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In this chapter, I explain the essentials that you need to start drawings. After alittle background, I discuss the basics of the screen that you see w

12. Click in two places to pick a start point and an endpoint.13. This time, to end the line, right-click anywhere in the drawing area. By default, th

Down the left side of the dialog box are several buttons to help you find a location to save drawings morequickly. Together, these buttons are called

The SAVEALL command of the Express Tools saves all open drawings, without closing them.Choose Express ➪ File tools ➪ Save All Drawings. If a drawing h

STEPS: Closing Your Drawing and Exiting AutoCAD or AutoCAD LT1. Your drawing should still be on your screen. Choose File ➪ Close. You now see a gray s

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solid modeling and visualization, access to external databases, intelligent dimensioning, importing andexporting of other file formats, Internet suppo

Starting AutoCAD and AutoCAD LTThis section starts a quick tour of AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT. The first step is to start the program.The DVD contains a 3

Using the AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT InterfaceAutoCAD offers three quite different preset workspaces, depending on how you want to work. For example,these

FIGURE 1.2The AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT screens are very similar.Instead of the model and layout tabs, you may see two buttons on the status bar that you

The UCS iconNotice the symbol with two arrows in the drawing area in Figure 1.2. This symbol is called the UserCoordinate System (UCS) icon. The arrow

You can lock the position of toolbars and windows (palettes). On the right side of the statusbar, at the bottom of the screen, is a lock icon. Click t

STEPS: Creating a New Folder1. Move the mouse cursor down to the taskbar at the bottom of your screen and right-click the Startbutton.2. Choose Explor

Input tooltip, click the DYN button on the status bar.) At the same time, notice the coordinateschanging on the left side of the status bar.FIGURE 1.4