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Command Description Options

ABOUT Displays a dialogue box withAutoCAD version & serial numbers can be transparent

APERTUREControls the size of the Object SnapOSNAP) target box should setto 7

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ARCor

A

Draws an arc. The default method ofdrawing arcs is selecting three points(so-called 3 point arc), which arethe two endpoints of the arc andsome other point along its locus.Other methods of drawing an arc canbe specied by three leers, such asSEA, which means Start Point, EndPoint, and Included Angle.

A Included angleC Center point of arc

D Direction angle of a line tangent tothe arc

E Endpoint of arc

L Length of chord passing thru bothendpoints of the arc

R Radius

S Start point of arc

uses the end of the last line orarc as the start point for the arc

AREA

Computes the area of any shape byselecting points at the corners of theshape, or by selecting a circle orpolyline aer typing or picking theE option

A sets Add modeS sets Subtractmode

E computes area of selected circle orpolyline

ARRAYMakes multiple copies of selectedobjects in a rectangular (parallel withthe snap rotation) or circular paern

R rectangular array typeP polar arraytype in circular paern, you mustindicate number of items and angle toll, and whether the objects get rotatedwith the angle

C circular array type in a circularpaern, you must indicate anglebetween items, angle to ll, andwhether objects get rotated with theangle

ATTDEFCreates an aribute denition entityfor textual information to beassociated with a block denition

I Controls aribute visibilityC ControlsConstant/variable mode

V Controls verify mode

P Controls preset mode

ATTDISP Controls the visibility of aributeentities on a global basis

can be transparentON Makes allaributes visible

OFF Makes all aributes invisible

N Visibility of aributes set individually


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ATTEDIT Permits editing of aributes

ATTEXT Extracts aribute data from drawings

C CDF comma delimited formatextractD DXF format extract

S SDF format extract

E Extracts aributes from selectedentities

AUDIT Invokes drawing integrity audit Y Fixes errors encounteredN Reports,but does not x errors encountered

BASE

Species origin of current drawingfor subsequent insertion into anotherdrawing is normally set to point0,0,0

can be transparent

BHATCH

Fills an automatically denedboundary with a hatch paernthrough the use of dialogue boxes.Also allows previewing and replacingadjustments without starting overeach time.

BLIPMODE Controls display of marker blips forpoint selection

can be transparentON Enablestemporary marker blips

OFF Disables temporary marker blips

BLOCKForms a single compound entity froma group of entities within the currentdrawing

? Lists names of already-dened blocks

in the current drawing

BPOLY

Creates a closed polyline of aboundary by picking an open areawithin a area enclosed by lines, arcsor circles.

BREAK Erases part of a line, arc or circle, orsplits it into two lines or arcs F allows respecication of rst point

CHAMFERCreates a chamfer (a angled lineconnection) at the intersection of twolines

D Sets chamfer distancesP Chamfers anentire polyline


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CHANGE

A multifunctioning command whichcan be used to alter the following:1.location of individual endpoints oflines

2. radius of a circle

3. properties: layer, elevation,thickness, color and linetype of lines,polylines, arcs and circles

4. style, font, size, location, rotation,and wording of text entities

P Changes properties of objectsC Color

E Elevation

LA Layer

LT Linetype

T Thickness

CHPROPModies properties of selectedobjects: layer, thickness, color andlinetype but not elevation

C ColorLA Layer

LT Linetype

T Thickness

CIRCLEor

C

Draws a circle of any size. Thedefault method is to pick a centerpoint and pick a point on the radiusor type the radius dimension, butother methods can be selected.

2P Species circle by picking 2 points onthe diameter3P Species circle bypicking 3 points through which thecircle will pass

D Allows entering the diameterdimension instead of radius dimension

TTR Species circle by picking two lines,arcs or circles for the circle to be tangentto, and entering the dimension of theradius

Enters radius of circle (thedefault)

COLORorCOLOUR

Sets the current color forsubsequently drawn objects (objectsdrawn aer the command isinvoked). The default current color isa so-called logical color calledBYLAYER which means that thecolor of the object drawn will be thecolor which the current layer hasbeen set to.

can be transparent setscurrent color to color number entered

sets current color to color nameentered

BYBLOCK sets oating entity color

BYLAYER sets current color towhatever color is assigned to the currentlayer


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COMPILE

Compiles shape and font les Morethan likely, you will never use thiscommand, unless you are creatingyour own leer design or are creatingshapes to be used as commonlyused symbols in the drawing. Theseare not typically used in architecturaldrawings

CONFIG

Displays options to allow you torecongure the video display,digitizer, ploer, and operatingparameters.You should not have touse this command, since theconguration of your system hasalready been done and you will haveno need to change it.

