Wiley AutoCAD 2012 and AutoCAD LT 2012: No Experience Required 978-1-1180-1677-0 Manuale Utente

AutoCAD LT for the very first time can be an 

intimidating experience. Faced with such an expansive collection of tools, 
settings, and more, where do you start? To help you answer that question, 
this chapter breaks down the many components of the user interface into 
manageable segments and introduces you to basic operations such as open-
ing drawings. Even if you’ve used earlier versions of AutoCAD, you’ll still 
want to review this chapter to become acquainted with some of the changes 
from recent years.

Although the 2012 release does have some subtle user interface improve-

ments, the AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT interfaces are almost identical. Generally 
speaking, both platforms offer the same 2D drafting experience. The biggest 
difference is that AutoCAD LT has no 3D capability. AutoCAD offers many 
powerful tools for modeling in 3D that are not found in AutoCAD LT. (These 
tools are the topic of Chapter 16, “Creating 3D Geometry,” and Chapter 17, 
“Rendering and Materials.”) With so little separating the two platforms, for 
most purposes in this book I’ll refer to both interchangeably as AutoCAD 
unless otherwise specified.





Opening a new drawing





Becoming familiar with the AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT Application 
windows





Modifying the display





Displaying and arranging AutoCAD tools

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