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computer system to help the product programmers and developers design soft-
ware that best meets your needs. If you haven’t yet agreed or declined to partici-
pate, the Customer Involvement Program dialog box (Figure1.4) might prompt
you to join when you first start AutoCAD.
FIGURE 1.4 The Autodesk Customer Involvement Program dialog box
Participation is strictly voluntary and, if you choose to participate, AutoCAD
will periodically send a small file to Autodesk containing information such
as your software name and version, the commands you use, and your system
configuration information. An Internet connection is required, and you must
ensure that your firewall settings don’t prevent the information from being
transmitted.
Exploring the AutoCAD User Interface
After you dismiss all of the initial dialog boxes, AutoCAD opens to display its
default user interface, or UI as it’s sometimes called. Collectively known as the
Application window, the user interface can be broken down into numerous
parts. Many of these parts remain unchanged regardless of how the software is
configured, whereas other elements may not always be viewable. I’ll explain how
AutoCAD chooses to configure the user interface shortly. At this point, however,
your graphics window should look similar to Figure1.5.
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