COPYor

CP

Draws a copy of selected objectsusing two methods base pointmethod, or displacement method.

M Allows multiple copies to be made ofan object

DBLIST Lists database information for everyentity in the drawing

DDATTDEF

Displays a dialogue box that allowscreation of an aribute denition fortextual information to be associatedwith a block denition

I Controls aribute visibilityC ControlsConstant/variable mode

V Controls verify mode

P Controls preset mode

DDATTE Allows aribute editing via adialogue box

DDATTEXT Displays a dialogue box that extractsdata from a drawing.

C CDF comma delimited formatextractD DXF format extract

S SDF format extract

E Extracts aributes from selectedentities

DDCHPROPDisplays a dialogue box that modiesthe color, layer, linetype, andthickness of selected objects

C ColorLA Layer

LT Linetype

T Thickness

DDEDIT Allows text and aribute denitioneditingUndo Undoes edit to return to theprevious value


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DDEMODESSets current entity properties (layer,linetype, elevation, thickness, andtext style) via a dialogue box

can be transparent

DDGRIPSAllows you to enable grips and settheir colors and size via a dialoguebox

can be transparent

DDIM Controls dimensioning variablesthrough a series of dialogue boxes can be transparent

DDINSERT

Allows you to insert a previouslymade block or le into the currentdrawing, select X- and Y- scalefactors, rotation angle, pre-explodethe block, and select the insertionpoint, through a dialogue box

DDLMODES

Sets layer properties and allows youto set the current layer, create a newlayer, freeze and thaw layers, freezeand thaw layers in the currentviewport, assign or reassign colorsand linetypes to layers, through adialogue box

can be transparent

DDOSNAPAllows you to set running OSNAPSand set the size of the target boxaperture through a dialogue box.

can be transparent

DDRMODES Allows you to set drawing aidsvariables through a dialogue box can be transparent

DDRENAME

Allows you to rename layers, textstyles, linetypes, blocks, views, UserCoordinate Systems, viewportcongurations, and dimension styles

DDSELECTAllows you to set entity selectionmodes, size of the pickbox, and entitysort method through a dialogue box

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DDUCS

Allows you to save the current UserCoordinate System and give it aname for future retrieval, or to selecta UCS that is already saved

DDUNITS

Allows you to set the unit type(Architectural or Decimal), angledisplay format (degrees-minutes-seconds, or decimal degrees), andprecision of the units,

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DELAY

This command is used with SCRIPTles. It will delay the execution of thenext command for the time inmilliseconds specied aer theDELAY command.

can be transparent

DIM

Takes you out of the drawing editorand into the semi-automaticdimensioning program built intoAutoCAD. Will display a Dim:prompt on the command promptline. To get back to the drawing editorand the Command: prompt, type the key.

DIM1

Same as above, but only allows onedimensioning command to be used,and then takes you automaticallyback to the drawing editor and theCommand: prompt.

DIMALIGNED

Dimensioningsub-command:Draws a lineardimension with the dimension lineparallel to the selected dimensionorigin points. This lets you align adimension with an angled line thatis not either exactly horizontal orvertical.

DIMANGULAR

Dimensioningsub-command:Draws an arc andcalculates the angle between twonon-parallel lines, and draws thetext and arrowheads. Arrowheadsare the standard AutoCAD lledtriangles, regardless of your denedArrow Block.


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DIMBASELINE

Dimensioningsub-command:Continues a lineardimension from the baseline (theso-called rst extension line) ofthe previous or selected dimension.This is not frequently used inarchitectural dimensions. Thespacing between each dimensionline is controlled by the AutoCADvariable DIMDLI (Dimension LineIncrement), which you should setat 0 normally, but if you use thebaseline command, you shouldreset to 1/8.

DIMCENTER

Dimensioningsub-command:Draws a pair ofcrossed lines at the center of a circleor arc on the current layer

DIMCONTINUE

Dimensioningsub-command:Continues a lineardimension from the secondextension line of the previous orselected dimension. It is used tocreate a so-called string ofdimensions. This is used quite a bitin architectural drawings.

DIMDIAMETER

Dimensioningsub-command:Draws a dimensionthrough the center of a circle or arc,calculating the diameter, with oneof the arrow heads located at thepoint on the circle or arc which ispicked.

