From the course: AutoCAD 2014 Essential Training: 1 Interface and Drawing Management
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Moving forward
From the course: AutoCAD 2014 Essential Training: 1 Interface and Drawing Management
Moving forward
If you'll indulge me, I'd like to take a minute and make some minor changes to my interface. I do this because I'm working with a small screen size, and I want to be sure I have as much drawing space as possible as we progress through the remainder of the essentials series. You will not have to make these changes. I'm only showing you this so that in future lessons you will know why my interface looks a little different than yours. The first thing I'm going to do is dock the command line. I do this because the floating history can get in the way on a small screen. Let me show you what I mean. I'm going to move up and launch the line command, and then as I pick points on screen, you can see the last three lines of history there above the command line. The problem is, when this history is visible, it becomes a non-selectable part of the drawing. And on a small screen, this can cause some frustration. So, I'm going to press Escape to cancel the line command. And to dock the command line,…
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Opening an AutoCAD drawing4m 6s
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Understanding mouse functions2m 33s
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Zooming, panning, and regenning5m 2s
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Working in a multiple-document environment3m
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Saving your work2m 39s
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Understanding templates4m 28s
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Plotting from model space6m 58s
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Plotting a layout2m 10s
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Moving forward2m 18s
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