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A
About |
ABOUT |
Displays
the About CADdirect dialog box, which contains version and registration
information. |
ACIS In |
ACISIN |
Allows you to import ACIS files, which CADdirect can use to create body objects, solids, or regions. |
ACIS Out |
ACISOUT |
Allows you to export ACIS entities such as surfaces, regions, and
solids to an ACIS file in ASCII (SAT) format. |
Add/Delete
Scales |
OBJECTSCALE
or -OBJECTSCALE |
Assigns annotation scales to one or more entities. |
Add Current Scale |
AIOBJECTSCALEADD |
Assigns the current annotation scale to one or more entities. |
Add Digital Signatures |
DIGITALSIGN |
Adds a digital signature to a drawing. |
Add
Leader Lines |
AIMMLEADERADD |
Adds one or more leader lines to existing
multileader entities. |
Add
to Working Set |
REFSET |
Adds an entity from the drawing to the block that is being edited in-place. |
Align |
ALIGN |
Allows you to align selected entities with other entities in three-dimensional space. |
Align Multileader |
MLEADERALIGN |
Aligns multileaders. |
All Entity Snaps Off |
NONE |
Turns all Entity Snaps off. |
Apparent Intersection Snap |
APPARENT |
Toggles the Apparent Intersection snap on or off. |
Arc |
ARC |
Draws an arc of any size. |
Arc-Aligned Text |
ARCTEXT |
Creates text that aligns with an arc. |
Area |
AREA |
Calculates the area of entities or calculates defined areas. |
Array |
ARRAY
or -ARRAY |
Creates multiple copies of entities in either a rectangular (rows and columns)
pattern or a polar (circular) pattern. |
Arrange Icons |
WIARRANGE |
Arranges minimized drawing windows in a line at the bottom of the drawing area. |
Artisan |
ARTISAN |
Starts Artisan Renderer to create a photorealistic image of your model. |
Artisan
Settings |
ARTISAN-SETTINGS |
Displays the Artisan for CADdirect dialog box so you can specify options
for rendering using the Artisan command. |
Artisan Sync |
ARTISAN-SYNC |
Sends the latest version of your model to Artisan Renderer and updates
the content in Artisan Renderer. |
Attach |
ATTACH |
Attaches a file to
the current drawing. |
Attach Leader to Annotation |
QLATTACH |
Connects any leader to an annotation in the drawing and moves the endpoint of the leader line
to the annotation. |
Attach Raster Image |
IMAGEATTACH or -IMAGEATTACH |
Attaches images to a drawing. |
Attribute Definition |
ATTDEF
or -ATTDEF |
Creates an attribute definition entity for informational text that you want associated
with a block definition. |
Attribute Display |
ATTDISP |
Shows all
attributes, none, or those normally visible. |
Audio
Note |
AUDIONOTE |
Creates, plays, and deletes sound clips. |
Audit |
AUDIT |
Checks the current drawing for errors. |
Auto Number |
TCOUNT |
Adds numbering to
text, multiline text, multileaders, or block attributes. |
Auto Publish |
AUTOPUBLISH |
Automatically creates electronic files (.dwf/.pdf) from the current drawing
and saves them to a specified location. |
B
Background |
BACKGROUND |
Specifies settings for the background of the current view. |
Base Point |
BASE |
Sets the base point for inserting this drawing into another drawing. |
Beam |
BEAM |
Draws a beam, which is an architectural element placed between columns, walls and other beams. |
Benchmark Auto |
BENCHMARKAUTO |
Opens the CADdirect Graphics Benchmark dialog box and runs graphics benchmarking tests automatically. |
Benchmark Graphics |
BENCHMARK |
Opens the dialog box that allows you to run tests to benchmark graphics and send the results to CADdirect servers for further analysis. |
BIM Explode |
BIMEXPLODE |
Breaks apart an attached BIM underlay into polyface meshes and polylines that can be edited. |
BIM In |
BIMIMPORT |
Displays the Select Reference File dialog box so you can import a Building Information
Modeling (BIM) file. |
BIM Properties |
BIMPROP |
Opens the BIM Properties pane which is used to browse information about and control content visibility of .rvt, .rfa, and .ifc files. |
BIM Properties Close |
BIMPROPCLOSE |
Closes the BIM Properties pane that is used to browse information about and control content visibility of .rvt, .rfa, and .ifc files. |
BIM Underlay |
BIMATTACH |
Attaches a Building Information Modeling (BIM) file as an underlay to the current drawing. You can attach .rvt, .rfa, and .ifc files. |
Block Count |
BCOUNT |
Counts the number of blocks in a selection set. |
Block Editor |
BEDIT or
-BEDIT |
Allows you to select a block to edit or enter a name for a new one to create in the Block Editor. |
Block Scale |
BSCALE |
Changes the scale of a block reference relative to its insertion point. |
BMP Out |
BMPOUT |
Displays the Save Bitmap dialog box so you can export the active viewport to a bitmap file (.bmp). |
Boundary |
BOUNDARY |
Creates a boundary polyline from a closed loop. |
Box (3D Mesh) |
AI_BOX(or BOX) |
Draws a three-dimensional box as a mesh. |
Box (3D Solid) |
BOX |
Draws a three-dimensional box as an ACIS solid. |
Box (Facet Model Mesh) |
FMBOX |
Draws a three-dimensional box as a facet model mesh. |
Break |
BREAK |
Erases part of an entity, or splits an entity into two entities. |
Break Line |
BREAKLINE |
Draws a polyline that has a breakline symbol. |
Browser |
BROWSER |
Starts your Web browser at a location that you specify. |
C
Calculator |
CAL |
Displays
the standard Windows Calculator. |
Capture Area |
GEOMAPIMAGE |
Creates an image entity by selecting a window on the on-line map background. |
Cascade |
WCASCADE |
Cascades the open drawing windows. |
Center
Snap |
CENTER |
Toggles
the Center snap on or off. |
Chamfer |
CHAMFER |
Creates
a chamfer, or beveled edges, at the intersection of two lines. |
Chamfer Edges |
CHAMFEREDGE |
Creates a chamfer, or a beveled edge, at the intersection of 3D solid faces. |
Change |
CHANGE |
Changes
the location, size, color, elevation, layer, linetype, linetype scale,
and thickness of selected entities. |
