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A top level clickable name reveals commands and/or sub menus below.

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This behavior is controlled by the SHORTCUTMENU system variable.ĭrop-down, or pull-down menus have been around since almost the beginning of AutoCAD, long before Windows was a platform. If there is a command active, a different menu may appear when you right-click. You can customize this menu, like most other UI items. This pop-up menu contains recent commands, and other common commands. By default, Layout Tabs are oriented at the bottom of the editor window and if the command line is docked, below that – in the status bar area.īy default, with no command active, if you right-click in the drawing editor, you will get the Shortcut Menu.

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There is always a tab containing a plus sign for the creation of a new layout. Left-click on a tab to make it current, and right-click on a tab to access more options such as Print, Move, or Rename. Layout tabs provide access to Model Space and each Layout in a given document. By default, File Tabs are oriented at the top of the documents, below the Ribbon. There is always a tab containing a plus sign to open a new document using the QNEW command. Left-click on a tab to make it current, and right-click on a tab to access more options, such as Save and Close. File Tabsįile tabs provide access to all open documents in a minimal amount of space. Generally speaking, gray means the toggle is off, and blue means the toggle it on. You can hover your cursor over each icon to find its purpose.

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But the icons will wrap up to a second row if needed, and on any decent sized monitor these days, at 1920×1080 resolution, you can enable all of the status bar icons and they fit with ease.īelow is a stock status bar, along with the control icon on the far right, expanded to show you the other available icons ( Click on the image below for a full size version) We believe Autodesk does this because on a small monitor, all of the icons may not fit across on one row. By default several icons are not enabled, so you might want to turn them on. Since AutoCAD 2015, the status bar contains icons only. Moving to the bottom of the application, you will find the Status Bar. Lastly, in the lower left hand corner, is the UCS icon, which can tell you at a glance if you are in WCS, and/or the general orientation of the UCS. Just below that is the NavBar, that gives you controls for zooming, panning, orbiting, and more. The Viewcube is in the upper right, from which you can change the view and UCS. The viewport controls are in the upper left corner, and allow you to change the view and visual style. The visibility of each of these can be controlled by the user. There are a few elements you may find inside the drawing editor, and are shown in their default location in the image below. For example, if a HATCH object is selected, a contextual tab with hatch editing command appears automatically. Contextual tabs are very powerful, they appear with panels of commands and options relating to whatever task is at hand and/or whatever entity type is selected. It can be heavily customized by administrators and end users. It contains various commands organized into tabs and panels. The ribbon is a UI tool that first appeared in AutoCAD 2009. Below is the stock QAT, highlighted to show its position. But like most other UI elements, you can customize this to meet your desires. By default the QAT contains icons for the following commands: Qnew, Open, QSave, SaveAs, Plot, Undo, and Redo. Right next to the At the top of the UI, in the title bar area, is the Quick Access Toolbar, or QAT. In the image below, we have entered “poly” in the search box, and you can see the results. This can be helpful when you can’t quite remember that command name or its location.

You can type in the full or partial name of any command and a search will be performed on the related commands in the menu. One feature of the Application Menu that many people overlook is the Search Commands portion.

(Tip: Do not double-click on the Application Menu button, unless you want to shut-down AutoCAD) With the click of a button you can change this to a list of currently open drawings. Probably more importantly, the application menu contains links to your most recently accessed drawings, and sheet sets. When you single-click this button a menu drops down that contains some of the same items in the QAT, plus more. (Other products generally have a different color and letter). In AutoCAD, it’s generally contains a big red “A”. The first thing you might see after launching AutoCAD is the Application Menu, in the far upper left corner. In this post, we will review the UI elements in AutoCAD 2018. Whether you are new to AutoCAD, or a seasoned veteran, you might not be fully aware of all of the UI elements available to you.