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CHAPTER 1 Exploring thE AutoCAD AnD AutoCAD lt intErfACE
4. You’re still in Zoom Realtime mode. Click and drag the mouse again to see how you can
further adjust your view. To exit, you can select another command besides a Zoom or Pan,
press the Esc key, or right-click your mouse and choose Exit from the shortcut menu.
5. Right-click now and choose Exit from the shortcut menu to exit the Zoom Realtime
command.
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
drawings, 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 Save As from the Application menu), 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 B for details.
Figure 1.15
The final view
you want to
achieve in step 3
of the exercise
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