APPENDIX A. Command Shortcuts

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1 Command Shortcuts 605 APPENDIX A Command Shortcuts There are various ways to access commands. With your pointing device you can activate commands from the pull-down, screen, toolbar, and status line menus. If your pointing device is a digitizer and puck you can select commands from the tablet or from the puck buttons. If you are using a mouse you have the mouse buttons, and by combining the Shift key with the mouse buttons you have even more options. Function Keys Menu File Keystrokes or Classic Menu Keystrokes Alias Screen Status Line The FI to FI2 buttons located on the top row of your keyboard. Either option requires you to press the <Ctrl> key and then at the same time to press another key from the keyboard. The only exception is the Cancel command, where you press the <Esc> key. The Menu File Keystrokes are based partially on Windows standards, and the Classic Menu Keystrokes are based on previous AutoCAD versions. Provides a shortcut for typing some of the commands at the keyboard. A group of commands that can be toggled on or off. These commands are located at the bottom of your AutoCAD display screen. Description Function Menu File Classic Alias Screen Shift + Keys Keystrokes Menu (ACAD.PGP) Status 2nd Keystrokes line Mouse Button.x.XY.XZ.Y.YZ.Z Apparent Intersection Arc Backspace <Ctrl H> <Ctrl H> A

2 606 Appendix A Description Function Menu File Classic Alias Screen Shift + Keys Keystrokes Menu (ACAD.PGp) Status 2nd Keystrokes line Mouse Button Cancel <Esc> <Esc> or <CtrIC> Center Circle C Coordinate F6 <CtrID> <CtrID> display on/off Copy CP Delete the entire <CtrIX> line of input Dimaligned Dimangular Dimbaseline Dimcontinue Dimdiameter Dimedit Dimlinear Dimordinate Dimoverride Dimali Dimang Dimbase Dimcont Dimdia Dimed Dimlin Dimord Dimover Dimradius Dimrad Dimstyle Dimsty Dimtedit Dimted Dsviewer AV Dview DV Endpoint Erase E Flip Screen F2 From Grid on/off F7 <CtrIG> <CtrIG> Help FI Insertion Intersection lsoplane <CtrIE> <CtrIE> left/top/right Layer Leader Line Linetype LA Lead L LT

3 Command Shortcuts 607 Description Function Menu File Classic Alias Screen Shift + Keys Keystrokes Menu (ACAD.PGP) Status 2nd Keystrokes line Mouse Button Midpoint Move M Mspace MS Mtext T Nearest Node None Ortho on/off F8 <CtrIO> Pan P Perpendicular Pkser Pline Plot <Ctrl P> Serial Pspace PS Quadrant Quick, Quit Redraw R Snap on/off F9 <Ctrl B> <Ctrl B> Tablet on/off FlO <Ctrl T> <CtrIT> Tangent Tilemode Tolerance Viewport - <Ctrl V> Change the active viewport (model space) Zoom Open New Qsave U (undo)o CutcIip <CtrIO> <CtrIN> <CtrIS> <CtrIZ> <CtrIX> Copyclip <Ctrl C> PastecIip <CtrIV> PL Exit Tol Z

4 608 Appendix B APPENDIX B Dialog Boxes Dialog Box Command prompt Disable Dialog Box Command prompt Disable Equivalent Dialog Box Equivalent Dialog Box 3Dsin Ddmodify Change, Chprop, 3Dsout Extend, Grips, Lengthen, Mtprop, About Trim Acisin Ddosnap Aperture, Osnap Acisout Ddptype Appload Ddrename Rename Bhatch -Bhatch Ddnnodes Blipmode, Fill, Grid, Bmpout Group, lsoplane, Ortho, Qtext, Snap Boundary -Boundary Ddselect Compile Dducs Rename, Ucs Config Dducsp Plan, Ucs Ddattdef Attdef Ddunits Units Ddatte Attedit Ddview Rename, View Ddattext Attext Ddvpoint Plan, Vpoint Ddchprop Change, Chprop, Color, Layer, Dimaligned Linetype, Thickness DimanguIar Ddcolor Color, Layer Dimdiameter Ddedit Change, Mtext, Dimedit Mtprop Dimlinear Ddemodes Color, Elevation, Layer, Linetype, Dimordinate Style, Thickness Dimradius Ddgrips Dsviewer Ddim Dimstyle Dxbin Ddinsert Insert Dxfm Ddlmodes Layer Dxfout Ddltype Linetype, Ltscale End