Change
Properties |
CHPROP |
Changes
the properties of selected entities using the command prompt instead of
the Properties palette. |
Change
Space |
CHSPACE |
Copies or moves selected
entities from paper space to model space or from model space to paper
space. |
Change
Text Case |
TCASE |
Changes the case of multiline text and single-line text. |
Check Spelling |
SPELL |
Checks the spelling
of single-line text, multiline text, paragraph text, attributes, attribute
definitions, and dimension text. |
Circle |
CIRCLE |
Draws a
circle of any size. |
Clean Screen Off |
CLEANSCREENOFF |
Reverses the CLEANSCREENON command so that all the user interface items that
were hidden are displayed. |
Clean
Screen On |
CLEANSCREENON |
Hides the user interface items that are selected in the Clean Screen Options dialog box. |
Clean Screen Options |
CLEANSCREENOPTIONS |
Determines which user interface items are hidden by the CLEANSCREENON command. |
Clip
Image |
IMAGECLIP |
Clips images
so that only a portion of the image is visible in a drawing. |
Clip
Image |
IMAGECLIP |
Clips images
so that only a portion of the image is visible in a drawing. |
Clip
Layout Viewport |
VPCLIP |
Clips layout
viewports so that only a portion of the viewport is visible on a Layout
tab. |
Clip
Xref |
XCLIP |
Defines a clipping boundary after you
attach a drawing as an external reference. |
Clone |
ADDSELECTED |
Draws a new entity of the same type and properties as a selected entity. |
Close |
WCLOSE |
Closes
the active drawing window without exiting the program. |
Close
All |
WCLOSEALL |
Closes all drawing windows. |
Close
All Others |
CLOSEALLOTHER |
Closes all drawing windows except the current one. |
Close
Block Editor |
BCLOSE |
Closes the Block Editor. Available only in the Block Editor. |
Close
Reference |
REFCLOSE |
Closes the block
or external reference that is being edited in-place and returns to the
drawing. |
Code
Page Manager |
CODEPAGE |
Displays the Code Page Manager dialog
box so you can specify character sets. |
Collect
Multileaders |
MLEADERCOLLECT |
Collects multileaders
that include blocks into a row or column. |
Colors |
COLOR
or -COLOR |
Establishes
the color for all entities that you draw after you select the command. |
Command
Bar |
CMDBAR |
Turns the
command bar on and off; when on, this command positions the command bar. |
Commands |
COMMANDS |
Displays a list of
commands. |
Cone
(3D Mesh) |
AI_CONE
(or CONE) |
Draws a
three-dimensional cone as a mesh. |
Cone (3D Solid) |
CONE |
Draws a three-dimensional
cone as an ACIS solid. |
Cone
(Facet Model Mesh) |
FMCONE |
Draws a
three-dimensional cone as a facet model mesh. |
Constrained
Orbit |
3DORBIT |
Allows you to orbit the drawing, or rotate
the view, in real time while forcing the camera x-axis to be parallel
to the world view XY plane. |
Constrained
X Orbit |
RTROTX |
Allows you to rotate the view of entities
in real time while maintaining the x-axis. |
Constrained
Y Orbit |
RTROTY |
Allows you to rotate the view of entities
in real time while maintaining the y-axis. |
Constrained
Z Orbit |
RTROTZ |
Allows you to rotate the view of entities
in real time while maintaining the z-axis. |
Construction Line |
CLINE |
Draws a construction line. |
Continuous
Orbit |
3DCORBIT |
Allows you to rotate the view of entities
using continuous motion. |
Convert
Block to Xref |
INSERTTOXREF |
Converts a block to an external reference. |
Convert
CTB Print Style Table |
COVERTCTB |
Converts a color-dependent print style
table to a named print style table. |
Convert
Drawing Print Style Tables |
CONVERTPSTYLES |
Changes the type of print style table
used by the current drawing. |
Convert Old Lights |
CONVERTOLDLIGHTS |
Updates lights in the drawing that were created in older formats to the current light format. |
Convert Old Materials |
CONVERTOLDMATERIALS |
Updates materials in the drawing that were created in older formats to the current materials format. |
Convert to Mesh |
CONVTOMESH or -CONVTOMESH |
Converts different types of entities to mesh entities. |
Convert to Surface |
CONVTOSURFACE |
Converts different types
of entities to 3D surfaces. |
Convert to Solid |
CONVTOSOLID |
Converts different types of three-dimensional entities to 3D solids. |
Coons
Surface |
EDGESURF |
Draws a
three-dimensional polygon mesh with vertices averaged between four edges. |
Coordinate |
COORDINATE |
Changes
the coordinate display on the status line: on, off, and relative coordinates. |
Copy |
COPYCLIP |
Copies the selection to the Windows Clipboard. |
Copy
(Entity) |
COPY |
Draws a
duplicate of the selected entities. |
Copy
Entity Data |
COPYEDATA |
Copies
the entity data of the selected entities. |
Copy
Entity Formatting |
MATCHPROP |
Copies
the properties from one entity to another. |
Copy
History |
COPYHIST |
Copies
the text of the Prompt History window to the Windows Clipboard. |
Copy
Link |
COPYLINK |
Copies the contents of the current view
to the Windows Clipboard. |
Copy
Nested Entities |
NCOPY |
Copies the contents of the current view
to the Windows Clipboard. |
Copy
with Base Point |
COPYBASE |
Copies selected entities to the Windows
clipboard along with a base point. |
Create
Block |
BLOCK
or -BLOCK |
Forms a single compound entity from a
group of entities. |
Create Camera |
CAMERA |
Creates a 3D view of the drawing according to a location and target. |
Create
Entity Data |
EDITEDATA |
Creates or edits the extended entity
data of an entity. |
Crosshairs Toggle |
CROSSHAIRTOGGLE |
Determines whether the cursor displays as a gun sight crosshairs. |
CUI Export |
CUIEXPORT |
Opens the Transfer tab of the Customize User Interface dialog box so you can easily transfer customized settings between the main and partial .cui files. |
CUI Import |
CUIIMPORT |
Opens the Transfer tab of the Customize User Interface dialog box so you can easily transfer customized settings between the main and partial .cui files. |
