Glossary - AutoCAD 2011 and AutoCAD LT 2011: No Experience Required - page 946

angular unit

the places that can be snapped to within the
drawing. Each of these Object Snap modes
has a different AutoSnap symbol. The symbol
appears when the curso r is near a location
where the active object snap can be used. See
also Object Snap mode .

The unit in which angle values are displayed.
The choices are Decimal Degrees, Degrees-
Minutes-Seconds, Grads, Radians, and
Surveyor's units.

Application window

B

The appearance of your screen when
AutoCAD is running. It consists of the draw-
ing area and surrounding toolbars, menu
bars, the command window , and the status
bar. Also called the graphical user interface,
GUI, or UI. See also menu bar .

baseline dimension

A dimensioning option that allows you to do
multiple measurements from a designated
origin.

area

base point

1. A two-dimensional geographical region
closed by a boundary such as a polyline. 2.
Collection of settings inside a dialog. See also
group.

1. The initial point of reference for a number
of modifying commands including COPY ,
MOVE , ROTATE , STRETCH , and SCALE . 2. The
insertion point for a drawing as designated
by the BASE command.

associative dimension

A dimension that updates automatically
when the object being dimensioned changes
size.

batch plot

See publish .

bearings

associative hatch pattern

See Surveyor's units .

A hatch pattern that updates automatically
when the shape of the hatched area is modi-
fied. See also hatch pattern .

bind

To transform an external reference file into
a permanent part of the host file as a block.
See also external reference .

attribute

User-defined data attached to a block defini-
tion that's stored as text and entered upon
insertion stored. AutoCAD object. See object .

block

See block reference .

AutoSnap

A feature of AutoCAD that works with the
Object Snap tools by displaying a symbol on