John F. Ross C.V.I. Technology AutoCad 200 Command Menu 1 FILE New

Creates a new drawing file: NEW

Open

Opens an existing drawing file: OPEN

Close

Closes the drawing file: CLOSE

Partial Load Save

Loads additional geometry into a partially opened drawing: PARTIALOAD

Quickly saves the current drawing: QSAVE

Save As Saves an unnamed drawing with a file name or renames the current drawing: SAVEAS Export Saves objects to other file formats: EXPORT Page Setup

Displays the Page Setup dialog box: PAGESETUP

Plotter Manager PLOTTERMANAGER

Provides access to the Add Plotter wizard and the Plotter Configuration Editor:

Plot Style Manager Provides access to the Add Plot Style Table wizard and the Plot Style Table Editor: STYLESMANAGER Plot Preview Plot

Shows how the drawing will look when it is printed or plotted: PREVIEW

Plots a drawing to a plotting device or file: PLOT

Drawing Utilities Send

Faxes or emails the current drawing file

Drawing Properties

Sets and displays the properties of the current drawing: DWGPROPS

Drawing History

Lists the most recently opened drawings; select a drawing to quickly open it

Exit

Quits the application; prompts to save documents

2 EDIT Undo

Reverses the most recent operation: U

Redo

Reverses the effects of the previous UNDO or U command: REDO

John F. Ross C.V.I. Technology Cut

Copies objects to the Clipboard and erases the objects from the drawing: CUTCLIP

Copy

Copies objects to the Clipboard: COPYCLIP

Copy with Base Point Copy Link Paste

Copies objects to the Clipboard with a base point: COPYBASE

Copies the current view to the Clipboard for linking to other OLE applications: COPYLINK

Inserts data from the Clipboard: PASTECLIP

Paste as Block Pastes objects from the Clipboard as a block: PASTEBLOCK Paste as Hyperlink

Pastes a hyperlink to the selected object: PASTEASHYPERLINK

Paste to Original Coordinates PASTEORIG Paste Special Clear

Inserts data from the Clipboard and controls the format of the data: PASTESPEC

Removes objects from a drawing: ERASE

OLE Links Find

Pastes objects to the same coordinates as in the original drawing:

Updates, changes, and cancels existing OLE links: OLELINKS

Finds, replaces, selects, or zooms to specified text: FIND

3 VIEW Redraw

Refreshes the display of all the viewports: REDRAWALL

Regen Regenerates the drawing and refreshes the current viewport: REGEN Regen All

Regenerates the drawing and refreshes all viewports: REGENALL

Zoom Pan Aerial View

Opens the Aerial View window: DSVIEWER

Viewports Named Views Creates and restores views: VIEW 3D Views 3D Orbit Hide Shade

Controls the interactive viewing of objects in 3D: 3DORBIT

Regenerates a three-dimensional model with hidden lines suppressed: HIDE

John F. Ross C.V.I. Technology Render Display Toolbars

Displays, hides, and customizes toolbars: TOOLBAR

4 INSERT Block

Inserts a block or another drawing: INSERT

External Reference Raster Image

Attaches an external reference to the current drawing: XATTACH

Attaches a new image to the current drawing: IMAGEATTACH

Layout 3D Studio

Imports a 3D Studio file: 3DSIN

ACIS File

Imports an ACIS file: ACISIN

Drawing Exchange Binary Windows Metafile Encapsulated PostScript OLE Object

Imports specially coded binary files: DXBIN

Imports a Windows metafile: WMFIN Inserts an Encapsulated PostScript file into the current drawing: PSIN

Inserts a linked or embedded object: INSERTOBJ

Xref Manager Controls external references to drawing files: XREF Image Manager Hyperlink

Inserts images in many formats into an AutoCAD drawing file: IMAGE Attaches a hyperlink to a graphical object or modifies an existing hyperlink: HYPERLINK

5 FORMAT Layer

Manages layers and layer properties: LAYER

Color

Sets the color for new objects: COLOR

Linetype

Creates, loads, and sets linetypes: LINETYPE

Lineweight

Sets the current lineweight, lineweight display options, and lineweight units: LWEIGHT

Text Style STYLE

Creates or modifies named styles and sets the current style for text in your drawing:

Dimension Style

Creates and modifies dimension styles: DIMSTYLE

John F. Ross C.V.I. Technology Plot Style Sets the current plot style for new objects, or the assigned plot style for selected objects: PLOTSTYLE Point Style

Specifies the display style and size of point objects: DDPTYPE

Multiline Style Manages styles for multiple parallel lines: MLSTYLE Units

Controls coordinate and angle display formats and determines precision: UNITS

Thickness

Sets the current 3D thickness: THICKNESS

Drawing Limits Rename

Sets and controls the drawing boundaries: LIMITS Changes the names of named objects: RENAME

