Just find out what the thing is called and look for it. So when you're watching a video and the guy says 'go to this ribbon, then click this arrow, and select this thing,' forget all that. This is a Mac OS feature, not an AutoCAD feature all Mac programs have it. If you hover your cursor over one of those results, it will show you exactly where it is in the menu system. If you go to the Help menu and type something in the search field, for example 'arc', it will show you menu items that contain that word. If the icon has a little arrow at the bottom-right corner, then you can click and hold that icon to see more commands that are similar.Ī lot of the tools you need are also in the menus. If you hover your mouse over the icon, you will get a tool tip telling you exactly what it is and what it's command is.

It's much faster to access tools that way.īut if you don't know the command of something, check out the tool set that's usually on the left side on the Mac version. The command line works the same in both versions, and I would highly recommend you get used to the command line. Construction lines are the XLINE command, mirror is MIRROR, and so on. I would highly recommend that you learn the name of the command of whatever tool you're learning. There are many ways to access the tools you need. Secondly, don't be so focused on exactly where you have to click to locate a tool. I remember there being some, but I don't have access anymore to verify. If you prefer the 'ribbon' design of Microsoft's HIG (I don't understand why, it's so bloody cluttered and hard to find things, but to each his own), then I don't think you're going to get that on a Mac.īut if it's just a matter of you learning, well here's a few tips.įirst, I think there are some AutoCAD lessons on LinkedIn Learning for the Mac version. Microsoft and Apple both have Human Interface Guidelines ('HIG') that they suggest companies follow so that all the apps you use have the same 'feel' to them.

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