2012
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Introduction
- Commands
- Commands
- 3D Commands
- A Commands
- B Commands
- C Commands
- CAL
- Understand Syntax of Expressions
- Format Feet and Inches
- Format Angles
- Use Points and Vectors
- Use AutoLISP Variables
- Use System Variables in Calculations
- Convert Units of Measurement
- Use Standard Numeric Functions
- Calculate a Vector from Two Points
- Calculate the Length of a Vector
- Obtain a Point by Cursor
- Obtain the Last-Specified Point
- Use Snap Modes in Arithmetic Expressions
- Convert Points Between UCS and WCS
- Calculate a Point on a Line
- Rotate a Point About an Axis
- Obtain an Intersection Point
- Calculate a Distance
- Obtain a Radius
- Obtain an Angle
- Calculate a Normal Vector
- Use Shortcut Functions
- CHAMFER
- CHAMFEREDGE
- CHANGE
- CHPROP
- CIRCLE
- CLASSICGROUP
- CLEANSCREENON
- CLEANSCREENOFF
- CLOSE
- CLOSEALL
- COLOR
- COMMANDLINE
- COMMANDLINEHIDE
- COMPILE
- CONE
- CONSTRAINTBAR
- CONSTRAINTSETTINGS
- CONTENT
- CONTENTCLOSE
- CONVERT
- CONVTOMESH
- CONVTONURBS
- CONVTOSOLID
- CONVTOSURFACE
- COPY
- COPYBASE
- COPYCLIP
- COPYHIST
- CUI
- CUTCLIP
- CVADD
- CVHIDE
- CVREBUILD
- CVREMOVE
- CVSHOW
- CYLINDER
- CAL
- D Commands
- DBLIST
- DCALIGNED
- DCANGULAR
- DCCONVERT
- DCDIAMETER
- DCDISPLAY
- DCFORM
- DCHORIZONTAL
- DCLINEAR
- DCRADIUS
- DCVERTICAL
- DDEDIT
- DDPTYPE
- DELAY
- DELCONSTRAINT
- DIM and DIM1
- DIMALIGNED
- DIMANGULAR
- DIMARC
- DIMBASELINE
- DIMBREAK
- DIMCENTER
- DIMCONSTRAINT
- DIMCONTINUE
- DIMDIAMETER
- DIMDISASSOCIATE
- DIMEDIT
- DIMINSPECT
- DIMJOGGED
- DIMJOGLINE
- DIMLINEAR
- DIMORDINATE
- DIMOVERRIDE
- DIMRADIUS
- DIMREASSOCIATE
- DIMREGEN
- DIMROTATED
- DIMSPACE
- DIMSTYLE
- DIMTEDIT
- DIST
- DISTANTLIGHT
- DIVIDE
- DONUT
- DRAGMODE
- DRAWINGRECOVERY
- DRAWINGRECOVERYHIDE
- DRAWORDER
- DSETTINGS
- DVIEW
- DXBIN
- E Commands
- F Commands
- G Commands
- H Commands
- I Commands
- J Commands
- L Commands
- M Commands
- MASSPROP
- MATBROWSERCLOSE
- MATBROWSEROPEN
- MATCHCELL
- MATCHPROP
- MATERIALASSIGN
- MATERIALS
- MATERIALSCLOSE
- MEASURE
- MEASUREGEOM
- MESH
- MESHCAP
- MESHCOLLAPSE
- MESHCREASE
- MESHEXTRUDE
- MESHMERGE
- MESHREFINE
- MESHSMOOTH
- MESHSMOOTHLESS
- MESHSMOOTHMORE
- MESHSPIN
- MESHSPLIT
- MESHUNCREASE
- MINSERT
- MIRROR
- MIRROR3D
- MLEADER
- MLEADERALIGN
- MLEADERCOLLECT
- MLEADEREDIT
- MLEADERSTYLE
- MLEDIT (-MLEDIT)
- MLINE
- MODEL
- MOVE
- MREDO
- MSPACE
- MTEDIT
- MTEXT
- MULTIPLE
