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- Page 1 AutoCAD 2010 ® Preview Guide www.autodesk.com/autocad...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
PDF Support ..............................31 Drawing File Format ............................. 33 3D Printing ..............................34 eTransmit ..............................35 Autodesk Seek ............................. 35 Explore ................................37 Conceptual Design ............................37 Free-Form Design ............................40 Customize ................................. 44 ... -
Page 3: Introduction
The choices you make in the Initial Setup affect the default settings of various AutoCAD ® functionality, including drawing templates, Autodesk Seek filters, Autodesk Developer Network partners, the Unified Online Experience portal, and workspaces. Figure 1. Initial Setup You can access Initial Setup from the User Preferences tab of the Options dialog box. -
Page 4: Workspaces
Figure 3. Workspace menu Application Menu The Application menu, in the upper left corner of the AutoCAD display, has been streamlined to provide easy access to common tools. You can create, open, save, print, and publish AutoCAD files, send the current www.autodesk.com/autocad http://heidihewett.blogs.com/... -
Page 5: Ribbon
Ribbon The ribbon has been updated to provide greater flexibility, easier access to tools, and consistency across Autodesk applications. You can drag a ribbon panel off the ribbon to display it as a sticky panel. Sticky panels remain displayed, even when selecting a different tab, until you select the option to Return Panels to Ribbon. - Page 6 The panel titles are displayed by default and those with additional tools include slide-out panels. When resizing the vertical ribbon, buttons automatically flow to the next or previous row and other elements, such as slider bars, automatically shorten or lengthen. Figure 6. Vertical ribbon with slide-out panel www.autodesk.com/autocad http://heidihewett.blogs.com/...
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Page 7: Quick Access Toolbar
The Undo and Redo tools include history support and the right-click menu includes new options that enable you to easily remove tools from the toolbar, add separators between tools, and display the Quick Access toolbar above or below the ribbon. www.autodesk.com/autocad http://heidihewett.blogs.com/... - Page 8 Figure 10. Quick Access toolbar flyout menu You can further customize the Quick Access toolbar using the new Quick Access toolbars node in the CUI Editor. Create multiple versions of the Quick Access toolbar and then add them to the appropriate workspaces. www.autodesk.com/autocad http://heidihewett.blogs.com/...
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Page 9: New Features Workshop
You can access the New Features Workshop from the drop-down menu on the InfoCenter toolbar, to the right of the Help button. Figure 12. Access to the New Features Workshop www.autodesk.com/autocad http://heidihewett.blogs.com/... -
Page 10: Document
Whether selecting objects or points on objects to constrain, the order and pick location affects how the objects update: the second object selected updates to satisfy the constraint. After the constraint is applied, though, either object will update when the other is modified. www.autodesk.com/autocad http://heidihewett.blogs.com/... - Page 11 These controls are available on the AutoConstrain tab of the Constraint Settings dialog box, which you can access from the Parametric tab or using the CONSTRAINTSETTINGS command. Figure 18. Access to Constraint Settings dialog box www.autodesk.com/autocad http://heidihewett.blogs.com/...
- Page 12 Figure 20. Constraint bar You can further control the display of constraint bars on the Geometric tab of the Constraint Settings dialog box. Options include the ability to individually specify which types of constraints can be displayed in the constraint www.autodesk.com/autocad http://heidihewett.blogs.com/...
- Page 13 By default, dimensional constraints are displayed with a fixed system style that is zoom-invariant—it stays the same size relative to the screen when you zoom in and out so it is always readable. www.autodesk.com/autocad http://heidihewett.blogs.com/...
- Page 14 When you double-click, the constraint name and expression are automatically displayed regardless of the constraint format setting. You can enter just a value, or a name and value using the format name=value (for example, Width=1.5 or Width=Length/3). You can rename dimensional constraints, and use those names in www.autodesk.com/autocad http://heidihewett.blogs.com/...
- Page 15 (on a layer which is On and Thawed). Annotational constraints look just like dimension objects, and are managed the same way. They have all the same properties as regular dimensions, including Style. Annotational constraints are intended to be used for plotted dimensional constraints. www.autodesk.com/autocad http://heidihewett.blogs.com/...
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Page 16: Dynamic Blocks
Using the Parameters Manager, you can control whether or not a parameter is displayed in the Properties palette for a selected block reference and you can specify the order in which the parameters appear. www.autodesk.com/autocad http://heidihewett.blogs.com/... - Page 17 BTABLE command, it displays the Block Properties Table where you can define different variations of a property set for the block reference. You can enter properties manually or copy and paste from a ® ® Microsoft Office Excel spreadsheet. www.autodesk.com/autocad http://heidihewett.blogs.com/...
