRONT command
Texture Editor, [2]
about
Map Property Settings dialog box
textures, [2]
compression
locating files
map channels
map types
materials libraries
previewing
publishing 3D files and
rendering
scaling
transformations
TGA files, [2]
plotting to, [2]
thawing layers
layout viewports
regenerating drawings
themes for web pages
THICKEN command
THICKNESS DXF header variable
thickness of objects, [2]
THICKNESS system variable
third-party licensing tools
Thumbnail Preview Settings dialog box
thumbnail previews
THUMBNAIL section
about
THUMBNAILIMAGE
group codes
THUMBNAILIMAGE section
about
thumbnails
THUMBSIZE system variable
tick marks for dynamic blocks
TIFF files, [2]
attaching
configuring raster driver
exporting
plotting to, [2]
tiling
TIFF Image Options dialog box
TIFOUT command
tileList variable
TILEMODE DXF header variable
TILEMODE system variable, [2]
tiles (dialog box component)
tiles (dialog box)
adjusting layout, [2]
centering buttons
customizing exit button text
distributing tiles in a cluster
example
fixing spacing around boxed row or column
layout guidelines
space at right side or bottom
space between tiles
alert boxes, [2]
attributes
case-sensitivity
data types for values
functions handling
naming
numeric values and
overview
restricted attributes
synopsis of predefined attributes
syntax
user-defined attributes
attributes listed by function
action expression specification
aligning horizontally or vertically in a cluster, [2]
aspect ratio specification
background color of image
bold text specification
button is selected with ESC key (or not)
callback specification
character used to mask user input
character width units for edit box input
default alignment for all tiles in a cluster
default button specification
default height for all tiles in a cluster
default width for all tiles in a cluster
fixed pitch font for list boxes or pop-up lists
initial availability of tile
initial choices for list box or pop-up list
initial value of tile
key of tile to receive initial keyboard focus
keyboard mnemonic character for tile
maximum characters for edit box input
maximum value for slider
minimum value for slider
multiple selections allowed in list box (or not)
slider incremental control value specification, [2]
slider orientation specification
specifying if tile is activated
tab placement in character width units
text larger than tab stop truncated in list box or pop-up list (or not)
tile height allowed to fill space (or not)
tile height specification
tile name specification
tile receives focus with TAB key (or not)
tile text (label) specification
tile width allowed to fill space (or not)
tile width specification
attributes listed by name, [2]
action
alignment, [2]
allow_accept
aspect_ratio
big_increment
children_alignment
children_fixed_height
children_fixed_width
color
edit_limit
edit_width
fixed_height
fixed_width
fixed_width_font
height
initial_focus
is_bold
is_cancel
is_default
is_enabled
is_tab_stop
key
label
layout
list
max_value
min_value
mnemonic
multiple_select
password_char
small_increment
tab_truncate
tabs
value
width
buttons
centering
customizing exit button text
default_button definition
defining
design guidelines, [2], [3]
radio buttons, [2]
when Cancel and Default button are the same
callback reason codes
children tiles
cluster design guidelines
clusters, handling radio clusters
DCL syntax
attributes and attribute values
tile definitions
tile references
defined
disabling
edit boxes
callback reasons
design guidelines
handling actions and callbacks
error tiles, [2]
functional groupings, [2]
decorative and informative tiles
dialog box exit buttons and error tile
predefined active tiles
restricted tiles
text clusters
tile clusters
handling, [2]
changing modes and values at callback time
edit boxes
initializing modes and values
mode codes for mode_tile function
radio clusters
sliders
image buttons
callback reason code
callback reasons
color attributes
creating images
design guidelines
handling
image tiles
color attributes
creating images
design guidelines
dialog box management, [2]
functions handling
list boxes
appending list items
callback reason code
changing list items
creating lists
deleting list items
design guidelines
functions handling, [2]
handling, [2]
inserting list items
list operations
operation codes for start_list function
processing list elements
listed by name, [2]
boxed_column
boxed_radio_column
boxed_radio_row
boxed_row
button
column
concatenation
dialog
edit_box
errtile
image
image_button
list_box
ok_cancel
ok_cancel_help
ok_cancel_help_errtile
ok_cancel_help_info
ok_only
paragraph
popup_list
radio_button
radio_column
radio_row
row
slider
spacer
spacer_0
spacer_1
text
text_part
toggle
naming, [2]
ok_cancel tile
predefined tiles and clusters, [2]
