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22 Chapter 1: Getting Familiar with AutoCAD
switChing Between open Drawings anD the MoDeL anD
Layout views
As with most Windows programs, you can have several drawings open at one time. Auto-
CAD offers the Quick View Drawings tool in the status bar, with which you can easily navi-
gate among multiple drawings.
When you click the Quick View Drawings tool, you will see a row of drawing preview
panels just above the status bar. These panels show the contents of the currently open
drawings.
Closes file in the preview panel
Saves file in the preview panel
You can then click a preview panel of a drawing you want to switch to; the selected
drawing appears in the drawing area. Click in the drawing area to make that drawing
current.
When you hover over a preview panel with your cursor, additional preview panels appear,
showing you the model and layout views of the drawing to which you are pointing.
Model and Layout previews
You can then click in a model or layout preview to have it display in the drawing area.
Click in the drawing area to make the selected view the current one.
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