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

Using the Ribbon

The ribbon is located at the top of your screen and is the launching pad for most of your Civil 3D commands. The commands that it contains are organized into groups through the use of tabs and panels. The ribbon itself is divided into a series of tabs that include Home, Insert, Annotate, and so on, as illustrated in Figure 1.3.

FIGURE 1.3 Tabs arrange large numbers of similar Civil 3D commands into groups.

Each tab is divided into panels. For instance, the Home tab shown in Figure 1.4 includes the Palettes, Create Ground Data, Create Design, and Profile & Section Views panels.

FIGURE 1.4 Panels provide another level of grouping ...