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Application Button and Application Menu

Available in the Windows version only

The Application button presents a menu of commands that involve manipulating a drawing, such as file-related commands, Model and Sheet workspace management, print and export commands, drawing properties management, and audit and recover tools.

The Application button promotes consistency across programs that use a ribbon-based user interface.

The Application menu allows quick access to the following file-related features and commands:

  • Access to the most recently used files from the Recent Documents list (with the most recently used file at the top)
  • Create, open, or save a file
  • Import: Commands for loading drawing files created by other applications or CAD programs of formats .dwg, .dxf, .dgn, .pdf, .stl, and .sat (ACIS).
  • Export: Commands for saving the drawing or specific entities, blocks, regions into other formats, such as vector and image files, .pdf.
  • Sheet: Commands for creating new sheets
  • Print: Commands for printing one or more drawings and managing printing configurations
  • Properties: Commands for editing drawing properties and drawing standards
  • Manage: Commands for checking, reparing, and recovering a drawing
  • Close the current drawing
  • Close All closes all open drawings
  • Access the Options dialog box
  • Show the About box
  • Exit the program


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