Technical data

Accessing AutoCAD Land Development Desktop Commands

The AutoCAD Map Project Workspace is shown by default. You can

use the Project Workspace to attach drawings to the current Map

“project” (which is the current drawing), to define queries, and attach

databases. For more information see “Using the AutoCAD Map Project

Workspace” in Chapter 8, “AutoCAD Map and AutoCAD Land

Development Desktop.”

The following topic, “Accessing AutoCAD Land Development Desktop

Commands” describes how to access AutoCAD Land Development

Desktop commands by using menu palettes, shortcut menus, toolbars,

the status bar, and the command line.

Accessing AutoCAD Land Development

Desktop Commands

You can access AutoCAD Land Development Desktop commands in a

variety of ways. All the commands are available from the pull-down

menus, and you can select some commands from toolbars, shortcut

menus, or by typing them on the command line. Many AutoCAD

Map commands are available from shortcut menus in the Map Project

Workspace, as well as from the Map pull-down menu. With a little

practice, you can find the method that works best for you.

You can control which pull-down menus and toolbars are displayed

by selecting a menu palette. To use AutoCAD Land Development

Desktop commands, use the Land Desktop R2 menu palette (loaded by

default when you start the program). You must load the Survey R2

menu palette to access the Autodesk Survey commands, and you must

load the Civil Design R2 menu palette to access the Autodesk Civil

Design commands.

You can also customize your own menu palettes. For more

information about menu palettes, see “Selecting a Menu Palette” and

“Customizing a Menu Palette” in this chapter.

Key Concepts

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When you run a command, prompts and messages appear on the

command line. You can view the history of what has appeared on

the command line since you started the current drawing session by

displaying the AutoCAD text window that records the commands.

For more information, see “Text Window” in this chapter.

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To quit a command at any time, press ESC.