DIMEXIT

Dimensioning sub-command:Exitsthe dimensioning program andreturns from the Dim: prompt to thenormal Command: prompt

DIMHOMETEXT

Dimensioningsub-command:Restores the text ofan associative dimension to itsdefault (home) location if you havemoved it.

DIMHORIZONTALDimensioningsub-command:Draws a horizontallinear dimension line


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DIMLEADER

Dimensioningsub-command:Draws an a line orseries of lines with an arrow head(commonly called a leader) topoint to an object to notate it. Thiscommand will also prompt you forthe note at the end of the leaderline, but it will allow only one lineof text. The most useful method ofusing this command is to simplydraw leaders between the object tobe notated and text that you createwith the DTEXT command.

DIMNEWTEXT

Dimensioningsub-command:Permits changingtext of an associative dimensionwithout exploding it. However, oncethe text has been changed, thedimension will no longer beassociative.

DIMOBLIQUE

Dimensioningsub-command:Adjusts theobliquing angle of a linearassociative dimensions extensionlines. Useful in dimensioningisometric drawings.

DIMORDINATE

Dimensioningsub-command:Draws the X and Ycoordinates within a box with aleader line aached to the point, fora selected point. Automaticallycalculates the coordinates.

DIMOVERRIDE

Dimensioningsub-command:Overrides thedimension variable seings on aselected dimension.

DIMRADIUS

Dimensioningsub-command:Draws the radiusdimension of an arc or circle fromthe center to the point on its locuswhere the arc or circle was selected.

DIMREDRAW

Dimensioningsub-command:Redraws theviewport, just like the regularREDRAW command.


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DIMRESTOREDimensioningsub-command:Makes a dimensionstyle current

DIMROTATE

Dimensioningsub-command:Draws a lineardimension with the distancemeasured origin points, but withthe actual dimension line set at adierent angle.

DIMSAVE

Dimensioning sub-command:Savesthe currently set dimensionvariables under a dimension stylename for future retrieval throughthe RESTORE command.

DIMSTATUSDimensioning sub-command:Listsall dimension variables with theircurrent status.

DIMSTYLEDimensioningsub-command:Switches to a newText Style for all future dimensions.

DIMTEDIT

Dimensioningsub-command:Allows moving textin associative dimensions withouthaving to explode the dimensions.

DIMTROTATE

Dimensioningsub-command:Allows rotation ofthe text of several associativedimensions at once.

DIMUNDO

Dimensioningsub-command:Undoes any changesmade by the most recentdimensioning command.

DIMUPDATE

Dimensioningsub-command:Changes selectedassociative dimensions to use thecurrent dimension variables, thecurrent text style, and the currentunits seing.

DIMVARIABLES

Dimensioning sub-command:Liststhe seings of dimension variablesassociated with a particulardimension style.


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DIMVERTICALDimensioningsub-command:Draws a verticallinear dimension line

DIST Finds distance between two points can be transparent

DIVIDEPlaces points along a line, polyline,arc, or circle, dividing it into thespecied number of equal parts

B Uses a specied Block to divide theobject instead of a point

DONUTorDOUGHNUT

Draws lled rings with speciedinside and outside diameters

DRAGMODEAllows control of dynamic draggingfeature for copy and movecommands

can be transparentON Makes draggingof object visible

OFF Disables visual dragging

A Auto mode enables dragging whenpossible


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DTEXTDraws text Dynamically so that asyou enter text leers or numbers,they are visible on the screen

J Prompts for Justication optionsSAllows you to select text styles that arealready created

A Aligns text between two points, withstyle-specied width factor, AutoCADadjusts height to keep leer proportionas designated in the style.

C Centers text horizontally

F Fits text between two points, with aspecied height, AutoCAD adjustswidth of leers to t

M Centers text horizontally andvertically

R Right-justies text

BL Boom-le justication

BC Boom-center justication

BR Boom-right justication

ML Middle-le justication

MC Middle-center justication

MR Middle-right justication

TL Top-le justication

TC Top-center justication

TR Top right justication


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DVIEW Allows perspective viewing ofdrawing

CA Sets CAmera angle relative to theTargetT Sub-option, toggles betweenangle in the X-Y plane, and angle fromthe X-Y plane

CL Sets Front and Back CLipping planes

D Sets Camera to Target distance andturns on Perspective viewing

H Removes hidden lines on theselection set

OFF Turns Perspective viewing o

PA PAns drawing across the screen

PO Allows specication of Camera andTarget points

TA Rotates the TArget point about theCamera

T Sub-option, toggles between angle inthe X-Y plane, and angle from the X-Yplane

TW Twists the view around the line ofsight

U Undoes a DVIEW sub-command

X Exits the DVIEW command

Z Sets lens length

DXBIN Inserts specially coded binary lesinto the drawing

DXFIN

Loads a drawing interchange le(DXF le) to be able to read adrawing le created by another CADprogram

