2011

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Figure23.Actionmacrolist
Document
AutoCADissynonymouswithdocumentationforgoodreason.Powerfuldocumentationtoolsin
AutoCAD2011helpyouworkevenfasterwithautomation,management,andeditingtoolsthat
minimizerepetitivetasksandspeedyourtimetocompletion.Nomatteryourproject’ssizeorscope,
youcanmeetthechallengewithAutoCAD—continuouslyleadingand
innovatingdocumentationfor
over25years.
Parametric Constraints
The2DparametricfunctionalityhasbeenenhancedinAutoCAD2011,andincludespredefined
commandmacrostoaccessoptionswithinintheGEOMCONSTRA INTandDIMCONSTRAINTcommands.
Forexample,insteadoflaunchingtheGEOMCONSTRAINTcommandandthenselectingthe
Perpendicularoption,youcanlaunchtheGCPERPENDICULARcommanddirectl y.Repeatingthelast
commandautomatically
repeatsthelastcommandaswellasthespecificoption.
Objecthighlightingwhenyourolloveranicononaconstraintbarorwh enyouselectaparameterinthe
ParametersmanagersupportstheVisualEffectssettingsyouspecifyontheSelectiontaboftheOptionsdialog
box(dashedand
thickenedbydefault).Addition alimprovementstogeometricanddimensionalconstraint
functionalityen ableyoutocreateandeditparametricallyconstrainedgeometryfasterthaneverbefore.
GeometricConstraints
AutoCAD2011significantlysimplifiestheprocessofaddinggeometricconstraintsto2DAutoCAD
geometry.AutoCADcaninfergeometricconstraintsasyoucreateandmodifygeometry.
AnewInfer
Constraintbuttononthestatusbarenablesyoutotoggleinferredconstraintsonandoffsimilarto
togglingobjectsnapsonandoff.ThistoggleisalsoavailableontheGeometrictaboftheConstraint
Settingsdialogbox.
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Figure24.InferConstraintstool