Cursor Toggle |
CURSORTOGGLE |
Determines
whether the pointer displays as the default Microsoft® Windows® small
box (Off) or the crosshairs (On). |
Curtain Wall |
CURTAINWALL |
Draws an architectural curtain wall. |
Customize Aliases |
ALIASEDIT |
Opens the Customize dialog box where you can create and modify aliases. |
Customize Tool Palettes |
CUSTOMIZE |
Allows
you to create groups of palettes, set the current tool palette group,
and import and export tool palette files. |
Customize User Interface |
CUI |
Displays
the Customize User Interface dialog box so you can change settings and
commands for workspaces and customization files. |
Cut |
CUTCLIP |
Cuts (removes)
the selection from your drawing and places it on the Windows Clipboard. |
Cylinder
(3D Mesh) |
AI_CYLINDER
(or CYLINDER) |
Draws a cylinder as a 3D mesh. |
Cylinder (3D Solid) |
CYLINDER |
Draws a three-dimensional cylinder as an ACIS solid. |
Cylinder
(Facet Model Mesh) |
FMCYLINDER |
Draws a three-dimensional cylinder as a facet model mesh. |
D
Database
List |
DBLIST |
Lists the
database information for every entity in the current drawing. |
Define
Attributes |
DDATTDEF |
Displays
the Define Attribute dialog box so you can define attributes (informational
text) associated with a block. |
Define
View |
DVIEW |
Dynamically
defines parallel or visual perspective views. |
Delay |
DELAY |
Delays
carrying out the next command for a specified time. |
Delete |
DELETE |
Deletes
selected entities from your drawing. |
Delete
Current Scale |
AIOBJECTSCALEDELETE |
Deletes the current annotation scale
from one or more entities. |
Delete
Entity Data |
DELEDATA |
Deletes
Entity Data. |
Developer
Help |
HELPDEV |
Displays online help
for application developers. |
DGN In |
DGNIMPORT |
Displays the Import DGN Drawing dialog box so you can import a MicroStation Design (.dgn) file. |
DGN Out |
DGNOUT |
Exports the current drawing to a DGN version 8 file. |
DGN Underlay |
DGNATTACH |
Attaches a .dgn file
as an underlay. |
Dimensions |
DIMENSION |
Places
CADdirect in the dimension mode. |
Dimension
Aligned |
DIMALIGNED |
Adds dimensions
that are aligned to entities. |
Dimension
Angular |
DIMANGULAR |
Annotates
the angle between two selected entities. |
Dimension
Arc |
DIMARC |
Adds dimensions that
measure arcs or arc segments. |
Dimension
Baseline |
DIMBASELINE |
Continues
a linear, angular, or ordinate dimension from a previous dimension. |
Dimension Break |
DIMBREAK |
Adds a break to dimensions or multileaders at a point where they intersect with other entities, or removes a break. |
Dimension
Center Lines |
DIMCENTER |
Places
a marker at the center of a circle or an arc. |
Dimension
Continue |
DIMCONTINUE |
Continues
a dimension. |
Dimension
Diameter |
DIMDIAMETER |
Measures
the diameter of a circle or an arc. |
Dimension
Edit |
DIMEDIT |
Edits dimension
lines and text. |
Dimension
Jog Line |
DIMJOGLINE |
Places a jog line on a linear or aligned dimension, or deletes it. |
Dimension
Jogged |
DIMJOGGED |
Adds a jogged dimension that measures the radius of a circle, arc, or polyline arc. |
Dimension
Edit |
DIMEDIT |
Edits dimension
lines and text. |
Dimension
Leader |
DIMLEADER |
Draws a
line, or sequence of lines, for controlled placement of dimension text. |
Dimension
Linear |
DIMLINEAR |
Adds horizontal
or vertical dimensions to entities. |
Dimension
Ordinate |
DIMORDINATE |
Adds coordinate
point dimensions. |
Dimension
Override |
DIMOVERRIDE |
Overrides
the style settings for a given set of dimensions. |
Dimension
Radius |
DIMRADIUS |
Measures
the radius of a circle or an arc. |
Dimension
Reposition Text |
DIMTEDIT |
Defines
the position and angle of dimension text. |
Dimension
Rotated |
DIMROTATED |
Adds horizontal
and vertical dimensions to entities. |
Dimension
Styles Manager |
SETDIM |
Displays
the Dimension Styles Manager dialog box so you can create, modify, and
manage dimension styles. |
Disassociate Dimension |
DIMDISASSOCIATE |
Changes associative dimensions to non-associative. |
Dish
(3D Mesh) |
AI_DISH
(or DISH) |
Draws the
lower half of a sphere as a 3D mesh. |
Dish (3D Solid) |
DISH |
Draws the lower half of a three-dimensional sphere as an ACIS solid. |
Display Image Frame |
IMAGEFRAMEMODE |
Controls whether image frames are visible and printed. |
Distance |
DIST |
Measures
the distance and angle between two points. |
Distant
Light |
DISTANTLIGHT |
Adds a distant light
to your drawing for rendering. |
Divide |
DIVIDE |
Places
markers along a selected entity. |
Dome
(3D Mesh) |
AI_DOME
(or DOME) |
Draws the
upper half of a three-dimensional sphere as a 3D mesh. |
Dome (3D Solid) |
DOME |
Draws the upper half of a three-dimensional sphere as an ACIS solid. |
Donut |
DONUT
OR DOUGHNUT |
Draws a
filled circle or flat ring created as a polyline. |
Doors |
DOOR |
Draws an architectural door. |
Dragmode |
DRAGMODE |
Switches
the dragged-entity display between on, off, and auto. |
Draw
Order |
DRAWORDER |
Changes the order in which entities are
drawn and printed. |
Draw
Orthogonal |
ORTHOGONAL |
Constrains the drawing so that you can
enter only lines aligned with the grid. |
Drawing
Limits |
LIMITS |
Changes the drawing boundaries and controls
checking of those boundaries for the current space. |
Drawing
Properties |
DWGPROPS |
Displays properties for the drawing,
some of which you can define such as keywords and comments. |
Drawing
Settings |
DSETTINGS |
Displays
the Drawing Settings dialog box so you can define various drawing settings. |
Drawing
Status |
STATUS |
Displays all dimensioning variables and
their current values in the Prompt History window. |
DWF
Out |
DWFOUT |
Exports the current
drawing to a Design Web Format (DWF) version 6.0 file in ASCII format. |
DWF Underlay |
DWFATTACH |
Attaches a .dwf file
as an underlay. |
DXB
In |
DXBIN |
Displays the Load
DXB File dialog box so you can import a Drawing Exchange Binary file. |
DXF
In |
DXFIN |