buttons
clusters
edit boxes
image buttons and image tiles
list boxes
radio buttons, radio rows, and radio columns, [2]
sliders
text
toggles
prototypes
naming
overview
tile definitions for, [2]
radio buttons, radio rows, and radio columns
design guidelines, [2]
handling actions and callbacks
referencing tiles
sliders
callback reason code
design guidelines
handling actions and callbacks
spacer tiles, [2]
subassemblies
children tiles
overview
tile definitions for
toggles, design guidelines
typical tiles
tiles (garden path)
erasing when boundary is erased, [2], [3], [4], [5]
first row of
illustrated, [2]
radius and tile spacing
default, [2]
specifying
reactors and, [2], [3], [4], [5]
redrawing when boundary is modified, [2], [3], [4], [5]
row spacing
row-offset pattern, [2], [3]
Tiles Property Settings dialog box
tiling
images
simulating
time, [2], [3], [4]
angle of sun and
changing format for
edtime DIESEL function
inserting current
system time
TIME command
time periods for licenses
about
time services
time stamps, [2]
digital signatures
SAMreport-Lite settings
time/date variables, handling of
timeout values for plotters
timeouts
TIMEZONE system variable
TINSERT command
tints
TipOffset property (CAO)
title sheets
titles
tables
title blocks
Tmp Directory option (Build Options dialog box)
Toggle Breakpoint button (Debug toolbar), [2]
Toggle Breakpoint command
text editor shortcut menu
toolbar button
VLISP Debug menu, [2]
Toggle Console Log command
Console window shortcut menu
VLISP File menu
toggle tile
Toggle Trace Log command (VLISP File menu)
toggles (dialog box). See tiles (dialog box)
TOLERANCE command
about
Geometric Tolerance dialog box
Material Condition dialog box
Symbol dialog box
tolerance group codes
Tolerance object
leader lines
tolerances, [2]
alignment
annotations, [2]
composite tolerances
datum reference frames
deviation tolerances
geometric
geometric tolerances
inspection dimensions
lateral tolerances
limits
material conditions
multiline text
projected tolerances
rounding values
splines, [2]
suppressing zeros
symbols
symmetrical tolerances
system variables (list)
Tolerances tab (New Dimension Style dialog box)
tone mapping
tool palettes, [2], [3]
about
action macros and
adding tools
block palettes
customizing
deleting
exporting or importing
grouping
locked
saving, [2]
settings and options
tools
Tool Properties dialog box
toolbar buttons
customizing
images
rearranging, [2]
TOOLBAR command
toolbars, [2], [3]
about
action macros and
command images, [2], [3]
controls on
creating, [2]
customization FAQs
customizing, [2]
display options
displaying
flyouts on toolbar buttons
moving
naming
partial CUIx files and
properties
Quick Access toolbar, [2], [3], [4]
rearranging elements on
See also Debug toolbar
starting applications from
workspace arrangements, [2]
toolbars (VLISP)
Apropos results window
Debug, [2]
Edit
Find, [2]
Project window
Run
See also specific toolbars
Symbol Service
Tools
Trace Stack window toolbar
Watch
TOOLPALETTES command
about
Add Actions dialog box
Tool Properties dialog box
View Options dialog box
TOOLPALETTESCLOSE command
tools, [2]
adding to palettes
adding to toolbars
block tools
classic menu bar
command tools
creating
creating from DesignCenter items
deleting
drawings as
migration tools, [2]
modifying, [2]
precision drawing tools
properties
rearranging
task-based tools
tool flyouts
Tools menu
Check Text in Editor command (Tools menu)
Format AutoLISP in Editor command (Tools menu)
Interface Tools command
Load Text in Editor command
Tools menu (VLISP)
Check Selection command
Check Text in Editor command
Environment Options submenu
AutoLISP Format Options command, [2]
General Options command, [2], [3]
Format Code in Editor command
Load Application command
Load Text command
overview
Save Settings command
Window Attributes submenu
Configure Current command, [2], [3]
Syntax Coloring command
Tools toolbar
Format Edit window button
Format Selection button
Help button
Tooltip Appearance dialog box
TOOLTIPMERGE system variable
tooltips, [2]
AutoSnap
command Help in
customizing
Dynamic Input
dynamic prompts
grips
settings
TOOLTIPS system variable
Top button (Project Properties dialog box)
top forms
TOP-COMMAND trace keyword frame
tori
3D solids
mesh tori
modifying
TORUS command
torus objects
3D solids
mesh tori
modifying
Touch command (Project window shortcut menu)
Tour Building wheels
TPNAVIGATE command
TPSTATE system variable
Tr symbol flag
TRACE command
trace depth, [2]
trace function. See AutoLISP Reference
trace group codes
Trace log file
copying Apropos search results to
copying Inspect window contents to
copying Watch window contents to
turning Trace logging on and off
trace sheets, reactor, [2], [3]
Trace Stack command (VLISP View menu)
