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AutoCAD menus, toolbars, and shortcut keys are defined with a base menu. This menu is by default acad.mnu. If you wish to add new menus to AutoCAD it is better to define them separately and add them as partial menus. Partial menus are managed with MENULOAD command. Although this tutorial is designed for AutoCAD 2004, it might be applicable for other releases.
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Explains how to add permanent text to the status bar using the MODEMACRO system variable.
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String linetypes are complex linetypes that consist of some text. Any string linetype may contain some dashes, spaces, and/or dots. You should be familiar with defining simple linetypes to be able to define String linetypes. For more information read the following tutorial....
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Simple linetypes are those that consist of dashes, spaces and dots. On the other hand complex linetypes may contain texts and/or shapes. Figure 1 shows some simple and complex linetypes. Here you learn how to define and use a simple linetype.
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AutoCAD Program Parameters file or rather ACAD.PGP enables users to call external operating system commands through AutoCAD command line. You can edit ACAD.PGP with the help of Notepad or any other text editor. Follow the instructions to open ACAD.PGP in Notepad and add a new external command to AutoCAD. The current tutorial has many common steps with the following one.....
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Shapes are defined within Shape files. Shape files are text files with SHP extension. If you are not familiar with compiling shape files and/or loading and inserting shapes read the following tutorial...
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Command aliases are alternative names for AutoCAD commands. For example you can invoke the LINE command by entering L in command line. The AutoCAD Program Parameters file or rather ACAD.PGP is used to define command aliases. Here you learn how to open and modify this file to add a new command alias.
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AutoCAD uses a special icon to show the user coordinate system (UCS) orientation and/or location. The icon is called UCS icon. The UCSICON command is responsible for management and customization of this icon.
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You can create your own material library. The material library can be defined based on the materials created or loaded in the current drawing file. The following tutorial is based on AutoCAD 2004 but applicable for most releases of AutoCAD.
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If you attach a raster image or an Xref to a drawing, and later change the location of the attached file, AutoCAD will search for the file in its search paths. The same action applies for locating a drawing file. In general, AutoCAD searches the following locations respectively: current directory, drawing directory, directory specified in the support file search path, and directory containing the AutoCAD executable file, acad.exe.
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The Open and Save tab in Options dialog box consists of a few useful tools and options. Let`s check out some of them.
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When you create Tool palette tools to insert blocks, the default icon image is a €œPlan€ view of the block. This may be okay for most blocks, but there may also be times when a plan view is inadequate to represent your blocks, especially when multiple blocks may look similar in plan view.***Free Registration Required***
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Thickness is an object property that gives the object a 3D effect. If you apply thickness to lines, circles, ellipses, arcs, polylines, solid fills, and traces they will acquire some height. Thus by changing the shade mode they will look like 3D surfaces and/or solids. Elevation is the default distance from XY plane along Z axis. Although you can override this value with direct coordinate entry or by using OSnaps it might be useful. The current tutorial shows you how to draw a simple 3D table with the help of elevation and thickness.
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Viewports enable you to view the models from different view points at the same time. Various display settings such as zoom factor and shade modes can be applied to every viewport. There are two types of viewports available in AutoCAD: Tiled and Floating. Tiled viewports are applicable to Model space while Floating viewports are used in Paper space only. Note: The tutorial is designed for AutoCAD 2004 though might be applicable for other releases.
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