DXFOUT

Writes a drawing interchange le(DXF le) to be able to use anAutoCAD drawing in another CADprogram

B Writes binary DXF leE Outputsselected entities only

(0-16) Floating point precision


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EDGESURF

Constructs a 3d Polygon meshapproximating a Coons surface patchinterpolated between 4 adjoiningedges

ELEV

Sets Elevation (distance above theground plane) and Thickness(extruded distance from the boomof an object to the top) forsubsequently drawn entities

ELLIPSE Draws ellipses

C Allows specication of Center pointof ellipse rather than rst axisendpointR Allows specication ofeccentricity rotation rather than lengthof second axis

I Draws Isometric circle in currentisoplane

ENDSaves the drawing and exitsAutoCAD back to DOS orWINDOWS

ERASEor

EErases selected entities from thedrawing

EXPLODE

Separates a block, dimension orhatch paern into its constituententities or makes a polyline into aseries of straight lines. In the case ofa block that is exploded, if it wasoriginally drawn on the 0 layer, itreturns to that layer, regardless of thelayer it was inserted on, and it losesits referential connection to theoriginal block. In the case of adimension or hatch paern that hasbeen exploded, their parts go back tothe 0 layer, and are assigned thelogical color (BYBLOCK) regardlessof the layer they were drawn on. Inthe case of an exploded polyline, itloses any width it may have had.

EXTEND Lengthens a line, arc, or polyline tomeet a specied boundary edge

U Undoes eect of last Extendcommand

FILES Allows DOS disk and le utility tasksto be done through a dialogue box can be transparent


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FILL

Controls whether solids, traces, widepolylines, and donuts will be lledwith ink. Note that ll is only visiblewhen viewing these entities in plan(perpendicular to line of sight)

can be transparentON entities visuallylled with solid ink

OFF entities not visually lled but areshown in outline only

FILLET

Constructs an arc of specied radiusbetween two lines, arcs, circles, orwill create arcs of the specied radiusat the vertices of a polyline. Radius ofthe arc to be constructed may be setto 0, which will make a sharp corner

P Fillets an entire Polyline at theverticesR Allows seing of the lletradius. Default value is 0. Radiusremains set until changed again

FILMROLL Generates a le for rendering byAutoShade, a separate program

GRAPHSCR

A toggle. Flips the display onsingle-screen systems (most of them)from text-screen to graphics-screen,and vice-versa.

can be transparent

GRIDDisplays a rectangular grid of whitedots on the screen at a specied X-and Y- spacing

can be transparentON Turns griddisplay on

OFF Turns grid display o

S Locks grid spacing to SNAP resolution

A Sets grid aspect (dierent X- and Y-spacings

Sets grid spacing for both X-and Y- coordinates

Sets grid spacing tomultiple X of snap spacing

HANDLES Assigns a unique, permanent numberto each entity of the drawingON Enables HandlesDESTROYDiscards all entity Handles


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HATCH Allows drawing of cross-hatchingand paern lling

uses hatch paernname from library le to ll designatedarea with a pseudo-block hatch entity can be reduced to individual lines andpoints by EXPLODEingit. uses hatch paernname from library le to ll designatedarea with individual lines and points,not a block

U User-dened hatch paern drawnof parallel lines with a specied distancebetween, at a specied angle, and eithersingle-hatching or double(cross)-hatching

? Lists names of available hatch paerns

or U can be followed bya comma and the followingsub-commands:

I Ignores any boundaries inside theoutermost boundary

N Normal style of selecting boundarieswith alternating hatched and unhatchednested areas

O Hatches outermost boundary areaonly

HELPor

?