Trace Stack window, [2], [3]
calling Inspect feature for stack elements
calling Symbol Service feature for functions
copying stack elements to *obj* system variable
described, [2]
displaying Frame Binding window for local variables
displaying position of caller expression
displaying source text for functions
displaying stack element information
keyword frames
printing stack elements to Console window
refreshing contents
See also Frame Binding window
shortcut menu commands
special function call frames
stack element lists
toolbar
trace stack overview
using the Frame Binding window, [2]
viewing current trace stack
viewing error trace stack
Trace symbol flag
Trace window
copying Apropos search results to
copying Inspect window contents to
copying Watch window contents to
described
messages during start-up
printing list of arguments to
turning Trace logging on and off
TRACEWID DXF header variable
TRACEWID system variable
tracking
object snap tracking
polar tracking
specifying points
Tracking command modifier
tracking points
TRACKPATH system variable
training
trans function, [2]
transfer files
exporting
importing
Transfer tab (Customize User Interface dialog box)
transferring customization files
transferring licenses
transformation matrices
assigning matrix to variable
rotation (table)
scaling (table)
transforming objects
translation (table)
transformation matrix
user coordinate system
world coordinate system
transformations (textures)
TransformBy method
User Coordinate Systems example code
transient reactors
TranslateCoordinates method
converting coordinates
example code, [2]
translating data from DGN files
translating macros
translation mapping setup
Transmittal - Set Password dialog box
transmittal packages
Buzzsaw sites and
creating
sheet sets
underlays and
transmittal setups (saved transmittal settings)
Transmittal Setups dialog box
transparency
back faces and
hatches
layers, [2]
materials
objects
palettes
plot options, [2], [3]
raster images, [2]
section planes
visual styles
windows
TRANSPARENCY command
Transparency dialog box
transparency maps
TRANSPARENCYDISPLAY system variable
transparent commands, [2]
Transparent option for protected symbols
Tray Settings dialog box
TRAYICONS system variable
TRAYNOTIFY system variable
TRAYSETTINGS command
TRAYTIMEOUT system variable
tree nodes
Tree View shortcut menu
TREEDEPTH DXF header variable
TREEDEPTH system variable
TREEMAX system variable
TREESTAT command
Trial licenses
trial mode
triangles
TRIM command
trimming
3D objects
chamfered objects
filleted objects
hatches
objects
replacing trimmed areas
surfaces
TRIMMODE system variable
troubleshooting
report logs
SAMreport-Lite error messages
troubleshooting installation
troubleshooting license errors
True Color colors
True Color tab (Select Color dialog box)
true colors
assigning to objects
true return value
TrueType fonts, [2]
about
height settings
PostScript font equivalents
proxy fonts
text height
vertical text
trust hierarchy for digital IDs
TrustedDWG files
Try
forms of (list)
try example code
TSPACEFAC system variable
TSPACETYPE system variable
TSTACKALIGN system variable
TSTACKSIZE system variable
turning on. See starting
TXT files
exporting extracted data to
importing
Type 1 PostScript fonts
Type C goniometers
type libraries
importing, [2]
using ActiveX without importing, [2]
Type property (CAO)
typefaces
U
U command
UCS
converting coordinates
definition
UCS command
UCS Details dialog box
UCS dialog box
UCS flags
UCS group codes
UCS icon
Block Editor
coloring
display options
UCS Icon dialog box
UCSAXISANG system variable
UCSBASE DXF header variable
UCSBASE system variable
UCSDETECT system variable
UCSFOLLOW system variable
UCSICON command
UCSICON system variable, [2]
UCSIconAtOrigin property
UCSIconVisible property
UCSMAN command
about
Orthographic UCS Depth dialog box
UCS Details dialog box
UCS dialog box
UCSNAME DXF header variable
UCSNAME system variable
UCSORG DXF header variable
UCSORG system variable, [2]
UCSORGBACK DXF header variable
UCSORGBOTTOM DXF header variable
UCSORGFRONT DXF header variable
UCSORGLEFT DXF header variable
UCSORGRIGHT DXF header variable
UCSORGTOP DXF header variable
UCSORTHO system variable
UCSORTHOREF DXF header variable
UCSORTHOVIEW DXF header variable
UCSs (user coordinate systems
ViewCube and
UCSs (user coordinate systems)
3D settings
3D space and
about
assigning to viewports
AutoCAD LT functionality
Block Editor
defining
dynamic UCSs
elevations
multiple viewports
paper space and
preset systems
restoring
saving
UCS icon
workplanes
UCSVIEW system variable
UCSVP system variable
UCSXDIR DXF header variable
UCSXDIR system variable
UCSYDIR DXF header variable
UCSYDIR system variable
UDL configuration files
ULAYERS command
Unappended event
