AutoCAD Notes

Setting Up a New Drawing in AutoCAD 2006

When you first open up AutoCAD, the screen will look like this. You are automatically placed in model space (where you want to create your model/drawing). You will notice menus at the top of the screen. You may have menus placed on both sides as well.

These are all the toolbars you will need to have handy for the topics and commands we will be covering in this course. You can access these toolbars by right clicking on any existing toolbar, and selecting it from the list that appears.

This is a recommended layout for the toolbars. You can play around with them if you wish and come up with a layout that suits you better, but the layout provided gives you the most work space in the middle of the screen, while still having access to all of the needed buttons. If you wish, you can increase your monitor resolution from 1024x768 up to 1280x1024. This will increase the amount of screen space you have, and allow you to have more toolbars open for less used commands.

When you first open up AutoCAD, the screen will look like this. You are automatically placed in model space (where you want to create your model/drawing). You will notice menus at the top of the screen. You may have menus placed on both sides as well.

These are all the toolbars you will need to have handy for the topics and commands we will be covering in this course. You can access these toolbars by right clicking on any existing toolbar, and selecting it from the list that appears.

This is a recommended layout for the toolbars. You can play around with them if you wish and come up with a layout that suits you better, but the layout provided gives you the most work space in the middle of the screen, while still having access to all of the needed buttons. If you wish, you can increase your monitor resolution from 1024x768 up to 1280x1024. This will increase the amount of screen space you have, and allow you to have more toolbars open for less used commands.