Displays a list of all valid commandsand data entry options, or obtainshelp for a specic command orprompt

can be transparentif invoked whileanother command is in process, it willassume that you want help on thatcommand

HIDE Regenerates a 3d visual image of thedrawing with hidden lines removed

ID Displays the X,Y, and Z coordinatesof a point selected can be transparent

IGESIN Loads an IGES interchange le

IGESOUT Writes an IGES interchange le


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INSERT Inserts a previously created block ordrawing le into the current drawing

Inserts a lename from the

default directory into the currentdrawing, assuming that there is no blockby that name in the currentdrawing=Creates a block in the current drawingwith the same name as the le

Inserts a block in itsconstituent entities rather than as ablock also called a Star Block orPre-exploded block

C Reply to X scale prompt allowsscale to be specied by two points(Corner specication of scale)

XYZ Reply to X scale prompt allowsspecication of X, Y, and Z scales

~ Displays a le dialogue box

? Lists names of dened blocks within

the current drawing

ISOPLANESelects the plane of an isometric gridto be the current plane for anorthogonal drawing

can be transparentL Le plane

R Right plane

T Top plane

Toggle to next plane in series,Le, Right, and Top


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LAYERor

LA

Creates named drawing layers,assigns color and linetype propertiesto those layers, allows layers to befrozen and thawed, locked andunlocked, and allows current layer tobe set

can be transparentC Assigns color tonamed layer

F Freezes named layers (commaseparates a list of layers to be frozen, *can be used as a wildcard) currentlayer cannot be frozen

L Assigns linetype to named layer

LO Locks named layer

M Makes a layer creates a new layerand makes it the current layer

N Creates new layers with namednames (comma separates a list of layersto be created, * can be used as awildcard)

ON Turns named layers on if they wereturned o (comma separates a list oflayers to be turned on, * can be used asa wildcard)

OFF Turns named layers o if they wereturned on (comma separates a list oflayers to be turned o, * can be used asa wildcard)

LAYERor

LA

(Continued)

S Sets named layer as the current layerTThaws named layers which are frozen(comma separates a list of layers to befrozen, * can be used as a wildcard)

U Unlocks named layer

? Gives information about named layers,* can be used as a wildcard

LIMITS

Changes the imaginary boundaries ofthe drawing, and controls whetherdrawing can be made outside of theboundaries. If Limit-checking is ON,drawing cannot be done outside oflimits.

can be transparent Setslower-le and upper -right drawinglimits

ON Enables limit-checking

OFF Disables limit-checking


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LINEor

L Draws straight lines

In reply to From Point: prompt,line begins at end of previous line orarcC In reply to To point: prompt, closesthe polygon back to rst From Point

U In reply to To point: prompt, undoeslast line segment

LINETYPE

A linetype is a series of lines andspaces dots and dashes Sets thecurrent linetype to be used for allsubsequent entities to be drawn,allows creation of new linetypedenitions, and allows loading ofpreviously created linetypes fromDOS les

can be transparent? Lists a linetypelibrary , or named linetypes which areloaded

C Creates a linetype denition

L Loads a previously creatred linetypedenition

S Set current linetype note that thecurrent linetype should always be set tothe logical linetype BYLAYER

LIST

Lists all information about selectedobject, such as what type of entity itis (Line, Arc, Circle, Block, etc.), whatlayer it is on, what color it is, thelocation of its endpoints, what itsZ-axis (elevation), what its thicknessis, etc.

LOAD Loads a le of user-dened shapes tobe used with the Shape command? Lists the names of loaded Shape les

LTSCALE Sets scale factor to be applied to alllinetypes within the drawing can be transparent

MEASURE

Places points (or, optionally, Blocks)at intervals along a selected line,polyline, arc or circle. The intervaldistance is given by the user. If pointsare used as the marker to be placedalong the entity, they are not visibleunless the Point type is set to type 3with the PDMODE command.

B species that a dened Block is to beused as a marker instead of a point.

MENULoads a Menu le into the menuareas (Screen, pull-down, tablet, andbuon)


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MINSERT

Inserts multiple copies of a Block in arectangular paern (word stands forMultiple Insert. The entire arraycreated then becomes a Block.

fname Loads fname and forms arectangular array of the resultingBlockfname=f Creates Block fname fromle f and forms a rectangular array

? Lists names of dened Blocks within

the drawing

C (as a reply to X scale prompt)species scale via two selected points(Corner specication of scale)

XYZ (as a reply to X scale prompt)readies Minsert for X, Y, and Z scales)

- displays a le dialogue box

MIRROR Reects designated entities about auser-specied axis

MOVEor

MMoves designated entities to anotherlocation

MSLIDE

Makes a slide from the currentdisplay. Slide shows the drawing only,and not the UCSICON, the Toolbar,the Aerial View or menus.

MSPACE Switches to Model Space

MULTIPLE Causes the next command to repeatuntil cancelled


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MVIEW Creates and controls Viewports

ON Turns selected Viewports on andcauses the Model to be regenerated inthe selected Viewports.OFF Turnsselected Viewports o and causesModel to be not displayed in theselected Viewports.

