following operating systems:
•Microsoft Windows 7® Enterprise
•Microsoft Windows 7® Ultimate
•Microsoft Windows 7® Professional
•Microsoft Windows 7® Home Premium
•Microsoft Windows 8®
•Microsoft Windows 8® Pro
•Microsoft Windows 8® Enterprise
* Please note: VBA is not supported on Windows XP professional for 64-bit systems
| Additional Requirements For 3D Modeling | |
| Processor | 32-bit Intel Pentium® 4 processor or AMD Athlon™, 3.0GHz or greater or Intel or AMD Dual Core processor, 2.0 GHz or greater |
| RAM | 4 GB Ram or more 6 GB free hard disk available not including installation requirements |
| Graphics Card | 1280 × 1024 True color video display adapter with 128 MB or greater, Pixel Shader 3.0 or greater, Direct3D® capable workstation class graphics card. Please note: 64-bit Operating Systems are recommended if you are working with Large Datasets, Point Clouds and 3D modeling. |
A Wheel mouse has two or more buttons and a small wheel between the two topside buttons. The default functions for the two top buttons and the Wheel are as follows:
Left Hand button is for input and can't be reprogrammed.
Right Hand button is for Enter or the shortcut menu.
The Wheel may be used to Zoom and Pan or Zoom and display the Object Snap menu. You will learn more about this later.
The following describes how to select the Wheel functions. After you understand the functions, you may choose to change the setting.
To change the setting you must use the MBUTTONPAN variable.
MBUTTONPAN setting 1: (Factory setting)
| ZOOM | Rotate the wheel forward to zoom inRotate the wheel backward to zoom out |
| ZOOM EXTENTS | Double click the wheel to view entire drawing |
| PAN | Press the wheel and drag the mouse to move the drawing on the screen. |
MBUTTONPAN setting 0:
| ZOOM | Rotate the wheel forward to zoom inRotate the wheel backward to zoom out |
| OBJECT SNAP | Object Snap menu will appear when you press the wheel |
To change the setting:
1.Type: mbuttonpan <enter>
2.Enter 0 or 1 <enter>
Command Line
Dynamic Input
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:
1.Open Multiple Files.
2.Easily switch from one open drawing to another.
3.Test your current AutoCAD skills.
4.Plot from Model Space.
Note:
This lesson should be used to determine whether or not you are ready for this level of instruction. If you have difficulty creating Exercises 1A, 1B and 1C you should consider reviewing the “Exercise Workbook for Beginning AutoCAD 2014” before going on to Lesson 2.
The new File Tabs tool allows you to have multiple drawings open at the same time. If the File Tabs tool is switched on, you can open existing saved drawings or create new ones
The File Tabs tool is located on the User Interface panel of the View tab, and is a Light Blue color when switched on.
How to open an existing saved drawing from the Files Tab
1.Right mouse click on the ‘+’ icon.
2.Select Open from the menu.
3.Locate the Directory and Folder for the previously saved file.
4.Select
