New Bonus Tool! "Command Complete"

[eric.stover]

AutoCAD fans, our developers have created a new bonus tool for you to test drive up on our Labs site:

http://labs.autodesk.com/utilities/CommandComplete/

CommandComplete is ‘Intellisense’ for the AutoCAD command line, providing easy access to over 1400 commands and sysvars. As you type in the command prompt, a popup list appears displaying the list of commands and sysvars that match the input. This bonus tool can save AutoCAD command line power users a lot of typing.

The auto-complete list is based on one or more of the following (selectable) search criteria:

Start with your typed string -- Displays all matches where the command/sysvar begins with the text typed at the command line. For example, typing "LI" would list "LINE", "LIGHT", etc. (This base option is not selectable).

Anywhere search -- Displays all matches where the command/sysvar contains the typed text anywhere in its name. (For example, typing "LI" would list "LINE", "PUBLISH", "ALIGN", etc.

Keyword search -- Additional keywords can be defined in an XML file for every command. This option displays all commands/sysvars where the typed text is contained within one of your keywords. You can include keywords by editing the XML file.

Let us know what you think!

Thanks,

Eric

[BrenBren]

AutoCAD fans, our developers have created a new bonus tool for you to test drive up on our Labs site:

http://labs.autodesk.com/utilities/CommandComplete/

CommandComplete is ‘Intellisense’ for the AutoCAD command line, providing easy access to over 1400 commands and sysvars. As you type in the command prompt, a popup list appears displaying the list of commands and sysvars that match the input. This bonus tool can save AutoCAD command line power users a lot of typing.

The auto-complete list is based on one or more of the following (selectable) search criteria:

Start with your typed string -- Displays all matches where the command/sysvar begins with the text typed at the command line. For example, typing "LI" would list "LINE", "LIGHT", etc. (This base option is not selectable).

Anywhere search -- Displays all matches where the command/sysvar contains the typed text anywhere in its name. (For example, typing "LI" would list "LINE", "PUBLISH", "ALIGN", etc.

Keyword search -- Additional keywords can be defined in an XML file for every command. This option displays all commands/sysvars where the typed text is contained within one of your keywords. You can include keywords by editing the XML file.

Let us know what you think!

Thanks,

Eric

Will this work with 2007 or other versions, or is this strictly an 08 thing?

[eric.stover]

This will work on ACAD 2007 as well.

Thanks -Eric

[ekubaskie]

So Eric, sharing your web server time with AU registration today? All I'm getting is a blank page, F5 after F5...

[BrenBren]

So Eric, sharing your web server time with AU registration today? All I'm getting is a blank page, F5 after F5...

I had that.. and then this

Fatal error: Cannot run code from this file in conjunction with non encoded files in /var/www/html/_autodesk.com/labs/releases/20070815014933/portal.inc.php on line 12

[jaberwok]

I'm getting a blank page - a problem with Firefox, perhaps.

[Railrose]

I'm getting a blank page - a problem with Firefox, perhaps.

Not Firefox related. Same with IE.

[Richard.Kent]

Thanks, it looks pretty sweet so far.

OK, now that I have tried it more, I don't like it, it is locking up the computer for a few seconds, and the search doesn't make any sense. Sometimes it will locate words based on the first two letters only, then on three, or none. Basic commands/sysvars like msltscale, line, move can't be found with the first two or three letters typed.

Spend your time on existing problems in the program.

[BrenBren]

Thanks, it looks pretty sweet so far.

lucky

Still trying

[jaberwok]

That fixed it.