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CHAPTER 1 Exploring thE AutoCAD AnD AutoCAD lt intErfACE
4. Let’s try copying objects between these two files. Click in the window with the clip draw-
ing to make it active.
5. Click All from the Zoom flyout in the Home tab’s Utilities panel to get an overall view
of the drawing. You can also click the Zoom tool in the status bar and type A↵ (see
Figure 1.20).
6. Click the 2D version of the clip at the bottom of the drawing to select it. A series of
squares and arrows appears on the drawing. These are called grips, and you’ll learn
more about them in the next chapter (see Figure 1.21).
7. Right-click and select Copy.
8. Click inside the other drawing window to make it active.
9. Right-click and select Paste. The clip appears at the cursor in the new drawing.
10. Position the clip in the middle of the rectangle you drew earlier and left-click the mouse.
The clip is copied into the second drawing.
11. This ends the exercises for this chapter. Save the file and then exit AutoCAD.
Figure 1.19
After you’ve
selected the first
point of the rect-
angle, you see a
rectangle follow
the motion of
your mouse.
Figure 1.20
The Zoom flyout
gives you an over-
all view of your
drawing.
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