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Chapter 1: Understanding The Autocad 2007 Interface: 1. Title Bar

This document describes the main components of the AutoCAD 2007 interface, including the title bar, menu bar, toolbars, drawing area, command window, and status bar. It explains the functions of common toolbars like the Draw, Modify, and Dimension toolbars. The drawing area displays drawings and contains features like crosshairs, the UCS icon, and model/layout tabs. The command window displays prompts and messages, and the status bar shows coordinates and drawing aids.

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Chapter 1: Understanding The Autocad 2007 Interface: 1. Title Bar

This document describes the main components of the AutoCAD 2007 interface, including the title bar, menu bar, toolbars, drawing area, command window, and status bar. It explains the functions of common toolbars like the Draw, Modify, and Dimension toolbars. The drawing area displays drawings and contains features like crosshairs, the UCS icon, and model/layout tabs. The command window displays prompts and messages, and the status bar shows coordinates and drawing aids.

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Chapter1:UnderstandingtheAutoCAD2007Interface

AfterstartingAutoCAD2007youfaceapage,whichisyourdesignworkspace.Itcontainstheelements
thatyouwillusetocreateyourdesigns&receiveinformationaboutthem.Thefollowingillustration
showsthemainpartsoftheAutoCAD2007window.

Fig1.1:TypicallayoutoftheAutoCAD2007screen.

1. TitleBar
PlacedatthetopofthewindowthisshowsthenameoftheprogramAutoCAD2004.Thename
ofthecurrentdrawing(orDrawing1.dwg,ifthecurrentdrawinghasnotbeensaved)appearsin
theTitleBarofthedrawingareaordocumentwindow.Ifthedrawingwindowhasbeen
maximized,thenameofthedrawingappearsinthemainTitleBar.

2.MenuBar
LocatedbelowtheTitleBar,itcontainsthedefaultAutoCADmenus.Menusaredefinedby
menufilesthatyoucanmodifyordesignonyourown.

3.Toolbars
AnumberoftoolbarsappearonthescreenbelowtheInlineBar.Commandscanbeactivated
byclickingthebuttonsonthevariousToolbars.AppearanceofvariousToolbarsisoptionalandtheir
positioncanbeshifted.ThemostcommonToolbarsthatappearbydefaultincludethefollowing:

a.StandardToolbars
Containsfrequentlyusedbuttons,suchasRedo,Undo,ZoomaswellasMicrosoft
OfficestandardButtonssuchasOpen,Save,Cut,Copy,andPasteetc.

b.ObjectPropertiesToolbars
Itcontainstwotoolbars.OneisLayerstoolbarandanotherisPropertiestoolbar.It
createsnewlayersandmanageslayers.Setsobjectpropertiessuchascolor,linetypeand
lineweight.

c.DrawandModifyToolbars
Provideaccesstocommondrawandmodifycommands.ThedrawandModify
toolbarsaredisplayedwhenyoustartAutoCAD.Thesetoolbarsaredockedontheleftand
rightsideofthewindow.Youcaneasilymovetoolbarsandturnthemonandoff.

4.DrawingArea
Displaysdrawings.Thedrawingareasizevaries,dependingonthesizeoftheAutoCADwindow
andonthenumberotherelements(suchastoolbarsanddialogboxes)thataredisplayed.Thiscontains
thefollowingmainfeatures:

a.CrosshairsorCursor
Identifiespickanddrawingpointswithinthedrawingarea.Usethe
crosshairs/coursor,whicharecontrolledbyyourpointingdevice,tolocatepointsand
selectanddrawobjects.

b.UserCoordinateSystem(UCS)icon
Showstheorientationofthedrawing.AutoCADdrawingsaresuperimposedonan
invisiblegrid,orcoordinatesystem.CoordinatesystemsarebasedonX,YandZ(or3D)

coordinates.AutoCADhasaFixedworldcoordinatesystem(WCS)andamovableuser
coordinatesystem(UCS).TohelpyouvisualizeUCSlocationandorientation,aUCSiconis
displayedinthelowerleftcornerofthedrawingarea.

c.ModelTabandLayoutTabs
Switchyourdrawingbetweenmodel(drawing)spaceandpaper(layout)space.
Yougenerallycreateyourdrawingsinmodelspaceandthencreatelayoutstoplotand
printyourdrawinginpaperspaces.

5.CommandWindow
Displayspromptsandmessages.InAutoCAD,youstartcommandsinoneofthreeways:

Chooseanitemformatmenuorashortcutmenu,
Clickabuttononatoolbar,
Enterthecommandonthecommandline.

However,evenifyouchoosecommandsfrommenusandtoolbars,AutoCADmaydisplaycommand
promptsandthecommandhistory(pressF2buttononkeyboard)inacommandwindow.

6.StatusBar
Displaysthecursorcoordinatesinthelowerleftcorner.Thestatusbaralsocontainsbuttons
thatyoucanusetoturnoncommondrawingaids.Theseinclude:
SNAP(snapmodeF9)

GRID(drawinggridF7)

ORTHO(orthomodeF8)

POLAR(polartrackingF10)

OSNAP(objectsnapsF3)

OTRACK(objectsnapstrackingF11)

LWT(lineweightdisplay)

MODEL(model/paperspacetoggle)


COMMONLYUSEDTOOLBARS:

THEDRAWINGTOOLBARTHEMODIFYINGTOOLBAR

COMMONLYUSEDTOOLBARS:

THE3DTOOLBAR

THEDIMENSIONTOOLBAR

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