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Summary of Contents for Autodesk 057A1-05A111-10MD - AutoCAD LT 2009
- Page 1 ® AutoCAD LT 2009 Preview Guide www.autodesk.com/autocad...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Visualization ..............................26 Geographic Location ............................. 26 Navigation Wheel ............................27 Image References ............................28 Nonrectangular Viewports ..........................29 Full Color and Color Book support ........................ 30 Fields ................................31 64-Bit Operating System Support ........................31 www.autodesk.com/autocadlt Confidential–Subject to Nondisclosure Agreement... -
Page 3: Introduction
Figure 1. AutoCAD LT 2009 application window Menu Browser The new Menu Browser provides easy access to a variety of content, including commands and documents, from a single button in the upper-left corner of the AutoCAD LT display. www.autodesk.com/autocadlt Confidential–Subject to Nondisclosure Agreement... - Page 4 For example, as you begin typing L-I-N-E in the search field, AutoCAD LT dynamically filters the search options to display all CUI entries that include the word line (Linetype, Command Line, Line, Multiline, and so forth). You can then click a listed item to launch the associated command. www.autodesk.com/autocadlt Confidential–Subject to Nondisclosure Agreement...
- Page 5 In addition to providing command access, the Menu Browser enables you to view and access recent or open documents. You can display the document names along with icons or with small, medium, or large preview images, making them easy to identify. Figure 5. Menu Browser document preview images www.autodesk.com/autocadlt Confidential–Subject to Nondisclosure Agreement...
- Page 6 Right-click menus within the Menu Browser offer additional controls, including the ability to pin a recent document or action so that it remains on the list and the ability to clear the Recent Documents or Recent Actions list. www.autodesk.com/autocadlt Confidential–Subject to Nondisclosure Agreement...
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Page 7: Quick Access Toolbar
You can collapse or expand the search field, saving space on the title bar. And when searching the AutoCAD help system for a topic, you can specify which document to search, decreasing the amount of time you spend trying to locate a topic. www.autodesk.com/autocadlt Confidential–Subject to Nondisclosure Agreement... -
Page 8: Ribbon
Ribbon. You can close the Ribbon and reopen it later using the Ribbon command. Reduce the amount of space the Ribbon occupies by disabling the Show Panel Titles option or by minimizing the tabs or panel titles. www.autodesk.com/autocadlt Confidential–Subject to Nondisclosure Agreement... -
Page 9: Status Bar
Osnap, Grid, and Dynamic Input. A right-click menu enables you to easily switch the Status bar display from icons to traditional text labels and back. The Quick Properties (QP) toggle is a new addition to the Status bar. www.autodesk.com/autocadlt Confidential–Subject to Nondisclosure Agreement... - Page 10 Viewport/Annotation toggle that links the Annotation scale to the viewport scale, helping to ensure that they stay in sync. A new Workspace Switching button replaces the Workspaces toolbar, providing the same functionality in considerably less space. www.autodesk.com/autocadlt Confidential–Subject to Nondisclosure Agreement...
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Page 11: Quick Properties
Quick Properties window. Selecting Cursor displays it relative to the point you picked when selecting the object. The Float option displays it as a floating window in the last place you positioned it. The Docked option displays it as a panel in the Ribbon. www.autodesk.com/autocadlt Confidential–Subject to Nondisclosure Agreement... - Page 12 Cursor mode is active. Finally, using the Quick Properties tab you can specify the default number of rows that will be visible in a collapsed Quick Properties window. Figure 19. Quick Properties tab of the Drafting Settings dialog box www.autodesk.com/autocadlt Confidential–Subject to Nondisclosure Agreement...
- Page 13 Figure 21. Defining Quick Properties You can add or remove items from the Object Type list using the Edit Object Type button at the top of the list. www.autodesk.com/autocadlt Confidential–Subject to Nondisclosure Agreement...
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Page 14: Quick View Layouts
Move the mouse past the edge of the image strip to view layouts that extend beyond the screen. You can increase or decrease the size of the layout preview images by holding down the Ctrl key while rolling the mouse wheel up or down. www.autodesk.com/autocadlt Confidential–Subject to Nondisclosure Agreement... - Page 15 You can easily publish all the layouts in the drawing using the Publish tool. Publish Plot Pin Quick View Layouts New Layout Publish Close Quick View Layouts Figure 24. Quick View Layouts control panel www.autodesk.com/autocadlt Confidential–Subject to Nondisclosure Agreement...