Displays
the Load DXF File dialog box so you can import a Drawing Interchange File. |
DXF
Out |
DXFOUT |
Displays the Select DXF File dialog box
so you can export a Drawing Interchange File. |
Dynamic
View Control |
VIEWCTL |
Displays the Dynamic View Control dialog box
so you can dynamically control the viewports. |
E
Edge |
EDGE |
Changes visibility of edges of three-dimensional face entities that were created
using the 3D Face command. |
Edit Array |
ARRAYEDIT |
Edits associative arrays. |
Edit
Attribute |
ATTEDIT |
Edits the
attribute text associated with blocks. |
Edit
Block Attributes |
DDATTE |
Displays
the Edit Block Attributes dialog box so you can edit the attributes associated
with a block. |
Edit
Entity Data |
EDITEDATA |
Creates
or edits the extended entity data of an entity. |
Edit
In-Place |
REFEDIT
or -REFEDIT
|
Edits the contents
of a block or external reference after it has been inserted in the drawing. |
Edit
Length |
EDITLEN |
Changes
the length of an open-ended entity or the included angle of an arc. |
Edit
Multileader |
MLEADEREDIT |
Adds or removes leader lines to or from
existing multileaders. |
Edit
Polyline |
EDITPLINE |
Edits polyline
entities. |
Edit
Spline |
SPLINEDIT |
Edits spline entities. |
Edit Table |
TABLEDIT |
Modifies text in a selected table cell. |
Edit
Text |
DDEDIT |
Modifies
selected text entities. |
Elevation |
ELEVATION |
Changes
the elevation and thickness of future entities that you draw. |
Elevation Line |
ELEVATIONLINE |
Creates an elevation line which determines a two-dimensional projection view of the drawing. |
Elevation Line Generate |
ELEVATIONLINEGENERATE |
Adds
a new two-dimensional projection from an existing elevation line. |
Elevation Line Reverse |
ELEVATIONLINEREVERSE |
Reverses the direction of an existing elevation line. |
Ellipse |
ELLIPSE |
Draws ellipses. |
Elliptical
Arc |
ELLIPSE |
Draws elliptical
arcs. |
Enclose Text with Shape |
TCIRCLE |
Draws a frame around each selected single-line text, multiline text or attribute definition. |
Endpoint
Snap |
ENDPOINT |
Toggles
the Endpoint snap on or off. |
Entity
Snap Precision |
APERTURE |
Sets the
selection area for snapping to entities. |
Entity
Snap Settings |
SETESNAP |
Displays
the Drawing Settings dialog box so you can change the Entity Snaps. |
Entity
Snaps |
ESNAP |
Locates
points precisely on reference points of entities. |
eTransmit |
ETRANSMIT |
Collects related
files and packages them together for transfer to another computer. |
Exit |
EXIT |
Exits CADdirect. |
Explode |
EXPLODE |
Ungroups
a block, polyline, or hatch, creating separate entities for each element. |
Explode
Attributes |
BURST |
Ungroups blocks,
creating separate entities for each element and converting attributes
to text. |
Explode
Text |
TXTEXP |
Breaks multiline
text and single-line text into polylines. |
Explore
Blocks |
EXPBLOCKS |
Displays
the Explorer so you can view, create, copy, or edit blocks. |
Explore
Coordinate Systems |
EXPUCS |
Displays
the Explorer so you can view, create, copy, or edit user coordinate
systems definitions. |
Explore
Dimension Styles |
EXPDIMSTYLES |
Displays
the Explorer with the Dimension Styles element selected. You can
cut, copy, and paste dimension styles from one drawing to another. |
Explore
External References |
EXPREFS |
Displays the Explorer with the
External References element selected. You can cut, copy, and paste external
references from one drawing to another. |
Explore
Groups |
EXPGROUPS |
Displays the Explorer with the
Groups element selected. |
Explore
Layers |
EXPLAYERS |
Displays
the Explorer so you can view, create, copy, or edit layers. |
Explore
Layouts |
EXPLAYOUTS |
Displays
the Explorer so you can view, create, copy, or edit layouts. |
Explore
Layer States |
EXPLAYERSTATES |
Displays the
Explorer so you can view, create, copy, or edit layer states. |
Explore
Linetypes |
EXPLTYPES |
Displays the CADdirect Eplorer with the Linetype Name list displayed |
Explore Materials |
EXPMATERIALS |
Displays the Explorer with the Materials element selected, so you can view materials and assign them to entities. |
Explorer |
EXPLORER |
Displays the Explorer so you can view, create, copy, or edit layers,
layer states, layouts, linetypes, text styles, coordinate systems, blocks, dimension styles,
materials, or views within your drawings. |
Explore
Text Styles |
EXPFONTS |
Displays
the Explorer so you can view, create, copy, or edit fonts. |
Explore
Views |
EXPVIEWS |
Displays
the Explorer so you can view, create, or edit views. |
Export |
EXPORT |
Displays
the Export Drawing File As dialog box so you can export the drawing to
a selected file type. |
Export Layout to Model |
EXPORTLAYOUT |
Exports the current layout to model space in a new drawing. |
Export System Variables |
SVEXPORT |
Saves all system variables with their current settings to an .svf file. |
Extend |
EXTEND |
Lengthens
a line, arc, or polyline to meet another entity. |
Extract
Attributes |
ATTEXT
or -ATTEXT |
Extracts
attribute data (informational text) from a drawing to a DXF or TXT file. |
Extrude |
EXTRUDE |
Creates a three-dimensional solid by lengthening closed entities along
a path or to a specified height. |
Extrude (Facet Model
Mesh) |
FMEXTRUDE |
Creates
a facet model mesh by lengthening closed entities along a path
or to a specified height. |
Extruded
Surface |
TABSURF |
Creates
a polygon mesh approximating a general tabulated surface defined by a
path and a direction vector. |
F
Field |
FIELD |
Inserts a field as
multiline text. |
File Converter |
INTELLICONVERT |
Converts one or more drawings to a new file version and format. |
File Tabs |
FILETAB |
Turns the display of file tabs at the top of the drawing area on. |
File Tabs Close |
FILETABCLOSE |
Turns the display of file tabs at the top of the drawing area off. |
Fill |
FILL |
Controls
whether solids and wide polylines are automatically filled when displayed
