AutoCAD 2006 For Dummies
Chapter One
Le Tour de AutoCAD 2006
In This Chapter
* Touring the AutoCAD 2006 screen
* Going bar-hopping: title bars, the menu bar, toolbars, and the status bar
* Dynamically inputting and commanding the command line
* Discovering the drawing area
* Making the most of Model and Layout tabs
* Practicing with palettes
* Setting system variables and dealing with dialog boxes
* Using online help
AutoCAD 2006 is a full-fledged citizen of the Windows world, with toolbars,
dialog boxes, right-click menus, a multiple-document interface,
and all the other trappings of a real Windows program. And it's becoming
more and more Windows-like with each release. One of the last weird but
essential holdovers from the DOS days is the AutoCAD command line area.
The command line is still there, but in AutoCAD 2006, you'll be much less
reliant on this "look down here - now look up here" method of interacting
with the program.
NEW IN 2006
AutoCAD 2006, like the fanciest Detroit iron, bristles with heads-up display
features. The new version's dynamic input system puts much of the command
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