[...]...Table of Contents    ix UNIT I — SETTING UP DRAWINGS .1 1  Quick Tour of AutoCAD 2011 3 STARTING AUTOCAD 4 TUTORIAL: STARTING AUTOCAD 4 COMMANDS IN AUTOCAD 8 Command Bar 8 Text Window 9 Dynamic Input .9 Mouse ... experience Cengage Learning reserves the right to remove additional content at any time if subsequent rights restrictions require it x 2  Understanding CAD Concepts 41 AUTOCAD USER INTERFACE 42 USER INTERFACE CHANGES IN AUTOCAD 2011 .42 TOURING THE USER INTERFACE 43 TITLE BAR 43 Info Center 43 Window Controls 43... 90 TUTORIAL: STARTING NEW DRAWINGS WITH TEMPLATES 90 STARTUP DIALOG BOX 90 Starting From Scratch 90 Using Templates 91 Using Wizards 92 TUTORIAL: USING THE ADVANCED WIZARD 92 OPEN 96 TUTORIAL: OPENING DRAWINGS 96 Files List 98 Preview ... Keyboard Shortcuts 60 AutoComplete 60 Function Keys 61 Aliases 61 Other Keys 62 USING MOUSE BUTTONS 62 USING DIALOG BOXES 63 Hyphen Prefix 64 System Variables 64 FileDia 64 Expert 65 AttDia... Recent Drawings 18 Open Documents 19 Displaying the Menu Bar 19 CHANGING WORKSPACES .20 AutoCAD Classic Workspace 21 Toolbars 21 EXITING AUTOCAD 22 2D TUTORIAL 23 SETTING UP NEW DRAWINGS .24 DRAWING THE BASE PLATE .25 DRAWING THE SHAFT ... CONSTRUCTION LINES: ADDITIONAL METHODS 217 TUTORIAL: DRAWING WITH CONSTRUCTION LINES 218 REDRAW AND REGEN 221 TUTORIAL: USING THE REDRAW COMMAND 221 TRANSPARENT REDRAWS 222 ZOOM 222 TUTORIAL: USING THE ZOOM COMMAND 222 ZOOM COMMAND: ADDITIONAL METHODS 223 Zoom All 223 Zoom Extents ... 52 Workspaces 52 Tray 52 Tray Options 53 Cleanscreen and Resize Window 53 ENTERING COMMANDS 54 USING THE KEYBOARD .54 Command Input Considerations 55 Repeating Commands 55 Recent Input 55 Dynamic Input ... COPIES 117 MAKING BACKUPS: ADDITIONAL METHODS 119 SaveFilePath 119 Accessing Backup Files 119 QUIT 120 TUTORIAL: QUITTING AUTOCAD 120 EXERCISES 121 CHAPTER REVIEW 123 Copyright 2010 Cengage Learning All Rights Reserved May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part... 207 TUTORIAL: TOGGLING AND SELECTING OSNAP MODE 207 CONTROLLING OSNAP MODES: ADDITIONAL METHODS 208 OSnap (DSettings) 208 ‑OSnap 211 TUTORIAL: USING OBJECT SNAP MODES 211 OTRACK 214 OTRACK OPTIONS 214 AutoTrack Settings 215 Alignment Point Acquisition 215 TUTORIAL:... .68 ePlots 68 PROTECTING DRAWINGS 68 SCREEN POINTING 68 Showing Points by Window Corners 68 COORDINATE SYSTEMS 69 AUTOCAD COORDINATES 70 Cartesian Coordinates 71 Polar Coordinates 72 Cylindrical Coordinates 73 Spherical Coordinates .