unbalanced parentheses
checking in VLISP
text editor formatter and
unbalanced parentheses, checking in AutoLISP
unbounded hatches, [2]
unconstrained drawings
UNDEFINE command
underconstrained drawings
underground (3D modeling)
Underlay Definition group codes
underlay group codes
Underlay Layers dialog box
underlays
about
backgrounds
clipping boundaries
colors
contrast
detaching
DGN files, [2]
display settings
DWF files
DWFx files, [2]
External References palette
fade settings
finding files
grips, [2]
layers and
listing
monochrome settings
object snaps
PDF files, [2]
previous release formats and
Reference Manager and
ribbon contextual tabs
unloading
underscore (_)
for foreign-language support
for VLISP comments
UNDO command
Undo command
Console window shortcut menu
text editor shortcut menu
VLISP Edit menu
UNDOCTL system variable
undoing
commands issued with command function
copy actions
in Console window
in text editor
move actions
undoing actions
correcting mistakes
layer changes
Quick Access toolbar
UNDOMARKS system variable
Unicode fonts, [2], [3], [4]
table
Unicode shape definition files
Unicode text, [2], [3]
uninstalling
Network License Manager
uninstalling programs
UNION command
Union method (CAO)
unions
3D solids
regions
separating into original shapes
unique IDs (element IDs)
UNISOLATEOBJECTS command
unit conversions, [2]
inches to meters
overview
unit definition file
unit definition file
defining new units
derived units
fundamental units
user comments
valid name definitions
UNITMODE DXF header variable
UNITMODE system variable
UNITS command
about
Direction Control dialog box
Drawing Units dialog box
units of measurement
about
converting
coordinate unit types
data extraction and
dimensions, [2]
model space
plot scale
QuickCalc display
UnknownCommand event
Unload Customizations dialog box
unload_dialog function, [2], [3]
unloaded raster images
unloading, [2], [3]
DCL files
partial customization files
raster images
underlays
xrefs
UnlockDb method
unlocking
data extraction tables
layers
unreconciled layers
about
displaying
unreferenced linetypes
Unregister method, [2], [3]
Unselect All command (Project window shortcut menu)
UNT files
untrimming surfaces
unused layers
UOSNAP system variable
up direction
Up option (Find dialog box)
Up/Down tool
Updatable property (CAO)
Update command (Inspect window shortcut menu)
Update PC3 File with New Printer dialog box
UPDATEFIELD command
UpdateInMemoryDwgHints method, [2], [3]
UPDATETHUMBNAIL system variable
UPDATETHUMBSNOW command
updating, [2], [3], [4], [5]
ActiveX property with vlax-put-property
Aerial View images
annotations, [2]
applications
associative dimensions
block attributes, [2]
block definitions, [2]
block references
Communication Center updates
customization files
data extraction tables, [2]
database records
determining if objects available for updating
display
entities
fields
FLEXnet tools
HDI drivers, [2]
labels
legacy materials
linked external data
lookup tables
monitoring drawings for updates
object properties, [2]
older files for rendering
OLE objects, [2]
Quick View images
sheet sets
symbols in Symbol Service dialog box
table data
xrefs, [2]
upgrade installations
upgrading, [2], [3]
customization FAQs
installing newer releases
migrating customization files
Network License Manager
upper DIESEL function
UpperRightCorner property
illustration
URLs (Uniform Resource Locators)
opening drawings with
saving drawings to
usage summary reports
Use WCMATCH option (Apropos dialog box)
user comments
User Coordinate System, [2]
axis location
definition
origin point location
viewports
user coordinate system (UCS), [2]
User Defined Fields dialog box
User function (Apropos filter value)
user information
user input, [2]
action macros
errors
pausing macros
user input functions
accessing user input from devices
allowable input
arbitrary keyboard input
controlling user-input conditions, [2]
getting user input
getxxx functions
input options
keyword options
pausing for user input
restrictions when dialog box is open
synopsis of
validating input
user input methods
GetInteger method
GetKeyword
GetPoint
GetPoint method
GetString
GetString method
user interface, [2], [3]
action macros and
changes in customization process
customization FAQs
Customize User Interface editor, [2], [3]
customizing, [2]
legacy interface elements
migrating custom settings for
terminology
workspaces
user libraries
user parameters
User preference, Options dialog box
user preferences
User Preferences tab (Options dialog box)
user profiles
user variables
user-defined DCL attributes
user-defined functions
defining with defun function, [2]
adding commands
c\
xxx functions, [2]
compatibility with AutoCAD versions
local variables in functions, [2]
redefining AutoCAD commands
