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FIGURE 1.7: The AutoCAD graphics window using the 3D Modeling workspace
You’ll be using the 2D Drafting & Annotation workspace for the first 15 chap-
ters in this book. In the final two chapters, you’ll switch to the 3D Modeling
workspace. For now, however, you need to get your AutoCAD user interface to
look like Figure 1.6.
NOTE The figures and graphics in this book show the drawing area of
the AutoCAD user interface with a white background, but the default, and pre-
ferred, method is to use a black background to reduce eyestrain. The color
choice in the book is simply for readability.
If your screen looks like Figure 1.7, or isn’t at all like Figure 1.6, you need to
make a few changes:
1. Click the Workspace Switching button in the status bar, and choose
2D Drafting & Annotation, as shown in Figure 1.8. Alternately, you
can enter wscurrent↵ 2d drafting & annotation↵.
SteeringWheels
Tool palettes
ViewCube
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