Understanding User Interface

About this lesson

Before drawing anything, it pays to know where everything lives. This first lesson tours the progeCAD workspace so you can find commands quickly and set the screen up the way you like to work.

What you'll learn in Understanding User Interface

• How the ribbon, menus and toolbars are organized
• Using the command line to type commands and read prompts
• What the status bar toggles do and how to switch them on and off
• Working with tool palettes and docked panels
• Switching between Model and Layout tabs

Key commands & tools

Coming from AutoCAD? If you're coming from AutoCAD, the layout will feel familiar: the ribbon, command line and status bar sit where you expect, and most command names and aliases are the same.