Autocad Command Shortcuts

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Program Parameters File For AutoCAD 2009 External Command and Command Alias Definitions

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Copyright (C) 1997-2008 by Autodesk, Inc.

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Each time you open a new or existing drawing, AutoCAD searches the support path and reads the first acad.pgp file that it finds.

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-- External Commands -While AutoCAD is running, you can invoke other programs or utilities such Windows system commands, utilities, and applications. You define external commands by specifying a command name to be used from the AutoCAD command prompt and an executable command string that is passed to the operating system.

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-- Command Aliases -The Command Aliases section of this file provides default settings for AutoCAD command shortcuts. Note: It is not recommended that you directly modify this section of the PGP file., as any changes you make to this section the file will not migrate successfully if you upgrade your AutoCAD to a newer version. Instead, make changes to the new User Defined Command Aliases section towards the end of this file.

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-- User Defined Command Aliases -You can abbreviate frequently used AutoCAD commands by defining aliases for them in the User Defined Command Aliases section of acad.pgp. You can create a command alias for any AutoCAD command, device driver command, or external command.

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Recommendation: back up this file before editing it. To ensure that any changes you make to PGP settings can successfully be migrated when you upgrade to the next version of AutoCAD, it is suggested that you make any changes to the default settings in the User Defined Command Aliases section at the end of this file.

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External command format: ,[<Shell request>],,[*],

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The Bit Bit Bit Bit

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bits of the bit flag have the following meanings: 1: if set, don't wait for the application to finish 2: if set, run the application minimized 4: if set, run the application "hidden" 8: if set, put the argument string in quotes

Fill the "bit flag" field with the sum of the desired bits. Bits 2 and 4 are mutually exclusive; if both are specified, only the 2 bit is used. The most useful values are likely to be 0 (start the application and wait for it to finish), 1 (start the application and don't wait), 3 (minimize and don't wait), and 5 (hide and don't wait). Values of 2 and 4 should normally be avoided, as they make AutoCAD unavailable until the application has completed. Bit 8 allows commands like DEL to work properly with filenames that have spaces such as "long filename.dwg". Note that this will interfere

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with passing space delimited lists of file names to these same commands. If you prefer multiplefile support to using long file names, turn off the "8" bit in those commands.

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Examples of external commands for command windows

DEL, DIR, SH, SHELL, START, TYPE,

DEL, DIR, , , START, TYPE,

8,File to delete: , 8,File specification: , 1,*OS Command: , 1,*OS Command: , 1,*Application to start: , 8,File to list: ,

; Examples of external commands for Windows ; See also the (STARTAPP) AutoLISP function for an alternative method. EXPLORER, NOTEPAD, PBRUSH,

START EXPLORER, 1,, START NOTEPAD, 1,*File to edit: , START PBRUSH, 1,,

; Command alias format: ; ,* ; The following are guidelines for creating new command aliases. ; 1. An alias should reduce a command by at least two characters. ; Commands with a control key equivalent, status bar button, ; or function key do not require a command alias. ; Examples: Control N, O, P, and S for New, Open, Print, Save. ; 2. Try the first character of the command, then try the first two, ; then the first three. ; 3. Once an alias is defined, add suffixes for related aliases: ; Examples: R for Redraw, RA for Redrawall, L for Line, LT for ; Linetype. ; 4. Use a hyphen to differentiate between command line and dialog ; box commands. ; Example: B for Block, -B for -Block. ; ; Exceptions to the rules include AA for Area, T for Mtext, X for Explode. ; ; ; ;

-- Sample aliases for AutoCAD commands -These examples include most frequently used commands. NOTE: It is recommended that you not make any changes to this section of the PGP file to ensure the proper migration of your customizations when you upgrade to the next version of

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AutoCAD. The aliases listed in this section are repeated in the User Custom Settings section at the end of this file, which can safely be edited while ensuring your changes will successfully migrate.

3A, *3DARRAY 3DMIRROR, *MIRROR3D 3DNavigate,*3DWALK 3DO, *3DORBIT 3DW, *3DWALK 3F, *3DFACE 3M, *3DMOVE

3P, 3R, A, AC, ADC, AECTOACAD, AA, AL, 3AL, AP, APLAY, AR, -AR, ARR, ARM, -ARM, ARU, ARS, -ARS, ATI, ATT, -ATT, ATE, -ATE, ATTE, B, -B, BC, BE, BH, BO, -BO, BR, BS, BVS, C, CAM, CH, -CH, CHA, CHK, CLI, COL, COLOUR, CO, CP, CT, CUBE, CYL, D, DAL, DAN, DAR, JOG, DBA, DBC, DC, DCE,