- MVIEW
- MVSETUP
- N Commands
- O Commands
- OBJECTSCALE
- OFFSET
- OFFSETEDGE
- OOPS
- OPEN
- OPTIONS
- Application Preferences Dialog Box
- General Tab (Application Preferences Dialog Box)
- Cursor & Selection Tab (Application Preferences Dialog Box)
- Units & Guides Tab (Application Preferences Dialog Box)
- Look & Feel Tab (Application Preferences Dialog Box)
- Application Tab (Application Preferences Dialog Box)
- Document Settings Tab (Application Preferences Dialog Box)
- Select Alternate Font Dialog Box
- Default Scale List Dialog Box
- Application Preferences Dialog Box
- ORTHO
- OSNAP
- OVERKILL
- P Commands
- Q Commands
- R Commands
- S Commands
- SAVE
- SAVEAS
- SAVEIMG
- SCALE
- SCALELISTEDIT
- SCRIPT
- SECTION
- SECTIONPLANE
- SECTIONPLANEJOG
- SECTIONPLANESETTINGS
- SECTIONPLANETOBLOCK
- SELECT
- SELECTSIMILAR
- SETVAR
- SHADEMODE
- SHAPE
- SHOWPALETTES
- SKETCH
- SLICE
- SNAP
- SOLDRAW
- SOLID
- SOLIDEDIT
- SOLPROF
- SOLVIEW
- SPELL
- SPHERE
- SPLINE
- SPLINEDIT
- SPOTLIGHT
- STATUS
- STLOUT
- STRETCH
- STYLE
- STYLESMANAGER
- SUBTRACT
- SURFBLEND
- SURFEXTEND
- SURFFILLET
- SURFNETWORK
- SURFOFFSET
- SURFPATCH
- SURFSCULPT
- SURFTRIM
- SURFUNTRIM
- SWEEP
- T Commands
- U Commands
- V Commands
- W Commands
- X Commands
- Z Commands
- Commands
- Command Modifiers
- System Variables
- System Variables
- 3D System Variables
- A System Variables
- B System Variables
- C System Variables
- CAMERADISPLAY
- CANNOSCALE
- CANNOSCALEVALUE
- CCONSTRAINTFORM
- CDATE
- CECOLOR
- CELTSCALE
- CELTYPE
- CELWEIGHT
- CENTERMT
- CETRANSPARENCY
- CHAMFERA
- CHAMFERB
- CHAMFERC
- CHAMFERD
- CHAMMODE
- CIRCLERAD
- CLASSICKEYS
- CLAYER
- CLEANSCREENSTATE
- CLISTATE
- CMATERIAL
- CMDACTIVE
- CMDDIA
- CMDECHO
- CMDINPUTHISTORYMAX
- CMDNAMES
- CMLEADERSTYLE
- CMLJUST
- CMLSCALE
- CMLSTYLE
- COLORSCHEME
- COMPASS
- CONSTRAINTBARDISPLAY
- CONSTRAINTBARMODE
- CONSTRAINTINFER
- CONSTRAINTNAMEFORMAT
- CONSTRAINTRELAX
- CONSTRAINTSOLVEMODE
- CONTENTSTATE
- COPYMODE
- CPLOTSTYLE
- CPROFILE
- CROSSINGAREACOLOR
- CSHADOW
- CTAB
- CTABLESTYLE
- CULLINGOBJ
- CULLINGOBJSELECTION
- CURSORSIZE
- CVPORT
- D System Variables
- DATE
- DBLCLKEDIT
- DBMOD
- DEFAULTGIZMO
- DEFAULTLIGHTING
- DEFAULTLIGHTINGTYPE
- DEFLPLSTYLE
- DEFPLSTYLE
- DELOBJ
- DEMANDLOAD
- DIASTAT
- DIMADEC
- DIMALT
- DIMALTD
- DIMALTF
- DIMALTRND
- DIMALTTD
- DIMALTTZ
- DIMALTU
- DIMALTZ
- DIMANNO
- DIMAPOST
- DIMARCSYM
- DIMASSOC
- DIMASZ
- DIMATFIT
- DIMAUNIT
- DIMAZIN
