ProgeSOFT_IntelliCAD
introduction
comparing progesoft intellicad and cad to manual drafting
drawing to scale
using tools
organizing information
drawing accurately
drawing efficiently
reusing cad drawings and entities
making changes
working with other data and programs
getting more information
sample drawings
what's new in progesoft intellicad 4
getting started
working in progesoft intellicad
displaying commands on a shortcut menu
displaying and hiding toolbars
using the command bar
using the status bar
using prompt boxes
selecting and using commands
using the prompt history window
using scripts
correcting mistakes
customizing progesoft intellicad
getting online help
saving your drawing
exiting progesoft intellicad
working with drawings
creating a new drawing
opening an existing drawing
setting up a drawing
setting the current layer
setting the current entity color
setting the current linetype
setting the linetype scale
setting drawing units
understanding scale factors
setting the text height
setting the drawing limits
setting and changing the grid and snap alignment
setting a reference grid
setting snap spacing
changing the snap and grid angle and base point
using isometric snap and grid
using the draw orthogonal option
using entity snaps
setting entity snaps
nearest snap tool
endpoint snap tool
midpoint snap tool
center snap tool
perpendicular snap tool
tangent snap tool
quadrant snap tool
insertion point snap tool
point snap tool
intersection snap tool
plan view intersection snap tool
quick snap tool
clear entity snaps tool
using fly-over snapping
creating simple entities
drawing circles
drawing lines
drawing arcs
drawing ellipses
drawing elliptical arcs
creating point entities
drawing rays
drawing infinite lines
creating freehand sketches
creating complex entities
drawing rectangles
drawing polygons
drawing polygons by side
drawing polylines
drawing splines
specifying fit tolerance
drawing a closed spline
drawing donuts
creating planes
creating boundary polylines
using islands and island detection
adding hatching
specifying a hatch pattern
selecting an area for hatching
viewing your drawing
redrawing and regenerating a drawing
moving around within a drawing
using the pan command
working with multiple drawings
changing the magnification of your drawing
zooming methods
displaying the previous view of a drawing
zooming to a specific scale
combining zooming and panning
displaying the entire drawing
displaying multiple views
working with multiple windows
dividing the current window into multiple views
controlling visual elements
turning blips on and off
turning fill on and off
turning highlighting on and off
turning quick text on and off
working with coordinates
using cartesian coordinates
understanding how coordinates are displayed
finding the coordinates of a point
using two-dimensional coordinates
entering absolute cartesian coordinates
entering relative cartesian coordinates
entering polar coordinates
using three-dimensional coordinates
entering x,y,z-coordinates
entering spherical coordinates
entering cylindrical coordinates
using xyz point filters
defining user coordinate systems
defining a user coordinate system
using a preset user coordinate system
working with the intellicad explorer
using the intellicad explorer
copying settings
deleting settings
purging elements
organizing information on layers
creating and naming layers
setting the current layer
controlling layer visibility
locking and unlocking layers
setting the layer color
setting a layer's linetype
working with linetypes
setting the current linetype
loading additional linetypes
creating and naming linetypes
create a new simple linetype
create a new complex linetype
working with text fonts and styles
creating and naming text styles
modifying text styles
setting the current text style
working with coordinate systems
defining and naming user coordinate systems
setting the current user coordinate system
using named views
saving and naming views
restoring named views
changing named view properties
working with blocks and external references
creating and naming blocks
inserting a block
inserting a drawing as a block
attaching a drawing as an external reference
saving a block as a separate drawing
working with dimension styles
creating and naming dimension styles
getting drawing information
specifying measurements and divisions
measuring intervals on entities
dividing entities into segments
calculating areas
calculating areas of closed entities
calculating combined areas
calculating distances and angles
displaying information about your drawing
displaying information about entities
displaying the drawing status
tracking time spent working on a drawing
modifying entities
selecting entities
displaying selected entities highlighted
entity-selection methods
choosing the command first
selecting entities first
turning grips on and off
modifying the properties of entities
deleting entities
copying entities
copying entities within a drawing
copying between drawings
making parallel copies
mirroring entities
arraying entities
rearranging entities
rotating entities
resizing entities
stretching entities
scaling entities
extending entities
trimming entities
editing the length of entities
breaking and joining entities
breaking entities
joining entities
grouping entities
creating a group
modifying a group and its entities
changing the order of entities in a group
ungrouping entities
editing polylines
opening and closing polylines
curving and decurving polylines
joining polylines
changing the polyline width
editing polyline vertices
chamfering and filleting entities
exploding entities
