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SWITCHI NG BE TW EEN OPEN D RAWIN GS AND TH E MOD EL

AND LAYOUT VIEWS

As with most Windows programs, you can have several drawings open at one time. AutoCAD

oﬀers the Quick View Drawings tool in the status bar, with which you can easily navigate

among multiple drawings.

When you click the Quick View Drawings tool, you will see a row of drawing preview pan-

els 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 draw-

ing 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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