with arguments, [2]
protected symbols and
tracing
USER-INPUT trace keyword frame
USERI1-5 DXF header variable
USERI1-5 system variable
USERR1-5 DXF header variable
USERR1-5 system variable
USERS1-5 system variable
UseStandardScale property
USRTIMER DXF header variable
USUBR Inspect window
utility functions
3dPoint->2dPoint
gp
list->variantArray function
xyList->ListOfPoints
xyzList->ListOfPoints
Utility object
calculating area
calculation methods (list)
example code
utils.lsp file, [2], [3], [4], [5]
V
valid name definitions
Validate Digital Signatures dialog box
validating
3D solids
digital IDs
digital signatures, [2]
extracted data
files
surfaces
value (DCL attribute)
Value property (CAO)
values, [2]
data extraction and
dimension values
dynamic block parameters
for radio buttons in DCL
key values
lookup tables
QuickCalc display
suppressing zeros
text fields
variable block attributes
Variable Definition dialog box
variables, [2], [3]
action expression variables
adding to Watch window
assigning values, [2]
AutoLISP, [2]
AutoLISP data type, [2]
blackboard variables
breakpoints and
case sensitivity of
changing value while program is running
clearing from Watch window, [2]
declaring
defined
displaying values
environment variables, inspecting and changing
local variables in functions, [2]
localizing, [2], [3]
monitoring during program execution
multiple namespaces effect on
names, case and
naming
nil variables
passing to functions
predefined
printing values from Watch window
referencing in document namespaces
sorting in Watch window
storing return values in
system variables
specifying values
TABMODE
viewing current value of, [2]
VARIANT Inspect window
variants, [2]
changing data type of
creating
creating with an array of four doubles
polyline editing
returning data type of
returning value of
using safearrays with
working with
variants (ActiveX)
constructing arrays of polyline points, [2]
defined
Vault
VB 6, [2]
VB.NET programming language
VBA macros, [2]
about
ActiveX Automation and
command line execution
loading, [2]
tools for
VBA Manager
about
VBA Options dialog box
VBA syntax, translating into AutoLISP
VBA_PROJECT group codes
VBAIDE command
VBALOAD command
VBAMAN command
VBARUN command
about
Macros dialog box
Select Project dialog box
VBA Options dialog box
VBASTMT command
VBAUNLOAD command
VBP files
VBS files (installation script)
vector expressions
vector graphics
plot options
resolution, [2]
vector_image function
vectors in shape specifications
vectors, in slide files
vendor daemons, [2], [3], [4]
verifying constraints
verifying group policy deployments
Version property (CAO)
VERSIONGUID DXF header variable
versions of AutoCAD, [2]
vertex editing
vertex group codes
vertical bar (|) for VLISP comments
vertical dimension text
vertical dimensions
vertical ribbon
vertical text
vertices
3D solid vertices
creases
deleting
modifying
multilines
redundant vertices
rendering
surface control vertices, [2]
vertices. See boundaries, vertices
video animations
video cards, [2], [3]
video monitors
View Category dialog box
VIEW command
about
Adjust Background Image dialog box
Adjust Sun & Sky Background dialog box
Background dialog box
New View dialog box
View Manager
VIEW group codes
View Manager
View menu
Inspect command
View menu (VLISP)
Apropos Window command
Browse Drawing Database submenu
Browse All Entities command
Browse Blocks command
Browse Selection command
Browse Tables command
Inquire Extended Data command
overview
Trace Stack command
View Object wheels
View of This Drawing tab (Insert Hyperlink dialog box)
View Options dialog box
View Properties tab (New View dialog box), [2]
View Source command (Inspect window shortcut menu)
view transitions
View Transitions dialog box
VIEWCTR revised VPORT header variable
VIEWCTR system variable
ViewCube
ViewCube Settings dialog box
VIEWDIR revised VPORT header variable
VIEWDIR system variable
ViewDirection property
viewers
3D files
DWF and DWFx files
published files
VIEWGO command
viewing. See displaying
VIEWMODE system variable
VIEWPLAY command
VIEWPLOTDETAILS command
about
Plot and Publish Details dialog box
Plot and Publish Status Bar Icon shortcut menu
Viewpoint Presets dialog box
viewpoints in 3D space, [2]
viewport entities
coordinate systems associated with
group codes
status field
viewport group codes
Viewport object
creating
example code
LowerLeftCorner property
ShadePlot property
UpperRightCorner property
Viewport object, hiding lines in
Viewport Overrides filter
viewports, [2]
Aerial View window and
aligning views in
annotations in, [2]
arranging, [2]
backgrounds in
creating
current
detail view
displaying
drawing in
floating (illustration)
full view
horizontal display (illustration)
in model space
in paper space
