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One more feature you’ll want to know about are the flyouts. Flyouts are similar to the expanded
panels because you can click on an arrowhead to gain access to additional tools. Instead of a
whole panel, however, flyouts give you access to different methods for using a particular tool. For
example, AutoCAD lets you draw circles in several different ways so it offers a flyout for the Circle
tool in the Home tab’s Draw panel. If you click the arrowhead next to the circle icon in the Draw
panel, you’ll see additional tools for drawing circles (see Figure 1.9).
If you select a tool option from a flyout, that option becomes the default tool for that icon. For
example, if you hover your cursor over the circle icon in the Draw panel, you’ll see that the tool
tip shows “Center, Radius” for the tool’s name. If you click the arrowhead next to the Center,
Radius tool and select 2-Point, then 2-Point becomes the default tool and you’ll see “2-Point” for
the name of the tool in the tool tip (see Figure 1.10).
Figure 1.8
The arrowhead
in the panel title
bar tells you that
additional tools
are available.
Pushpin icon
Click the title bar
to expand the panel.
Figure 1.9
Flyouts
Click the flyout arrowhead
to display additional tools.
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