Beginning AutoCAD 2017. Cheryl R. Shrock

on the same menu.

      INFER CONSTRAINTS (Note: Not used in this workbook)

      Inferred Geometric Constraints automatically applies coincident constraints for Endpoint, Midpoint, Center, Node, and Insertion object snaps.

DYNAMIC INPUT (You may also use F12 to toggle ON or OFF)

      When Dynamic Input is ON, you can enter coordinate values in tooltips near the cursor. More on this in Lesson 11.

      ORTHO MODE (You may also use F8 to toggle ON or OFF)

      Ortho restricts the movement of the cursor to Horizontal or Vertical. When Ortho is ON the cursor moves only in the horizontally or vertically. When Ortho is OFF the cursor moves freely in any direction.

      POLAR TRACKING (You may also use F10 to toggle ON or OFF)

      Polar Tracking restricts cursor movement to specified increments along a polar angle. More on this in Lesson 11.

      You may set the increments by clicking on the down arrow and selecting Tracking Settings, or you can select one of the predefined angles from the list.

      ISOMETRIC DRAFTING

      Isometric drawing allows you to simulate a 3D object by aligning along 3 axes, these are Top, Right and Left, called Isoplanes. When the button is enabled you can toggle the Isoplanes by pressing the F5 key. Isometric Drafting is discussed in the Advanced AutoCAD Workbook.

      You may also change Isoplanes by clicking the down arrow and selecting from the menu.

      OBJECT SNAP TRACKING (You may also use F11 to toggle ON or OFF) Object Snap Tracking controls the display of object snap reference lines, AutoSnap marker, tooltip and magnet.

      2D OBJECT SNAP (You may also use F3 to toggle ON or OFF)

      When 2D Object Snap is ON the cursor will “snap” to preset locations on 2D objects. More on this in Lesson 4.

      You may also add or remove Object Snaps by clicking the down arrow and selecting from the menu.

      LINEWEIGHT

      Lineweight displays the width assigned to each object. When it is ON the lineweights are visible. You can change the lineweight settings by clicking on the down arrow and selecting Lineweight Settings. More on this in Lesson 3.

      TRANSPARENCY

      When Transparency Show/Hide is ON all transparent layers will be displayed. If it is OFF no layers will display as transparent. More on this in Lesson 3.

      SELECTION CYCLING

      Selection Cycling allows you to select objects that are overlapping. This is most useful when creating 3 dimensional models discussed in the Advanced AutoCAD Workbook.

      3D OBJECT SNAP (You may also use F4 to toggle ON or OFF)

      When 3DOsnap is ON the cursor will “snap” to preset locations on 3D objects. This option will be discussed in the “Advanced AutoCAD Workbook.”

      DYNAMIC UCS (You may also use F6 to toggle ON or OFF)

      Dynamic User Coordinate System changes the grid plane to follow the XY plane of the dynamic UCS. Used for 3D, refer to the Advanced AutoCAD Workbook.

      SELECTION FILTERING

      Selection filtering allows you to filter whether certain faces, edges, vertices or solid history subobjects are highlighted when you roll over them, very useful in complex 3D.

      GIZMO

      Gizmo tools help you move, rotate, or scale an object or set of objects along a 3D Plane, and discussed in the “Advanced AutoCAD Workbook.”

      ANNOTATION VISIBILITY

      When switched ON the Annotation Visibility tool displays or hides the visibility of annotation objects at the current scale.

      AUTOSCALE

      When switched ON the AutoScale tool Automatically updates annotative objects to support the annotation scale when the annotation scale is changed.

      ANNOTATION SCALE

      The Annotation Scale tool displays the current annotation scale. You can change the scale by clicking on the down arrow and selecting from the list of predefined scales or you may create a custom scale. You can also display the scale in percentages by selecting Percentages from the list.

      WORKSPACE SWITCHING

      Workspace Switching allows you to change the workspace environment, you can choose