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FIGURE 1.8: Selecting the 2D Drafting & Annotation workspace
2. The 2D Drafting & Annotation workspace may display the tool
palettes on the screen. If the palettes are displayed, you need to turn
them off for now by clicking the X in the upper-right corner. Your
workspace might have different palettes displayed than those shown
in Figure 1.9. If other palettes are still visible, click the X in the
upper-right or upper-left corner of each palette to close them.
FIGURE 1.9: The tool palettes
3. The large area in the middle of the screen is called the drawing area.
It might need adjusting. Enter visualstyles↵ to open the Visual Styles
Manager, and then click the 2D Wireframe option (see Figure 1.10).
Close the Visual Styles Manager.
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LT users can skip
step 3 and move on
to step 4.
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