Technical data

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Accessing AutoCAD Land Development Desktop Commands 35
Pull-Down Menus 36
Selecting a Menu Palette 37
Customizing a Menu Palette 38
Toolbars 40
Status Bar 41
Shortcut Menus 42
Command Line 43
Transparent Commands 44
Text Window 45
Using AutoCAD Land Development Desktop with Windows 46
Establishing Settings 48
User Preferences 49
Drawing Settings 51
Prototype Settings 52
Data File Settings 54
Setting Up the Drawing Environment 55
Using the World Coordinate System for Creating Data 59
Working with Projects 59
Creating Projects 60
Basing a Project on a Prototype 61
Managing Projects with the Project Management Dialog Box 61
Managing Prototypes with the Prototype Management Dialog Box 63
Working with Drawings 64
Creating New Drawings 64
Setting up Drawings 66
Drawing Setup Example: Setting a Base Point and North Rotation 67
Opening Drawings 71
Opening Drawings in Other Flavors of AutoCAD 71
Viewing Drawings 72
Using the Object Viewer 73
Using Zoom and Pan 74
Scaling Views 75
Using Named Views 76
Saving Drawings as Bitmap Files 77
Redrawing and Regenerating 78
Organizing Drawings with Layers 78
Changing Properties of Layers and Objects 79
Working with the Layer Manager 81
Working with Layer Groups 82
Working with Layer Snapshots 84