AutoCAD Workspaces PDF

Terminologies Workspaces in AutoCAD There are three workspaces available in AutoCAD:  Drafting & Annotation  3D Basics  3D Modeling By default, the Drafting & Annotation workspace is activated. You can create 2D drawings in this workspace. You can also activate other workspaces by usin...

Terminologies Workspaces in AutoCAD There are three workspaces available in AutoCAD:  Drafting & Annotation  3D Basics  3D Modeling By default, the Drafting & Annotation workspace is activated. You can create 2D drawings in this workspace. You can also activate other workspaces by using the Workspace Switching menu on the lower-right corner of the window. Drafting & Annotation Workspace This workspace has all the tools to create a 2D drawing. It has a ribbon located at the top of the screen. The ribbon is arranged in a hierarchy of tabs, panels, and tools. Panels such as Draw, Modify, and Layers consist of tools which are grouped based on their usage. Panels in turn are grouped into various tabs. For example, the panels such as Draw, Modify, are Layers are located in the Home tab. 3D Basics and 3D Modeling Workspaces These workspaces are used to create 3D models. You will learn more about these workspaces in succeeding modules. Application Menu The Application Menu appears when you click on the icon located at the top left corner of the window. The Application Menu consists of a list of self-explanatory menus. You can see a list of recently opened documents or a list of currently opened documents by clicking the Recent Documents and Open Documents buttons, respectively. The Search Bar is used to search for any command. You can type any keyword in the search bar and find a list of commands related to it. Quick Access Toolbar This is located at the top left corner of the window and helps you to access commands, quickly. It consists of commonly used commands such as New, Save, Open, Save As, and so on. File tabs Files tabs are located below the ribbon. You can switch between different drawing files by using the file tabs. Also, you can open a new file by using the + button, easily. Graphics Window Graphics window is the blank space located below the file tabs. You can draw objects and create 3D graphics in the graphics window. The top left corner of the graphics window has In-Canvas Controls. Using these controls, you can set the orientation and display style of the model. ViewCube The ViewCube allows you to navigate in the 3D Modeling and 2D drafting environments. Using the ViewCube, you can set the orientation of the model. For example, you can select the top face of the ViewCube to set the orientation to Top. You can click the corner points to set the view to Isometric. Navigation Bar The Navigation Bar contains navigation tools such as Steering wheel, Pan, Zoom, Orbit, and Show Motion. Command line The command line is located below the graphics window. It is very easy to execute a command using the command line. You can just type the first letter of a command and it lists all the commands starting with that letter. This makes you to activate commands very easily and increases your productivity. Status Bar Status Bar is located at the bottom of the AutoCAD window. It contains many buttons which help you to create a drawing very easily. You can turn ON or OFF these buttons just by clicking on them. Some buttons are hidden by default. You can display more buttons on the status bar by clicking the Customization button at the bottom right corner and selecting the options from the menu. The buttons available on the status bar are briefly discussed in the following section.