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QUICK REFERENCE

AutoCAD 2004 Interface

Command Aliases

Shortcut Keys

Coordinate Entry

System Variables

Object Selection

AUTOCAD 2004

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AutoCAD 2004 Interface

Tool Palettes

You can place frequently used blocksand hatches on a tool palette. Dragdrawings, blocks, and hatches fromDesignCenter to the tool palette.When you need to add a block or ahatch to a drawing, drag it from thetool palette onto your drawing.

Right-click in a tool palette to displaya relevant shortcut menu. You canright-click an icon, an empty area, atab, or the title bar.

DesignCenter

With DesignCenter, you can organize

access to drawings, blocks, hatches, andother drawing content. You can dragcontent from any source drawing toyour current drawing. You can also dragdrawings, blocks, and hatches to a toolpalette.

Right-click in DesignCenter to display arelevant shortcut menu. You can right-click an icon, an empty area, a tab, or thetitle bar.

Other Tabs

Current Tab


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Communication Center

With Communication Center, you can stay

informed about Autodesk company news andproduct announcements, provide your feedbackdirectly to Autodesk, get breaking news from theProduct Support team at Autodesk, receiveannouncements and subscription program newsif you are an Autodesk subscription member, andbe notified when new articles and tips are avail-able on Autodesk websites.

Tray Settings

When traysettings areturned on,icons andnotificationsare displayedin the tray atthe right endof the statusbar.

stack/unstack text

text height

text color

font

user-set tab stop

text style

ruler

first line indent marker

paragraph indent marker

save changes

and close theeditor

default tab stops

Multiline Text Editor

A multiline text (mtext) object includes one or more paragraphs of text that can bemanipulated as a single object. You can set tabs to indent text; you can also set textproperties such as the text font, text height, and text color for selected characters,words, or the entire mtext object.


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Command Aliases.

You can define your own command aliases; see Create Command Aliases in the Help system. For a completelist of command aliases, see Command Aliases in the Help system.

Command Alias Command Alias

ADCENTER dc LINE l

ARC a MOVE m

BLOCK b MTEXT t

CIRCLE c OFFSET o

COPY co OPTIONS op

DIMSTYLE d PAN p

DIST di PLINE pl

DSETTINGS ds PROPERTIES pr

ERASE e ROTATE ro

EXPLODE x TEXT dtEXTEND ex TOOLPALETTES tp

FILLET f TRIM tr

HATCH h UNDO u

INSERT i XREF xr

LAYER la ZOOM z

Shortcut Keys

You can add or modify shortcut keys on the Keyboard tab of the Customize dialog box.

Shortcut Keys Description Command or System Variable

F1 Opens the Help system HELP

F2 Switches between text window and drawing area GRAPHSCR, TEXTSCR

F3 Turns running object snaps on and off OSNAP

F6 Changes the coordinate display on the status bar COORDS

F7 Turns the grid on and off GRID

F8 Turns Ortho mode on and off ORTHO

F9 Turns Snap on and off SNAPF10 Turns polar tracking on and off DSETTINGS

F11 Turns object snap tracking on and off DSETTINGS

CTRL+0 Turns user interface elements on and off CLEANSCREENON/OFF

CTRL+R Cycles through viewports CVPORT


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System Variables

For a complete list of system variables, see the Command Referencein the Help system. For information aboutchanging a system variable value, see Enter System Variables on the Command Line in the Help system.

System Variable Description

MIRRTEXT Controls how the MIRROR command reflects textPICKADD Controls whether new selections replace the current selection set or

add to it

PICKFIRST Controls whether you select objects before you start a command or after

PICKSTYLE Controls the use of group selection and associative hatch selection

PSLTSCALE Controls linetype scaling in a layout

STARTUP Controls whether the Create New Drawing dialog box is displayed whenstarting a new drawing

UCSICON Controls the display of the UCS icon in the current viewport

VISRETAIN Controls the visibility, color, linetype, lineweight, and plot styles of

xref-dependent layers

XLOADCTL Turns xref demand-loading on and off and controls whether it opens theoriginal drawing or a copy

Enter coordinates, filters, and distances at any point prompt on the command line.

Method Format Description

Absolute Cartesiancoordinates X,Y Specifies a location measured bydistances from 0,0 in the current UCS

Relative Cartesiancoordinates

@X,Y Specifies a location measured by dis-tances from the last point

Absolute polar coordinates distance


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Object Selection.

To select Use this method at theSelect Objects prompt

Individual objects Click the object youwant to select

Overlapping objects by cycling through them Hold down CTRLand click near theobject until it is high-lighted, and thenpress ENTER

Most recently created visible object Last (enter L)

Most recent selection set Previous (enter p)

Add or remove objects from selection Hold down SHIFTand select objects

Objects touching or enclosed by the crossingselection; selected objects are gray in theillustration

Crossing (dragcursor from right toleft, or enter c)

Objects completely within the window selection;selected objects are gray in the illustration

Window (dragcursor from left toright, or enter w)

Objects touched by a fence (a crossing polyline);selected objects are gray in the illustration

Fence (enter f)

Objects crossing or completely within a polygon;selected objects are gray in the illustration

CPolygon(enter cp)

Objects completely within a polygon; selectedobjects are gray in the illustration

WPolygon(enter wp)

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