*3DPOLY *3DROTATE *ARC *BACTION *ADCENTER *-ExportToAutoCAD *AREA *ALIGN *3DALIGN *APPLOAD *ALLPLAY *ARRAY *-ARRAY *ACTRECORD *ACTUSERMESSAGE *-ACTUSERMESSAGE *ACTUSERINPUT *ACTSTOP *-ACTSTOP *ATTIPEDIT *ATTDEF *-ATTDEF *ATTEDIT *-ATTEDIT *-ATTEDIT *BLOCK *-BLOCK *BCLOSE *BEDIT *HATCH *BOUNDARY *-BOUNDARY *BREAK *BSAVE *BVSTATE *CIRCLE *CAMERA *PROPERTIES *CHANGE *CHAMFER *CHECKSTANDARDS *COMMANDLINE *COLOR *COLOR *COPY *COPY *CTABLESTYLE *NAVVCUBE *CYLINDER *DIMSTYLE *DIMALIGNED *DIMANGULAR *DIMARC *DIMJOGGED *DIMBASELINE *DBCONNECT *ADCENTER *DIMCENTER

DCENTER, DCO, DDA, DDI, DED, DI, DIV, DJL, DJO, DL, DLI, DLU, DO, DOR, DOV, DR, DRA, DRE, DRM, DS, DST, DT, DV, DX, E, ED, EL, ER, ESHOT, EX, EXIT, EXP, EXT, F, FI, FREEPOINT, FSHOT, G, -G, GD, GEO, GR, H, -H, HE, HI, I, -I, IAD, IAT, ICL, IM, -IM, IMP, IN, INF, IO, QVD,

*ADCENTER *DIMCONTINUE *DIMDISASSOCIATE *DIMDIAMETER *DIMEDIT *DIST *DIVIDE *DIMJOGLINE *DIMJOGGED *DATALINK *DIMLINEAR *DATALINKUPDATE *DONUT *DIMORDINATE *DIMOVERRIDE *DRAWORDER *DIMRADIUS *DIMREASSOCIATE *DRAWINGRECOVERY *DSETTINGS *DIMSTYLE *TEXT *DVIEW *DATAEXTRACTION *ERASE *DDEDIT *ELLIPSE *EXTERNALREFERENCES *EDITSHOT *EXTEND *QUIT *EXPORT *EXTRUDE *FILLET *FILTER *POINTLIGHT *FLATSHOT *GROUP *-GROUP *GRADIENT *GEOGRAPHICLOCATION *DDGRIPS *HATCH *-HATCH *HATCHEDIT *HIDE *INSERT *-INSERT *IMAGEADJUST *IMAGEATTACH *IMAGECLIP *IMAGE *-IMAGE *IMPORT *INTERSECT *INTERFERE *INSERTOBJ *QVDRAWING

QVDC, *QVDRAWINGCLOSE QVL, *QVLAYOUT QVLC, *QVLAYOUTCLOSE J, *JOIN L, *LINE LA, *LAYER -LA, *-LAYER LAS, *LAYERSTATE LE, *QLEADER LEN, *LENGTHEN LI, *LIST LINEWEIGHT, *LWEIGHT LMAN, *LAYERSTATE LO, *-LAYOUT LS, *LIST LT, *LINETYPE -LT, *-LINETYPE LTYPE, *LINETYPE -LTYPE, *-LINETYPE LTS, *LTSCALE LW, *LWEIGHT M, *MOVE MA, *MATCHPROP MAT, *MATERIALS ME, *MEASURE MI, *MIRROR ML, *MLINE MLA, *MLEADERALIGN MLC, *MLEADERCOLLECT MLD, *MLEADER MLE, *MLEADEREDIT MLS, *MLEADERSTYLE MO, *PROPERTIES MOTION, *NAVSMOTION MOTIONCLS, *NAVSMOTIONCLOSE MS, *MSPACE MSM, *MARKUP MT, *MTEXT MV, *MVIEW NORTH, *GEOGRAPHICLOCATION NORTHDIR, *GEOGRAPHICLOCATION NSHOT, *NEWSHOT NVIEW, *NEWVIEW O, *OFFSET OP, *OPTIONS ORBIT, *3DORBIT OS, *OSNAP -OS, *-OSNAP P, *PAN -P, *-PAN PA, *PASTESPEC PARAM, *BPARAMETER PARTIALOPEN, *-PARTIALOPEN PE, *PEDIT PL, *PLINE PO, *POINT POFF, *HIDEPALETTES POL, *POLYGON

