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Contents Chapter 1 Introduction 1 About IntelliCAD and other CAD software . 2 Using AutoCAD legacy drawings . 3 Using AutoCAD commands with IntelliCAD. 4 Comparing IntelliCAD and CAD to manual drafting . 4 Drawing to scale . 4 Using tools . 5 Organizing information . 6 Drawing accurately . 7 Drawing efficiently . 8 Reusing CAD drawings and entities . 10 Making changes . 11 Working with other data and programs . 11 Using advanced CAD features . 13 Using the IntelliCAD Explorer . 13 Editing multiple documents simultaneously . 13 Editing multiple entities. 13 Using the Customize dialog box . 13 Performing unlimited undo and redo. 13 Getting more information . 13 What’s new in IntelliCAD 6 and 6.1 . 14 What’s new in IntelliCAD 6.1 . 14 What’s new in IntelliCAD 6 . 15 Chapter 2 Getting started 19 System requirements . 20 Installing IntelliCAD . 20 Starting IntelliCAD . 21 Working in IntelliCAD . 21 Displaying commands on a shortcut menu . 23 Displaying and hiding toolbars . 23 Using the command bar . 24 Using the status bar . 25 Using prompt boxes. 26 Selecting commands . 28 Using commands . 28 Starting commands using toolbars. 28 Starting commands using menus . 28 Starting commands using the command bar . 28 Repeating a command . 29 Nesting a command . 29 Using the Prompt History window . 29 IV CONTENTS Using mouse shortcuts. 30 Using scripts . 30 Correcting mistakes . 31 Customizing IntelliCAD . 31 Getting online Help . 32 Saving your drawing . 32 Exiting IntelliCAD . 32 Chapter 3 Working with drawings 33 Creating a new drawing . 34 Opening a drawing . 35 Opening an existing drawing . 35 Opening damaged files . 36 Setting up a drawing . 38 Setting the current layer. 38 Setting the current entity color . 39 Setting the current linetype . 40 Setting the linetype scale . 41 Setting the current lineweight . 42 Setting the current print style. 43 Setting drawing units . 44 Understanding scale factors . 47 Setting the text height . 48 Setting the drawing limits . ..