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3D 3DFLY
Creates 3D polygon mesh objects in common geometric Changes the 3D view in a drawing interactively to create the
shapes that can be hidden, shaded, or rendered. appearance of flying through the model.
3DALIGN 3DFORBIT
Aligns objects with other objects in 2D and 3D. Rotates the view in 3D space without constraining roll.
3DARRAY 3DMESH
3DCORBIT 3DORBITCTR
Rotates the view in 3D space with continuous motion. Sets the center of rotation in 3D Orbit view.
3DDISTANCE 3DPAN
Starts the interactive 3D view and makes objects appear closer When a drawing is in a Perspective view, starts the interactive
or farther away. 3D view and enables you to drag the view horizontally and
vertically.
3DDWF
3DPOLY
Creates a 3D DWF or 3D DWFx file of your 3D model and
displays it in the DWF Viewer. Creates a 3D polyline.
3DPRINT A COMMANDS
Sends a 3D model to a 3D printing service.
ABOUT
3DROTATE
Displays information about AutoCAD
In a 3D view, displays the 3D Rotate gizmo to aid in revolving
3D objects around a base point. ACISIN
Changes the target of the view in the direction that you drag. ACTMANAGER
ACTUSERINPUT
ACTUSERMESSAGE
ADCNAVIGATE APPLOAD
Loads a specified DesignCenter drawing file, folder, or Loads and unloads applications and defines which applications
network path. to load at startup.
ADJUST ARC
Adjusts the fade, contrast and monochrome settings of the Creates an arc.
selected image or underlay (DWF, DWFx, PDF, or DGN).
ARCHIVE
ALIGN
Packages the current sheet set files for archive.
Aligns objects with other objects in 2D and 3D
AREA
AMECONVERT
Calculates the area and perimeter of objects or of defined
Converts AME solid models to AutoCAD solid objects. areas.
ANIPATH ARRAY
Saves an animation file of a camera moving or panning in a Creates multiple copies of objects in a pattern.
3D model.
ARX
ANNORESET
Loads, unloads, and provides information about ObjectARX
Resets the locations of all alternate scale representations of the applications.
selected annotative objects.
ATTACH
Attaches hyperlinks to objects or areas in a drawing. Applies geometric constraints to a selection set of objects
based on orientation of the objects relative to one another.
ATTDEF
AUTOPUBLISH
Creates an attribute definition for storing data in a block.
Publishes drawings to DWF, DWFx, or PDF files
ATTDISP automatically to a specified location.
ATTEDIT
ATTEXT
ATTIPEDIT
ATTREDEF
ATTSYNC
AUDIT
BAUTHORPALETTE
BACKGROUND
Opens the Block Authoring Palettes window in the Block
Obsolete. BACKGROUND functionality has been merged into Editor.
the VIEW command.
BAUTHORPALETTECLOSE
BACTION
Closes the Block Authoring Palettes window in the Block
Adds an action to a dynamic block definition. Editor.
BACTIONBAR BCLOSE
Displays or hides action bars for a selection set of parameter Closes the Block Editor.
objects.
BCONSTRUCTION
BACTIONSET
Converts geometry into construction geometry.
Specifies the selection set of objects associated with an action
in a dynamic block definition. BCPARAMETER
BASSOCIATE BEDIT
Associates an action with a parameter in a dynamic block Opens the block definition in the Block Editor.
definition.
BESETTINGS
BATTMAN
Displays the Block Editor Settings dialog box.
Manages the attributes for a selected block definition.
BGRIPSET BPARAMETER
Creates, deletes, or resets grips associated with a parameter. Adds a parameter with grips to a dynamic block definition.
BHATCH BREAK
Fills an enclosed area or selected objects with a hatch pattern Breaks the selected object between two points.
or gradient fill.
BREP
BLIPMODE
Removes the history from 3D solid primitives and composite
Controls the display of marker blips. solids.
BLOCK BROWSER
Creates a block definition from selected objects. Launches the default web browser defined in your system's
registry.
BLOCKICON
BSAVE
Generates preview images for blocks displayed in
DesignCenter. Saves the current block definition.
BLOOKUPTABLE BSAVEAS
Displays or creates a lookup table for a dynamic block Saves a copy of the current block definition under a new name.
definition.
BTABLE
BMPOUT
Displays a dialog box to define variations of a block.
