Datasheet

If your screen looks like Figure 1.4 or isn’t at all like Figure 1.3, you need to
make a few changes:
1. Click the Workspace Switching button in the status bar and choose
2D Drafting & Annotation. Alternately, you can choose Tools
Workspaces 2D Drafting & Annotation.
2. The 2D Drafting & Annotation workspace may display the tool palettes
on the screen. If the palettes are displayed, you need to turn them off
for now by clicking the X in the upper-right corner. Your workspace
might have different palettes displayed than those shown in Figure 1.5.
If other palettes are still visible, click the X in the upper-right or upper-
left corner of each palette to close them.
FIGURE 1.5: The tool palettes
3. The large area in the middle of the screen is called the drawing area.
It might need adjusting. Enter visualstylesto open the Visual Styles
Manager, and then click the 2D Wireframe option (see Figure 1.6).
Close the Visual Styles Manager.
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LT users can skip
step 3 and move on
to step 4
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