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5 Under Template Settings, click the arrow sign (+) to the left of Drawing
Template File Location.
6 Under Drawing Template File Location, click the path name to view the
location of your drawing template files.
Locate Texture Files
The locations AutoCAD for Mac looks in for material texture files are stored
in the Application Preferences dialog box. You can use the OPTIONS command
to locate which folders are being used to store your material texture files.
To locate your texture files
1 From the Finder menu bar, click Go ➤ Applications.
2 In the Applications window, double-click Autodesk ➤ AutoCAD 2011
for Mac ➤ AutoCAD for Mac.
3 From the AutoCAD 2011 for Mac menu bar, click AutoCAD 2011 for Mac
➤ Preferences.
NOTE A drawing must be open to see the Preferences menu item.
4 In the Application Preferences dialog box, Application tab, click the arrow
to the left of Texture Maps Search Path.
5 Under Texture Maps Search Path, click the path name to view the location
of your texture files.
Create Command Aliases
A command alias is an abbreviation that you enter at the command prompt
instead of entering the entire command name.
For example, you can enter c instead of circle to start the CIRCLE command.
An alias is not the same as a keyboard shortcut, which is a combination of
keystrokes, such as Ctrl-S for SAVE.
The acad.pgp file defines command aliases. You can change existing aliases or
add new ones by editing acadlt.pgp in an ASCII text editor. In addition to
command aliases in acad.pgp, you will also find comment lines which are
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