Saves selected objects to a file in device-independent bitmap
format. BTESTBLOCK
CHAMFER
CHANGE
CHECKSTANDARDS
CHPROP
CHSPACE
CIRCLE
Creates a circle.
CLASSICIMAGE
Opens the modal Layer Properties Manager. Hides the Command Line window.
CLASSICXREF COMPILE
Manages referenced drawing files in the current drawing Compiles shape files and PostScript font files into SHX files.
CLEANSCREENOFF CONE
Restores display of toolbars and dockable windows (excluding Creates a 3D solid cone.
the command line).
CONSTRAINTBAR
CLEANSCREENON
A toolbar-like UI element that displays the available geometric
Clears the screen of toolbars and dockable windows constraints on an object.
(excluding the command line).
CONSTRAINTSETTINGS
CLIP
Controls the display of geometric constraints on constraint
Crops a selected external reference, image, viewport, or bars.
underlay (DWF, DWFx, PDF, or DGN) to a specified
boundary. CONVERT
COLOR CONVERTOLDLIGHTS
Sets the color for new objects. Converts lights created in previous drawing file formats to the
current format.
COMMANDLINE
Converts materials created in previous drawing file formats to Copies one or more objects to another layer.
the current format.
CUI
CONVERTPSTYLES
Manages the customized user interface elements in the
Converts the current drawing to either named or color- product.
dependent plot styles.
CUIEXPORT
CONVTOSOLID
Exports customized settings from the main CUIx file to an
Converts 3D meshes and polylines and circles with thickness enterprise or partial CUIx file.
to 3D solids.
CUIIMPORT
CONVTOSURFACE
Imports customized settings from an enterprise or partial CUIx
Converts objects to 3D surfaces. file to the main CUIx file.
COPY CUILOAD
COPYBASE CUIUNLOAD
Copies selected objects to the Clipboard along with a specified Unloads a CUIx file.
base point.
CUSTOMIZE
COPYCLIP
Customizes tool palettes and tool palette groups.
Copies selected objects to the Clipboard.
CUTCLIP
COPYHIST
Copies selected objects to the Clipboard and removes them
Copies the text in the command line history to the Clipboard. from the drawing.
COPYLINK CYLINDER
Copies the current view to the Clipboard for linking to other Creates a 3D solid cylinder.
OLE applications.
D COMMANDS DELAY
DELCONSTRAINT
DATAEXTRACTION
Removes all geometric and dimensional constraints from a
Extracts drawing data and merges data from an external source selection set of objects.
to a data extraction table or external file
DETACHURL
DATALINK
Removes hyperlinks in a drawing.
The Data Link dialog box is displayed.
DGNADJUST
DATALINKUPDATE
Adjust the fade, contrast, and monochrome settings of a DGN
Updates data to or from an established external data link. underlay.
DBCONNECT DGNATTACH
Provides an interface to external database tables. Insert a DGN file as an underlay into the current drawing.
DBLIST DGNCLIP
Lists database information for each object in the drawing. Crops the display of a selected DGN underlay to a specified
boundary.
DDEDIT
DGNEXPORT
Edits single-line text, dimension text, attribute definitions, and
feature control frames. Creates one or more DGN files from the current drawing.
DDPTYPE DGNIMPORT
Specifies the display style and size of point objects. Imports the data from a DGN file into a new DWG file.
DDVPOINT DGNLAYERS
Sets the 3D viewing direction. Controls the display of layers in a DGN underlay.
DGNMAPPING DIMCONTINUE
Allows users to create and edit user-defined DGN mapping Creates a dimension that starts from an extension line of a
setups. previously created dimension.
DIMALIGNED DIMDISASSOCIATE
DIMANGULAR DIMEDIT
DIMARC DIMINSPECT
Creates an arc length dimension. Adds or removes inspection information for a selected
dimension.
DIMBASELINE
DIMJOGGED
Creates a linear, angular, or ordinate dimension from the
baseline of the previous or selected dimension. Creates jogged dimensions for circles and arcs.
DIMBREAK DIMJOGLINE
Breaks or restores dimension and extension lines where they Adds or removes a jog line on a linear or aligned dimension.
cross other objects.
DIMLINEAR
DIMCENTER
Creates a linear dimension.
Creates the center mark or the centerlines of circles and arcs.
DIMORDINATE
DIMCONSTRAINT
Creates ordinate dimensions.
