User manual AUTODESK AUTOCAD 2010 PREVIEW GUIDE

[. . . ] AutoCAD® 2010 Preview Guide www. autodesk. com/autocad AUTOCAD 2010 PREVIEW GUIDE Table of Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Initial Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Workspaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] As you hover the cursor over a color swatch, the arrow cursor and a black border are displayed in addition to the traditional white border making it easier to see which swatch you are about to select. Figure 35. Color selection www. autodesk. com/autocad http://heidihewett. blogs. com/ 22 AUTOCAD 2010 PREVIEW GUIDE Measure Tools The new MEASUREGEOM command enables you to measure the distance, radius, angle, area, or volume of a selected object or a sequence of points. You can access these tools from the Utilities panel of the Home ribbon tab. However, selecting a different measure tool will set it as the default for the remainder of the AutoCAD session or until a different tool is selected. Figure 36. Measure tools The Distance tool enables you to measure the distance between two points. AutoCAD visually displays the distance, delta x, delta y, and angle in the xy plane within the Drawing Editor. If you select the Multiple option, you can continue picking points and, with each pick, AutoCAD displays the cumulative distance. Other options within the Distance tool are similar to the Polyline command enabling you to switch between Line and Arc measuring modes. You can use the Radius tool to display the radius of a selected arc or circle. The Angle tool measures the angle of a specified arc, circle, line, or vertex. The Area tool enables you to specify points or select objects to display the included area. You can use the Add or Subtract options to determine cumulative areas. As you specify points or select objects, the included area dynamically highlights so that you can see what you've selected!Additional options within the Area tool enable you to switch between line and arc measuring tools so that you can easily measure curved spaces as well as polygonal. Figure 37. Area highlighting www. autodesk. com/autocad http://heidihewett. blogs. com/ 23 AUTOCAD 2010 PREVIEW GUIDE You can use the Volume tool to specify boundary points with visual feedback similar to the Area option, and then specify a height to determine the volume. Additionally, you can display the volume of selected solids or regions. Figure 38. Volume highlighting Reverse Tools The new REVERSE command enables you to reverse the direction of lines, polylines, splines, and helixes. The ability to change the direction of these objects provides you with more control, such as the display of special linetypes. Figure 39. Reverse results In addition to the new REVERSE command, the PEDIT command has been updated to include a new Reverse option. Simply select the polyline you want to edit and choose the Reverse option. The results are the same as using the REVERSE command. www. autodesk. com/autocad http://heidihewett. blogs. com/ 24 AUTOCAD 2010 PREVIEW GUIDE Figure 40. Reverse option Spline Editing Tools The updated SPLINEDIT command includes a new option to convert a spline to a polyline. [. . . ] With AutoCAD, you can have both. CUIx File In AutoCAD 2010, the CUI file is replaced with the new CUIx file format. A CUIx file is a package file format that helps to improve performance when working with the CUI Editor. In addition to typical CUI information, a CUIx file contains the custom images used by the commands defined in the file. Action Macros User interface for Action Macros have been simplified for increased usability and efficiency. The option to "Request User Input" has been renamed to "Pause for User Input" and the corresponding icon has been updated for consistency with the user icons in the Action Tree. [. . . ]