Web sites (continued)
AutoVue viewer, 268 Brava! Viewer, 268 CADViewer, 268
Construction Specifications Institute, 52 Nation CAD Standard, 52
object enablers, 265 PocketCAD DWFViewer, 268
Web-based project sites, using, 556–558 WEDGE command, effect of, 322 wedges, creating, 332
wheel mice, features of, 175–176
while function in AutoLISP, description and result of, 703
Window Attributes dialog, displaying in VLIDE, 685
window elements, options for, 595–596 Window menu, description of, 21 Window selection mode, description of,
146 windows
closing, 50–51
locking and unlocking dockable windows, 594–595
windows, locking dockable windows, 593–594
Windows Clipboard, copying objects with, 31, 406–407
Windows Explorer accessing files from, 18
opening drawings with, 48–50 :WINDOW-TEXT element in VLIDE,
default color scheme for, 684 wireframe model, explanation of, 278 wizards, starting drawings with, 40–42 Workspaces
changing properties for, 605 controlling with CUI editor, 602–605 creating, 602
creating with CUI editor, 603–604 features, 600
saving changes to, 602
switching between 2D and 3D drafting with, 288
Workspaces toolbar, using, 600–602 World Coordinate System (WCS),
overview of, 96–97, 293
WPolygon selection mode, description of, 146
Write Block dialog box, displaying, 358
X
x,y plane
drawing objects above, 283
using object snap tracking above, 282 x,y,z format
using with absolute coordinates, 280 using with relative coordinates, 280
x axis, role in 2D coordinate system, 95 XATTACH commands, using with xrefs,
384
XBIND command, using with xrefs, 392 Xbind dialog box, displaying, 392 XCLIP command, using with xrefs,
389–391
XFADECTL system variable, using with xrefs, 389
XLINE command, alias and function of, 119
xlines
creating, 126–127 versus rays, 128
XOPEN command, using with DWG references, 389
XPLODE editing command, alias and function for, 153
XREF object, description of, 620 XREFNOTIFY system variable, using, 387 xrefs
attaching to drawings, 384–386 attachment types for, 383 binding to parent drawings, 392 versus blocks, 381
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