Applies dimensional constraints to selected objects or points
on objects.
DIMOVERRIDE DIVIDE
Controls overrides of system variables used in selected Creates evenly spaced point objects or blocks along the length
dimensions. or perimeter of an object.
DIMRADIUS DONUT
Creates a radius dimension for a circle or an arc. Creates a filled circle or a wide ring.
DIMREASSOCIATE DRAGMODE
Associates or reassociates selected dimensions to objects or Controls the way dragged objects are displayed.
points on objects.
DRAWINGRECOVERY
DIMREGEN
Displays a list of drawing files that can be recovered after a
Updates the locations of all associative dimensions. program or system failure.
DIMSPACE DRAWINGRECOVERYHIDE
Adjusts the spacing between linear dimensions or angular Closes the Drawing Recovery Manager.
dimensions.
DRAWORDER
DIMSTYLE
Changes the draw order of images and other objects.
Creates and modifies dimension styles.
DSETTINGS
DIMTEDIT
Sets grid and snap, polar and object snap tracking, object snap
Moves and rotates dimension text and relocates the dimension modes, Dynamic Input, and Quick Properties.
line.
DSVIEWER
DIST
Opens the Aerial View window.
Measures the distance and angle between two points.
DVIEW
DISTANTLIGHT
Defines parallel projection or perspective views by using a
Creates a distant light. camera and target.
DWFADJUST E COMMANDS
Adjust the fade, contrast, and monochrome settings of a DWF
or DWFx underlay.
EATTEDIT
DWFATTACH
Edits attributes in a block reference.
Insert a DWF or DWFx file as an underlay into the current
drawing. EATTEXT
EDGE
DWFCLIP
Changes the visibility of 3D face edges.
Crops the display of a selected DWF or DWFx underlay to a
specified boundary. EDGESURF
Sets the default format to DFW or DWFx for the PUBLISH, ELEV
3DDWF, EXPORT, EXPORTDWF, AND EXPORTDWFX
commands. Sets elevation and extrusion thickness of new objects.
DWFLAYERS ELLIPSE
Controls the display of layers in a DWF or DWFx underlay. Creates an ellipse or an elliptical arc.
DWGPROPS ERASE
Sets and displays the file properties of the current drawing. Removes objects from a drawing.
DXBIN ETRANSMIT
Imports an AutoCAD DXB (drawing interchange binary) file. Packages a set of files for Internet transmission.
EXPLODE
EXPORT
Creates a DWF file and allows you to set individual page setup Extends the dimensions of a 2D object or 3D face into 3D
overrides on a sheet by sheet basis. space.
EXPORTDWFX
Creates a DWFx file where you can set individual page setup
overrides on a sheet-by-sheet basis.
EXPORTLAYOUT
EXPORTPDF
EXPORTSETTINGS
EXPORTTOAUTOCAD
EXTEND
EXTERNALREFERENCES
EXTERNALREFERENCESCLOSE
FILLET
FILTER
FIND
Finds the text that you specify, and can optionally replace it
with other text.
FLATSHOT
FOG
Obsolete
G COMMANDS H COMMANDS
GEOGRAPHICLOCATION HATCH
Specifies the geographic location information for a drawing Fills an enclosed area or selected objects with a hatch pattern,
file. solid fill, or gradient fill.
GEOMCONSTRAINT HATCHEDIT
Applies or persists geometric relationships between objects or Modifies an existing hatch or fill.
points on objects.
HELIX
GOTOURL
Creates a 2D spiral or 3D spring.
Opens the file or web page associated with the hyperlink
attached to an object.
HELP
GRADIENT
Opens the Help window.
Fills an enclosed area or selected objects with a gradient fill.
HIDE
GRAPHSCR
Regenerates a 3D wireframe model with hidden lines
suppressed.
Switches from the text window to the drawing area.
HIDEPALETTES
GRID
Hides currently displayed palettes (including the command
Displays a grid pattern in the current viewport. line).
GROUP HLSETTINGS
Creates and manages saved sets of objects called groups. Controls the display properties of models.
HYPERLINK
IMAGE
IMAGEADJUST
IMAGEATTACH
IMAGECLIP
IMAGEQUALITY
IMPORT
IMPRESSION
INTERSECT
ISOPLANE
LAYCUR LAYISO
Changes the layer property of selected objects to the current Hides or locks all layers except those of the selected objects.
layer.