- DIMBLK
- DIMBLK1
- DIMBLK2
- DIMCEN
- DIMCLRD
- DIMCLRE
- DIMCLRT
- DIMCONSTRAINTICON
- DIMDEC
- DIMDLE
- DIMDLI
- DIMDSEP
- DIMEXE
- DIMEXO
- DIMFRAC
- DIMFXL
- DIMFXLON
- DIMGAP
- DIMJOGANG
- DIMJUST
- DIMLDRBLK
- DIMLFAC
- DIMLIM
- DIMLTEX1
- DIMLTEX2
- DIMLTYPE
- DIMLUNIT
- DIMLWD
- DIMLWE
- DIMPOST
- DIMRND
- DIMSAH
- DIMSCALE
- DIMSD1
- DIMSD2
- DIMSE1
- DIMSE2
- DIMSOXD
- DIMSTYLE
- DIMTAD
- DIMTDEC
- DIMTFAC
- DIMTFILL
- DIMTFILLCLR
- DIMTIH
- DIMTIX
- DIMTM
- DIMTMOVE
- DIMTOFL
- DIMTOH
- DIMTOL
- DIMTOLJ
- DIMTP
- DIMTSZ
- DIMTVP
- DIMTXSTY
- DIMTXT
- DIMTXTDIRECTION
- DIMTZIN
- DIMUPT
- DIMZIN
- DISPLAYVIEWCUBEIN2D
- DISPLAYVIEWCUBEIN3D
- DISPSILH
- DISTANCE
- DIVMESHBOXHEIGHT
- DIVMESHBOXLENGTH
- DIVMESHBOXWIDTH
- DIVMESHCONEAXIS
- DIVMESHCONEBASE
- DIVMESHCONEHEIGHT
- DIVMESHCYLAXIS
- DIVMESHCYLBASE
- DIVMESHCYLHEIGHT
- DIVMESHPYRBASE
- DIVMESHPYRHEIGHT
- DIVMESHPYRLENGTH
- DIVMESHSPHEREAXIS
- DIVMESHSPHEREHEIGHT
- DIVMESHTORUSPATH
- DIVMESHTORUSSECTION
- DIVMESHWEDGEBASE
- DIVMESHWEDGEHEIGHT
- DIVMESHWEDGELENGTH
- DIVMESHWEDGESLOPE
- DIVMESHWEDGEWIDTH
- DONUTID
- DONUTOD
- DRAGMODE
- DRAGP1
- DRAGP2
- DRAGVS
- DRAWORDERCTL
- DRSTATE
- DTEXTED
- DWGCHECK
- DWGCODEPAGE
- DWGNAME
- DWGPREFIX
- DWGTITLED
- DYNCONSTRAINTMODE
- DYNDIGRIP
- DYNDIVIS
- DYNINFOTIPS
- DYNMODE
- DYNPICOORDS
- DYNPIFORMAT
- DYNPIVIS
- DYNPROMPT
- DYNTOOLTIPS
- E System Variables
- F System Variables
- G System Variables
- GEOMARKERVISIBILITY
- GFANG
- GFCLR1
- GFCLR2
- GFCLRLUM
- GFCLRSTATE
- GFNAME
- GFSHIFT
- GRIDDISPLAY
- GRIDMAJOR
- GRIDMODE
- GRIDSTYLE
- GRIDUNIT
- GRIPBLOCK
- GRIPCOLOR
- GRIPCONTOUR
- GRIPDYNCOLOR
- GRIPHOT
- GRIPHOVER
- GRIPMULTIFUNCTIONAL
- GRIPOBJLIMIT
- GRIPS
- GRIPSIZE
- GRIPSUBOBJMODE
- GRIPTIPS
- GROUPDISPLAYMODE
- GROUPLAYERDELETABLE
- GROUPSONTOP
- GTAUTO
- GTDEFAULT
- GTLOCATION
- H System Variables
- HALOGAP
- HANDLES
- HELPPREFIX
- HIDEPRECISION
- HIDETEXT
- HIGHLIGHT
- HPANG
- HPANNOTATIVE
- HPASSOC
- HPBACKGROUNDCOLOR
- HPBOUND
- HPBOUNDRETAIN
- HPCOLOR
- HPDLGMODE
- HPDOUBLE
- HPDRAWORDER
- HPGAPTOL
- HPINHERIT
- HPISLANDDETECTION
- HPISLANDDETECTIONMODE
- HPLAYER
- HPMAXAREAS
- HPMAXLINES
- HPNAME
- HPOBJWARNING
- HPORIGIN
- HPORIGINMODE
- HPQUICKPREVIEW
- HPQUICKPREVTIMEOUT
- HPSCALE
- HPSEPARATE
- HPSPACE
- HPTRANSPARENCY
- I System Variables
- L System Variables
- LARGEOBJECTSUPPORT
- LASTANGLE
- LASTPOINT
- LASTPROMPT
- LATITUDE
- LAYEREVAL
- LAYEREVALCTL
- LAYERMANAGERSTATE
- LAYERNOTIFY