6 TOOLS Spelling

Checks spelling in a drawing: SPELL

Quick Select

Quickly creates selection sets based on filtering criteria: QSELECT

Display Order Inquiry Properties

Controls properties of existing objects: PROPERTIES

AutoCAD DesignCenter dbConnect

Provides an AutoCAD interface to external database tables: DBCONNECT

Load Application startup: APPLOAD Run Script

Runs AutoCAD DesignCenter: ADCENTER

Loads and unloads applications and defines which applications to load at

Executes a sequence of commands from a script: SCRIPT

Macro AutoLISP Display Image Named UCS

Manages defined user coordinate systems: +UCSMAN 0

Orthographic UCS Move UCS

Moves the defined UCS: UCS MOVE

John F. Ross C.V.I. Technology New UCS Wizards Drafting Settings DSETTINGS

Specifies settings for Snap mode, grid, and polar and object snap tracking:

Tablet Customize Menus Options

Loads partial menu files: MENULOAD

Customizes the AutoCAD settings: OPTIONS

7 DRAW Line

Creates straight line segments: LINE

Ray

Creates a semi-infinite line: RAY

Construction Line Multiline

Creates an infinite line: XLINE

Creates multiple parallel lines: MLINE

Polyline - Creates two-dimensional polylines: PLINE 3D Polyline Creates a polyline with straight continuous linetype line segments in three-dimensional space: 3DPOLY Polygon

Creates an equilateral closed polyline: POLYGON

Rectangle

Draws a rectangular polyline: RECTANG

Arc Circle Donut Draws filled circles and rings: DONUT Spline Creates a quadratic or cubic spline (NURBS) curve: SPLINE Ellipse Block Point Hatch Fills an enclosed area or selected objects with a hatch pattern: BHATCH Boundary

Creates a region or a polyline from an enclosed area: BOUNDARY

John F. Ross C.V.I. Technology Region

Creates a region object from a selection set of existing objects: REGION

Text Surfaces Solids

8 DIMENSIONS QDIM Quickly create dimension arrangements: QDIM Linear Creates linear dimensions: DIMLINEAR Aligned

Creates an aligned linear dimension: DIMALIGNED

Ordinate

Creates ordinate dimensions: DIMORDINATE

Radius

Creates radius dimensions for circles and arcs: DIMRADIUS

Diameter

Creates a diameter dimension for circles and arcs: DIMDIAMETER

Angular

Creates an angular dimension: DIMANGULAR

Baseline Creates a linear, angular, or ordinate dimension from the baseline of the previous dimension or a selected dimension: DIMBASELINE Continue Creates a linear, angular, or ordinate dimension from the second extension line of the previous dimension or a selected dimension: DIMCONTINUE Leader

Quickly creates a leader and leader annotation: QLEADER

Tolerance

Creates geometric tolerances: TOLERANCE

Center Mark

Creates a center mark for circles and arcs: DIMCENTER

Oblique

Makes the extension lines of linear dimensions oblique: DIMEDIT O

Align Text Style

Creates and modifies dimension styles: DIMSTYLE

Override

Overrides dimension system variables: DIMOVERRIDE

Update APPLY

Updates dimensions so they use the most current dimension style settings: -DIMSTYLE

John F. Ross C.V.I. Technology 9 MODIFY Properties

Controls properties of existing objects: PROPERTIES

Match Properties

Copies the properties from one object to one or more objects: MATCHPROP

Object Clip Hatch

Modifies an existing hatch object: HATCHEDIT

Polyline

Edits polylines and three-dimensional polygon meshes: PEDIT

Spline

Edits a spline object: SPLINEDIT

Multiline

Edits multiple parallel lines: MLEDIT

Attribute Text

Edits text and attribute definitions: DDEDIT

In-place Xref and Block Edit Erase

Removes objects from a drawing: ERASE

Copy

Duplicates the objects you select: COPY

Mirror

Creates a mirror image copy of objects: MIRROR

Offset

Creates concentric circles, parallel lines, and parallel curves: OFFSET

Array

Creates multiple copies of objects in a pattern: ARRAY

Move

Displaces objects a specified distance in a specified direction: MOVE

Rotate

Moves objects about a base point: ROTATE

Scale

Enlarges or reduces objects equally in the X, Y, and Z directions: SCALE

Stretch

Moves or stretches objects: STRETCH

Lengthen

Lengthens an object: LENGTHEN

Trim

Trims objects at a cutting edge defined by other objects: TRIM

Extend

Extends an object to meet another object: EXTEND

Break

Erases parts of objects or splits an object in two: BREAK

John F. Ross C.V.I. Technology Chamfer

Bevels the edges of objects: CHAMFER

Fillet

Rounds and fillets the edges of objects: FILLET

3D Operation Solids Editing Explode

Breaks a compound object into its component objects: EXPLODE

10 WINDOW Cascade

Arrange windows so they overlap

Tile Horizontally

Arrange windows as non-overlapping tiles

Tile Vertically

Arrange windows as non-overlapping tiles

Arrange Icons

Arrange icons at the bottom of the window

11 HELP AutoCAD Help

Displays online help: HELP

What's New -

Shows new AutoCAD features: (HELP "ACAD_UG" "WHATSNEW")

Learning Assistance -

Starts Learning Assistance: (STARTAPP (FINDFILE "ALALINK.EXE"))

Support Assistance "CONTENTS")

Provides AutoCAD 2000 support resources: (HELP "ASA_MAIN.HLP"

Autodesk on the Web About AutoCAD -

Displays information about AutoCAD: ABOUT