LAYLCK
LAYDEL
Locks the layer of a selected object.
Deletes all objects on a layer and purges the layer.
LAYMCH
LAYER
Changes the layer of a selected object to match the destination
Manages layers and layer properties. layer.
LAYERCLOSE LAYMCUR
Closes the Layer Properties Manager. Sets the current layer to that of a selected object.
LAYERP LAYMRG
Undoes the last change or set of changes made to layer Merges selected layers into a target layer, removing the
settings. previous layers from the drawing.
LAYERPALETTE LAYOFF
Opens the modeless Layer Properties Manager. Turns off the layer of a selected object.
LAYERPMODE LAYON
Turns the tracking of changes made to layer settings on and Turns on all layers in the drawing.
off.
LAYOUT
LAYERSTATE
Creates and modifies drawing layout tabs.
Saves, restores, and manages named layer states.
LAYOUTWIZARD LENGTHEN
Creates a new layout tab and specifies page and plot settings. Changes the length of objects and the included angle of arcs.
LAYTHW LIGHT
LAYTRANS LIGHTLIST
Translates the layers in the current drawing to specified layer Turns on and off the Lights in Model palette that lists all lights
standards. in the model.
LAYULK LIGHTLISTCLOSE
Unlocks the layer of a selected object. Closes the Lights in Model window.
LAYUNISO LIMITS
Restores all layers that were hidden or locked with the Sets and controls the limits of the grid display in the current
LAYISO command. Model or layout tab.
LAYVPI LINE
Freezes selected layers in all layout viewports except the Creates straight line segments.
current viewport.
LINETYPE
LAYWALK
Loads, sets, and modifies linetypes.
Displays objects on selected layers and hides objects on all
other layers. LIST
LOFT MARKUP
Creates a 3D solid or surface in the space between several Opens the Markup Set Manager.
cross sections.
MARKUPCLOSE
LOGFILEOFF
Closes the Markup Set Manager.
Closes the text window log file opened by LOGFILEON.
MASSPROP
LOGFILEON
Calculates the mass properties of regions or 3D solids.
Writes the text window contents to a file.
MATCHCELL
LTSCALE
Applies the properties of a selected table cell to other table
cells.
LWEIGHT MATCHPROP
Sets the current lineweight, lineweight display options, and Applies the properties of a selected object to other objects.
lineweight units.
MATERIALATTACH
MATERIALMAP
MATERIALS
Closes the Materials window. Displays the Mesh Primitive Options dialog box, which sets
the tessellation defaults for primitive mesh objects.
MEASURE
MESHREFINE
Creates point objects or blocks at measured intervals along the
length or perimeter of an object. Multiplies the number of faces in selected mesh objects or
faces.
MEASUREGEOM
MESHSMOOTH
Measures the distance, radius, angle, area, and volume of
selected objects or sequence of points. Converts 3D objects such as polygon meshes, surfaces, and
solids to mesh objects.
MENU
MESHSMOOTHLESS
Loads a customization file.
Decreases the level of smoothness for mesh objects by one
MENULOAD level.
Obsolete MESHSMOOTHMORE
Creates a mirrored copy of selected objects. Creates, modifies, and manages multiline styles.
MIRROR3D MODEL
Creates a mirrored copy of selected objects across a mirroring Switches from a layout tab to the Model tab.
plane.
MOVE
MLEADER
Moves objects a specified distance in a specified direction.
Creates a multileader object.
MREDO
MLEADERALIGN
Reverses the effects of several previous UNDO or U
Aligns and spaces selected multileader objects. commands.
MLEADERCOLLECT MSLIDE
Organizes selected multileaders that contain blocks into rows Creates a slide file of the current model viewport or the current
or columns, and displays the result with a single leader. layout.
MLEADEREDIT MSPACE
Adds leader lines to, or removes leader lines from, a Switches from paper space to a model space viewport.
multileader object.
MTEDIT
MLEADERSTYLE
Edits multiline text.
Creates and modifies multileader styles.
MTEXT
MLEDIT
Creates a multiline text object.
Edits multiline intersections, breaks, and vertices.
MULTIPLE
MLINE
Repeats the next command until canceled.
Creates multiple parallel lines.
MVIEW N COMMANDS
Creates and controls layout viewports.
