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Using the F2 key

Using the F2 key - AutoCAD Tutorial

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Using the F2 key

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- [Instructor] Once again, we're starting another chapter in our AutoCAD using the command line course. And we're going to be looking at function keys and the option star lock box, in a little bit more detail. So, you'll notice we've got a new drawing for you, it's called functionkeys.dwg. As usual, you can download it from the library on the website and use it to follow along with these particular videos in this chapter. You can see the drawing is also very similar to the one we used previously in other chapters and other videos. So, the first thing we're going to look at, is the F2 key, the function two key. You'll see that what it does is it opens up the autoCAD command line window and you can see there, that you've got various commands that I've applied to this drawing as I've been working. In fact, I say various, there's only one, where I've switched off the 3D object snaps. You can see from scratch there, where I've opened up an autoCAD 2013 format file, regenerated the model…

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