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CHAPTER 1 Exploring thE AutoCAD AnD AutoCAD lt intErfACE
5. Right-click now and choose Exit from the shortcut menu to exit the Zoom Realtime
c o m m a n d .
Note
If you prefer, you can use the wheel on your mouse to zoom and pan over your view. Roll the wheel to
zoom in and out or click and drag the wheel to pan.
As you can see from this exercise, you have a wide range of options for viewing your draw-
ings, just by using a few tools. These tools are all you need to control the display of 2D drawings.
Saving a File as You Work
It’s a good idea to save your file periodically as you work on it. As with any Windows program,
you can save it under its original name (click the Save tool on the Quick Access toolbar) or under
a different name (choose File  Save As from the Menu Browser), thereby creating a new file.
By default, AutoCAD automatically saves your work at 10-minute intervals under a name that
is a combination of the current filename plus a number and that ends with the .sv$ filename
extension; this is known as the Automatic Save feature. Using settings in the Options dialog box
or system variables, you can change the name of the autosaved file and control the time between
autosaves. See “The Open and Save Tab” in Appendix A for details.
Figure 1.16
The final view
you want to
achieve in step 3
of the exercise
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