Hideplot Causes hidden lines to beremoved in selected Viewports duringPaper Space ploing.

Fit Creates a single Viewport to t thecurrent Paper Space view

2 Creates 2 Viewports in specied areaor t to the current Paper Space view.



Restore Translates viewportcongurations saved with the VPORTScommand into individual Viewportentities in Paper Space.

Creates a new Viewport

within the area specied by 2 points.

Sub-options to the 2 Option:

Horizontal Creates a horizontal divisionbetween the 2 new Viewports

Vertical Creates a vertical divisionbetween the 2 new Viewports.

Sub-options to the 3 Option:

Above Species placement of largerViewport above the other 2

Below Species placement of largerViewport below the other 2

Horizontal Splits area into thirdshorizontally

Le Species placement of larger


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Viewport to the le of the other 2

Right Species placement of the largerViewport to the right of the other 2

Vertical Splits area into thirds vertically

NEW

Creates a new drawing. Whenselected from a menu or typed in atthe Command: prompt, thiscommand brings up a dialogue boxwhich allows seing a name for thenew drawing by typing the name inthe box, selection of a prototypedrawing or typing a name of the newdrawing and then an = sign and thenthe name of a drawing to be used asa prototype.

OFFSETCreates a new line, polyline arc orcircle parallel to the entity and at aspecied distance from it.

species oset distanceT

Through allows specication of apoint through which the oset line,polyline, arc or circle is to pass

OOPS restores erased entities, or entitiesmade into a Block

OPEN Opens an existing drawing

ORTHO

Constrains drawing so that only linesaligned with the grid can be drawn usually means only horizontal orvertical lines, however, if thecrosshairs are rotated through theSnap Rotate commandsequence, the lines drawn areconstrained to being parallel with thecrosshair rotation. Constraint can beoverridden by snapping to a point orby entering exact coordinates forendpoints.

can be transparent


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OSNAP

Enables points to be precisely locatedon reference points of existingobjects. This is the so-calledRunning Mode of OSNAP, whichsets selection method to runcontinuously until set to NON (none)or until overridden by selectinganother Interrupt Mode OSNAPmethod from the cursor menu.Combinations of OSNAP methodscan be used by selecting a series ofoptions separated by commas. Forinstance, if you want ot always pickeither endpoints or intersectionpoints when locating endpoints oflines, you would issue the commandas follows:OSNAP END,INT

can be transparentCEN CENter of arcor circle

END closest ENDpoint of arc or line

INS INSertion point of Text or Block

INT INTersection of line, arc, or circle

MID MIDpoint of line, arc, rectangleside, or polygon side

NEA NEArest point selected byaperture on line, polyline, arc, or circle

NOD NODe (another name for a Point)

NON NONe used when a RunningOSNAP is on to temporarily turn oOSNAP selection

PER PERpendicular point to line, arc orcircle when used with an arc or circleit will draw a line to the surface of thearc or circle heading toward the centerpoint

QUA QUAdrant point of arc or circle(top, boom, right or le side)

QUI QUIck mode this is a modier toone of the other OSNAP options itwill nd the rst point that meets therequirements, not necessarily the closestpoint to the aperture.

TAN TANgent point to arc or circle

PAN Moves the display window withoutchanging the magnication factor

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PEDIT Allows editing of polylines which arealready drawn

C Closes an open polylineD Decurves,or returns a Spline curve to its controlframe or series of connected straightlines

E Edit vertices

F Fits curve to a polyline makes aseries of straight lines into a curve whichwill pass through the vertices

J Joins a line or arc or another polylineto an open polyline

L Toggles linetype generation to beeither a continuous paern of dashespassing through the vertices, or apaern which starts and ends at eachvertex

O Opens a closed polyline

S Uses the polyline vertices as a framefor a Spline Curve type of SplineCurve is set by the VariableSplinetype.

