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new to auto cad a few questions

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dovetail-jamwar
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new to auto cad a few questions

Hi everyone my work put me on a cad for beginners course a few months back it was 2 hours a week for 10 weeks but now expect me to design the birds nest stadium im only joking but now im using it everyday with no one to ask when i run into problems i thought i'd ask here first of all i was using the education copy of autocad 2014 which i had sort of gotten used to as it was similar to the one i used at college now ive upgraded to 2015 LT which is completely differernt even some (very busy ) architect friends tried to set it up on my mac but couldnt get to grips with it i have parrallels on my imac so im using the windows version for now but things like the speed of the zoom and the speed of the mouse are so fast thats its nearly impossible to draw anything i had just gotten used to the workspace on 2014 but again its all different i couldnt import my old settings as the educational copy had to be completely removed before i could install 2015 LT any genral tips or advice for a beginner would be appreciated before i lose heart with it 

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maxim_k
in reply to: dovetail-jamwar

Welcome to Autodesk Forums!

Hello,

Can you arrang your questions e on points?
Please specify your problems in more details.
Another request: please, use punctuation in your text- it is very hard to read it without dots and commas.

Maxim

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Message 3 of 14

Sorry about my lack of grammer.

first question is there anyway of slowing down the speed of the crosshairs ? i find the mouse speed fine when over the ribbon or on any other pages its just when over the drawing workspace its almost uncontrollable.

second is there any way of increasing the size of the icons or the icons toolbar ? 

thanks for any assistance that anyone can give.

Message 4 of 14
maxim_k
in reply to: dovetail-jamwar

Just to be sure: are youк questions all about Windows version of AutoCAD running inside Parallels Desktop virtual machine on Mac?

Maxim

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Message 5 of 14
dovetail-jamwar
in reply to: maxim_k

yes it is now , i had the student version of autocad 2014 mac version but couldnt get to grips with it ,

so as we have it at work on windows i figured it would be easier to learn one version rather than both (windows-Mac) 

so ive removed the mac version and am using it through parralles 

Message 6 of 14
maxim_k
in reply to: dovetail-jamwar

Do you use Parallels on Retina MacBook?
Which version of Parallels do you have?
These questions I asked in order to be able to answer your question about icon size.
About mouse speed: you can try to fine tune it via Windows OS Control panel in Mouse section

Maxim

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Message 7 of 14
dovetail-jamwar
in reply to: maxim_k

im using parrallels on my late 2013 imac.

i got the version of parrallels at the same time october last year so i think its number 9

and its windows 7 im using hope this helps.

Message 8 of 14
maxim_k
in reply to: dovetail-jamwar

You can set mouse movement here (Windows Control Panel - Mouse):

PointerSpeed.jpg

 

And Toolbar buttons size here (AutoCAD Options):

 

Screen Shot 2014-06-24 at 12.54.30.png

 

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Message 9 of 14
maxim_k
in reply to: dovetail-jamwar

And another thing you can to try in Parallels settings for Windows virtual machine in order to improve situation with mouse movement speed:

try to set "Smart Mouse" to "Don't optimize for games" if you have another setting bu chance:

 

Screen Shot 2014-06-24 at 13.07.09.png

 

Maxim


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Message 10 of 14
dovetail-jamwar
in reply to: maxim_k

cheers for that i'll give it a try when i get home Smiley Happy

Message 11 of 14

thanks for the info,i dont have those mouse settings on windows 7 but i have turned down the mouse speed on windows which seems to have helped. can anyone point me in the right direction with regard to saving my workspce when i get it how i like it ?

i went through the cui command and set current then set default but when i hit apply it brings back all the things ive removed or closed down to get it to how i want it.

thanks again from a keen learner 

Message 12 of 14
maxim_k
in reply to: dovetail-jamwar

Hi,
Have you tried WSSETTINGS command which open Workspace Settings dialog, where you can set radio button to "Automatically save workspace changes".

Maxim

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Message 13 of 14
dovetail-jamwar
in reply to: maxim_k

cheers for the help that seems to have fixed it . all i have to do now is learn how to use it the main problem being that there is no one else at my work who uses it so theres nobody to ask when i get stuck .

Message 14 of 14
maxim_k
in reply to: dovetail-jamwar

You can always ask your questions here, and don't forget about AutoCAD for PC Forum:

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/AutoCAD-2013-2014-2015/bd-p/706

As you are using PC version of AC (even on Mac)

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