Chapter 1
Exploring the Interface

Before you can start to use the new capabilities of the AutoCAD^® 2019 software, you must become familiar with the basics. If you're completely new to AutoCAD, you'll want to read this first chapter carefully. It introduces you to many basic operations of AutoCAD, such as opening and closing files, getting a close‐up look at part of a drawing, and changing a drawing. If you're familiar with earlier versions of AutoCAD, you should review this chapter anyway to get acquainted with the features that you haven't already used.

AutoCAD 2019 offers updates that cover a wide range of features. The Layer Manager includes controls for managing external reference layers. Views and viewports are easier to create and retrieve. A Drawing Compare feature has been added to allow you to quickly visualize changes in a drawing. 3D Graphics performance has been enhanced. Finally, 4K monitor support has been introduced in the form of updated...