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Using the AutoCAD infobar

Using the AutoCAD infobar - AutoCAD Tutorial

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Using the AutoCAD infobar

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- [Instructor] We're going to stay in the interface.dwg file. And what we're going to take a look at in this particular video is the info bar function within the AutoCAD interface. Now, that's located on the top right corner of your AutoCAD screen. Look for this little box here that says type a keyword or phrase. If you click in there, you can actually type in a keyword, say, line, for example. And if you click on the magnifying glass, that will then search all the results in help for any incidents of that word that you've typed in here, such as line. Now, what you can also do is, you can expand this and unexpand it, you'll notice as well, which means that you can see a longer file name here in the title bar too if you need to. Now, the little blue head and shoulders icon there is letting me know that I'm in my Autodesk account. And you have to sign into your Autodesk account to access those online servers that integrate with your desktop software. So AutoCAD is a subscription-based…

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