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CHAPTER 1 Exploring thE AutoCAD AnD AutoCAD lt intErfACE
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 1.9
Flyouts
Click the flyout
arrowhead
to display
additional tools.
Figure 1.10
The tool with a fly-
out will change to
the last tool used.
Select 2-Point from the flyout and
the default Circle tool becomes 2-Point.
The Circle tool starts
out as Center, Radius…
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