- LAYLOCKFADECTL
- LAYOUTCREATEVIEWPORT
- LAYOUTREGENCTL
- LEGACYCTRLPICK
- LENSLENGTH
- LIGHTGLYPHDISPLAY
- LIGHTINGUNITS
- LIGHTSINBLOCKS
- LIMCHECK
- LIMMAX
- LIMMIN
- LINEARBRIGHTNESS
- LINEARCONTRAST
- LOCALE
- LOCALROOTPREFIX
- LOFTANG1
- LOFTANG2
- LOFTMAG1
- LOFTMAG2
- LOFTNORMALS
- LOFTPARAM
- LOGEXPBRIGHTNESS
- LOGEXPCONTRAST
- LOGEXPDAYLIGHT
- LOGEXPMIDTONES
- LOGEXPPHYSICALSCALE
- LOGFILEMODE
- LOGFILENAME
- LOGFILEPATH
- LOGINNAME
- LONGITUDE
- LTSCALE
- LUNITS
- LUPREC
- LWDEFAULT
- LWDISPLAY
- LWUNITS
- M System Variables
- N System Variables
- O System Variables
- P System Variables
- PALETTEICONSTATE
- PAPERSPACEVISOR
- PAPERUPDATE
- PARAMETERCOPYMODE
- PDMODE
- PDSIZE
- PEDITACCEPT
- PELLIPSE
- PERIMETER
- PERSPECTIVE
- PERSPECTIVECLIP
- PFACEVMAX
- PICKADD
- PICKAUTO
- PICKBOX
- PICKDRAG
- PICKFIRST
- PICKSTYLE
- PLATFORM
- PLINECONVERTMODE
- PLINEGEN
- PLINETYPE
- PLINEWID
- PLOTOFFSET
- PLOTROTMODE
- PLOTTRANSPARENCYOVERRIDE
- PLQUIET
- POLARADDANG
- POLARANG
- POLARDIST
- POLARMODE
- POLYSIDES
- POPUPS
- PREVIEWCREATIONTRANSPARENCY
- PREVIEWEFFECT
- PREVIEWFACEEFFECT
- PREVIEWFILTER
- PREVIEWTYPE
- PRODUCT
- PROGRAM
- PROJECTNAME
- PROJMODE
- PROXYGRAPHICS
- PROXYNOTICE
- PROXYSHOW
- PROXYWEBSEARCH
- PSLTSCALE
- PSOLHEIGHT
- PSOLWIDTH
- PSTYLEMODE
- PSTYLEPOLICY
- PSVPSCALE
- PUCSBASE
- Q System Variables
- R System Variables
- S System Variables
- SAVEFIDELITY
- SAVEFILE
- SAVEFILEPATH
- SAVENAME
- SAVETIME
- SCREENSIZE
- SELECTIONANNODISPLAY
- SELECTIONAREA
- SELECTIONAREAOPACITY
- SELECTIONCYCLING
- SELECTIONPREVIEW
- SELECTSIMILARMODE
- SHADEDGE
- SHADEDIF
- SHADOWPLANELOCATION
- SHORTCUTMENU
- SHORTCUTMENUDURATION
- SHOWALLUSEDLAYERSGROUP
- SHOWEMPTYGROUPS
- SHOWGROUPS
- SHOWHIST
- SHOWPAGESETUPFORNEWLAYOUTS
- SHOWPALETTESTATE
- SHOWUNRECONCILEDLAYERSGROUP
- SHOWVPOVERRIDESGROUP
- SHOWXREFGROUPS
- SHOWXREFLAYERS
- SHPNAME
- SIGWARN
- SKETCHINC
- SKPOLY
- SKTOLERANCE
- SKYSTATUS
- SMOOTHMESHCONVERT
- SMOOTHMESHGRID
- SMOOTHMESHMAXFACE
- SMOOTHMESHMAXLEV
- SNAPANG
- SNAPBASE
- SNAPISOPAIR
- SNAPMODE
- SNAPSTYL
- SNAPTYPE
- SNAPUNIT
- SOLIDCHECK
- SOLIDHIST
- SORTENTS
- SPACEPAN
- SPACEPANTIMEOUT
- SPLDEGREE
- SPLFRAME
- SPLINESEGS
- SPLINETYPE
- SPLKNOTS
- SPLMETHOD
- SPLPERIODIC
- STATUSBAR
- SUBOBJSELECTIONMODE
- SUNSTATUS
- SURFACEASSOCIATIVITY
- SURFACEASSOCIATIVITYDRAG
- SURFACEAUTOTRIM
- SURFACEMODELINGMODE
- SURFTAB1
- SURFTAB2
- SURFTYPE
- SURFU
- SURFV
- SYSCODEPAGE
- T System Variables