- Page 18 Action Bars The display and positioning of Action objects in the Block Editor is enhanced to be consistent with Constraint bars. Action objects are no longer placed individually in the Block Editor; rather they are automatically grouped www.autodesk.com/autocad http://heidihewett.blogs.com/...
- Page 19 Block Editor environment in one place. You can apply colors to objects based on their constraint status, making it easy to identify objects that are partially, fully, or over-constrained, or that have no constraints at all. The system variable BCONSTATUSMODE controls whether this shading is used. www.autodesk.com/autocad http://heidihewett.blogs.com/...
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Page 20: Annotation Tools
Multileader property in the Properties window. A new button on the Content tab provides direct access to the Text Style dialog box enabling you to create and modify text styles without exiting the Multileader Style dialog box. www.autodesk.com/autocad http://heidihewett.blogs.com/... - Page 21 100 and sub-unit suffix of cm. In this case, when the dimension value is less than 1, such as .96, it displays as 96 cm instead of .96 m. The new sub-units properties are also included in the Properties palette. Figure 32. Sub-unit controls www.autodesk.com/autocad http://heidihewett.blogs.com/...
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Page 22: Color Selection
As you hover the cursor over a color swatch, the arrow cursor and a black border are displayed in addition to the traditional white border making it easier to see which swatch you are about to select. Figure 35. Color selection www.autodesk.com/autocad http://heidihewett.blogs.com/... -
Page 23: Measure Tools
Additional options within the Area tool enable you to switch between line and arc measuring tools so that you can easily measure curved spaces as well as polygonal. Figure 37. Area highlighting www.autodesk.com/autocad http://heidihewett.blogs.com/... -
Page 24: Reverse Tools
In addition to the new REVERSE command, the PEDIT command has been updated to include a new Reverse option. Simply select the polyline you want to edit and choose the Reverse option. The results are the same as using the REVERSE command. www.autodesk.com/autocad http://heidihewett.blogs.com/... -
Page 25: Spline Editing Tools
SPLINEDIT command from the Modify ribbon panel. Select the spline you want to edit and choose the Convert to Polyline option. You’ll then be prompted to specify a precision for the conversion. Enter any value between 0 and 99. The higher the value, the more accurate the polyline. Figure 41. Convert to Polyline option www.autodesk.com/autocad http://heidihewett.blogs.com/... - Page 26 When DELOBJ is set to 0, the option to Retain Defining Geometry, the original spline is retained in addition to the new pline, which is created. When DELOBJ is set to any other option/value, the original spline is deleted. www.autodesk.com/autocad http://heidihewett.blogs.com/...
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Page 27: Purge Tools
AUTOCAD 2010 PREVIEW GUIDE Figure 44. Options dialog box Purge Tools The Purge dialog box has been updated to include an option for purging zero-length geometry and empty text objects. Figure 45. Purge dialog box www.autodesk.com/autocad http://heidihewett.blogs.com/... -
Page 28: Viewport Rotation Tools
Use the Attach tool to select a DWG, DWF, DGN, PDF, or Image file and specify attachment options. Additional tools enable you to clip a selected reference, adjust its Fade, Contrast, and Brightness, control its layer visibility, display reference frames, snap to underlay geometry, and adjust xref fading. Figure 47. Reference ribbon panel www.autodesk.com/autocad http://heidihewett.blogs.com/... - Page 29 You can enable object snapping for geometry in underlay files. To control this behavior for specific reference types, use its individual system variables such as DWFOSNAP, DGNOSNAP, and PDFOSNAP. You can override these individual system variables using the Snap to Underlays tool (UOSNAP system variable) in the References panel of the Insert ribbon tab. www.autodesk.com/autocad http://heidihewett.blogs.com/...
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Page 30: Sheet Sets
“Include for Publish” settings or if it, the entire subset, should be excluded from the publish operation. The Subset right-click menu includes similar options. An icon in the sheet list provides a visual indication of those subsets that are excluded from the Publish operation. www.autodesk.com/autocad http://heidihewett.blogs.com/... -
Page 31: Quick Views
PDF output, TrueType fonts are exported as text rather than as graphics. This improves the visual quality of text and also enables highlighting, searching, and copying text within the PDF viewer. Additional improvements enable you to specify merge control, include layer information, and automatically preview the plotted PDF. www.autodesk.com/autocad http://heidihewett.blogs.com/... - Page 32 In addition to the Plot and Export functionality, PDF support has been integrated into Sheet Sets and Publish. You can specify PDF output, including single- or multi-sheet, layer information, and merge control, in the Sheet Set Publish Options and the Publish Options dialog boxes. www.autodesk.com/autocad http://heidihewett.blogs.com/...
