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We're now going to look at the Command Line in AutoCAD which has been in AutoCAD for a long, long time, it goes all the way back to the Microsoft DOS days when you had to type every command in, in AutoCAD. It's down at the bottom of the screen here where I've just click at Command Prompt and as you can see I've got a flashing cursor there. Because I have Dynamic Input switched ON though as soon as I start typing the Dynamic Input allows me to type in on the screen in the drawing area and notice as I start drawing my lines now all of my input is going through the screen in the drawing area, it's not going through the Command Line. The prompts are there on the Command Line still but I don't have to look at them because I'm utilizing the Tooltips and prompts that the Dynamic Input is giving me. If I switch off Dynamic Input on the Status Bar at the bottom screen though everything is now driven by the Command Line. So if I now click on another line command like so and start drafting, notice there are no Dynamic Input prompts, all the prompts now are down on the Command Line at the bottom of the screen there as shown. So I'm going to continue drafting now using my Object Snaps and I'm drawing a very basic shape, just using the Line Command but all the prompts are on the Command Line. Notice the Object Snaps appear because the Objects Snaps Drafting settings is switched ON. What I'm going to do now is draw another line completely using the Command Line, so I'm going to right click on the Shortcut Menu, repeat the Line Command and this time I'm going to type in Coordinates, rather then use Object Snaps. So on the first point of my line I'm going to type in 5, 5 where X equals, Y equals 5, as soon as I press Enter the line starts from that coordinate. I'm going to type in my next point now, again on the Command Line, notice 10, 10 and press Enter and my line is drawn to that point next. I can now use Object Snap tracking and Object Snaps to draft the rest of my triangular shape that I'm drawing here and I'm now going to close out my triangular by using the End Point Snap there. The Command Line itself can also be moved around on the screen, it is like a toolbar or palette, it can be floated or docked. Notice I can resize it if I want to, also to bring up the Command Line on the screen you can use the F2 key which brings up the AutoCAD Text Window. In this case now though I've now Auto-Hide it, the Command Line there and as you can see I can also anchor it left or right by clicking on Properties. I can apply transparency like I can palettes in AutoCAD, so I'm going to go for 50 percent initially, so that means its half transparent and you'll notice there when I highlight the object behind it you can see them but only partially. If I go back into the Properties and make it completely transparent, so what I'm doing now is taking the transparency all the way through to clear and I click on OK, you'll notice now that you can see objects very clearly behind the Command Line. Transparency is now going to be reset back to solid and what I'm going to do now is redock my Command Line at the bottom of the screen. And there we are, my Command Line is now back at the bottom of the screen and still can be resized if necessary.