Command Reference: Commands by Menu Order
Application menu
Menu |
Description |
Command |
About |
Displays information about the program |
About |
Preferences |
Configures program operating parameters |
Options |
Services |
Opens a submenu containing Apple Macintosh Tools |
— |
Hide |
Hides the application |
— |
Hide Others |
Hides all other open applications |
— |
Show All |
Shows all open applications |
— |
Quit |
Exits the program |
Exit |
File
Menu |
Description |
Command |
New... |
Creates a new drawing file |
New |
Open... |
Opens an existing drawing file |
Open |
Close |
Exits the drawing but not the program |
Close |
Save |
Saves the drawing under the current file name or a specified name |
Save |
Save As... |
Saves an unnamed drawing with a file name or renames the current drawing |
SaveAs |
Export |
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Publish eDrawings |
Starts the eDrawings® application to create, view, and share 3D models and 2D drawings |
eDrawings |
Sheet |
Creates, copies, renames, or deletes Sheet tabs (layout mode to set up a printout) |
Sheet |
Print Configuration Manager... |
Defines Print Configurations to use as printing defaults for the Model and for Sheets |
PrintConfiguration |
Print Preview |
Shows a preview for printing or plotting the drawing |
Preview |
Print... |
Prints a drawing to a plotter, printer, or file |
Print |
Properties... |
Displays and edits the standard properties of the current drawing file and creates custom properties for the file |
DrawingProperties |
Error Check |
Evaluates the integrity of a drawing and corrects errors if possible |
Check |
Clean... |
Removes unused user-defined objects from the drawing, such as Blocks or Layers |
Clean |
Recover... |
Repairs a damaged drawing if possible |
Recover |
Preview Recent Documents... |
Browses recent documents and opens them from the Recent Documents preview list |
Recent |
Exit |
Exits the program |
Exit |
File > Export
Menu |
Description |
Command |
Export... |
Saves the entire drawing, specified entities, or views to other vector or image file formats |
Export |
PDF Export |
Saves the current view of the graphics display to a PDF (Portable Document Format) file |
ExportPDF |
Export Drawing |
Writes entities, Blocks, or the entire drawing to a new drawing file |
ExportDrawing |
Edit
Menu |
Description |
Command |
Undo |
Reverses the most recent command |
U |
Redo |
Reverses the effects of the previous U or UndoN command |
Redo |
Cut |
Copies entities to the clipboard and deletes the entities |
Cut |
Copy |
Copies entities to the clipboard |
ClipboardCopy |
Copy with Reference Point |
Copies entities with a specified reference point to the clipboard |
Copy@ |
Paste |
Inserts data from the clipboard |
Paste |
Paste to Active Layer |
Inserts data from the clipboard onto the active Layer |
Paste |
Paste as Block |
Inserts entities from the clipboard as Block |
PasteAsBlock |
Paste Selected Format... |
Pastes entities from the OS clipboard by specifying a format |
PasteSelected |
Erase |
Removes entities from a drawing |
Delete |
Select All |
Selects all drawing entities for subsequent modification commands |
SelectAll |
Find... |
Finds and replaces Text in Notes, Annotations, and Dimension Text |
Find |
View
Menu |
Description |
Command |
Rebuild |
Rebuilds the drawing display and refreshes the active ViewTile |
Rebuild |
Rebuild All |
Rebuilds the drawing display and refreshes all ViewTiles |
RebuildAll |
Refresh All |
Refreshes the display of all ViewTiles |
RefreshAll |
Pan |
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Zoom |
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Named Views... |
Saves and restores user-defined views |
Views |
View Tiles |
Creates and controls single or multiple model ViewTiles or Sheet Viewports |
ViewTiles, -Viewport |
3D Orbit |
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Hide |
