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Chapter 1 • Getting Started
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Ribbon
In-canvas
viewport
controls
Cursor
Drawing canvas
UCS icon
Command line
window
Status bar
Application
menu
Quick Access
toolbar
Drawing
title
InfoCenter
Application
handle
Navigation
bar
Drawing-
specific
Windows
controls
AutoCAD-specific
Windows controls
ViewCube
FIGURE 1.1 AutoCAD 2012 user interface
Let’s now step through the basic user interface for AutoCAD:
1. Click the Application menu. Type
polygon and observe that the text
appears in the search box at the top of the Application menu. The
search results (see Figure 1.2) list many related commands. Search
is useful when you’re not sure how to access a command in the inter-
face or what its exact name is.
FIGURE 1.2 Searching for commands in the Application menu
Certification
Objective