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Chapter 2 Getting Started with AutoCAD Land Development Desktop

Toolbars

When you start AutoCAD Land Development Desktop, the following

toolbars are displayed:

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AutoCAD: Modify and Draw

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AutoCAD Map: Drawing Set and Map

To learn how to display the AutoCAD Land Development Desktop

toolbars, see the task at the end of this topic.

You can display other toolbars with various tool categories. Each

toolbar contains a set of tools that represents specific commands in a

category. Start a command by clicking a tool. To identify a tool, move

your pointer slowly over the tool. A small label, or ToolTip, displays

the tool name.

Key Concepts

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You can work with toolbars from three categories: the standard

AutoCAD toolbars, AutoCAD Map toolbars, and AutoCAD Land

Development Desktop toolbars.

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Toolbars can float within the graphics area, or you can organize

them as needed by docking them at the top, bottom, or sides of the

graphics area.

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To turn a toolbar on or off, select or clear the check box next to its

name in the Toolbars dialog box. You can also close a toolbar by

clicking the Close button in the toolbar’s upper-right corner.

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You can customize a toolbar by adding and removing tools or

creating new tools.

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You can enhance an existing toolbar by creating a flyout toolbar.

Tools in the flyout toolbar are nested under the Flyout icon

(indicated by a black triangle in the lower-right corner). You can

replace the Flyout icon with any icon, and then associate a toolbar

with it.