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Tips &Tricks
for Using AutoCAD?2006 SoftwareUser Interface
Dynamic Input
Now you can have your command line
conveniently follow your cursor! Simply
turn Dynamic Input ON from the status
bar. Select the arrow down key to display
any command options (or use the familiar
right-click shortcut menus).
Right-click on DYN to view the Dynamic
Input tab of the Drafting Settings dialog.
Here you can indicate how much (or how
little) information you want to display.
To display the command line input
and prompts from the cursor make
sure “Show command prompting” and
“Enable Pointer Input” are toggled ON.
Tip: To turn on Dynamic Input you can also
hit the F12 key.
User Interface
You can control the input format for
coordinates and input values by selecting
Settings (you probably want to stick to
Relative and Polar).
Tip: Turn the traditional command line
On/Off with Control+9.
Creating existing geometry and grip editing
now allows you to change the length
or angle of existing objects by directly
inputting the new value on the screen.
“Enable dimension input where possible”
needs to be toggled on for this to occur.
Note: Use the tab key to toggle between
the two…