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Exercise 2: Open the AutoCAD Drawing

Open the AutoCAD drawing to see how it looks.

To open and edit the plain AutoCAD DWG you saved

  1. Click Open.
  2. Open the file you saved in the last exercise.
  3. When the drawing opens, right-click the service point you created and click Properties.

    The service point itself is now a block reference labeled SERVICE POINT. It was placed on a Service Point layer and its color is set to ByLayer.

  4. Press Esc to deselect the service point.
  5. Click Home tab > AutoCAD Layers panel > Layer Properties.
  6. In the Layer Properties Manager, turn off the display of a layer by clicking its light bulb icon.
  7. Set another layer's color to red.
  8. Close the Layer Properties Manager to see the results.

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