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Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Chapter 1 - Find the Information You Need
- Part 1 - The User Interface
- Part 2 - Start, Organize, and Save a Drawing
- Part 3 - Control the Drawing Views
- Part 4 - Create and Modify Objects
- Chapter 14 - Control the Properties of Objects
- Chapter 15 - Use Precision Tools
- Chapter 16 - Draw Geometric Objects
- Chapter 17 - Change Existing Objects
- Part 5 - Hatches, Notes, and Dimensions
- Chapter 18 - Hatches, Fills, and Wipeouts
- Chapter 19 - Notes and Labels
- Chapter 20 - Dimensions and Tolerances
- Part 6 - Create Layouts and Plot Drawings
- Chapter 21 - Create Layouts
- Chapter 22 - Plot Drawings
- Part 7 - Share Data Between Drawings and Applications
- Chapter 23 - Reference Other Drawing Files (Xrefs)
- Chapter 24 - Link and Embed Data (OLE)
- Chapter 25 - Work with Data in Other Formats
- Chapter 26 - Access External Databases
- Overview of Using AutoCAD with External Databases
- Access a Database from Within AutoCAD
- Link Database Records to Graphical Objects
- Use Labels to Display Database Information in the Drawing
- Use Queries to Filter Database Information
- Share Link and Label Templates and Queries with Other Users
- Work with Links in Files from Earlier Releases
- Part 8 - Work with Other People and Organizations
- Chapter 27 - Protect and Sign Drawings
- Chapter 28 - Use the Internet to Share Drawings
- Chapter 29 - Insert and View Markups
- Chapter 30 - Publish Drawing Sets
- Part 9 - Create Realistic Images and Graphics
- Glossary
- Index
Switch Between Dialog Boxes and the Command Line | 41
Switch Between Dialog Boxes and the
Command Line
Some functions are available both on the command line and in a dialog box.
In many cases, you can enter a hyphen before the command to suppress the
dialog box and display prompts on the command line instead. For example,
entering layer on the command line displays the Layer Properties Manager.
Entering -layer on the command line displays the equivalent command line
options. Suppressing the dialog box is useful for compatibility with earlier
versions of AutoCAD and for using script files. There may be slight differ-
ences between the options in the dialog box and those available on the
command line.
These system variables also affect the display of dialog boxes:
■ ATTDIA controls whether INSERT uses a dialog box for attribute value entry.
■ CMDNAMES displays the name (in English) of the currently active com-
mand and transparent command.
■ EXPERT controls whether certain warning dialog boxes are displayed.
■ FILEDIA controls the display of dialog boxes used with commands that
read and write files. For example, if
FILEDIA is set to 1, SAVEAS displays the
Save Drawing As dialog box. If
FILEDIA is set to 0, SAVEAS displays prompts
on the command line. The procedures in this documentation assume that
FILEDIA is set to 1. Even when FILEDIA is set to 0, you can display a file
dialog box by entering a tilde (~) at the first prompt.
FILEDIA and EXPERT are useful when you use scripts to run commands.
To use the command line version of a command
■ For most commands, enter minus (-) in front of the command.
■ For dialog boxes that open and save files, set the FILEDIA system variable
to 0.