MVSETUP NAVSMOTION
NAVSMOTIONCLOSE
NAVSWHEEL
NAVVCUBE
NETLOAD
NEW
NEWSHEETSET
Creates a new sheet set data file that manages drawing layouts,
file paths, and project data.
NEWSHOT
OBJECTSCALE
OFFSET
OLELINKS
OLESCALE
OOPS
OPEN
OPENDWFMARKUP
OPENSHEETSET
OPTIONS
PAN
PARAMETERS
PARAMETERSCLOSE
PARTIALOAD
PARTIALOPEN
PASTEASHYPERLINK
PASTEBLOCK
Pastes objects from the Clipboard into the current drawing. Creates a 3D polyface mesh vertex by vertex.
PASTEORIG PLAN
Pastes objects from the Clipboard into the current drawing Displays the plan view of a specified user coordinate system
using the original coordinates.
PLANESURF
PASTESPEC
Creates a planar surface.
Pastes objects from the Clipboard into the current drawing and
controls the format of the data. PLINE
Creates a point object. Publishes drawings to DWF, DWFx, and PDF files, or to
plotters.
POINTLIGHT
PUBLISHTOWEB
Creates a point light that radiates light in all directions from its
location. Creates HTML pages that include images of selected
drawings.
POLYGON
PURGE
Creates an equilateral closed polyline.
Removes unused items, such as block definitions and layers,
POLYSOLID from the drawing.
PREVIEW
PROPERTIES
PROPERTIESCLOSE
PSETUPIN
PSPACE
QTEXT
QUICKCALC
REFEDIT
RAY
Edits a block or an xref directly within the current drawing.
Creates a line that starts at a point and continues to infinity.
REFSET
RECOVER
Adds or removes objects from a working set during in-place
Repairs and then opens a damaged drawing file.
editing of a reference (an xref or a block).
RECOVERALL
REGEN
Repairs a damaged drawing file along with all attached xrefs.
Regenerates the entire drawing from the current viewport.
RECTANG
REGENALL
Creates a rectangular polyline.
Regenerates the drawing and refreshes all viewports.
REDEFINE
REGENAUTO
Restores AutoCAD internal commands overridden by
Controls automatic regeneration of a drawing.
UNDEFINE.
REGION
REDO
Converts an object that encloses an area into a region object.
Reverses the effects of previous UNDO or U command.
REINIT
REDRAW
Reinitializes the digitizer, digitizer input/output port, and
Refreshes the display in the current viewport.
program parameters file
REDRAWALL
RENAME
Refreshes the display in all viewports.
Changes the names assigned to items such as layers and
dimension styles.
RENDER RESUME
RPREF SAVE
Displays or hides the Advanced Render Settings palette for Saves the drawing under the current file name or a specified
access to advanced rendering settings. name.
RPREFCLOSE SAVEAS
Closes the Render Settings palette if it is displayed. Saves a copy of the current drawing under a new file name.
RSCRIPT SAVEIMG
RULESURF SCALE
Creates a mesh that represents the surface between two lines or Enlarges or reduces selected objects, keeping the proportions
curves. of the object the same after scaling.
SCALELISTEDIT
SCALETEXT
SCRIPT
SECTION
SECURITYOPTIONS SHAREWITHSEEK
Specifies password or digital signature options for a drawing Uploads blocks or drawings to the Autodesk Seek website.
file.
SHEETSET
SEEK
Opens the Sheet Set Manager.
Opens a web browser and displays the Autodesk Seek home
page SHEETSETHIDE
SETIDROPHANDLER Obsolete
Specifies the default type of i-drop content for the current SHOWPALETTES
Autodesk application.
Restores the display of hidden palettes.
SIGVALIDATE SPACETRANS
Displays information about the digital signature attached to a Calculates equivalent model space and paper space lengths in a
drawing file. layout.
SKETCH SPELL
SLICE SPHERE
Creates new 3D solids and surfaces by slicing, or dividing, Creates a 3D solid sphere.
existing objects.
SPLINE
SNAP
Creates a smooth curve that passes through or near specified
Restricts cursor movement to specified intervals. points.
SOLDRAW SPLINEDIT
Generates profiles and sections in layout viewports created Edits a spline or spline-fit polyline.
with SOLVIEW.
SPOTLIGHT
SOLID
Creates a spotlight that emits a directional cone of light.
