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Setting Up
Overview of Setting Up
You can customize AutoCAD Map 3D and set up each map file you create to
make your work easier and more productive.
The following tables summarize your setup options on a product-wide and
map-wide basis.
To get this result...Use this method...On a product-wide
level...
The system administrator assigns
login names and passwords to
Click Map Setup tab ➤ Map panel ➤
➤ User Administration.
Set up user access.
users, and specifies what each
user can do within the product.
See Setting Up Users and Assign-
ing Rights (page 82).
Customize the ribbons, menus,
toolbars, and dockable windows.
See Customizing Your Work En-
vironment (page 84).
In the Tool-based Ribbon Workspace,
click Tools tab ➤ Customization panel
➤ User Interface.
Set up your workspace.
Create a new coordinate system
or use a predefined coordinate
Click Map Setup tab ➤ Coordinate
System panel ➤ Define Global Coordin-
ate System.
Create new coordinate
systems.
system as a basis for creating
your own.
See Defining Coordinate Systems
(page 89).
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