PON, *SHOWPALETTES PR, *PROPERTIES PRCLOSE, *PROPERTIESCLOSE PROPS, *PROPERTIES PRE, *PREVIEW PRINT, *PLOT PS, *PSPACE PSOLID, *POLYSOLID PTW, *PUBLISHTOWEB PU, *PURGE -PU, *-PURGE PYR, *PYRAMID QC, *QUICKCALC QCUI, *QUICKCUI R, *REDRAW RA, *REDRAWALL RC, *RENDERCROP RE, *REGEN REA, *REGENALL REC, *RECTANG REG, *REGION REN, *RENAME -REN, *-RENAME REV, *REVOLVE RO, *ROTATE RP, *RENDERPRESETS RPR, *RPREF RR, *RENDER RW, *RENDERWIN S, *STRETCH SC, *SCALE SCR, *SCRIPT SE, *DSETTINGS SEC, *SECTION SET, *SETVAR SHA, *SHADEMODE SL, *SLICE SN, *SNAP SO, *SOLID SP, *SPELL SPL, *SPLINE SPLANE, *SECTIONPLANE SPLAY, *SEQUENCEPLAY SPE, *SPLINEDIT SSM, *SHEETSET ST, *STYLE STA, *STANDARDS SU, *SUBTRACT T, *MTEXT -T, *-MTEXT TA, *TABLET TB, *TABLE TH, *THICKNESS TI, *TILEMODE TO, *TOOLBAR TOL, *TOLERANCE TOR, *TORUS TP, *TOOLPALETTES

TR, TS, UC, UN, -UN, UNI, V, VGO, VPLAY, -V, VP, -VP, VS, VSM, -VSM, W, -W, WE, WHEEL, X, XA, XB, -XB, XC, XL, XR, -XR, Z,

*TRIM *TABLESTYLE *UCSMAN *UNITS *-UNITS *UNION *VIEW *VIEWGO *VIEWPLAY *-VIEW *DDVPOINT *VPOINT *VSCURRENT *VISUALSTYLES *-VISUALSTYLES *WBLOCK *-WBLOCK *WEDGE *NAVSWHEEL *EXPLODE *XATTACH *XBIND *-XBIND *XCLIP *XLINE *XREF *-XREF *ZOOM

; The following are alternative aliases and aliases as supplied ; in AutoCAD Release 13. AV, CP, DIMALI, DIMANG, DIMBASE, DIMCONT, DIMDIA, DIMED, DIMTED, DIMLIN, DIMORD, DIMRAD, DIMSTY, DIMOVER, LEAD, TM,

*DSVIEWER *COPY *DIMALIGNED *DIMANGULAR *DIMBASELINE *DIMCONTINUE *DIMDIAMETER *DIMEDIT *DIMTEDIT *DIMLINEAR *DIMORDINATE *DIMRADIUS *DIMSTYLE *DIMOVERRIDE *LEADER *TILEMODE

; Aliases for Hyperlink/URL Release 14 compatibility SAVEURL, *SAVE OPENURL, *OPEN INSERTURL, *INSERT ; Aliases for commands discontinued in AutoCAD 2000: AAD, *DBCONNECT AEX, *DBCONNECT ALI, *DBCONNECT

ASQ, ARO, ASE, DDATTDEF, DDATTEXT, DDCHPROP, DDCOLOR, DDLMODES, DDLTYPE, DDMODIFY, DDOSNAP, DDUCS,

*DBCONNECT *DBCONNECT *DBCONNECT *ATTDEF *ATTEXT *PROPERTIES *COLOR *LAYER *LINETYPE *PROPERTIES *OSNAP *UCS

; Aliases for commands discontinued in AutoCAD 2004: ACADBLOCKDIALOG, *BLOCK ACADWBLOCKDIALOG, *WBLOCK ADCENTER, *ADCENTER BMAKE, *BLOCK BMOD, *BLOCK BPOLY, *BOUNDARY CONTENT, *ADCENTER DDATTE, *ATTEDIT DDIM, *DIMSTYLE DDINSERT, *INSERT DDPLOTSTAMP, *PLOTSTAMP DDRMODES, *DSETTINGS DDSTYLE, *STYLE DDUCS, *UCSMAN DDUCSP, *UCSMAN DDUNITS, *UNITS DDVIEW, *VIEW DIMHORIZONTAL, *DIMLINEAR DIMROTATED, *DIMLINEAR DIMVERTICAL, *DIMLINEAR DOUGHNUT, *DONUT DTEXT, *TEXT DWFOUT, *PLOT DXFIN, *OPEN DXFOUT, *SAVEAS PAINTER, *MATCHPROP PREFERENCES, *OPTIONS RECTANGLE, *RECTANG SHADE, *SHADEMODE VIEWPORTS, *VPORTS ; Aliases for commands discontinued in AutoCAD 2007: RMAT, *MATERIALS FOG, *RENDERENVIRONMENT FINISH, *MATERIALS SETUV, *MATERIALMAP SHOWMAT, *LIST RFILEOPT, *RENDERPRESETS RENDSCR, *RENDERWIN ; Aliases for commands discontinued in AutoCAD 2009: DASHBOARD, *RIBBON DASHBOARDCLOSE, *RIBBONCLOSE

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-- User Defined Command Aliases -Make any changes or additions to the default AutoCAD command aliases in this section to ensure successful migration of these settings when you upgrade to the next version of AutoCAD. If a command alias appears more than once in this file, items in the User Defined Command Alias take precedence over duplicates that appear earlier in the file. **********----------********** ; No xlate ; DO NOT REMOVE