Creates solid-filled triangles and quadrilaterals.
STANDARDS
SOLIDEDIT
Manages the association of standards files with drawings.
Edits faces and edges of 3D solid objects.
STATUS
SOLPROF
Displays drawing statistics, modes, and extents.
Creates 2D profile images of 3D solids for display in a layout
viewport. STLOUT
STYLE TABLE
STYLESMANAGER TABLEDIT
Displays the Plot Style Manager, where you can revise plot Edits text in a table cell.
style tables.
TABLEEXPORT
SUBTRACT
Exports data from a table object in CSV file format.
Combines selected 3D solids, surfaces, or 2D regions by
subtraction. TABLESTYLE
TEXTEDIT TOOLPALETTES
Edits a dimensional constraint, dimension, or text object. Opens the Tool Palettes window.
TEXTSCR TOOLPALETTESCLOSE
TEXTTOFRONT TORUS
Brings text and dimensions in front of all other objects in the Creates a donut-shaped 3D solid.
drawing.
TPNAVIGATE
THICKEN
Displays a specified tool palette or palette group.
Converts a surface into a 3D solid with a specified thickness.
TRACE
TIFOUT
Creates solid lines.
Saves selected objects to a file in TIFF file format.
TRANSPARENCY
TIME
Controls whether background pixels in an image are
Displays the date and time statistics of a drawing. transparent or opaque.
TINSERT TRAYSETTINGS
Inserts a block in a table cell. Controls the display of icons and notifications in the status bar
tray.
TOLERANCE
TREESTAT
Creates geometric tolerances contained in a feature control
frame. Displays information about the drawing's current spatial index.
TRIM U COMMANDS
Trims objects to meet the edges of other objects.
U
UCS
UCSICON
UCSMAN
ULAYERS
UNDEFINE
UNDO
UNION
UPDATEFIELD VBAIDE
Manually updates fields in selected objects in the drawing Displays the Visual Basic Editor.
UPDATETHUMBSNOW
Summary
Use the Visual Basic Editor to edit code, forms, and references
for any loaded global Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
project or any embedded VBA project in an open drawing.
You can also debug and run projects from the Visual Basic
Editor.
VBALOAD VBAMAN
Loads a global VBA project into the current work session. Manages VBA project operations using a dialog box.
VBA projects are stored in a separate file with a .dvb extention. Once
loaded, the modules and macros of a VBA project are available in the
Macros dialog box. Summary
The Open VBA Project dialog box (a standard file selection dialog box) is Loads, unloads, saves, creates, embeds, and extracts VBA
displayed. projects.
There is no limit to the number of Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) The VBA Manager is displayed.
projects you can load. Any project referenced by the selected project will
also be loaded, if available.
You cannot use this dialog box to load embedded VBA projects.
Embedded projects are loaded when you open the drawing containing the
project, and they are unloaded when you close the drawing.
If you select Open Visual Basic Editor, the Visual Basic Editor is opened
after the selected project is loaded. For information about the Visual Basic
Editor, see the ActiveX and VBA Developer's Guide.
Open VBA project <>: Enter the path and file name of the project to open
Runs, edits, or deletes a VBA macro. You can also create new
macros, set the VBA options, and display the VBA Manager.
If you enter -vbarun at the Command prompt, options are Unloads a global VBA project.
displayed.
Saves and restores named views, camera views, layout views, Plays the animation associated to a named view.
and preset views.
VIEWGO
Sets the resolution for objects in the current viewport. Creates and modifies visual styles and applies a visual style to
a viewport.
When a paper space layout is made current for the first time and a VISUALSTYLESCLOSE
default viewport is created in the layout, the viewing resolution for
this initial viewport is the same as the viewing resolution for the
Closes the Visual Styles Manager.
Model tab viewport.
Displays the Visual LISP interactive development Clips layout viewport objects and reshapes the viewport
environment. border.
Summary
Clipping Object
Draws a clipping boundary. You can draw line segments or arc Displays the names of frozen layers in a selected viewport.
segments by specifying points. The following prompt is
displayed: Select a viewport:
Specify start point: The Command prompt displays the names of any layers that are frozen
in the selected viewport.
Specify next point or [Arc/Close/Length/Undo]:
Enter Color Book name: Enter the name of a color book that
has been installed, such as PANTONE®
Ltype Lweight
Changes the linetype associated with a layer. Changes the lineweight associated with a layer.
