CONTENTS
Preface .............................................................................................................................
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Introduction .....................................................................................................................
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Software overview ...........................................................................................................
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AutoCAD .................................................................................................................
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ARC/INFO ..............................................................................................................
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Data storage .....................................................................................................................
2
AutoCAD R14 drawings .........................................................................................
2
ARC/INFO 7.2 coverages .......................................................................................
2
ARC/INFO coverage features .................................................................................
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Modeling ARC/INFO features with AutoCAD entities ...................................................
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Point features ...........................................................................................................
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Arc features .............................................................................................................
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Polygon features ......................................................................................................
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Annotation features .................................................................................................
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AutoCAD symbology data and data organization ...........................................................
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Layers ......................................................................................................................
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Colors ......................................................................................................................
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Line types ................................................................................................................
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Line width ................................................................................................................
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Problems to avoid ............................................................................................................
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Using 3-D data .........................................................................................................
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Model space and paper space ..................................................................................
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Details and title blocks ............................................................................................
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Groups .....................................................................................................................
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Multilines and other entities ....................................................................................
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Hatching ..................................................................................................................
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External references ..................................................................................................
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Dimensions and leaders ...........................................................................................
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Blocks as grouped graphics .....................................................................................
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Layer 0 .....................................................................................................................
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Georeferencing and coordinate systems ..........................................................................
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Methodology ....................................................................................................................
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Layering standards and conventions .......................................................................
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Color and line type schemes ....................................................................................
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Using text or block inserts as data tags ...................................................................
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Converting the data: DXFOUT and DXFARC ................................................................
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