and output. |
Fillet |
FILLET |
Creates a fillet, or rounded corner, at the intersection of 3D solids,
two lines, rays, or infinite lines. |
Fillet Edges |
FILLETEDGE |
Creates a fillet, or rounded corner, at the intersection of 3D solid faces. |
Filter |
FILTER |
Allows
you to specify and filter entities to include in the selection set. |
Filters |
FILTERS |
Allows you to delete
layer filters. |
Find
and Replace |
FIND |
Searches for text
and optionally replaces it. |
Flatten |
FLATTEN |
Flattens
three-dimensional entities to two dimensions. |
Free
Orbit |
3DFORBIT |
Allows you to rotate the view of entities
in real time. |
Freehand |
FREEHAND |
Draws
a line entity using segments of a predetermined length. |
From
Point |
FROM |
Sets a temporary
base point from which to offset point selection (available while using
a command that requests a point). |
Full
Render |
FULLRENDER |
Creates
a photorealistic image of your model, complete with light sources, shadows,
surface material properties, and reflections. |
G
H
Hatch |
BHATCH |
Allows you to add and edit
hatches to closed entities within specified boundaries. |
Helix |
HELIX |
Draws a spiral. |
Help |
HELP |
Displays
context-sensitive online Help for the current command. |
Hide |
HIDE |
Regenerates
a three-dimensional visualization with hidden lines removed. |
Hide Edges |
HIDEEDGES |
Hides the edges of a 3D face, mesh or polyface mesh. |
Hide Palettes |
HIDEPALETTES |
Hides all visible palettes, the ribbon, the quick access toolbar, and drawing tabs. |
Hyperlink |
HYPERLINK |
Allows
you to attach hyperlinks to drawing entities. |
Hyperlink Options |
HYPERLINKOPTIONS |
Determines whether to display the hyperlink cursor, shortcut menu and tooltip when you hover over entities with attached hyperlinks. |
I
ID
Coordinates |
IDPOINT |
Displays the user
coordinate system coordinates of a specified point. |
IGES In |
IGESIMPORT |
Displays the Import IGES File dialog box so you can import an IGES (Initial
Graphics Exchange Specification) model data file. |
IGES Out |
IGESEXPORT |
Allows you to export ACIS entities such as surfaces, regions, and solids to
an IGES (Initial Graphics Exchange Specification) format file with .iges or
.igs extension. |
Image About |
IMAGEABOUT |
Displays the version
number for the image features. |
Image Manager |
IMAGE or -IMAGE |
Allows you to attach,
unload, reload, detach, and change the path of images. |
Image Quality |
IMAGEQUALITY |
Changes the display
quality of all images in a drawing to high quality or draft quality. |
Import |
IMPORT |
Displays the Import Drawing dialog box so you can import another drawing file into
the current drawing. |
Import System Variables |
SVIMPORT |
Imports custom system variable settings from an .svf file to the drawing. |
Infinite
Line |
INFLINE |
Draws an
infinite line in both directions from a specified starting point. |
Input
Search Options |
INPUTSEARCHOPTIONS
or -INPUTSEARCHOPTIONS |
Determines how command
names are suggested when typing in the command bar. |
Insert Block |
INSERT
or -INSERT |
Inserts a block or
another drawing into the current drawing. |
Insertion
Point Snap |
INSERTION |
Toggles
the Insertion snap on or off. |
Inspection
Dimension |
DIMINSPECT
or -DIMINSPECT
|
Creates or removes
inspection labels for dimensions. |
Interfere |
INTERFERE |
Creates
a composite three-dimensional solid from the interference, or common volume,
of two or more solids. |
Intersect (3D Solid) |
INTERSECT |
Creates
a composite solid or region from the intersection of two or more solids
or regions. Areas outside of the intersection are removed. |
Intersect (Facet Model Mesh) |
FMINTERSECT |
Creates
a composite facet model mesh from the intersection of two or more facet model meshes. Areas outside of the intersection are removed. |
Intersection
Snap |
INTERSECTION |
Toggles
the Intersection snap on or off. |
Isometric
Plane |
ISOPLANE |
When the
isometric grid is turned on, toggles the isometric plane between left,
right, and top. |
J
Join |
JOIN |
Joins two entities (two or more lines, or two or more arcs) into one
entity. |
Justify Text |
TJUST |
Changes the insertion point of selected text entities without changing their locations. |
K
L
Layer |
LAYER |
Creates
named drawing layers and assigns color and linetype properties to those
layers. |
Layer
by Entity |
LAYBYENT |
Allows you to select
an entity to control the current layer, freeze/thaw, on/off, lock/unlock,
or viewport layer settings. |
Layer
Current |
LAYCUR |
Allows you to select
one or more entities and assign the selection the current layer. |
Layer
Delete |
LAYDEL |
Deletes all entities
on a layer and the layer itself. |
Layer
Freeze |
LAYFRZ |
Freezes the layer
of a selected entity. |
Layer
Isolate |
LAYISO |
Isolates all layers
except those assigned to the one or more entities you select. |
Layer
Lock |
LAYLCK |
Locks the layer assigned
to a selected entity. |
Layer
Match |
LAYMCH |
Changes the layer
of selected entities to match the layer of another selected entity. |
Layer
Off |
LAYOFF |
Turns off the layer
assigned to a selected entity. |
Layer On |
LAYON |
Turns on all layers
in the current drawing. |
Layer Previous |
LAYERP |
Reverses the last change made to layer settings. |
Layer
States Manager |
LAYERSTATE |
Displays the Layer
States Manager dialog box so you can view, restore, create, edit, import,
and export layer states. |
Layer
Thaw |
LAYTHW |
Thaws all layers
in the current drawing. |
Layer
Unlock |
LAYULK |
Unlocks the layer
assigned to a selected entity. |
Layer
Unisolate |
LAYUNISO |
Reverses the changes
made when isolating layers. |
Layout |
LAYOUT |
Allows
you to create, delete, and rename layouts, set a layout as the current
layout, and list layouts. |
Layout
Viewports |
MVIEW |
Creates and controls viewpoints. |
Lighting |
LIGHTING |
Defines
light sources and effects that will illuminate your model when you render
