Getting to Know AutoCAD - AutoCAD 2011 and AutoCAD LT 2011: No Experience Required - page 4

FiGuRE 1.2 The New Features Workshop dialog box
the Customer involvement Program
AutoCAD 2011 is among a large number of Autodesk products that provide the
opportunity to participate in a customer involvement program (CIP). The CIP is
designed to collect nonpersonal information about your Autodesk products and
computer system to help the product programmers and developers design soft-
ware that best meets your needs. If you haven't yet agreed or declined to partici-
pate, the Customer Involvement Program dialog box (Figure 1.3) might prompt
you to join when you first start AutoCAD.
Participation is strictly voluntary and, if you choose to participate, AutoCAD
will periodically send a small file to Autodesk containing information such as
your software name and version, the commands you use, and your system con-
figuration information. An Internet connection is required, and you must ensure
that your firewall settings don't prevent the information from being transmitted.
Exploring the AutoCAD user interface
Once you dismiss all of the initial dialog boxes, AutoCAD opens to display its
default user interface, or UI as it's sometimes called. Collectively known as the
graphics window , the user interface can be broken down into numerous parts.