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Are You Experienced?
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you release the middle button. The second function of the middle scroll wheel is
to zoom in/out within your drawing. When scrolling toward the screen, you will
zoom into your drawing. Conversely, when scrolling away from the screen, you
will zoom out from your drawing.
AutoCAD makes extensive use of toolbars and the right-click menu feature.
This makes your mouse an important input tool. The keyboard is necessary for
inputting numeric data and text, and it has hot keys and aliases that can speed
up your work; however, the mouse is the primary tool for selecting options and
controlling toolbars.
The next chapter will familiarize you with a few basic commands that will enable
you to draw a small diagram. If you want to take a break and close AutoCAD, choose
Application Menu
➢ Exit AutoCAD (lower-right corner), and choose not to save the
drawing.
Are You Experienced?
Now you can…
recognize the elements of the AutoCAD Application window
understand how the command window works and why it’s important
start commands from the Ribbon
start commands from the command line
use the Application menu
display the drop-down menus
open and control the positioning of toolbars
save a workspace of your screen setup in AutoCAD
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