it using the Full Render command. |
Line |
LINE |
Draws straight
lines of any length. |
Linetype
Manager |
LINETYPE
or -LINETYPE |
Defines
linetypes (sequences of alternating line segments, dots, and spaces),
loads them from libraries, and sets the current linetype. |
Linetype
Scale |
LTSCALE |
Sets the
scale factor you want applied to all linetypes within the drawing. |
Links |
OLELINKS |
Lists,
updates, and modifies linked objects within a drawing file. |
List
Entity Information |
LIST |
Lists the
database information for selected entities. |
List
Viewport Scale |
VPSCALE |
Reports
the scale of a selected viewport. |
List
Xref/Block Properties |
XLIST |
Lists property information for a selected external reference or and block. |
Load
|
LOAD |
Loads a compiled
shape file (.SHX) that defines shapes. |
Load
Application |
APPLOAD |
Displays
the Load Application Files dialog box so you can load LISP, SDS, TX, and
IRX programs that do not automatically load. |
Load
Classic .NET Application |
NETLOAD |
Displays the Open
an Assembly dialog box so you can load a .NET .DLL application. |
Loft |
LOFT |
Creates a three-dimensional
solid or surface between two or more cross sections. |
Log
File Name |
LOGFILENAME |
Names the
file you want created when you use LOGFILEON to save information in the
Prompt History window. |
Log
File Off |
LOGFILEOFF |
Closes
the text file created with LOGFILEON. |
Log
File On |
LOGFILEON |
Writes
all commands and prompts in the Prompt History window to a text file. |
M
Map Image Type |
GEOMAPIMAGESETMAPTYPE |
Changes the map type of exis. |
Make
Oblique |
DIMEDIT |
Makes dimension lines slanted. |
Make
Snapshot |
MSNAPSHOT
|
Displays
the Snapshot to Create dialog box so you can create a slide file from
the current display. |
Map Import |
MAPIMPORT |
Displays the Import Map File dialog box so you can import .shp, .sdf and .sqlite shapefiles. |
Marker
Blips |
BLIPMODE |
Turns marker
specification points on and off. |
Mark Position |
GEOMARKPOSITION |
Places a position marker at a specified point in the map image. |
Mass
Properties |
MASSPROP |
Calculates the mass properties of regions or solids. |
Materials |
MATERIALS |
Assigns
material properties to entities, enhancing the visual appearance of the
model when you render it with the Full Render command. |
Maximize Viewport |
VPMAX |
Enlarges a viewport
so that it fills the drawing window. |
Measure |
MEASURE |
Places
markers at specified intervals along a selected entity. |
Menu |
MENU or -MENU |
Replaces the current menu, toolbar, alias, keyboard, and ribbon settings with
the settings of the file you load. |
Member Miter |
MEMBERMITER |
Joins two beams into a mitered joint. |
Menu
Load |
MENULOAD
or -MENULOAD
|
Loads (imports)
a menu file and adds its settings to the current settings. |
Menu
Unload |
MENUUNLOAD
or -MENUUNLOAD
|
Exports
menu files. |
Mid
Between 2 Points |
M2P |
Sets a temporary
midpoint snap between two points (available while using a command that
requests a point). |
Midpoint
Snap |
MIDPOINT |
Toggles
the Midpoint snap on or off. |
Migrate UI |
MIGRATE |
Migrates customizations from a previous installation to the current one. |
Minimize Viewport |
VPMIN |
Reduces a maximized
viewport and returns to the standard arrangement of viewports. |
Mirror |
MIRROR |
Reflects
entities through a line. |
Model
and Layout Tabs |
SHOWTAB |
Turns the display
of the Model and Layout tabs at the bottom of the drawing window on or
off. |
Model
Space Toggle |
MSPACE |
Switches
to model space. |
Move |
MOVE |
Moves, copies, rotates, and scales selected entities within a single command. |
Move/Copy/Rotate |
MOCORO |
Moves, copies, rotates, and scales selected entities within a single command. |
Move
Entity Data |
MOVEEDATA |
Moves entity
data. |
Multileader |
MLEADER |
Draws a line, or sequence of lines, for
controlled placement of multiline text or a block. |
Multileader
Style Manager |
MLEADERSTYLE |
Displays the Multileader Styles Manager
dialog box so you can create and modify multileader styles. |
Multiline |
MLINE |
Draws multilines of any length. |
Multiline
Style |
MLSTYLE |
Displays the Multiline Style dialog box
so you can create and modify multiline styles. |
Multiline
Text |
MTEXT
or -MTEXT |
Creates
paragraph text. |
Multiple |
MULTIPLE |
Repeats
the next command until you cancel it. |
Multiple
Insert |
MINSERT |
Inserts
multiple copies of a block in a rectangular pattern. |
N
O
OBJ In |
OBJIN |
Displays the Import OBJ File dialog box so you can import an OBJ (Wavefront Technologies) file. |
Object |
INSERTOBJ |
Displays the Insert Object dialog box so you can insert an ActiveX object
into the drawing. |
Offset |
OFFSET |
Creates offset curves and parallel lines. |
Onweb |
ONWEB |
Allows you to access a company Web site. |
Open |
OPEN |
Displays the Open Drawing dialog box so you can open an existing drawing. |
Open External Drawing |
OPENEXT |
Loads a .dwg file into memory without opening it in CADdirect. |
Options |
CONFIG |
Displays the Options dialog box so you can specify the default settings
(such as Experience Level, Axis Color, and Search Paths). |
Overkill |
OVERKILL |
Deletes or combines duplicate or overlapping entities in the drawing. |
P
Q
R
Railings |
RAILING |
Draws an
architectural railing. |
Ray |
RAY |
Draws an
infinite line in one direction from a specified starting point. |
Real-Time
Pan |
RTPAN |
Allows you to pan the drawing in real
time. |
Real-Time
Zoom |
RTZOOM |
Allows you to enlarge or reduce the display
of the drawing in real time. |
Reassociate Dimension |
DIMREASSOCIATE |
Associates dimensions with a different entity or point on an entity. |
Reassociate
Entity Data |
REASSOCAPP |
Associates programs with entity data. |
Recompute Drawing |
RECOMPUTEDRAWING |
|
Record
Script |
RECSCRIPT |
Displays the Record Script dialog box so you can record a script file. |
Recover |
RECOVER |
Opens and
