AutoCAD® Civil 3D® 2012 Essentials: Autodesk® Official Training Guide: Essential

Using the Application Menu

Often called the “big red C,” the application menu (Figure 1.2) expands out from the square Civil 3D icon located at the top-left of your screen. Here you'll find commands for creating, opening, saving, and printing your drawing files.

The Quick Access Toolbar just to the right of the big red C is a handy subset of your most commonly used general-purpose tools.

FIGURE 1.2 Part of the Civil 3D application menu

To use the application menu to open a file, follow these steps:

1. Launch Civil 3D by double-clicking the Civil 3D 2012 Imperial (Metric) icon on the desktop of your computer.
2. Click the application menu (the big ...