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If you want to use a custom menu, specify it in the Menu, Help, and Miscel-
laneous File Names box. The default menu is acad.mnu.
To change a search path
1 From the Tools menu, choose Options.
2 In the Options dialog box, choose the Files tab.
3 On the Files tab, click the plus sign (+) to the left of the kind of path you
want to change.
4 Select the path you want to change.
5 Choose Browse, and then search drives and directories until you find the
one you want.
6 Select the drive and directory you want to use, and then choose OK.
Command line
OPTIONS
Work with Multiple Open Drawings
You can open more than one drawing in a single AutoCAD session. When
multiple drawings are open, simply click anywhere in a drawing to make it
active. You can also use
CTRL + F6 or CTRL + TAB to switch between open
drawings. However, you cannot switch between drawings during certain long
operations such as regenerating the drawing.
Use the Window menu to control the display of multiple drawings in an
AutoCAD session. You can cascade open drawings or tile them vertically or
horizontally. When you have a number of drawings minimized, you can use
Arrange Icons to clean up the display of the minimized drawing icons in the
AutoCAD window. You can also select a drawing from the list of open
drawings at the bottom of this menu.
You can quickly reference other drawings, copy and paste between drawings,
or drag selected objects from one drawing to another with the right button
on your pointing device. You can also use Match Properties (
MATCHPROP) to
copy properties from objects in one drawing to objects in another drawing.
You can use AutoCAD object snaps, the Copy with Basepoint (
COPYBASE)
command, and the Paste to Original Coordinates (
PASTEORIG) command to
ensure accurate placement, especially when copying objects from one
drawing to another.