In this lesson, you learn how to start AutoCAD. You also learn about the basic
areas of the AutoCAD window.
To download tutorial file
1 Go to http://www.autodesk.com/autocad-tutorials.
2 Unzip getting_started_basics.zip to C:\My Documents\Tutorials.
To start AutoCAD
1 To open AutoCAD, click Start menu (Windows) ➤ (All) Programs ➤
Autodesk ➤ AutoCAD 2010 ➤ AutoCAD 2010 - English.
NOTE If the New Features dialog box appears, select Maybe later and OK
to close it.
The AutoCAD window opens with an empty drawing file named
Drawing1.dwg.
2 Before moving on to the next lesson, become familiar with the areas of
the AutoCAD window labeled below.