Читать книгу AutoCAD For Dummies онлайн

65 страница из 139

8 Save your work:Click the Save button on the Quick Access toolbar, or press Ctrl+S.Because you haven’t saved the drawing yet, AutoCAD opens the Save Drawing As dialog box. Navigate to a suitable folder by choosing from the Save In drop-down list or double-clicking folders in the list of folders below it. I remembered to remind you to remember where you save the file so that you can find it later. (And remember the three signs of old age: The first is loss of memory … I forget the other two.)Type a name in the File Name text box.For example, type My Plate Is Base. Depending on your Windows Explorer or File Explorer settings, you may or may not see the .dwg extension in the File Name text box. In any case, you don’t need to type it — AutoCAD adds it for you.Click Save.AutoCAD saves the new DWG file to the folder you specified.

The good news is that it isn’t necessary to complete all these steps for every new drawing. ssss1 goes into more detail about drawing setup, describes why all these gyrations are necessary, and tells you how to avoid doing them more than once by defining your own template files.