Advanced Topics found in online Help. Autodesk AUTOSKETCH 8

Advanced Topics found in online Help

Organizing With Layers Layers allow you to organize the entities in your drawing into groups in order to limit printing, display, or accidental modification. Layers give you additional flexibility and control, especially if your drawing is complex.

Using the Clipboard & OLE The Windows Clipboard allows you to transfer information between AutoSketch and non-CAD applications. This means you can use specifications from an Excel spreadsheet in AutoSketch, or feature your AutoSketch drawing in a PowerPoint presentation.

Importing & Exporting Often, it is necessary to use a AutoSketch drawing in another application or to import a drawing created by another application into AutoSketch. In these situations it is important to know how to import and export drawings.

Compass Angles & Bearings AutoSketch recognizes three types of angle measurements: standard angles, compass angles, and bearings. This topic discusses the three types of angles and methods for displaying angles in degrees, minutes, degrees-minutes-seconds, radians, grads, and bearings.

Using Numeric Expressions A numeric expression is a mathematical formula that evaluates to a single number. For example, the expression

2+2 evaluates to the number 4. AutoSketch lets you enter numeric expressions instead of a number in most edit bar and dialog box text boxes.

Numeric expressions are particularly useful when you know how to calculate a number, but you don’t know the number itself.

Tracing in AutoSketch You may have a rendering, blueprint, or model in the form of a paper drawing, that you need to convert to CAD form. This topic tells you how to trace the original from either of two sources: a picture or a digitizer tablet.

Customizing AutoSketch By customizing screen components, and drawing and editing preferences, you can change AutoSketch to better suit your drawing and editing needs. This topic tells you how to modify components of the display, including the drawing window, the edit bar, property bar, and so on.

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