Creates a hidden line view |
HideView |
Shade |
Determines the ShadeView mode |
ShadeView |
Animated Rendering |
Displays the rendered drawing in a separate window |
ARender |
Clean Screen |
Displays the graphics area as a full screen (without toolbars and palettes) |
Fullscreen, HideFullscreen |
Display |
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View > Pan
Menu |
Description |
Command |
Dynamic |
Moves the drawing display in the active ViewTile (dynamic pan) |
Pan |
Point |
Moves the drawing display in the active ViewTile by pointing a displacement |
-Pan |
Left |
Pans to the left |
PanLeft |
Right |
Pans to the right |
PanRight |
Up |
Pans up |
PanUp |
Down |
Pans down |
PanDown |
View > Zoom
Menu |
Description |
Command |
Dynamic |
Increases or decreases the visible part of the drawing |
Zoom |
Center |
Zooms to an area determined by a center point and a magnification or height |
Zoom Center |
Factor |
Zooms by a factor |
ZoomFactor |
Previous |
Zooms to previous view |
ZoomBack |
Selected |
Zooms to an area determined by the extents of specified entities |
Zoom Selected |
Window |
Zooms to a region of the drawing specified by a box |
ZoomWindow |
In |
Zooms in to the drawing |
ZoomIn |
Out |
Zooms out from the drawing |
ZoomOut |
Bounds |
Zooms the entire drawing |
Zoom Bounds |
Fit |
Zooms to the drawing extents |
ZoomFit |
View > 3D Orbit
Menu |
Description |
Command |
Constrained Orbit |
Rotates the view in 3D space |
RollView |
Free Orbit |
Rotates the view in 3D space without constraining roll |
RollViewFree |
Continuous Orbit |
Rotates the view in 3D space with continuous motion about a specified pivot point |
RollViewContinuous |
Horizontal Orbit |
Swivels the view in 3D space horizontally (left and right) about an imaginary vertical axis |
RollViewHorizontal |
Vertical Orbit |
Tilts the view in 3D space vertically (up and down) about an imaginary horizontal axis |
RollViewVertical |
Orbit Center |
Sets the center of rotation for constraint orbit view and starts constraint orbit view |
RollViewCenter |
View > Display
Menu |
Description |
Command |
Block Attributes |
Defines visibility of BlockAttributes |
DisplayBlockAttributes |
Command History |
Opens the separate command history window |
CommandHistory |
CCS Icon |
Sets the visibility and position of the coordinate system icon |
CSIcon |
Insert
Menu |
Description |
Command |
Insert Block |
Inserts a Block or another drawing into the drawing |
InsertBlock |
Hyperlink... |
Attaches a hyperlink to entities or modifies an existing hyperlink |
Hyperlink |
Attach Drawing |
Attaches a drawing file as a Reference to the drawing |
AttachDrawing |
Attach Image |
Attaches an image file as a Reference to the drawing |
AttachImage |
Field... |
Creates Fields for annotations that are used to update information such as modification date, drawing name, and author |
Field |
Rebuild Fields |
Manually updates Fields in specified annotations |
RebuildField |
Object... |
Displays data from other programs in drawings (such as text documents, spreadsheets, or images) |
InsertObject |
Format
Menu |
Description |
Command |
Layer... |
Controls Layers and Layer properties |
Layer |
Layer Tools |
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Line Style... |
Lets you create, load, and set LineStyles |
LineStyle |
Line Color... |
Sets the LineColor for new entities |
LineColor |
Line Weight... |
Sets LineWeight options |
LineWeight |
Dimension Style... |
Creates and modifies DimensionStyles |
DimensionStyle |
Point Style... |
Defines the type and size of point entities |
PointFormat |
Print Style... |
Manages named PrintStyles |
PrintStyle |
RichLine Styles... |
Creates and manages RichLineStyles |
RichLineStyle |
Scale List... |
Customizes the list of scales for printing, managing PrintConfigurations, and scaling Viewports in layout Sheets |
EditScaleList |
Table Style... |
Creates and manages TableStyles |
