Making user interface changes

You can change the way AutoCAD looks by moving the panels and tabs and by activating the toolbars. Let’s start by modifying the ribbon area, which has all the panels and tabs.

Click and drag on the blank part of the Draw panel of the Home tab and move your cursor in the drawing area. You will notice that the Draw panel will detach from the Home tab and will now show up in the drawing area. Similarly, you can drag out other panels from different tabs and place them anywhere in the drawing area.

To send the panels back to their original location on the ribbon area, click the return panel icon, as shown in Figure 8.30:

Figure 8.30: Return panel icon highlighted in the red circle

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