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Page 33: Drawing File Format
Figure 56. Sheet Set and Publish Options PDF Underlays AutoCAD 2010 addresses one of the top AUGI® (Autodesk User Group International) wish list requests by enabling you to attach a PDF file to an AutoCAD drawing as an underlay. You can work with PDF underlays in the same way you work with other external references including DWG, DWF, DGN, and Image files. -
Page 34: 3D Printing
When the box is checked, object size limits from previous versions will be used instead of the new, expanded limits. 3D Printing The new 3D printing functionality in AutoCAD 2010 enables you to output your 3D AutoCAD drawings directly to STL-supported 3D printing vendors through an internet connection. This simple utility will walk you through www.autodesk.com/autocad http://heidihewett.blogs.com/... -
Page 35: Etransmit
Send to 3D Print Service dialog. Specify the scale of your model, then save the model to an STL format. Figure 59. Prepare Send to 3D Print Service dialog box Once saved, you are automatically directed to a location on Autodesk.com where you can select the 3D print vendor. eTransmit The eTransmit functionality has been enhanced to include a new option to “include unloaded file references.”... - Page 36 Figure 60. Seek search results AutoCAD 2010 will also enable vendors to easily upload their designs to Seek using the Share with Autodesk Seek utility. This utility enables product vendors to move their product to the market quicker than ever before, so that AutoCAD designers can specify actual products in their designs.
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Page 37: Explore
AUTOCAD 2010 PREVIEW GUIDE Figure 62. Share with Autodesk Seek dialog box Explore AutoCAD 2010 gives you 3D power to explore your ideas in almost any shape imaginable. AutoCAD and a blank canvas have a lot in common. Both give you the ability to create the previously unimaginable. But AutoCAD provides the flexibility to explore design ideas in both 2D and 3D, with intuitive tools that help your concepts become real. - Page 38 Save another step using the 3D Move gizmo by picking the constraint axis or plane and the base point in one operation. As you specify the second point, the 3D Move gizmo dynamically moves with the selected objects. www.autodesk.com/autocad http://heidihewett.blogs.com/...
- Page 39 You can access these filters from the Subobject panel on the Home tab of the ribbon or from the right-click menu when no objects are selected. www.autodesk.com/autocad http://heidihewett.blogs.com/...
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Page 40: Free-Form Design
Free-Form Design The 3D design capabilities in AutoCAD have been significantly improved with the introduction of free-form design. New tools in AutoCAD 2010 enable you to create and modify meshes that are free-form and flowing. www.autodesk.com/autocad http://heidihewett.blogs.com/... - Page 41 Figure 74. Incrementally smoothed objects You can control the behavior of subobjects within a mesh using the Crease tools. For example, imagine the task of designing a modern new building to fit between two existing buildings on a crowded urban street. You www.autodesk.com/autocad http://heidihewett.blogs.com/...
- Page 42 You can further control the behavior for converting objects such as solids and surfaces to mesh objects using the Mesh Tessellation Options dialog box, accessible with the MESHOPTIONS command or from the 3D Modeling tab of the Options dialog box. www.autodesk.com/autocad http://heidihewett.blogs.com/...
- Page 43 Easily extrude a face in a mesh object using the Extrude Face tool on the Mesh Edit panel. Unlike extrusions performed on solid objects (which create a new solid object), mesh face extrusions extend and deform the mesh object without creating a new one. www.autodesk.com/autocad http://heidihewett.blogs.com/...
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Page 44: Customize
The option to “Request User Input” has been renamed to “Pause for User Input” and the corresponding icon has been updated for consistency with the user icons in the Action Tree. The Action tree tooltips and playback behavior are more predictable and consistent when accepting default values by pressing the Enter key and www.autodesk.com/autocad http://heidihewett.blogs.com/... - Page 45 Files tab of the Options dialog box. You can launch the Action Macro Manager from the Action Recorder panel in the ribbon as well as from the right-click menu (Action Recorder>Play>Manage Action Macros) when no objects are selected. www.autodesk.com/autocad http://heidihewett.blogs.com/...
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Page 46: Online License Transfer
From the License Transfer Utility, you can choose to export or import a license. Both options require you to log in to Autodesk. You can export a license as either private or public. A private license can be imported only by the person who exported it. -
Page 47: Summary
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