Tip for Week 3/28/05

 
Heads up display is a term that has been used around AutoCAD for several years now.  The best example of this is accessing the command line options of a command by right-clicking the drawing window when a command that has those command line options is available.  Try issuing the Window command and then right-click and selecting the previous listing instead of typing P for previous.  This gives you one handed use of AutoCAD.  Be careful of your SHORTCUTMENU variable that is stored in the Registry for how your time-sensitive right-click occurs. 
Future releases of AutoCAD and related products will be using this heads up display in new ways to help you focus on the work area of the application window rather than on it's perimeter.