Autocad 2006 -

Here are some basic tools and commands you should familiarize yourself with:

AutoCAD 2006 still featured the classic "gray background" workspace and the pull-down menus familiar to users from the 1990s. The Ribbon interface (introduced in AutoCAD 2009) did not yet exist. However, the introduction of tooltips, cursor badges, and the Dashboard (a customizable palette of tools) hinted at the more graphical interface to come. autocad 2006

Before 2006, CAD drafting was a two-step game: Command (Line) > Option (Length) > Enter. You looked at the command line at the bottom of the screen, typed a number, and hoped it was right. Here are some basic tools and commands you