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CHAPTER 1 GETTING FAMILIAR WITH AUTOCAD

Other Toolbars

I mentioned earlier that not all the AutoCAD toolbars are open and visible. If they were, there

wouldn’t be any room for a drawing area. In the previous exercise, you saw the list of all the avail-

able toolbars. Table 1.1 provides a brief description of each toolbar.

Table 1.1: The Full List of AutoCAD Toolbars

Command Description

3D Navigation Tools to control 3D views (not available in LT).

CAD Standards Tools that let you check the layer, dimension, and text styles against standards that

you have created (not available in LT).

Camera Adjust Tool controlling camera objects.

Dimension Commands that help you dimension your drawings. Many of these commands are

duplicated in the Dimension drop-down menu. See Chapter 10.

Draw Commands for creating common objects, including lines, arcs, circles, curves,

ellipses, and text. This toolbar appears in the AutoCAD window by default. Many

of these commands are duplicated in the Draw drop-down menu.

Draw Order Commands that let you arrange the order of overlapping objects. If an object covers

another object that you need visible, you can use Draw Order to “move” an object

behind another or to the back of a set of objects (not available in LT).

Inquiry Commands for finding distances, point coordinates, object properties, mass

properties, and areas.

Insert Commands for importing other drawings, raster images, and OLE objects.

Layers Drop-down list and tools for controlling layer properties located just below the

Standard toolbar.

Layers II Additional tools for managing layers (formerly Express Layer tools).

Layouts Tools that let you set up drawing layouts for viewing, printing, and plotting.

Lights Tools for adding and controlling lights in 3D models.

Mapping Tools for adding texture maps in 3D models.

Modeling Tools for creating and editing 3D objects.

Modify Commands for editing existing objects. You can move, copy, rotate, erase, trim, extend,

and so on. Many of these commands are duplicated in the Modify drop-down menu.

Modify II Commands for editing special complex objects such as polylines, multilines, 3D

solids, and hatches.

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