U Undoes one editing operation

W Sets a uniform width for the Polyline


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PEDIT (Continued)

Vertex Editing Options:B Sets rstvertex for Break

G Go performs a Break orStraighten operation

I Inserts a new vertex aer current one

M Moves current vertex

N Makes the Next vertex current

P Makes the Previous vertex current

R Regenerates the Polyline

S Sets rst vertex for Straighten

T Sets tangent direction for currentvertex

W Sets new width for the followingsegment

X Exits vertex editing, or cancels Breakand Straighten


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PEDIT Mesh Allows editing of Meshes which arealready drawn

D De-smooth restores original meshEEdits mesh vertices

M Opens (or closes) the mesh in the Mdirection

N Opens (or closes) the mesh in the Ndirection

S Fits a smooth surface as dened bythe Variable SURFTYPE

U Undoes one editing operation

X Exits Pedit command

Vertex Editing Options:

D Makes previous vertex Down in Mdirection current

L Makes previous vertex to Le in Ndirection current

M Moves the marked vertex

N Makes the Next vertex current

P Makes the Previous vertex current

R Makes next vertex to Right in Ndirection current

RE Redisplays the polygon mesh

U Makes the next vertex Up in Mdirection current

X Exits vertex editing

PFACECreates a 3D mesh of arbitrarycomplexity and surfacecharacteristics

PLAN

Puts the display in Plan view, withVpoint set to 0,0,1, relative to eitherthe current UCS, a specied UCS, orthe World Coordinate System

C Establishes the Plan view of theCurrent UCSU Establishes the Planview of a specied UCS

W Establishes the Plan view of theWorld Coordinate System


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PLINEDraws a 2D polyline, which areconnected line or arc segments withuser-determined width and taper

H sets the half-width of the polylinesegmentsU Undoes previous segment

W sets the width of polyline segments

Exits the Pline command

The following options are available onlyas long as you are drawing in Linemode:

A Switches to the Arc mode to allowintegration of arcs into the polyline

C Closes the polyline with straightsegment

L Segment length (continues previoussegment)

The following options are available onlyas long as you are in the Arc mode:

A Included angle

CE Center Point

CL Closes with arc segment

D Starting direction

L Chord length, or switches to linemode

R Radius

S Second point of 3-point arc

PLOT Plots a drawing to a ploing device, aprinter, or to a Plot File.

POINTDraws single points. Appearance ofthe points is set by the VariablePDMODE

POLYGONDraws regular polygons with aspecied number of sides. Polygonsare Polyline entities.

E Species size and rotation of polygonby picking endpoints of one edgeCCircumscribes polygon around a circle

I Inscribes polygon within a circle


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PSDRAG

Controls the appearance of animported Postscript image that isbeing dragged (that is, positionedand scaled) into place by the PSINcommand

0 Only the images bounding box isdisplayed as you drag it into place1 Thecomplete rendered PostScript image isdisplayed as you drag it into place

PSFILLFills 2D Polyline outlines withPostScript ll paerns dened in theACAD.PSF le

. Entering a period results in no ll

paern? Lists the ll paerns dened inACAD.PSF le

PSIN Imports Encapsulated PostScript(EPS) les

PSOUTExports the current view of yourdrawing to an EncapsulatedPostScript (EPS) le

PSPACESwitches to Paper Space this willwork only if the Variable TILEMODEis set to 0.

PURGERemoves unused Blocks, Text Styles,Layers, Linetypes, and DimensionStyles from current drawing

A Purges All unused named objectsBPurges unused Blocks

D Purges unused Dimstyles

LA Purges unused LAyers

LT Purges unused Linetypes

SH Purges unused Shape les

ST Purges unused Text Styles

QSAVE

Saves the current drawing Quicklywithout requesting a lename (aslong as le has already been given aname)

QTEXT Controls display of text commandstands for QuickTEXT

ON Lines of text displayed asrectanglesOFF Lines of text displayed astext

QUIT

Exits AutoCAD if the currentdrawing has not been Saveds in itscurrent state, a dialogue box willappear asking if you want to Save thedrawing, Discard the changes, orCancel the Exit command

RECOVER Aempts to recover damaged orcorrupted drawings


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REDEFINERestores a built-in command whichmay have been deleted by thecommand UNDEFINE

REDO Reverses a previous command if itwas U or UNDO

REDRAW Refreshed or cleans up the currentViewport can be transparent

REDRAWALL Redraws all viewports can be transparent

REGENRegenerates the current Viewport byrecalculating the vector locations ofall endpoints

REGENALL Regenerates all Viewports

REGENAUTO Controls automatic regenerationperformed by other commands

can be transparentON Allowsautomatic regens

OFF Prevents automatic regens

REINIT

Allows the I/O ports, the digitizer,the display, the ploer, and theACAD.PGP le to be reinitialized.This command allows selection ofwhat you want to reinitialize througha dialogue box. It is most useful whenyou make changes on the y to theACAD.PGP le and want toimmediately make use of thosechanges without having to exitAutoCAD and get back into it.

RENAME

Changes the names associated withText Styles, Layers, Linetypes, Blocks,Views, User Coordinate Systems,Viewport Congurations, andDimension Styles.

