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Ribbon

The ribbon is a special tool palette associated with each workspace containing only the tools and
controls relevant to that workspace. For example, the ribbon for the 2D Drafting & Annotation

workspace contains tools relevant to 2D drawing, dimensioning, and annotating, but does not
contain tools for 3D geometry creation.

The ribbon is organized into a series of tabs. Each tab includes a different set of panels with related
commands and controls that may be found on the Classic AutoCAD toolbars and dialog boxes.

Application Menu
You can use the Application Menu to access several key commands such as New, Open, Save, Print,

and Close. Most of these commands lead to submenus that give you more detailed options.

Command Window

The command window is normally located at the bottom of the application window and docked
between the drawing area and status bar. Whether you enter a command manually at the command

line or click a command tool on a toolbar, all commands are passed through and evaluated by the
Command line.

AutoCAD Screen

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