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List below are the hardware requirements for running AutoCAD 2007 on any system.
Launching AutoCAD is very simple. Double- click the shortcut icon or start the
application by clicking
After a few moments, you could see the AutoCAD 2007 interface as shown in the
following figure.
Properties Toolbar
Draw Toolbar
Cross Hair
Drawing Area
UCS Icon
Command Prompt Window Scroll bars
Layout Tabs
File » New from the Pull-down menu or click on the icon on the Standard toolbar.
A drawing template file contains standard settings. You can select one of the template files
supplied, or create your own template files. Drawing template files have a .dwt file
extension. By default, drawing template files are stored in the template folder.
The behavior of the NEW command is determined by the Startup setting on the system tab
of the options dialog box.
By default, Do not show a startup dialog options is selected in the system tab of the
options dialog box. When show Startup dialog box options is selected, AutoCAD
displays the Startup dialog box as shown below.
Metric
Starts a new drawing based on the Metric measurement system. The default drawing
boundary (the drawing limits) is 420× 297 millimeters.
File » Open from the Pull-down menu or icon from Standard tool bar.
Then following Select file dialogue box will appear. There you can select the location of
the file and open it.
AutoCAD displays the save Drawing As standard file selection dialog box. Then you can
select the exact file saving folder and enter the file name and save the drawing.
File » Close
AutoCAD closes the current drawing, if there have been no changes since the drawing
was last saved. If you have modified the drawing, AutoCAD prompts you to save or
discard the changes.
You can close a file that has been opened in Read-Only mode when you have not made
any changes or willing to discard changes. To save changes to a read-only file, you must
use the SAVEAS command.
Close all
Window » Close All
When you invoke this command, a message box is displayed for each unsaved drawing, in
which you can save any changes to the drawing before closing it.
Quit/exit
File » Quit/Exit
Quits AutoCAD if there have been no changes in all opened drawing since the drawings
were last saved. If the drawing has been modified, AutoCAD displays the Drawing
modification dialog box to prompt you to save or discard the changes before quiting.
1.10Giving Commands
You can give commands in AutoCAD several ways. Following methods are the most
frequently used methods.
1. By typing the commands on the Command prompt. This is located below the drawing
area.
2. Through Pull-down Menu: you can select the command on Pull-down menu and just
click on it to activate the command.