fixes a drawing that you suspect is damaged. |
Rectangle |
RECTANGLE |
Draws a rectangle. |
Rectangular Array |
ARRAYRECT |
Creates multiple copies of entities in a rectangular (rows and columns) pattern. |
Redefine |
REDEFINE |
Restores
a built-in command deleted by UNDEFINE. |
Redo |
REDO |
Reverses
an UNDO command. You must use the UNDO command before you can use the
REDO command. |
Redraw |
REDRAW |
Redraws
the entire display, erasing any marker blips that were visible. |
Redraw
All |
REDRAWALL |
Redraws
all viewports. |
Reference Grid |
GRID |
Displays a grid of dots on the screen
used for visual reference. |
Regen |
REGEN |
Regenerates
the current viewports. |
Regen
All |
REGENALL |
Regenerates
all viewports. |
Regen Automatically |
REGENAUTO |
Automatically regenerates a drawing. |
Regenarate Dimension |
DIMREGEN |
Updates the position of associative dimensions in the drawing. |
Region |
REGION |
Creates
a three-dimensional solid from an existing two-dimensional entity. |
Reload Image |
GEOMAPIMAGEUPDATE |
Updates
map image entities from the mapping service and optimizes their resolution. |
Remove
from Working Set |
REFSET |
Removes an entity
from the block that is being edited in-place. |
Remove Leader Lines |
AIMMLEADERREMOVE |
Removes one or more leader lines from existing multileader entities. |
Rename |
RENAME |
Changes
the names associated with text styles, layers, linetypes, blocks, views,
user coordinate systems, viewport configurations, and dimension styles. |
Render |
RENDER |
Removes
hidden lines, and then shades the surface as though it were illuminated
from multiple light sources. |
Render
Settings |
SETRENDER |
Defines
settings for rendering images, such as smoothing, base materials, and
shadow resolution. |
Reset Dimension Text |
DIMREASSOC |
Removes overrides made to dimension text and returns the dimension to its original value. |
Reset User Interface |
RESETUI |
Resets CUI user interface customization to the default. |
Restart
Script |
RSCRIPT |
Restarts
a command script from the beginning. |
Resume |
RESUME |
Resumes an interrupted command script. |
Revision
Cloud |
REVCLOUD |
Draws cloud shapes
which are used to mark where revisions have been made in a drawing. |
Revolve |
REVOLVE |
Creates a three-dimensional solid by revolving an existing two-dimensional entity
around a selected axis, line, polyline, or two points. |
Revolve (Facet Model Mesh) |
FMREVOLVE |
Creates
a three-dimensional facet model mesh by revolving an existing two-dimensional entity
about a selected axis, line, polyline, or two points. |
Revolved
Surface |
REVSURF |
Creates
a three-dimensional polygon mesh approximating a surface of revolution
by rotating a curve around a selected axis. |
Ribbon |
RIBBON |
Turns the display of the ribbon on. |
Ribbon Close |
RIBBONCLOSE |
Turns the display of the ribbon off. |
Roof |
ROOF |
Draws an architectural roof. |
Roof Slab |
ROOFSLAB |
Draws an architectural roof slab. |
Rotate |
ROTATE |
Rotates
existing entities around a specified rotation point. |
Rotate Text |
TORIENT |
Changes the orientation of single-line text, multiline text, attribute definitions, and block attribute text. |
Ruled
Surface |
RULESURF |
Creates
a three-dimensional polygon mesh approximating a ruled surface between
two curves. |
Run
Script |
SCRIPT |
Displays
the Run Script dialog box, allowing a script command to be carried out. |
S
Save |
SAVE |
Displays
the Save Drawing File As dialog box so you can save the current drawing.
You can also save the drawing using a different name. |
Save
All |
SAVEALL |
Saves all
open drawings. |
Save
As |
SAVEAS |
Displays the Save Drawing File As dialog box so you can save the current drawing. |
Save
Block |
BSAVE
| Saves modifications to the current block. Available only in the Block Editor. |
Save
Block As |
BSAVEAS
| Opens the Save Block As dialog box. Saves the current block with a different name.
Available only in the Block Editor. |
Save
Block to Disk |
WBLOCK
or -WBLOCK |
Saves a
block, entire drawing, or entities to a separate drawing file. |
Save Layer State |
LAYERSTATESAVE |
Opens the New Layer State dialog box where you can specify the name and description for a new layer state. |
Save
Workspace |
WSSAVE
or -WSSAVE |
Saves the current menu, toolbar, and ribbon visibility settings to a new or
existing workspace. |
Scale |
SCALE |
Changes
the size of entities proportionally. |
Scale
List |
SCALELISTEDIT
or -SCALELISTEDIT |
Defines the scales
that are available to assign to annotative entities. |
Scale Text |
SCALETEXT |
Changes the scale of existing text entities, either enlarging them or reducing them. |
Scroll
Bars |
SCROLLBAR |
Turns the
scroll bars around the drawing window on or off. |
Section |
SECTION |
Creates a cross section through a solid as a region or block. |
Section Line |
SECTIONLINE |
Creates a section line which determines a two-dimensional projection of the area you want to view. |
Section Line Generate |
SECTIONLINEGENERATE |
Adds
a new two-dimensional projection from an existing section line. |
Security |
SECURITY |
Displays the Security dialog box so you can set security restrictions for running
macros in CADdirect. |
Select |
SELECT |
Groups
entities into a selection set for use in subsequent commands. |
Select
All |
SELGRIPS |
Displays the grips
of selected entities. |
Select
Similar |
SELECTSIMILAR |
Searches for entities
that match properties of other entities. The entities with properties
that match are then added to the selection set. |
Selection Filter |
SELFILTER |
Displays the Selection Filter pane, which displays all entities in the drawing and allows you to filter and select entities by layer, color, entity type, and linetype. |
Selection Filter Close |
SELFILTERCLOSE |
Closes the Selection Filter pane. |
Send
Feedback |
SENDFEEDBACK |
Opens the Send Feedback dialog box so
you can provide enhancement requests, report issues, and more. |
