Working with Hatches, Gradients, and Tool Palettes - AutoCAD 2011 and AutoCAD LT 2011: No Experience Required - page 588

FiGuRE 11.34 The Commands palette with four command icons
If you set the palettes to Auto-hide, they fold under the palette title bar. When
you put your cursor on the bar, the palettes display and then hide a moment after
your cursor moves off the palettes. To activate Auto-hide, right-click the palette
title bar and choose Auto-hide from the context menu, or click the Auto-hide
button under the X at the top of the palette's title bar.
This has been a brief introduction to the palette feature. To become familiar
with palettes so that you can use them as you find the need, experiment with the
various options. Try right-clicking a blank portion of a palette and investigating
the commands available on the resulting context menu. From this menu, you can
delete any palette and you can copy and paste tools from one palette to another.
if You Would Like More Practice…
If you would like to practice what you've learned in this chapter, here are a couple
of extra exercises.
Creating the Hatch Patterns
for the other Elevations
To create your hatch pattern for the roof, make these changes and additions to
11A-FPLAY3.dwg :
1. Make the A-ELEV-WALL-PATT layer current.