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UNDERSTANDING THE AUTOCAD WINDOW
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In step 1, AutoCAD shows you exactly what the cursor is pointing to by highlighting objects that
will be selected with the next mouse click.
In drawing and erasing the rectangle, you were exposed to the most common processes you
need to know about to work in AutoCAD: you selected a command from the menu bar, and then
you selected points in the drawing area while following the messages in the Command window.
Commands from the toolbars work in the same way, as you’ll see next.
Figure 1.5
Selecting the first
point of a rectangle
Figure 1.6
Once you’ve selected
the first point of the
rectangle, you see
a rectangle follow
the motion of your
mouse.
Click here to start the rectangle.
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