(BQ) Part 2 book "AutoCAD 2013 for dummies" has contents: Text with character, entering new dimensions, down the hatch, the plot thickens, advancing with AutoCAD, on a 3D spree, the part of tens. | Part III If Drawings Could Talk T ext, dimensions, and hatching have long been important clarifying elements in drafting. In AutoCAD, these elements are flexible almost to a fault — and you can edit and update them quickly as you change the geometry beneath them. The text, dimension, and hatching annotations that you add “speak” about the geometry so others can understand exactly what, how big, and how far. After you’ve made some drawings that talk, you’ll probably send the message around by printing — or, as CAD users call it, plotting — them. Chapter 16 is your guidebook to navigating the plot process, understanding how the legacy of AutoCAD plotting still influences current practice, and most of all, getting a good-looking, properly scaled plot onto paper. 13 Text with Character In This Chapter ▶ Creating annotative text ▶ Using text styles to control text appearance ▶ Creating single-line and multiline text ▶ Using fields and background masks with text ▶ Making numbered and bulleted lists ▶ Working with columns and paragraphs ▶ Editing text contents and properties ▶ Creating tables ▶ Drawing multileaders I t used to be said that “a picture is worth a thousand words,” but with the current state of the economy, a picture is now worth only about 628 words — and the bank is about to foreclose on them. On the other hand, the opposite is often true as well: Adding a few words to your drawing can save you from having to draw thousands of lines and arcs. It’s a lot easier to write Simpson A35 framing clip next to a simple, schematic representation of a clip than to draw one in microscopic detail and hope that the contractor can figure out what it is! Most CAD drawings include some text in the form of explanatory notes, object labels, and titles. This chapter shows you how to add general drawing text and leaders (descriptive notes with arrows that point to specific drawing objects) to your drawings. We show you how to take
