AutoCAD 2009 Features and Enhancements

This latest version of AutoCAD brings quite a few significant changes. The user interface has been streamlined considerably with the addition of the new "Ribbon", and regular menus are gone! (Don't worry though, this lesson series will show you how to turn them back on.) Other new features include Quick-Properties, the Action Recorder, new visualization tools such as the View Cube and Steering Wheels and much more.

 

If you've upgraded to AutoCAD 2009 or are considering an upgrade, this lesson series is invaluable.

 

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Note: This training series is also available as part of the "AutoCAD 2009 Upgrades" training series, covering AutoCAD 2004 through 2009.

 

Lesson Highlights for AutoCAD 2009 Features and Enhancements

  • Introduction and Overview
    • User interface changes (there are many!)
    • Action recorder
    • Layer manager enhancements
    • Visualization tools
    • Miscellaneous enhancements
  • The Menu Browser
    • New color schemes
    • No more menu bar?
    • The menu browser
    • Menu search features
    • Recent actions list
  • The Quick-Access Toolbar
    • Introducing "Quick Properties"
    • Configuring the Quick Access Toolbar
    • Status bar - text or icons
  • Quick-View Layouts and Drawings
    • Quick View Layouts
    • Quick View Drawings
    • More status bar enhancements
  • The Ribbon
    • The ribbon replaces the dashboard
    • Ribbon options including docking
    • Editing and configuring the ribbon
  • The Action Recorder
    • Create macros of AutoCAD commands
    • Customizing a macro sequence
    • Editing macros
  • Layer Management Enhancements
    • Many new layer enhancements
  • The Show Motion Tool
    • Create screen playbacks
    • Create custom transitions
  • The View Cube
    • New 3D navigational tool
    • Configuration and customization
  • The Steering Wheel
    • New navigational tools
    • Mini-wheels
  • Steering Wheel Settings
    • Steering wheel options and settings
  • The "Tour Building" Tool
    • Creating a walk-through with this new tool
  • Various New Features
    • Controlling hidden messages
    • New preview feature for arrays
    • Find and replace block attributes
    • XREF clipping with grips
    • Exporting layout tabs
  • Summary and review

Requirements: Pentium or faster computer, 1024 x 768 or higher video resolution, sound card and speakers, CD-ROM drive, 128 MB RAM (256 MB recommended). Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP, or Vista. (Windows 95 is not supported). Macromedia flash player 5.0 or higher.

 

Basic installation requires 10 MB hard drive space. Additional hard drive space is required if you choose to store the lesson files on your hard drive instead of running them from the CD-ROM. Note that lesson files can be stored on a network hard drive and shared among other registered users of the product. (A separate copy must be purchased for each computer that you wish to run the software on.)