Useful commands you wish you had know about before...

[rkmcswain]

3. M2P - Mid Between 2 points. No more drawing perpendicular lines, connecting them at a midpoint and then creating a new line at this center. 1/2 the work, twice the fun!

Back in the old days, we had to use 'CAL;MEE for that....

How about this one?
'CAL;PLT(p1,p2,t)

Calculates a point on the line passing through points p1 and p2. The parameter t defines the parametric position of the point on the line.

Used in this manner CAL;PLT(cur,cur,1/3)

[noozybkk]

This is one that I've known about for ages but recently discovered that no-one else in my office knew about. Its not really a command, but an action...

Holding down shift during a trim command turns it into an extend and vice-versa.



[After-thought....Oh and one that I only found recently Ctrl+Enter in the Mtext editor.]

[Rico]

Back in the old days, we had to use 'CAL;MEE for that....

How about this one?
'CAL;PLT(p1,p2,t)

Calculates a point on the line passing through points p1 and p2. The parameter t defines the parametric position of the point on the line.

Used in this manner CAL;PLT(cur,cur,1/3)

..... shudder ..... shudder ..... too many mathematical functions ...... (*Head explodes!*)

[tonyy1]

how about REINIT. love that one when I have to edit the pgp file.

[cwade]

Yes, shift+pick is a goody even though I seldom need to use it.
Im so trained to type in "u" for undo the last pick.

I always use "r" for removing objects that I have selected and don't want, esp. now that shift+click has some problems, due to the fact that it overides the ortho temporarily in 2006 and I haven't bothered to change it.


I also just found that during the scale command if you press enter it uses the last scale factor, great when the scale of a drawing changes and you need to scale up/down blocks, leaders, etc. quickly.

[robert.1.hall72202]

I always use "r" for removing objects that I have selected and don't want, esp. now that shift+click has some problems, due to the fact that it overides the ortho temporarily in 2006 and I haven't bothered to change it.


I also just found that during the scale command if you press enter it uses the last scale factor, great when the scale of a drawing changes and you need to scale up/down blocks, leaders, etc. quickly.

Didn't know that "R" would also work. Thanks for the tip.

[cwade]

When I first started using AutoCAD that was the only way to remove objects and you couldn't remove objects from the stretch command very easily, as you couldn't let it create a window or crossing when removing objects or you would have to start all over again.

[treb]

heres one for the 3D Solids fans.

its not a command but a hidden option in UCS command.

say you want to create/work on a surface thats irregular.

after the UCS command, hit 3 enter. this will allow you to align the UCS on any surface, in any orintation you want.

PS for selection sets.

R for remove
A for add
P for previous selection

[cwade]

I find it odd that this is now hidden, as this used to be the main way to change the UCS. I nnever pay attention to this prompt, so didn't notice that it wasn't on there anymore...LOL

[treb]

alot of the old R version options, are now hidden, don't know why AutoDesk decided to do this.