DRAFTING AND PRODUCTIVITY COMMANDS
Quick New
A new option for starting a new drawing from a template.
Set your system variables to (FILEDIA system variable to 1) and
(STARTUP system variable to 0). Pre-Select your template in the
Options > Files dialog box. Invoke the command as QNEW
and you will get a new drawing instantly without any dialog boxes
to deal with. I guess this will be handy for someone.
This was a long time coming! Ever want to let everyone
in the area you made a big mistake? Try hitting CTRL+Z 30 times
as fast as you can. This new options allows you to undo back
at one shot (without having to set a mark first). This is similar
to what you would find in MS Word.
MText
Except for the tabs and the indents, I don’t know
if this is a big step forward for Mtext. It's a cleaner look,
but they have taken out the quick access to symbols (%, o,
etc) find and replace, and moved them a right click option.
Old MText Window
New Toolbar Icons
A minor change, but worth noting. The icons have
changed to look a little more modern. How about the new EXPLODE
icon, eh?
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User Requests
Clean Screen - Need more real
estate on your monitor? Hit CNTL+0 (zero) to toggle to 'clean
screen' - nothing but the drawing area, menu bar and the command
line. Hit CTRL+0 to get back to the regular screen.
Display Order
- This is familiar to anyone who has used a graphics program.
If objects overlap, you can change the order in which they appear.
Use this by the Tools> Display Order.
Close Drawing
- If are in the middle of a command and want to close the drawing,
you can now do this without having to end the command. Not sure
if this is a good thing, as it no loger provides a check in
case you weren't finished something before you close.
Hatch Preview
- The new option doesn't require you to return to the dialog
box to accept the hatch. This can now be done with an <enter>
or right-click.
Fillet and Chamfer
- Amazing, now you can set these commands to continue after
you have completed an action. Before you had to restart the
command for every fillet or chamfer (or use the REPEAT
command)
Layout Tabs-
Cycle through your layout tabs by pressing CTRL+PAGE UP / DOWN.
Hidden Lines. - Change the hidden line
settings for your drawing for the HIDE command for
example, they can be dashed now. This is a great new
tool for 3D designers who don't want to deal with SOLDRAW
and SOLVIEW.
Insert Block and External Reference
Settings - Your insert options for blocks and xrefs (scale, insertion point, rotation)
are now stored as permanent AutoCAD session settings. Previously
they were only available for each drawing session.
Pan and Zoom
- Here's a fix for XP users. You can now pan and zoom past the
edge of the monitor. Previously, it would stop at the edge.
Polyline Edit - How about this one: "Do
you want to turn it into a Polyline?" - Of course, that's
why I selected it! Now you can turn off this annoying prompt
with the PEDITACCEPT
system variable set to 1.
Render Window
- Ever wanted to close that pesky Render window? Now you can.