5 Dialog Boxes 609 Dialog Box Command prompt Disable Dialog Box Command prompt Disable Equivalent Dialog Box Equivalent Dialog Box Export 3Dsout, Acisout, Open Attext, Bmpout, Ddattext, Dxbin, Pcxin Dxfout, Import, Plot Cmddia Makepreview, Psfill, Psout, Render, Preferences Saveimg, Wblock, Psin Wmfout Psout Files Dir, Rename Qsave Filter Rconfig Gifm Recover Group -Group Reinit Hatchedit -Hatchedit Render Help Replay Import 3Dsin, Acisin, Dxbin, Dxfin, Rmat Epsin, Export, Rpref Gifin, Pcxin, Psout, Replay, Tifin, Save Wmfin, Wmfopts Saveas Insertobj Saveasrl2 Leader Light Saveimg Scene Linetype Script Load Spell Matlib Menu Stlout Menuload Style Stats Menuunload Tbconfig Mledit Tolerance Mlstyle Vslide Mslide Wblock Mtext -Mtext Wmfin Mtprop Wmfopts New Wmfout Olelinks Xref

6 Architectural Drawing Scale A Scale Factor S.5X 11 (7.5 X 10) 1"=1" 1 7" x 10" 3"=1' 4 2' x 3' 1 1/2"=1' 8 5'x6' 1"=1' 12 l' x 10' 3/4"=1' 16 10' x 13' 1/2"= ' x 20' 3/8"=1' 32 20' x 26' 1/4"=1' 48 30' x 40' 3/16"=1' 64 40' x 53' 1/8"=1' 96 60' x 80' 3/32"=1' ' x 106' 1/16"=1' ' x 160' 1/32"=1' ' x 320' APPENDIX C Scale Factor Chart and Drawing Limits B C D E lis" Plotted 11X17 17X22 22X34 34X44 Text Height (lox 16) (16 X 21) (21 X 33) (33 X 43) 10" x I' I' x I' I' x 2' 2'x3'.125 3' x5' 5' x l' l' x 11' 11' x 14".5" 6' x 10' 10' x 14' 14' x 22' 22' x 28'" 1" 10' x 16' 16' x 21' 21' x 33' 33' x 43' 1.5" 13' x 21' 21' x 28' 28' x 44' 44' x 57'" 2 20' x 32' 32' x 42' 42' x 66' 66' x 86' 3" 26' x 42' 42' x 56' 56' x 88' 88' x 114'" 4" 40' x 64' 64' x 84' 84' x 132' 132' x 172' 6" 53' x 85' 85' x 112' 112' x 176' 176' x 229'" 8" 80' x 128' 128' x 168' 168' x 264' 264' x 344' 12" 106' x 170' 170' x 224' 224' x 352' 352' x 458' 16" 160' x 256' 256' x 336' 336' x 528' 528' x 688' 24" 320' x 512' 512' x 672' 672' x 1056' 1056' x 1376' 48" Plotted Scale 1=1 1=4 1=8 1=12 1=16 1=24 1=32 1=48 1=64 1=96 1=128 1=192 1=384 Paper Space ZoomXP lxp 1/4xp or.25xp 1/8xp or.0125xp 1/12xp or.08333xp 11 16xp or.0625 xp 1/24xp or.04166xp 1/32xp or.03125xp 1/48xp or.02083xp 1/64xp or.01562xp 1/96xp or.01041xp 1/128xp or.oo781xp 1/192xp or.oo520xp 1/384xp or.oo260xp m... o» 'a 'a CD :1 Q. >C" n