TableStyle |
Text Style... |
Creates or modifies user-defined TextStyles and sets the active TextStyle |
TextStyle |
Drawing Boundary |
Sets and controls drawing bounds |
DrawingBounds |
Unit System... |
Sets coordinate and angle display formats and precision |
UnitSystem |
Rename... |
Changes the names of objects |
Rename |
Format > Layer Tools
Menu |
Description |
Command |
Layer States Manager |
Saves, restores, and manages configurations of layer properties and states |
LayerState |
Hide Layer |
Turns off the Layer of the specified entity |
HideLayer |
Show All Layers |
Turns on all Layers |
ShowLayers |
Freeze Layer |
Freezes the Layers of specified entities |
FreezeLayer |
Thaw All Layers |
Thaws all Layers |
ThawLayers |
Lock Layer |
Locks the Layers of specified entities |
LockLayer |
Unlock Layer |
Unlocks locked Layers |
UnlockLayer |
Isolate Layer |
Isolates the Layers of specified entities |
IsolateLayer |
Unisolate Layer |
Undoes Layer isolation |
UnisolateLayer |
Activate Layer |
Activates the Layer of a specified entity |
ActivateLayer |
Entity to Active Layer |
Changes the Layers of specified entities to the active Layer |
ToActiveLayer |
Change Entity's Layer |
Changes the Layer of specified entities to match a destination Layer |
MatchLayer |
Delete |
Deletes Layers of specified entities and the entities themselves |
DeleteLayer |
Restore Layer's State |
Restores previous Layer settings |
UndoLayer |
Layer Preview... |
Previews the content of layers one by one for a set of specified layers |
LayerPreview |
Dimension
Dimension > Align Text
Draw
Menu |
Description |
Command |
Line |
Creates straight line segments |
Line |
InfiniteLine |
Draws infinite construction Lines |
InfiniteLine |
RichLine |
Creates RichLines |
RichLine |
Ray |
Draws semi-infinite construction Lines |
Ray |
3D Polyline |
Creates 3D PolyLines of straight line segments in 3D space |
PolyLine3D |
PolyLine |
Creates 2D PolyLines |
PolyLine |
Polygon |
Creates equilateral closed PolyLines |
Polygon |
Rectangle |
Creates rectangular PolyLines |
Rectangle |
Sketch |
Creates freehand lines |
Sketch |
Arc |
Creates Arcs |
Arc |
Circle |
Creates Circles |
Circle |
Ring |
Creates filled Circles or Rings |
Ring |
Spline |
Creates quadratic or cubic spline (NURBS) curves |
Spline |
Ellipse |
Creates Ellipses or elliptical Arcs |
Ellipse |
Point |
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Centerline |
Creates CenterLines between pairs of Lines, Arcs, and PolyLine segments |
CenterLine |
Block |
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Cloud |
Creates revision clouds to indicate that certain areas require or contain revisions |
Cloud |
Table... |
Creates Tables |
Table |
Bound Area... |
Creates a PolyLine or Region from an enclosed area |
AreaBoundary |
Hatch/Fill... |
Fills a specified boundary with a pattern, solid color, or gradient color |
Hatch, FillArea |
Region |
Transforms an entity that encloses an area into a Region |
Region |
Mask |
Covers existing entities with a blank area |
Mask |
Shape |
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Text |
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Mesh |
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Draw > Point
Menu |
Description |
Command |
Multiple Points |
Creates multiple point entities |
Point Multiple |
Single Point |
Creates a point entity |
Point |
Mark Divisions |
Places evenly spaced point entities or Blocks along the length or perimeter of an entity |
MarkDivisions |
Mark Lengths |
Places point entities or Blocks at measured intervals on an entity |
MarkLengths |
Draw > Block
Menu |
Description |
Command |
Define... |
Defines a Block from specified entities |
MakeBlock |
Define BlockAttributes... |
Creates a BlockAttribute definition |
MakeBlockAttribute |
Draw > Shape
Menu |
Description |
Command |
Define |
Inserts a shape from a shape file into the drawing |
