Edit Time per Lynn Allen

[markm.66285]

Good day!

I received Lynn Allen's "Top 10 Tips for AutoCAD 2005" tip book and noticed there is a mention of EDIT TIME. I tried to this, but it seems to pop up a DOS window and somehow this just doesn't seem right so I backed out of the command.

Does anyone know what this is and how to properly utilize this to track my time per drawing?

Thanks!

[Mike.Perry]

Hi Mark

Please note I've *moved* this thread from the ACAD 2005 Wish List Forum to this one as I feel this particular Forum is a more appropriate place for such a topic.

Thanks, Mike

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[BrenBren]

Judging by what you typed, you put a space in between edit and time. By doing that, you are running the edit command on a file named "time"

Try typing EDITTIME, with no space. That should work

[Mike.Perry]

Hi

As far as I'm aware there isn't such a command as EDIT within AutoCAD (but I could be totally wrong here).

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Are you referring to the following snippet from Lynn Allen's "Top 10 Tips for AutoCAD 2005" -

<snip>
EDIT TIME (new to AutoCAD 2005)
Want to keep track of your actual
drawing time (and billable hours)?
EDITTIME to the rescue!
</snip>

If yes, have a browse through the 45 results obtained for "EDITTIME" on the Autodesk Discussion Groups (hopefully one or two of them may help a little) -

"EDITTIME" in "All AutoCAD Groups" found 45 results

Have a good one, Mike

[Glenn Pope]

When you type in edit at the command promote, you get the MS-DOS editor. When I type the EDITTIME command and hit F1 it pops up with the express tool help.

[Mike.Perry]

When you type in edit at the command promote, you get the MS-DOS editor.

Hi

Is only true if it's been defined as an External Command within the Acad.pgp file.

Have a good one, Mike

[Glenn Pope]

By default it must be. I'm using the standard pgp file with only a few added alias. I didn't add any for the MS-DOS editor.

[Mike.Perry]

Hi Glenn

That could well be the case, I don't use the default Acad.pgp file.

Might be splitting hairs here but I was only trying to point out that EDIT is not an AutoCAD command.

Mike

[BrenBren]

When I type edittime, this is what I get. Also, when I type edit, it does pop up a dos box (see other attached drawing)

[markm.66285]

When I type, EDITTIME, I get nothing except a prompt to hit F1, which then takes me to the help window. If I type, EDIT, I get a DOS window. Strange....... maybe this doesn't work??