Datasheet
The other eight (or nine) menus contain the most frequently used AutoCAD
commands. You’ll find that if you master the logic of how the commands are
organized by menu, you can quickly find the command you want. Here is a short
description of each of the other AutoCAD drop-down menus:
View Contains tools for controlling the display of your drawing file.
Insert Contains commands for placing drawings and images or parts of them
inside other drawings.
Format Contains commands for setting up the general parameters for a new
drawing or changing the entities in a current drawing.
Tools Contains special tools for use while you’re working on the current draw-
ing, such as those for finding the length of a line or for running a special macro.
Draw Contains commands for creating new objects (such as lines or circles) on
the screen.
Dimension Contains commands for dimensioning and annotating a drawing.
Modify Contains commands for changing existing objects in the drawing.
Window Contains commands for displaying currently open drawing windows
and lists currently open drawing files.
Express Contains a library of productivity tools that cover a wide range of
AutoCAD functions. Express Tools are widely used but unsupported directly by
Autodesk. They might or might not be installed on your computer.
You can turn off the menu bar by right-clicking on the Quick Access toolbar
and choosing Show Menu Bar or by entering menubar↵ 0↵.
Using the Toolbars
The AutoCAD toolbars have essentially been replaced by the Ribbon, so I’ll only
touch on them briefly here. Toolbars, like the Ribbon panels, are collections of
tools grouped by similar tasks. Like the Ribbon itself, any toolbar can be dis-
played or hidden without affecting the others, and they can all be docked to a
side or the top of the drawing area or float freely. To display a toolbar, right-
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