layer property overrides and, [2]
layers and
layout viewports
lighting modes
models (illustration)
modifying
plot options, [2]
plotting
properties (list)
rendered images in, [2]
rendering
restoring layer states and
scale factor
setting active
settings (table)
shaded
shadows in
splitting, example code
tiled (illustration)
UCSs and, [2]
vertical display (illustration)
visual styles in, [2]
Viewports dialog box
VIEWRES command
views, [2]
2D isometric
3D projection styles
3D views
Aerial View window
aligning in viewports
cameras in
changing
creating
cross sections
database views
flattened 3D objects
layout viewports
live sectioning
model space 3D views
modifying
multiple-view drawing layouts
OLE links and
panning
partially opened drawings
performance issues and
plot options
plotting
preset 3D views
properties
rendering
restoring
rotating
saving
scaling
settings
sheet set views
startup routines and
sun and sky lighting in
viewports
zooming
VIEWSIZE revised VPORT header variable
VIEWSIZE system variable
VIEWTWIST system variable
virtual memory
virtual pens
virus software
visibility
annotations
dynamic blocks
layers, [2]
layout viewports and
transparency
xref layers
visibility parameters
Visibility States dialog box
Visible property
setting, example code
VISRETAIN DXF header variable
VISRETAIN system variable
Visual Basic 6, [2]
Visual Basic for Applications
about
ActiveX Automation and, [2]
loading projects, [2]
Visual Basic programs (examples)
for reading a DXF file
for writing a DXF file
Visual Effect Settings dialog box
visual fidelity
annotative objects and
exporting layout objects and
previous release file formats and
saving files and
Visual FoxPro databases, [2]
Visual LISP, [2]
creating new source files
DCL file references
exiting
extended functions, [2]
collection manipulation functions
curve measurement functions
data conversion functions
dictionary functions
method invocation functions
object-handling functions
property-handling functions
IDE components
issuing commands from Console window
relationship to AutoCAD
relationship to AutoLISP
running AutoCAD with, [2]
starting, [2]
user interface, [2]
Visual LISP Developer's Guide
additional publications, [2]
experience requirements
guidelines for using
organization of
sections of
Visual LISP extended functions, [2]
collection manipulation functions
curve measurement functions
data conversion functions
dictionary functions
method invocation functions
object-handling functions
property-handling functions
VLX namespace functions
Visual LISP Tutorial, [2], [3]
Visual LISP. See entries beginning with VLISP
visual styles
animations
AutoCAD LT functionality
backgrounds
customizing
default styles
defined
edge display
face styles
layer property overrides and
lighting
modifying
performance issues and
plotting
shading
shadows
Visual Styles Manager, [2]
VISUALSTYLE group codes¶
VISUALSTYLES command
about
Create New Visual Style dialog box
Edit Name and Description dialog box
Visual Styles Manager
VISUALSTYLESCLOSE command
VIZ, [2]
vl-bb-ref function
vl-bb-set function
vl-catch-all-apply
vl-doc-export function, [2], [3]
vl-doc-import function
vl-doc-ref function, [2]
vl-doc-set function, [2]
vl-exit-with-error function
vl-exit-with-value function
vl-list-exported-function
vl-list-loaded-vlx function
vl-load-all function
vl-load-com function, [2]
vl-load-reactors function, [2]
vl-propagate function
vl-unload-vlx function, [2]
vla- (prefix)
vla- functions
vla-addLightweightPolyline function, [2], [3]
vla-get functions, [2], [3]
vla-get-ActiveDocument function
vla-get-center function
vla-get-ModelSpace function
VLA-objects, [2]
ActiveX and, [2]
converting between enames and VLA-objects
data type
defined
vla-put functions, [2]
vla-put-closed function
vlax- functions
vlax-3d-point function
vlax-create-object function
vlax-dump-object function
vlax-ename-\>vla-object function
vlax-erased-p function
vlax-for function
vlax-get-Acad-Object function
vlax-get-acad-object function
vlax-get-object function
vlax-get-property function
vlax-import-type-library function, [2]
vlax-invoke-method function
vlax-make-safearray function, [2]
vlax-make-variant function, [2]
vlax-map-collection function
vlax-method-applicable-p function
vlax-object-released-p function
vlax-property-available-p function
vlax-put-property function
vlax-read-enabled-p function
vlax-release-object function
vlax-safearray-fill function, [2]
vlax-safearray-put-element function
vlax-variant-change-type function
vlax-variant-type function
vlax-variant-value function
vlax-write-enabled-p function
vlide command
VLISP (Visual LISP)
VLISP command
vlisp command
VLISP development environment
accessing minimized windows
described
reactors and returning from AutoCAD to
VLISP pointer in
