Using the Application Menu

Often called the “big red C,” the application menu (Figure 1.2) expands out from the square Civil 3D icon located at the top-left of your screen. Here you'll find commands for creating, opening, saving, and printing your drawing files.

The Quick Access Toolbar just to the right of the big red C is a handy subset of your most commonly used general-purpose tools.

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FIGURE 1.2 Part of the Civil 3D application menu

To use the application menu to open a file, follow these steps:

  1. Launch Civil 3D by double-clicking the Civil 3D 2012 Imperial (Metric) icon on the desktop of your computer.
  2. Click the application menu (the big ...

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