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CHAPTER 2. USING OF AUTOCAD

2.1 STARTING AUTOCAD

Double-click the AutoCAD 2010 icon on the Windows desktop.

Click Start > All Programs (or Programs) > Autodesk > AutoCAD 2010 > AutoCAD 2010.

2.2 WORKSPACES DEFINED

When you launch the application, the interface elements displayed are only those associated with the

active workspace. A workspace is a task-oriented drawing environment oriented in such a way as to

provide you with only the tools and interface elements necessary to accomplish the tasks relevant to
that environment.

By default, AutoCAD has four workspace configurations:
2D Drafting & Annotation

3D Modeling
AutoCAD Classic

Initial Setup Workspace

2.3 SETTING THE 2D DRAFTING & ANNOTATION WORKSPACE

The following steps give an overview of activating the 2D Drafting & Annotation workspace.

1. Start AutoCAD.
2. Use the default drawing or on the Quick Access toolbar, click New.

3. Select acad.dwt (imperial) or acadiso.dwt (metric) as the template file.

4. Click the Workspaces settings icon, located at the bottom right corner of the AutoCAD window.
Select 2D Drafting & Annotation.

2.4 USER INTERFACE LAYOUT

There are interface elements common to other Windows applications such as ribbon panels,
toolbars, and menus. If you have used other Windows applications, these user interface elements

should appear familiar. However, there are interface elements such as the command line and the
status bar, which are unique to AutoCAD.

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