L-Edit Quick-Start Guide

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This guide is intended to supply the AutoCAD LT user with a tutorial and reference for. quickly gaining proficiency with the AutoCAD LT software layout tool …

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AutoCAD LT
Quick Start Guide
Nathan Kupp
Princeton University
PRISM REU Program 20061. Introduction
This guide is intended to supply the AutoCAD LT user with a tutorial and reference for quickly gaining proficiency with the AutoCAD LT software layout tool. Similar to the L-Edit guide, this guide does not provide an exhaustive reference to all the features of AutoCAD LT, as a complete documentation of these features is provided in the AutoCAD LT Help menu. Since this guide is focused on layout-driven design, many of AutoCAD’s features are superfluous as it is geared toward a very wide range of CAD applications. For layout, only a few features are required, which accelerates the learning curve of AutoCAD.
2. User Interface
The user interface provided by AutoCAD LT is similar to that of many other CAD and layout design software packages. Upon starting AutoCAD LT, a dialog is displayed asking whether the user wants to open or create a drawing. For the purposes of layout, we will “Start from Scratch” and create a metric drawing. Select this option from the menu as shown below.
Figure 1. AutoCAD LT Today Dialog
At this point AutoCAD LT will display a white drawing area with a set of toolbars. The important buttons and features…

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