AutoCAD Land Desktop has additional context-sensitive menus that you can access by selecting an object and right-clicking.

To change the menu display, change the current workspace.

In the Workspace toolbar list, select another workspace from the list. To display the Workspaces toolbar, click Projects menu and choose Workspaces. Enter WSCURRENT at the command line, and then enter the workspace name.

Toolbars
When you start AutoCAD Land Desktop, the AutoCAD Standard and Object Properties toolbars are displayed at the top of the window, and the Modify and Draw toolbars are displayed on the left side of the graphics screen. You can display other toolbars with various tool categories. Each toolbar contains a set of tools that represents specific commands in a category. Start a command by clicking a tool. To identify a tool, move the pointer slowly over the tool. A small label, or ToolTip, displays the tool name, as shown in the following illustration.

To display AutoCAD Land Desktop toolbars

Steps 1 Right-click in an empty toolbar space and select Land from the list.The Land toolbars are listed. 2 Specify a toolbar. A checkmark displays next to your selection. Use to locate

Toolbar Command

Accessing AutoCAD Land Desktop Commands

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Transparent Commands
You can use the command line to access a second command without leaving the first command. To use a command transparently, type an apostrophe () before the command name on the command line. For example, if you are using LINE to draw a line, you can type zoom (z) or pan (p) to change the view of the drawing and the LINE command remains active. After you have finished using a command transparently, the suspended command continues.

Note The only commands that you can use transparently are commands that
do not select or create objects, or commands that do not regenerate or end drawings.

Establishing Settings
Early in a project you should establish the following settings:

User preferences Drawing settings Prototype settings Data file settings

Note When you start a new drawing, you also set up the drawing for units,
zone, sheet size, and so on. For more information, see Setting Up Drawings on page 30.

User Preferences
The User Preferences control three main aspects of the program: file paths, drawing setup method, and AutoCAD overrides.

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Chapter 2

Getting Started with AutoCAD Land Desktop