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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