Send
Hatches Back |
HATCHTOBACK |
Changes the draw
order of hatches to be drawn and printed behind all entities in a drawing. |
Send
Mail |
MAIL |
Activates a mail program so you can send
an CADdirect drawing file via electronic mail. |
Set Location |
GEO |
Attaches geographic location data to a drawing file. |
Set
Layer by Entity |
LAYMCUR |
Sets a
new layer as the current layer. |
Set
to ByLayer |
SETBYLAYER |
Sets properties to
ByLayer for selected entities. |
Set
UCS |
SETUCS |
Displays
the user coordinate systems dialog box so you can select the current UCS
from the list of preset definitions. |
Shade |
SHADE |
Shades
models in the current viewport. |
Shape |
SHAPE |
Allows you to insert shapes from a compiled
shape file (.SHX) into your drawing. |
Sheet Set Manager |
SHEETSET |
Displays the Sheet Set Manager pane which allows you to view, organize, and publish sheet sets. |
Show Edges |
SHOWEDGES |
Shows all edges of a 3D face, mesh, or polyface mesh. |
Show Palettes |
SHOWPALETTES |
Reverses the HIDEPALETTES command so that the ribbon, the quick access toolbar, all previously-hidden palettes, and drawing tabs are redisplayed. |
Single
Session |
SINGLETON |
Allows
you to determine whether CADdirect can be started one time or multiple
times simultaneously. |
Slab |
SLAB |
Draws an architectural slab. |
Slice |
SLICE |
Creates a new entity by cutting the original entity and removing a specific side. |
Snap |
SNAP |
Restricts cursor movement to specified
increments. |
Solids Editing |
SOLIDEDIT |
Modifies three-dimensional solids. |
Sphere
(3D Mesh) |
AI_SPHERE
(or SPHERE) |
Draws a
three-dimensional spherical entity as a 3D mesh. |
Sphere (3D Solid) |
SPHERE |
Draws a three-dimensional spherical entity as an ACIS solid. |
Sphere
(Facet Model Mesh) |
FMSPHERE |
Draws a
three-dimensional spherical entity as a facet model mesh. |
Spline |
SPLINE |
Draws a
curved polyline. |
Spline
Edit |
SPLINEDIT |
Edits a spline. |
Spot
Light |
SPOTLIGHT |
Adds a spot light to your drawing for
rendering. |
Stairs |
STAIR |
Draws an architectural stair. |
Start Page |
GOTOSTART |
Switches from the current drawing to the Start page. |
Status
Bar |
STATBAR |
Turns the
status at the bottom of the window on or off. |
STEP In |
STEPIMPORT |
Displays the Import STEP File dialog box so you can import a STEP (Standard
for the Exchange of Product) model data file. |
STEP Out |
STEPEXPORT |
Allows you to export ACIS entities such as surfaces, regions, and solids to
a STEP (Standard for the Exchange of Product) model data file with an .step, .ste or .stp extension. |
STL In |
STLIN |
Displays the Import STL File dialog box so you can import an STL (Stereolithography) file. |
STL Out |
STLOUT |
Allows you to export three-dimensional solids to an STL (Stereolithography) file with an .stl extension. |
Steel |
STEEL |
Creates 2D and three-dimensional steel shapes of different types. |
Stop
Recording |
STOPSCRIPT |
Stops the
recording of scripts. |
Stretch |
STRETCH |
Moves a
portion of a drawing while retaining connections to other parts of the
drawing. |
Studs, Joists, Track |
SJT |
Creates 2D and three-dimensional shapes in the following categories: Studs,
S Studs, Joists, Track. |
Subtract (3D Solid) |
SUBTRACT |
Creates
a composite three-dimensional solid by subtracting two or more solids. |
Subtract (Facet Model Mesh) |
FMSUBTRACT |
Creates
a composite three-dimensional facet model mesh by subtracting two or more facet model meshes. |
Sweep |
SWEEP |
Creates a three-dimensional
solid or surface by sweeping an entity along a path. |
Switch
Window |
SWITCHWINDOW |
Lists all drawing
windows that are open and allows you to switch between, save, or close
them. |
Synchronize
Multiple-Scale Positions |
ANNORESET |
Returns scale views of annotative entities
to their default locations. |
Synchronize
Viewports |
VPSYNC |
Synchronizes multiple layout viewports
so that they look like parts of one viewport. |
System
Variables Manager |
SYSVARMONITOR |
Displays and manages CADdirect system variables and their properties. |
System
Windows |
SYSWINDOWS |
Rearranges
open drawing windows and icons. |
T
U
UCS |
UCS |
Defines
or modifies the current user coordinate system; see also EXPUCS. |
UCS
Icon |
UCSICON |
Turns
the display of the UCS icon on or off. |
Undefine |
UNDEFINE |
Allows
a command defined by another program to override an CADdirect command. |
Undelete |
UNDELETE |
Restores
erased entities. |
Undo |
U |
Reverses
the effect of the previous command. |
Ungroup |
UNGROUP |
Breaks a group into its separate source entities. |
Undo
Multiple |
UNDO |
Reverses
the effect of the previous command; also reverses the effect of multiple
commands and provides control of the UNDO command. |
Union (3D Solid) |
UNION |
Creates a composite three-dimensional solid by combining two or more solids. |
Union (Facet Model Mesh) |
FMUNION |
Creates a composite three-dimensional facet model mesh by combining two or more facet model meshes. |
Units |
UNITS |
Selects
coordinate and angle display formats and precision. |
URL |
URL |
Allows you to go
to a Uniform Resource Locator (URL). |
User
Guide |
User
Guide |
Displays
the Using CADdirect guide in PDF format. |
V
W
X
XOR Toggle |
XORTOGGLE |
Determines whether a logical XOR is used for the color of the cursor and entity snap markers. |
Xplode |
XPLODE |
Breaks apart a complex entity into separate entities and sets properties for the newly separated entities. |
Xref Manager |
XREF or -XREF |
Allows you to manage external drawings that you have in the current
drawing, without changing their content. |
Xref Layer Visibility |
VISRETAIN |
Saves modifications to external reference layers. |
Xref Open |
XOPEN |
Opens
an external reference for editing without having to open the Xref Manager. |
Y
Z
Zoom |
ZOOM |
Enlarges or reduces the display of the active drawing. |
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