- TABLEINDICATOR
- TARGET
- TBSHOWSHORTCUTS
- TDCREATE
- TDINDWG
- TDUCREATE
- TDUPDATE
- TDUSRTIMER
- TDUUPDATE
- TEMPOVERRIDES
- TEMPPREFIX
- TEXTED
- TEXTEVAL
- TEXTFILL
- TEXTOUTPUTFILEFORMAT
- TEXTQLTY
- TEXTSIZE
- TEXTSTYLE
- THICKNESS
- TILEMODE
- TIMEZONE
- TOOLSETSSTATE
- TOOLTIPMERGE
- TOOLTIPSIZE
- TOOLTIPTRANSPARENCY
- TRACKPATH
- TRANSPARENCYDISPLAY
- TREEDEPTH
- TREEMAX
- TRIMMODE
- TSPACEFAC
- TSPACETYPE
- TSTACKALIGN
- TSTACKSIZE
- U System Variables
- V System Variables
- VIEWCTR
- VIEWDIR
- VIEWMODE
- VIEWSIZE
- VIEWTWIST
- VISRETAIN
- VPCONTROL
- VPCOORDDISPLAY
- VPLAYEROVERRIDES
- VPLAYEROVERRIDESMODE
- VPMAXIMIZEDSTATE
- VPROTATEASSOC
- VSACURVATUREHIGH
- VSACURVATURELOW
- VSACURVATURETYPE
- VSADRAFTANGLEHIGH
- VSADRAFTANGLELOW
- VSAZEBRACOLOR1
- VSAZEBRACOLOR2
- VSAZEBRADIRECTION
- VSAZEBRASIZE
- VSAZEBRATYPE
- VSBACKGROUNDS
- VSEDGECOLOR
- VSEDGEJITTER
- VSEDGELEX
- VSEDGEOVERHANG
- VSEDGES
- VSEDGESMOOTH
- VSFACECOLORMODE
- VSFACEHIGHLIGHT
- VSFACEOPACITY
- VSFACESTYLE
- VSHALOGAP
- VSHIDEPRECISION
- VSINTERSECTIONCOLOR
- VSINTERSECTIONEDGES
- VSINTERSECTIONLTYPE
- VSISOONTOP
- VSLIGHTINGQUALITY
- VSMATERIALMODE
- VSMAX
- VSMIN
- VSMONOCOLOR
- VSOBSCUREDCOLOR
- VSOBSCUREDEDGES
- VSOBSCUREDLTYPE
- VSOCCLUDEDCOLOR
- VSOCCLUDEDEDGES
- VSOCCLUDEDLTYPE
- VSSHADOWS
- VSSILHEDGES
- VSSILHWIDTH
- VTDURATION
- VTENABLE
- VTFPS
- W System Variables
- X System Variables
- Z System Variables
- System Variables
- Index
Units & Guides Tab (Application Preferences
Dialog Box)
Controls the units used when inserting blocks or referencing objects, and
which drafting guides are enabled.
List of Options
The following options are displayed.
Insertion Scale
Controls the default scale for inserting blocks and drawings into a drawing.
Source Content Units Sets source content units value when INSUNITS is set
to 0.
If Unspecified-Unitless is selected, the object is not scaled when inserted.
(
INSUNITSDEFSOURCE (page 1336) system variable)
Target Drawing Units Sets target drawing units value when INSUNITS is set
to 0. (INSUNITSDEFTARGET (page 1338) system variable)
Coordinate Display
Controls the display of the coordinates display.
Display Coordinates on Drawing Toggles the coordinates display in the
lower-right corner of the drawing area. (
VPCOORDDISPLAY (page 1489) system
variable)
3D Objects
Controls the number of isolines to display for surfaces and meshes.
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