InsertShape |
Load... |
Loads shape files for the use by the Shape command |
LoadShape |
Draw > Text
Menu |
Description |
Command |
Note |
Creates multiline Text entities |
Note |
SimpleNote |
Creates singleline Text entities |
SimpleNote |
Draw > Mesh
Menu |
Description |
Command |
2D Solid |
Creates solid-filled 2D faces |
Solid |
3D Face |
Creates 3D faces |
Face |
3D Mesh |
Creates 3D PolygonMeshes |
Mesh |
Revolved |
Creates rotated surfaces about specified axes |
RevolvedMesh |
Tabulated |
Creates tabulated surfaces from path curves and direction vectors |
TabulatedMesh |
Edge |
Creates 3D PolygonMeshes based on four adjoining edges |
EdgeMesh |
Ruled |
Creates ruled surfaces between two curves |
RuledMesh |
Modify
Menu |
Description |
Command |
Properties |
Displays the Properties palette to modify properties of drawing entities |
Properties |
Property Painter |
Applies properties of one entity to other entities |
PropertyPainter |
Annotation Scaling |
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Clip |
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Entity |
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Component |
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Delete |
Removes entities from a drawing |
Delete |
Discard Duplicates |
Removes duplicate entities or overlapping parts of entities from the drawing |
DiscardDuplicates |
Pattern... |
Creates multiple copies of entities in a pattern |
Pattern |
Copy |
Duplicates entities |
Copy |
Offset |
Offsets linear entities in parallel orientation |
Offset |
Mirror |
Creates a mirror image copy of entities |
Mirror |
Change Length |
Lengthens or shortens entities |
EditLength |
Move |
Displaces entities a specified distance in a specified direction |
Move |
Rotate |
Rotates entities about a base point |
Rotate |
Scale |
Enlarges or reduces specified entities equally in the X, Y, and Z directions |
Scale |
Stretch |
Moves or stretches entities |
Stretch |
Quick Modify |
Copies, moves, rotates, and scales entities in one operation |
QuickModify |
Split |
Erases parts of entities or splits entities in two |
Split |
Weld |
Joins two entities into a single entity |
Weld |
Chamfer |
Bevels the edges of entities |
Chamfer |
Fillet |
Rounds and fillets the edges of entities |
Fillet |
Extend |
Extends entities to meet other entities |
Extend |
Trim |
Trims entities at a cutting edge defined by other entities |
Trim |
Explode |
Breaks complex objects into their component entities |
Explode |
Modify > Annotation Scaling
Menu |
Description |
Command |
Add/Remove Scales |
Adds and removes annotation scales for specified annotative entities |
AnnEntityScale |
Add Current Scale |
Updates annotative entities to support the drawing's active annotation scale |
AnnEntityScaleAdd |
Remove Current Scale |
Updates annotative entities to remove the drawing's active annotation scale from the entities' annotation scales |
AnnEntityScaleRemove |
Match Scale Positions |
Resets all scale representations of specified annotative entities to their original positions |
AnnReset |
Modify > Clip
Menu |
Description |
Command |
Reference |
Defines clipping boundaries to suppress display of portions of a Block or Referenced drawing |
ClipReference |
Image |
Defines a clipping boundary to hide portions of a referenced image |
ClipImage |
Viewport |
Clips the display of Viewports on the active Sheet at irregular shapes |
ClipViewport |
Modify > Entity
Menu |
Description |
Command |
Block Attribute |
Modifies BlockAttributes |
EditBlockAttribute, -EditBlockAttribute |
Annotation... |
Edits items such as single-line Text, Dimension text, Leader annotation, and BlockAttribute definitions |
EditAnnotation |
Hatch... |
Modifies existing Hatches or color gradient fills |
EditHatch |
PolyLine |
Edits PolyLines, PolyLine vertices, and 3D PolygonMeshes |
EditPolyLine |
RichLine... |
