Autodesk 003A1-121111-1001 - AutoSketch v.9.0, Getting Started

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Tutorial 2 — Create a Birdhouse Drawing
Introduction
Before you start drawing, make sure the drawing setup works for your needs.
Consider the page size, page layout, scale, grid, layers, and so on.
Once you set up your drawing, you can begin to draw entities, move them to
fit the page, set dimensions, and enter annotations. By the time you have
completed this exercise, you will have created a drawing that you can use to
build an actual birdhouse.
Note
At the end of each exercise, you can take a break or move to the next
exercise. Be sure to save your work at the end of each exercise, because each sub-
sequent exercise builds on the one before it.
Set Up the Birdhouse Drawing
Before you create the birdhouse, make sure your drawing is properly set up.
You can set up the Birdhouse drawing by resetting the interface to its original
state.
In this exercise, you learn to
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Open a drawing.
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Reset the interface.
To set up the Birdhouse drawing
1 On the File menu, click Open.
2 In the Open dialog box, navigate to the following location:
C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoSketch9\Drawings