chamfering entities
filleting entities
working with text
creating line text
creating paragraph text
working with text styles
formatting text
setting the line text style
setting the paragraph text style
setting the line text alignment
setting the paragraph text alignment
including special text characters
changing line text
changing paragraph text
checking spelling
using an alternate text editor
using unicode characters
dimensioning your drawing
understanding dimensioning concepts
creating dimensions
creating linear dimensions
creating angular dimensions
creating diametral and radial dimensions
creating ordinate dimensions
creating leaders and annotations
editing dimensions
making dimensions oblique
editing dimension text
understanding dimension styles and variables
controlling dimension arrows
controlling dimension format
controlling line settings
controlling dimension text
controlling dimension units
adding geometric tolerances
controlling dimension tolerance
controlling alternate dimension units
working with blocks, attributes, and external references
working with blocks
creating blocks
inserting blocks
redefining blocks
exploding blocks
working with attributes
defining attributes
editing attribute definitions
attaching attributes to blocks
editing attributes attached to blocks
extracting attribute information
working with external references
attaching external references
detaching external references
reloading external references
overlaying external references
changing the path for external references
inserting and binding external references to drawings
working with xref clipping
formatting and printing paper drawings
using paper space and model space
preparing a layout
creating floating viewports
modifying floating viewports
working with multiple layouts
printing or plotting your drawing
setting the scale and view
using printer configuration files
mapping color and width
using plotter drivers
selecting a printer or plotter
drawing in three dimensions
viewing entities in three dimensions
setting the viewing direction
creating three-dimensional entities
applying elevation and thickness
creating three-dimensional faces
creating rectangular meshes
creating polyface meshes
creating ruled surfaces
creating extruded surfaces
creating revolved surfaces
creating edge-defined coons surfaces
creating boxes
creating wedges
creating cones
creating pyramids
creating cylinders
adding hatching
creating spheres
creating dishes
creating domes
creating tori
creating extruded solids
creating revolved solids
creating composite solids
editing in three dimensions
rotating in three dimensions
arraying in three dimensions
mirroring in three dimensions
aligning in three dimensions
editing three-dimensional solids
chamfering and filleting three-dimensional solids
sectioning and slicing solids
modifying faces
determining interference of solids
modifying edges
imprinting solids
separating solids
shelling solids
checking solids
converting solids to polyface meshes
working with other programs
saving and viewing snapshots
using data from other programs in progesoft intellicad drawings
embedding objects into drawings
linking objects to drawings
editing an embedded progesoft intellicad object in place
importing files created in other formats
using data from progesoft intellicad in other programs
embedding drawings
editing an embedded or linked object from within intellicad
linking drawings
dragging progesoft intellicad drawings into other programs
exporting drawings
exporting acis files
sending drawings through electronic mail
using progesoft intellicad with the internet
adding hyperlinks to a drawing
publishing drawings to the internet
accessing a company web site during a drawing session
customizing progesoft intellicad
setting and changing options
setting the experience level
saving your drawings automatically
changing the paths/files options
setting the template drawing
setting the search path
setting the command lines to track
setting the graphics screen color
displaying prompt boxes
automatic menu loading
changing the crosshairs options
changing the fly-over snapping options
using shape files
customizing menus
creating new menus and commands
setting the experience level for menus
saving menu files
loading menu files
creating custom shortcut menus
customizing toolbars
creating a new toolbar
naming toolbars
creating flyouts
setting the experience level for toolbars
creating custom toolbar tools
importing toolbars
creating toolbars that you can share as files
customizing the keyboard
creating a keyboard shortcut
loading keyboard shortcut files
saving keyboard shortcut files
creating aliases
creating, redefining, and deleting aliases
saving alias files
loading alias files
creating and replaying scripts
using lisp routines
using ads applications
understanding ads compatibility
using dcl with progesoft intellicad
using a digitizer tablet
configuring digitizer tablet
calibrating the digitizer tablet
understanding digitizer tablet transformation types
understanding autocad compatibility
programming progesoft intellicad®
comparing system requirements
using enhanced autocad commands in progesoft intellicad
using additional selection sets
using additional progesoft intellicad commands
recognizing subtle command differences
identifying unsupported commands
identifying what does not display
supporting autocad customization
understanding menu compatibility
importing and exporting customization files
programming in progesoft intellicad
understanding autolisp compatibility
progesoft intellicad-autocad list of terms
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