Edits intersecting and adjoining RichLines, breaks and welds RichLines, and adds or deletes vertices to or from existing RichLines |
EditRichLine |
Tolerance... |
Modifies geometric Tolerances |
EditTolerance |
Table Text... |
Changes text in a Table cell |
EditTable |
Table Cells |
Inserts, deletes, merges, or resizes cells, rows, and columns in Tables |
EditTableCell |
Modify > Component
Menu |
Description |
Command |
Edit... |
Edits in-place individual Elements within Blocks or References |
EditComponent |
Add Elements |
Adds Elements to Block definitions or References |
ChangeElements Add |
Remove Elements |
Remove Elements from Block definitions or References |
ChangeElements Remove |
Edit Base Point |
Sets new insertion base points for Block definitions |
EditBasePoint |
Save and Close |
Saves modifications done during in-place editing of Block defintions or References and exits Component editing mode |
SaveComponent |
Close |
Terminates in-place editing of a Block definition or a Reference |
CloseComponent |
Tools
Menu |
Description |
Command |
Properties... |
Displays/hides the Properties palette |
Properties, HideProperties |
References Manager... |
Displays/hides the References palette |
References, HideReferences |
Display Order |
Changes the display order of drawing entities and inserted images in the drawing |
DisplayOrder |
Inquiry |
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Open Reference |
Opens a Referenced drawing in a new drawing window |
OpenReference |
Run Script... |
Executes a sequence of commands from a script |
LoadScript |
Load Application... |
Loads applications for use in the program |
LoadApplication |
CCS Manager... |
Manages Custom Coordinate Systems (CCSs) |
CSStyle |
New CCS |
Sets, saves, and restores Custom Coordinate Systems |
CCS |
Standards |
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Entity Group |
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Customize Interface... |
Manages customized user interface elements such as menus, toolbars, shortcut menus, keyboard shortcuts, and mouse actions |
Customize |
Options... |
Configures program operating parameters |
Options |
Mouse Gestures... |
Customizes mouse gestures |
Gesture |
Tools > Inquiry
Menu |
Description |
Command |
Get Area |
Calculates the area and perimeter of entities or of defined areas |
GetArea |
Get Distance |
Measures the distance and angle between two points |
GetDistance |
Get Coordinate |
Displays the coordinate values of a location |
GetXY |
Get Properties |
Displays information about specified entities |
GetProperties |
Measure Geometry |
Measures distances, radius, angles, and areas within a single command |
MeasureGeometry |
Tools > Standards
Menu |
Description |
Command |
Drawing Standards... |
Associates drawing standards to the current drawing, determines the drawing categories to check, and sets notification and audit options |
DrawingStandards |
Verify Standards... |
Verifies that the drawing conforms to industry, corporate, and custom standards |
VerifyStandards |
Tools > Entity Group
Menu |
Description |
Command |
Quick Group |
Quickly creates EntityGroups |
QuickGroup |
Quick Ungroup |
Quickly ungroups EntityGroups |
QuickUngroup |
Edit EntityGroup |
Adds and removes entities to or from EntityGroups, or renames EntityGroups |
EditEntityGroup |
Window
Menu |
Description |
Command |
Close |
Closes the drawing but does not exit the program |
Close |
Close all |
Closes all open drawings but does not exit the program |
CloseAll |
Cascade |
Cascades drawing windows |
Windows Cascade |
Tile Horizontally |
Tiles drawing windows horizontally |
Windows Tile Horizontal |
Tile Vertically |
Tiles drawing windows vertically |
Windows Tile Vertical |
Help
Menu |
Description |
Command |
Help... |
Displays online help |
Help |
License... |
Displays the license agreement |
ShowLicense |
About... |
Displays information about the program |
About |