waiting for control to return from AutoCAD
VLISP menu
Debug command. See Debug menu
Edit command. See Edit menu
File command. See File menu
Project command. See Project menu
Search command. See Search menu
Tools command. See Tools menu
View command. See View menu
Window command
VLISP text editor. See text editor
VLISP toolbar
Help button
Select Window button
vlisp-compile function, [2], [3]
compiler modes
example using
identifying the input file
naming an output file
overview
syntax
VLISP. See Visual LISP
vlr-add function
vlr-added-p function
vlr-beep-reaction function
vlr-commandEnded events, [2]
vlr-commandWillStart events, [2]
vlr-current-reaction-name function
vlr-data function
vlr-data-set function
vlr-erased event
vlr-modified event, [2]
vlr-object-reactor function
vlr-owner-add function
vlr-owner-remove function
vlr-owners function
vlr-pers function
vlr-pers-p function
vlr-pers-release function
vlr-reaction-names function
vlr-reaction-set function
vlr-reactions function
vlr-reactors function
vlr-remove function
vlr-remove-all function
vlr-trace-reaction function
vlr-type function
vlr-types function
VLX applications, [2]
VLX files (Visual LISP)
VLX namespace functions
Volume property
volumes
VPCLIP command
VPLAYER command
VPLAYEROVERRIDES system variable
VPLAYEROVERRIDESMODE system variable
VPMAX command
VPMAXIMIZEDSTATE system variable
VPMIN command
VPOINT command
VPORT group codes
VPORT header variables, revised
VPORTS command
VPROTATEASSOC system variable
VSACURVATUREHIGH system variable
VSACURVATURELOW system variable
VSACURVATURETYPE system variable
VSADRAFTANGLEHIGH system variable
VSADRAFTANGLELOW system variable
VSAZEBRACOLOR1 system variable
VSAZEBRACOLOR2 system variable
VSAZEBRADIRECTION system variable
VSAZEBRASIZE system variable
VSAZEBRATYPE system variable
VSBACKGROUNDS system variable
VSCURRENT command
VSEDGECOLOR system variable
VSEDGEJITTER system variable
VSEDGELEX system variable
VSEDGEOVERHANG system variable
VSEDGES system variable
VSEDGESMOOTH system variable
VSFACECOLORMODE system variable
VSFACEHIGHLIGHT system variable
VSFACEOPACITY system variable
VSFACESTYLE system variable
VSHALOGAP system variable
VSHIDEPRECISION system variable
VSINTERSECTIONCOLOR system variable
VSINTERSECTIONEDGES system variable
VSINTERSECTIONLTYPE system variable
VSISOONTOP system variable
VSLIDE command
VSLIDE/MSLIDE commands
VSLIGHTINGQUALITY system variable
VSMATERIALMODE system variable
VSMAX system variable
VSMIN system variable
VSMONOCOLOR system variable
VSOBSCUREDCOLOR system variable
VSOBSCUREDEDGES system variable
VSOBSCUREDLTYPE system variable
VSOCCLUDEDCOLOR system variable
VSOCCLUDEDEDGES system variable
VSOCCLUDEDLTYPE system variable
VSSAVE command
VSSHADOWS system variable
VSSILHEDGES system variable
VSSILHWIDTH system variable
VSSTATE system variable
VTDURATION system variable
VTENABLE system variable
VTFPS system variable
VTOPTIONS command
W
Walk and Fly Navigation Mappings dialog box
Walk and Fly Settings dialog box
Walk tool
WALKFLYSETTINGS command
walking through models
walls
drawing
warning messages for safe optimization
Watch command (Debug menu), Add
Watch Last Evaluation command (Debug menu)
Watch window, [2], [3]
Add Watch button
Add Watch button in
Add Watch command and
adding symbol from Apropos results window
adding symbol from Frame Binding window
adding symbol from Symbol Service dialog box
adding variables
calling Apropos feature
calling Symbol Service dialog box
clearing all variables
copying contents to Trace window
copying variable value to *obj* system variable
described, [2], [3]
invoking Inspect feature
monitoring evaluation results of an expression
monitoring variables during program execution
opening, [2]
overview
printing variable values
removing variables
shortcut menu commands
sorting variables
toolbar
Watch Last Evaluation command and
WATCH-EVAL trace keyword frame
watching variables, [2], [3]
adding variables to Watch window, [2]
Debug toolbar and
defined
while stepping through code
water
waves
Waves Property Settings dialog box
WBLOCK command
WBlock method
leader lines
wcmatch function
WCS
converting coordinates
definition
WCS (world coordinate system)
about
weather
web browsers
web folders
opening drawings from
saving drawings to
web pages, [2]
creating, [2]
i-drop content and
templates, [2]
themes
Web site for Autodesk
WEBLIGHT command
weblights
about
distribution in photometric webs
free weblights
goniometric diagrams
luminous intensity distribution (LID)
properties
websites
3D physical model printing services
Buzzsaw sites
DesignCenter Online
i-drop content
online content aggregators
WEDGE command
wedges, [2]
3D solids
adding, example code
mesh wedges
modifying
wheel mouse
WHIPARC system variable
WHIPTHREAD system variable