Enter a loaded linetype name or [?] <CONTINUOUS>: Enter a Enter lineweight (0.0mm-2.11mm):
currently loaded linetype name, enter ?, or press ENTER
If you enter a valid lineweight, the current lineweight is set to the new
If you enter a linetype or press ENTER, the following prompt is value. If you enter a lineweight that is not valid, the current lineweight
displayed: is set to the nearest fixed lineweight value. If you want to plot an
object with a custom width not found in the list of fixed lineweight
Enter layer name(s) to receive VP property override or <specify layers values, you can use the Plot Style Table Editor to customize plotted
by object selection>: Enter a name or a list of names separated by lineweights.
commas, or press ENTER to select objects (you can only select objects
in the current space) Enter layer name(s) to receive VP property override or <specify layers
by object selection>: Enter a name or a list of names separated by
commas, or press ENTER to select objects (you can only select objects commas, or press ENTER to select objects (you can only select objects
in the current space) in the current space)
The lineweight is assigned to the layer or layers. Specify viewport(s) [All/Select/Current] <Current>: Enter an option or
press ENTER
Specify viewport(s) [All/Select/Current] <Current>: Enter an option or
press ENTER All
Applies the changes in selected viewports. Select objects: Select one or more viewports and press ENTER
Select objects: Select one or more viewports and press ENTER Current
Freeze
Enter layer name(s) to receive VP property override or <specify layers Applies the changes in all viewports.
by object selection>: Enter a name or a list of names separated by
Select Reset
Temporarily switches to paper space, where you can select the Sets the visibility of layers in specified viewports to their current
viewports to apply the layer settings. default setting.
Select objects: Select one or more viewports and press ENTER Enter layer name(s) to reset or <specify layers by object selection>:
Enter a name or a list of names separated by commas, or press
Current ENTER to select objects (you can only select objects in the current
space)
Applies the changes in the current viewport only.
Specify viewport(s) [All/Select/Current] <Current>: Enter an option or
press ENTER
Thaw All
Enter layer name(s) to thaw: Enter one or more layer names Select
Enter an option [All/Select/Current] <Current>: Enter an option or Applies the changes in selected viewports.
press ENTER
Select objects: Select one or more viewports and press ENTER
All
Current
Applies the changes in all viewports.
Applies the changes in the current viewport only.
Select
Thaws or freezes the specified layers in subsequently created Restores the current layout viewport.
viewports.
VPOINT
Creates multiple viewports in model space or paper space. Sets the visual style in the current viewport.
2D Wireframe
3D Wireframe
The Viewports dialog box is displayed.
Displays the objects using lines and curves to represent the
If you enter -vports at the Command prompt, options are boundaries. Displays a shaded 3D UCS icon. You can set the
displayed. COMPASS system variable to 1 to view the compass.
3D Hidden
Realistic
Shades the objects and smooths the edges between polygon faces.
Materials that you have attached to the objects are displayed.
Conceptual
Shades the objects and smooths the edges between polygon faces. VSSAVE
Shading uses a transition between cool and warm colors. The
effect is less realistic, but it can make the details of the model Saves a visual style.
easier to see.
Other
Enter a visual style name [?]: Enter the name of a visual style in Note: You must be in model space to save a visual style. If you
the current drawing, or enter ? to display a list of names and enter a name that is already in use for a visual style, you can
repeat the prompt either replace the existing visual style or enter a different name.
VSLIDE
VTOPTIONS
Displays an image slide file in the current viewport.
Displays a change in view as a smooth transition.
When you view slides of images shaded with the -SHADE command
in a larger window or a higher resolution than was used for creating the
slide, black lines may appear interspersed among the lines of the
shaded image. To avoid this situation, use a full screen that is set at the
highest resolution when creating the slides.
W COMMANDS WORKSPACE
WALKFLYSETTINGS WSSAVE
WBLOCK WSSETTINGS
Writes objects or a block to a new drawing file. Sets options for workspaces.
WEBLIGHT
WEDGE
WHOHAS
WIPEOUT
WMFIN
WMFOPTS
WMFOUT
ZOOM
XATTACH
Increases or decreases the magnification of the view in the
Inserts a DWG file as an external reference (xref). current viewport.
XBIND
XCLIP
XEDGES
XLINE
XOPEN
XPLODE
XREF