7 Mechanical Drawing Scale A B C Scale Factor 8.5 X X X22 (7.5 X 10) (10 X 16) (16 X 21) 2"=1".5 3" x 5" 5" x 8" 8" x 10" 3/4"= 1" " x 13" 13" x 21" 21" x 27" 1/2"=1" 2 15" x 20" 20" x 32" 32" x 42" 3/8"= 1" " x 29" 29" x 42" 42" x 56" 1/4"=1" 4 30" x 40" 40" x 64" 64" x 84" 3/16"= 1" " x 53" 53" x 85" 85"xl11" L Civil Drawing Scale A B C Scale Factor 8.5 X X X22 (7.5 X 10) (10 X 16) (16 X 21) 1"=10' ' x 100' 100' x 160' 160' x 210' 1"=20' ' x 200' 200' x 320' 320' x 420' 1"=30' ' x 300' 300' x 480' 480' x 630' 1"=40' ' x 400' 400' x 640' 640' x 840' 1"=50' ' x 500' 500' x 800' 800' x 1050' 1"=60' ' x 600' 600' x 960' 960' x 1260' 1"=80' ' x 800' 800' x 1280' 1280' x 1680' 1"=100' ' x 1000' 1000' x 1600' 1600' x 2100' _.. ' D E 1/8" Plotted 22X34 34X44 Text Height (21 X 33) (33 X 43) 10" x 16" 16" x 21" " x 43" 43" x 57" " x 66" 66" x 86".25 56" x 88" 88" x 114".33 84" x 132" l32" x 172".5 Ill" x l75" 175" x 229" D E 1/8" Plotted 22X34 34X44 Text Height (21 X 33) (33 X 43) 210' x 330' 330' x 430' 15" 420' x 660' 660' x 860' 30" 630' x 990' 990' x 1290' 45" 840' x 1320' 1320' x 1720' 60" 1050' x 1650' 1650' x 2150' 75" 1260' x 1980' 1980' x 2580' 90" 1680' x 2640' 2640' x 3440' 120" 2100' x 3300' 3300' x 4300' 150" Plotted Scale 1=.5 1=1.33 1=2 1=2.67 1=4 1=5.33 Plotted Scale 1=120 1=240 1=360 1=480 1=600 1=720 1=960 1=1200,... Paper Space ZoomXP 2xp 3/4xp or.75xp 1/2xp or.5xp 3/8xp or.375xp 1/4xp or.25xp 3/16xp or.1875xp Paper Space ZoomXP 1/120xp or.00833xp 1/240xp or.00416xp 1/360xp or.00277xp 1/480xp or.00208xp 1/600xp or.00166xp 1/720xp or.00l38xp 1/960xp or.00104xp ~~~xp or.ooo8~ en n D) CD." D) g ~ D) :::J Q. C ii1 :::e 3' CC c: 3 ;::;: ta 0')

8 612 Appendix D The AutoCAD Commands are broken! APPENDIX D Trouble-Shooting When you find that some commands are working differently than documented, it may be because you are using an AutoCAD add-on package that redefined the way commands work. You can override these command redefinitions by typing the command at the keyboard preceded by a period C.). Everything is the same Color no matter what layer I'm on! If the color of new objects does not match the color of the current Layer setting it is because the Color command is set to that specific color. If you want the objects to default to the current Layer's color setting you must set the Color to Bylayer. Everything is the same Line type no matter what layer I'm on! If the linetype of new objects does not match the linetype of the current Layer setting it is because the Linetype command is set to that specific linetype. If you want the objects to default to the current Layer's linetype setting you must set the Linetype to Bylayer. I used various line types but they all look continuous! Change the Ltscale (linetype scale) in relation to the plot scale factor. See Appendix C for a listing of plot scale factors. Once you change the Ltscale make sure you Regenerate the drawing. Whenever I enter text it doesn't prompt me for the text height! If you enter text and you are not given the option to set the text height it is because that text style is set with a predefined text height. Use the Style command and reset the style's text height to O. All my text looks like rectangles! Set Qtext Off and Regenerate the drawing. My text is missing! Text appears to be missing in a drawing when AutoCAD cannot locate the font files the drawing references. When opening a file referencing fonts other than those provided with the AutoCAD software, you are given the option to temporarily replace the font with a substitute font. If you do not assign a substitute or the substitute is insufficient, the text will not appear on the screen. Try re-opening the file and assigning one of the fonts such as Txt or Romans. If the text still does not appear find out the name of the text font with

9 Trouble-Shooting 613 the Style command and verify whether a third party font was used. If so, ask the person who originated the drawing to use the fonts supplied by Autodesk or ask them for the font files associated to that drawing. My text should be solid filled. What happened? Set Textfill to 1 and Regenerate the drawing. My dimensions are so small I can barely see the dimension text and arrow heads! My dimension text and arrowheads are too large for the drawing! Change the Dimscale variable in relation to the plot scale factor. See Appendix C for a listing of plot scale factors. Dimensions display the wrong type of units! If your dimensions display the wrong type of Units (i.e. Decimal, Architectural, Scientific, Engineering) you need to set the Units using the Annotation option from the Ddim dialog box. Why isn't the Osnap Intersection option working? The two objects may be on different Elevations; use the Apparent Intersection Osnap. My drawing turned into the size of a postage stamp. Why? There could be a stray object around the perimeter of the drawing. Issue a Zoom.6x to shrink the drawing display and then look for stray objects. If no objects are found, turn on any Layers that are turned off. If that does not work, check to see whether the Limits are set appropriately. Changing the following variables affects all drawing files: Aperture Fontalt Loginname Plotid Screenmode Auditctl Fontmap Maxsort Plotrotmode Sortents Cmddia Gripblock Menuctl Plotter Tooltips Dctcust Gripcolor Mtexted Projmode Treemax Dctrnain Griphot Pickadd Psprolog Xrefctl Dragpl Grips Pickauto Psquality Dragp2 Gripsize Pickbox Savefile Fflimit Isavebak Pickdrag Savetime Isavepercent Pickfirst Screenboxes