WHOHAS command
wide polylines
drawing, [2]
extending
simplified display
tapering segments
trimming
Wide style
width
table columns
width (DCL attribute)
width of path, [2]
wild-card characters
in filter lists for selection sets
matching in strings
wildcard characters
filtering layers by
searching with
Window command (VLISP menu)
Window menu (VLISP)
WINDOWAREACOLOR system variable
Windows
configuring license servers
Network License Manager
windows, [2], [3]
anchored
Console, [2]
controlling AutoCAD graphics and text windows
customizing
docking
interface options
menu content variations and
navigating in text editor
resizing
selection windows
Trace
transparency
workspaces and
zooming to
Windows Clipboard
Windows Netmeeting
Windows operating systems
system requirements, [2]
Windows Print Manager conflicts
Windows Registry functions
Windows system commands
Windows system printer drivers
resolving driver conflicts
spooling and
Windows system printers
configuring, [2]
custom settings
paper sizes
timeout values
Windows system spooler
windows. See minimized windows
WindowState property
WIPEOUT command
wipeout group codes
wipeout objects
WIPEOUTVARIABLES group codes
Wireframe visual style
wireframes
about
plot options
plotting
witness lines
Wizard Mode dialog box
WMF files
exporting
importing
pasting
WMF In Options dialog box
WMFBKGND system variable
WMFFOREGND system variable
WMFIN command
WMFOPTS command
WMFOUT command
wood patterns
Wood Property Settings dialog box
word completion
Complete Word by Apropos feature
Complete Word by Match feature
words, completing automatically, [2]
workflows
digital design
surface modeling
working directory
working sets of reference objects, [2]
working with existing projects, [2]
finding strings in project source files
including projects in VLISP applications
opening projects
workplanes, [2]
WORKSPACE command
Workspace Settings dialog box
workspaces, [2], [3]
about
CUI Editor, [2]
current
customization FAQs
customized for industries
customizing, [2], [3]
defined
importing
profiles and
properties
ribbon tabs
samples
startup routines and
switching
tips
toolbars in
workstations
assigning deployments, [2]
imaging software deployments
repairing installations
restoring master systems
system requirements
verifying deployments
World Coordinate System, [2]
definition
entering coordinates
world coordinate system (WCS), [2]
World Wide Web site for Autodesk
WORLDUCS system variable
WORLDVIEW DXF header variable
WORLDVIEW system variable
WPolygon selection
wrinkled surfaces
Write Block dialog box
WriteObject method
WriteProperty method
WriteRawData method
WRITESTAT system variable
writing a DXF file (example)
WSAUTOSAVE system variable
WSCURRENT system variable
WSSAVE command
WSSETTINGS command
X
X and Y axes orientation calculations, [2]
X axis
X axis of circle, changing, [2]
X axis, arbitrary axis algorithm and
X, Y coordinates
X-ray visual style
XAML files
XATTACH command
about
Attach External Reference dialog box
External Reference Ribbon contextual tab
XBIND command
Xbind dialog box
XCLIP command
XCLIPFRAME DXF header variable
XCLIPFRAME system variable
xdata
and dimension entities
sample entity containing (DXF format)
xdata group codes
binary DXF group codes
xdata. See extended data
xdroom function
xdsize function
XDWGFADECTL system variable
XEDGES command
XEDIT DXF header variable
XEDIT system variable
Xerox HPGL/2 optimized Windows system driver
Xerox plotters
configuring
custom properties
supported models
XES Synergix driver
XFADECTL system variable
XGP files
XLINE command
xline group codes
xlines
filleting
modifying
XLOADCTL system variable
XLOADPATH system variable
XLS files (spreadsheets), [2], [3]
XON/XOFF handshaking
XOPEN command
xor DIESEL function
XPLODE command
XPS compatible files
XRECORD group codes
xrecord objects
XREF command
XREFCTL system variable
XREFNOTIFY system variable
xrefs (external references)
XREFTYPE system variable
XScale property
text styles
XTP files
XY coordinates, working with
XY parameters
XY planes (workplanes), [2]
XYB files
xyList->ListOfPoints function
xyzList->ListOfPoints function
Y
Y axis
Y axis, arbitrary axis algorithm and
yellow alert icons
Z
Z axis, [2]
arbitrary axis algorithm and
OCS properties for
zebra analysis
Zebra Analysis tab (Analysis Options dialog box)
zero suppression
dimensions
tolerances
ZIP files
zoom
view manipulation
zoom center
example code
ZOOM command
zoom extents
example code
zoom limits
example code
zoom scale
example code
Zoom shortcut menu
Zoom tool, [2]
zoom window
example code
ZOOMFACTOR system variable
zooming, [2], [3]
3D views
about
Aerial View window
controlling zooming
defined
grid display and
layout viewports
lineweight display and
wheel mouse and
ZOOMWHEEL system variable