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Page 16: Quick View Drawings
You can increase or decrease the size of the drawing preview images by holding down the Ctrl key while rolling the mouse wheel up or down. www.autodesk.com/autocadlt Confidential–Subject to Nondisclosure Agreement... - Page 17 New button creates a new drawing and displays the preview at the end of the Quick View bar. You can easily open existing drawings using the Open button. Close Save Pin Quick View Drawings Open Close Quick View Drawings Figure 27. Quick View Drawings control panel www.autodesk.com/autocadlt Confidential–Subject to Nondisclosure Agreement...
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Page 18: Tooltips
Improved tooltips in AutoCAD LT 2009 provide more information as you need it. Tooltips are automatically displayed when you pass the cursor over various tools. The improved tooltips not only show the name of the tools but provide additional information, and even graphics, directly from the help system. www.autodesk.com/autocadlt Confidential–Subject to Nondisclosure Agreement... - Page 19 References palette. Right-click the border of the External References palette, select the Tooltip Style option, and then choose to display a preview, details, or both. When displaying a preview, you can specify a small, medium, or large image. www.autodesk.com/autocadlt Confidential–Subject to Nondisclosure Agreement...
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Page 20: Hidden Message Settings
AutoCAD LT. In the past, if you chose the option Don’t Show Me This Again when a warning message was displayed, for example when closing the Command window, you could not restore that warning message without all previously hidden messages also being restored. In AutoCAD LT 2009, when you www.autodesk.com/autocadlt Confidential–Subject to Nondisclosure Agreement... -
Page 21: Design And Drafting
And more descriptive tooltips are displayed for the column headers. To free up space in the Layer Properties Manager, you can collapse the Filters pane. www.autodesk.com/autocadlt Confidential–Subject to Nondisclosure Agreement... -
Page 22: Working With Dgn Files
V7 DGN format in addition to the V8 DGN support that was added in AutoCAD LT 2008. You will find the new V7 DGN option in the Files of Type list when you use the EXPORT or DGNEXPORT command. www.autodesk.com/autocadlt Confidential–Subject to Nondisclosure Agreement... - Page 23 DGN files. You can access the DGN mappings using the new DGNMAPPING command, and specify the location for DGN mapping setups from the Files tab of the Options dialog box. www.autodesk.com/autocadlt Confidential–Subject to Nondisclosure Agreement...
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Page 24: Dwfx Support
Paper Specification (XPS) format. DWFx files are easily distributable on the Windows Vista platform, as this format is supported by the XPS Viewer. You will find DWFx listed along with DWF in all DWF- related functionality, including Markup, External References (DWFATTACH), Publish, and Plot. www.autodesk.com/autocadlt Confidential–Subject to Nondisclosure Agreement... -
Page 25: Xref Clipping
1, and then select the clipped xref and grab a grip. In addition to using grips to edit the clip boundaries, a new grip enables you to quickly invert the clipping area. Figure 40. Xref clipping grips www.autodesk.com/autocadlt Confidential–Subject to Nondisclosure Agreement... -
Page 26: Interactive Array Preview
Geographic Location command. In addition to the previous methods for specifying the geographic location— entering latitude and longitude information or selecting the location from a map—you can now import location information from a KML or KMZ file or from the Google Earth™ application. www.autodesk.com/autocadlt Confidential–Subject to Nondisclosure Agreement... -
Page 27: Navigation Wheel
Navigation Wheel at the cursor for quick access to Zoom and Pan and the new Rewind functionality. Figure 43. Navigation Wheel The Rewind tool displays frames from previous view orientations, enabling you to quickly restore the view you want to reuse. www.autodesk.com/autocadlt Confidential–Subject to Nondisclosure Agreement... -
Page 28: Image References
IMAGEFRAME system variable. The new Image Adjust dialog box, accessible with the IMAGEADJUST command, enables you to control the brightness, contrast, and fade of the image. You can further control the image’s appearance with the IMAGEQUALITY command. www.autodesk.com/autocadlt Confidential–Subject to Nondisclosure Agreement... -
Page 29: Nonrectangular Viewports
The Polygonal option enables you to pick points to specify a multisided shape for the viewport. Alternatively, you can create a viewport of nearly any shape by using the Object option and selecting an existing closed object such as a spline or circle. www.autodesk.com/autocadlt Confidential–Subject to Nondisclosure Agreement... -
Page 30: Full Color And Color Book Support
In AutoCAD LT 2009 you have more flexibility when it comes to specifying colors. The Select Color dialog box has been updated to include tabs for True Color and Color Books in addition to the traditional Index Color. Figure 49. Select Color dialog box www.autodesk.com/autocadlt Confidential–Subject to Nondisclosure Agreement... -
Page 31: Fields
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