Working with AutoCAD

AutoCAD

Useful Commands to Remember
convertpstyles - converts from "ctb" and "stb" plotting styles

battorder - allows you to select the order in which attributes are brought up when inserting a block into a drawing. The command can only be accessed within the block editor.

Ctrl+K - lets you hyperlink an obect within your drawing to go to a web page or even open a certain document.

txt2mtxt - converts normal lines of text to a group of text ewditable with mtext.

vtoptions - improves program performance by turning off the effects of zooming within drawings.

chspace - quickly moves from modelspace to paperspace.

eattext - creates a table of text from attributed text inside blocks.

taskbar - shows each drawing you have currently open on your windows taskbar instead of just the AutoCAD program.

xopen - opens an attached xref for editing.

imagefram - will turn frames on and off for images and wipeouts, see tframes below.

tframes - shows or hides wipeout frames.

Express Tools Command Alias Editor - edits the PGP file commands

Reinit - allows you to re-initialize ethe PGP file without restarting AutoCAD

posted by Jaxom at 12:50 PM