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Part 1 The Basics In this part: ◆ Chapter 1: Exploring the AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT Interface ◆ Chapter 2: Creating Your First Drawing ◆ Chapter 3: Set

10CHAPTER 1 EXPLORING THE AUTOCAD AND AUTOCAD LT INTERFACE Here’s an exercise to let you practice with the drop-down menus and get acquainted with

TAKING A GUIDED TOUR 11 5. Click the Draw option from the menu bar, and then click the Rectangle command. Notice that the Command window now shows th

12CHAPTER 1 EXPLORING THE AUTOCAD AND AUTOCAD LT INTERFACE Figure 1.6 After you’ve selected the first point of the rectangle, you see a rectangle f

TAKING A GUIDED TOUR 13 The Dashboard The menu bar provides most of the commands you need in a format that most Windows users will find easy to under

14CHAPTER 1 EXPLORING THE AUTOCAD AND AUTOCAD LT INTERFACE Take a moment to examine the top portion of the Dashboard where the 2D Draw control panel r

TAKING A GUIDED TOUR15Figure 1.9The toolbar shortcut menu3. You won’t need the View toolbar right now, so go ahead and close it by clicking the X in t

16CHAPTER 1 EXPLORING THE AUTOCAD AND AUTOCAD LT INTERFACE Saving Your Preferred WorkspaceYou may find that you prefer a specific arrangement of toolb

WORKING WITH AUTOCAD172. Choose File  Open to open the Select File dialog box. This is a typical Windows file dialog box, with an added twist: The la

18CHAPTER 1 EXPLORING THE AUTOCAD AND AUTOCAD LT INTERFACE Figure 1.10The Layout1 view of the clip.dwg fileYou may recall that a layout is a type of v

WORKING WITH AUTOCAD19Your view changes to show the full 3D model with the 2D representations of the model.2. Choose View  3D Views  Plan View  Wor

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20CHAPTER 1 EXPLORING THE AUTOCAD AND AUTOCAD LT INTERFACE Figure 1.11Placing the zoom window around the clipGetting a close-up view of your drawing i

WORKING WITH AUTOCAD21You can quickly enlarge or reduce your view by clicking the Zoom Realtime button in the 2D Navigate control panel. Follow these

22CHAPTER 1 EXPLORING THE AUTOCAD AND AUTOCAD LT INTERFACE As you can see from this exercise, you have a wide range of options for viewing your drawin

WORKING WITH AUTOCAD23Figure 1.13Erasing a portion of the clipOpening Multiple FilesYou can have multiple documents open at the same time in AutoCAD.

24CHAPTER 1 EXPLORING THE AUTOCAD AND AUTOCAD LT INTERFACE 4. Let’s see what can be done with these two files. Click in the window with the clip drawi

THE BOTTOM LINE25You can open the Tool Palettes window by clicking the Tool Palettes Window tool in the Stan-dard Annotation toolbar. Once it’s open,

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Chapter 1 Exploring the AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT Interface Before you can start to use AutoCAD 2008’s new capabilities, you’ll need to become familiar

4CHAPTER 1 EXPLORING THE AUTOCAD AND AUTOCAD LT INTERFACE NOTE AutoCAD 2008 is designed to run on Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Vista.This b

TAKING A GUIDED TOUR 5 If this is the first time you’ve started AutoCAD since you installed it, you’re asked to register and authorize AutoCAD in ste

6CHAPTER 1 EXPLORING THE AUTOCAD AND AUTOCAD LT INTERFACE The AutoCAD Window The AutoCAD program window is divided into six parts: ◆ Menu bar ◆ Too

TAKING A GUIDED TOUR 7 The menu bar at the top of the drawing area (as shown in Figure 1.3) includes drop-down menus from which you select commands i

8CHAPTER 1 EXPLORING THE AUTOCAD AND AUTOCAD LT INTERFACE Below the Command window is the status bar (see Figure 1.4). The status bar gives you inf

TAKING A GUIDED TOUR 9 The Command Window At the bottom of the screen, just above the status bar, is a small horizontal window called the Com-mand w