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Exploring the AutoCAD 2012 for Windows User Interface
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2. Click the red X at the extreme right edge of the search box to make
the initial Application menu interface reappear; here you can create
new or open existing drawings, export or print drawings, and more.
Hover the cursor over Open and then click Drawing (Figure 1.3).
FIGURE 1.3 Opening a drawing
from the Application menu
3. Select the following sample file and click Open in the Select File
dialog box:
C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD 2012\Sample\
Sheet Sets\Manufacturing\VW252-02-0142.dwg
If you are using AutoCAD LT open any of the sample files located
under: C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD LT 2012\Sample. The
Sheet Set Manager palette appears when the sample file is opened
(see Figure 1.4). This palette automatically appears when you open
any drawing that’s a part of a sheet set. AutoCAD has many palettes
to organize tools and reusable drawing content.
4. Click the Sheet Views tab along the right edge of the Sheet Set
Manager and observe that tabs provide a means of accessing addi-
tional interface content. In its present state, the Sheet Set Manager
is a floating palette. Drag its palette bar and relocate it on screen.
5. Click the Auto-hide toggle and watch the palette collapse to its vertical
palette bar; this saves space on screen. Hover the cursor over the palette
bar and watch the whole palette reappear so you can access its content.
Now toggle Auto-hide off.
Certification
Objective
Sheet sets are
not available in
AutoCAD LT and are
an optional feature
in AutoCAD.
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Drag floating palettes
to a secondary moni-
tor to maximize the
drawing area on your
primary monitor.