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20 Chapter 1: Getting Familiar with AutoCAD
Command desCription
UCS II Tools for selecting from a set of predefined user coordinate systems.
View Tools for controlling the way you view 3D models. See Chapter 6 for more on 3D
views.
Viewports Tools for creating and editing multiple views of your drawing. See Chapter 6 for
more about viewports.
Visual Styles Tools for controlling the way 3D models are displayed.
Walk and Fly Tools for controlling motion through a 3D model.
Web Tools for accessing the Web.
Workspaces Tools for managing workspaces.
Zoom Commands for navigating your drawing.
Opening toolbars is fairly simple, but unless you know where to look, you might never
find them. The following steps show you how to open the Draw toolbar:
1. To open the Draw toolbar, right-click the Quick Access toolbar in the upper-left cor-
ner of the AutoCAD window. A shortcut menu of options appears.
2. On the shortcut menu, choose Toolbars
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AutoCAD
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Draw. The Draw toolbar
appears in its docked position at the left side of the AutoCAD window. (Again,
docked just means the toolbar is merged with the border of the AutoCAD window to
keep it out of the drawing area.)
3. You can “undock” a toolbar by clicking and dragging the toolbar’s grab bar. The grab
bar is the dotted area you see at the top or left end of the toolbar. (Again, the toolbar
then is called a floating toolbar and shows its title bar.) In its floating position, you
can click the X in the upper-right corner of the Draw toolbar to close it.
You can dock toolbars at the top, bottom, or sides of the AutoCAD window to keep
them out of the drawing area.
If you do not want the toolbar to dock but instead want it to appear “floating” near the bor-
der of the AutoCAD window, you can press the Ctrl key before you click and drag the toolbar
into position. This prevents toolbars from automatically falling into a docked position.
AutoCAD remembers your toolbar arrangement between sessions. When you exit and
then reopen AutoCAD later, the AutoCAD window appears just as you left it.
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