B Renames BlocksD RenamesDimension Styles

LA Renames Layers

LT Renames Linetypes

S Renames Text Styles

U Renames UCS

VI Renames Views

VP Renames Viewports

RESUME Resumes an interrupted commandscript can be transparent


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REVSURF

Creates a 3D polygon meshapproximating a surface ofrevolution, by rotating a curvearound a selected axis

ROTATE Rotates existing objects parallel to thecurrent UCS

RSCRIPT Restarts a command script from thebeginning

SAVE Requests a lename and saves thedrawing

SAVEASSame as SAVE, but also renames thecurrent drawing and keeps the newname current

SCALE Alters the size of existing objects R Resizes with respect to a referencesize

SCRIPT

Runs a command script. A script is aan ASCII le which contains variouscommands that when executedoperates just as if you typed in thosecommands, one by one, by hand

can be transparent

SELECT Groups objects into selection sets foruse in subsequent commands

SETVAR

Allows you to display or change theseing of system variables. Thiscommand is no longer necessary tochange the value of system variables.You now can type in the name of thevariable to change it.

can be transparent? Lists specied (orall) system variables and their seings

SH

Short for SHell. Allows access tointernal operating system (DOS)commands. Once SH is invoked,followed by two s, the DOSPrompt will be displayed, so you canenter any DOS command. To getback to AutoCAD, simply type EXITat the DOS prompt.

SHADE Shades 3D model in current ModelSpace Viewport

SHAPE Draws predened Shapes ? Lists available Shape names


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SHELL

Allows access to internal operatingsystem (DOS) commands. Once SH isinvoked, followed by two s, theDOS Prompt will be displayed, soyou can enter any DOS command. Toget back to AutoCAD, simply typeEXIT at the DOS prompt.

SKETCH Permits freehand sketchingsimulation

C Connect: restarts SKETCH atendpointE Erases (backs up over)temporary lines

P Raises/lowers sketching pen

Q Discards temporary lines, remains inSKETCH

R Records temporary lines, remains inSKETCH

X Records temporary lines, exitsSKETCH

. Draws line to current point

SNAPSpecied a round-o interval forpoint entry so that entities can beplaced at precise locations

can be transparent sets snapalignment resolution

ON aligns designated points

OFF does not align designatged points

A sets aspect ratio (diering X and Yspacing)

R Rotates the snap grid and crosshairs,and turns on SNAP aer, if not alreadyturned on

S Selects either Standard (rectangular)or Isometric Snap grid

SOLIDDraws lled polygons. Fill can beturned ON or OFF with the FILLcommand

STATUS Displays drawing statistics andmodes on the Text Screen can be transparent


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STRETCH

Allows moving a portion of a drawingwhile retaining their connections toother parts of the drawing. Youcannot stretch Blocks, Hatchpaerns, or Text entities, however.

STYLE

Creates named Text styles, withuser-selected combinations of font,height, mirroring, obliging, andhorizontal scaling.

can be transparent? Lists specied (orall) currently dened text styles

TABLETAligns the digitizing tablet withcoordinates of a paper drawing toaccurately copy it with AutoCAD

ON Turns Tablet Mode ON (but it hasto be CALibrated rst)OFF Turns TabletMode OFF

CAL Calibrates Tablet for use setsthe distance to be used to copy thedrawing to an accurate scale

CFG Congures tablet menus andpointing area

TABSURF

Creates a polygon meshapproximating a general tabulatedsurface dened by a path and adirection vector


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TEXT Draws text characters of any sizewith selected styles

J Prompts for justication optionsS Listsor selects text style

A Aligns text between two points, withstyle-specied width factor, AutoCADcomputes approximate heightproportional to length of text line

C Centers text horizontally about adened point

F Fits text between two points, withspecied height, AutoCAD computesapproximate width factor to ll thedistance between the two points

M Centers text horizontally andvertically about a dened point

R Right-justies text

BL Boom Le justication

BC Boom Center justication

BR Boom Right justication

ML Middle Le justication

MC Middle Center justication

MR Middle Right justication

TL Top Le justication

TC Top Center justication

TR Top Right justication

TEXTSCR

A toggle. Flips the display onsingle-screen systems (most of them)from text-screen to graphics-screen,and vice-versa.

can be transparent

TIMEDisplays drawing creation andupdate times, and permits control ofan elapsed timer.

can be transparentD Displays currenttimes

ON Starts user elapsed timer

OFF Stops user elapsed timer

R Resets user elapsed timer


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