Covering most of the screen and contains the drawing cursor that is used for pointing, and moves as the mouse is moved about. The axis icon in the lower left corner shows the X and Y axis directions.
Across the top of the screen, operate in the same way as all Windows menus.
In the initial setup, these are arranged across the top of the screen below the pull-down menus and down the left side of the drawing area. These consist of sets of button tools, each performing some function. As you pas the mouse pointer over a button it becomes highlighted, and if you pause for a moment, a tool tip appears to identify the button.
As well as docking a toolbar along one of the edges of the drawing area, you can have any toolbar “floating” anywhere on the screen. In the initial setup, there are no floating toolbars on the screen.
Immediately below the drawing area is a command input area with the standard AutoCAD command prompt (“Command:”) on the left. If you type anything on the keyboard, then it will appear on that line.
Across the very bottom of the screen. This displays status information (such as the current coordinate location of the cursor in the drawing area). The labeled boxes at about the middle of the status line are “toggle settings” that can be turned on or off by clicking with the mouse.