Getting to Know AutoCAD - AutoCAD 2011 and AutoCAD LT 2011: No Experience Required - page 5

FiGuRE 1.3 The Customer Involvement Program dialog box

Many of these parts remain unchanged regardless of how the software is con-
figured, whereas other elements may not always be viewable. We'll discuss how
AutoCAD chooses to configure the user interface shortly. At this point, however,
your graphics window should look similar to Figure 1.4.

Standard AutoCAD Workspaces

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AutoCAD provides the following standard workspaces:

autoCaD
and autoCaD Lt
offer numerous
dialog boxes with
various combina-
tions of buttons and
text boxes. You'll
learn many of their
functions as you
progress throughout
the topic.

2D Drafting & Annotation Utilizing the Ribbon, this workspace (shown in
Figure 1.4) is considered the default workspace. Unless otherwise specified, this
is also the workspace used throughout this topic.

AutoCAD Classic Mimics the menu-based interface utilized prior to
AutoCAD 2009.

3D Basics Provides the core tools needed to get started with 3D modeling inside
AutoCAD. (For AutoCAD users only. 3D features are not included in AutoCAD LT.)

3D Modeling Provides the complete set of 3D modeling tools found inside AutoCAD,
including materials via the Materials Browser. (For AutoCAD users only. 3D features
are not included in AutoCAD LT.)

initial Setup Workspace You may have one or more Initial Setup Workspaces if
you have completed the steps inside the Initial Setup dialog box one or more times.