It will close a running wizard -or cancel whatever they did- and make them have to do it all over again. I’m also frustrated when they easily press many times when they feel something is not right. I found many AutoCAD users are so attached to command line and try to find similar feature when they use other CAD application. Easier when it comes to time they want to migrate to vertical products.
#Using purge in autodesk autocad 2010 windows
Having common Windows shortcuts will also be easier for AutoCAD users. One or two characters should be faster! ^C ^C ^C! It will be more interesting if Autodesk change the way we can access AutoCAD shortcuts. The only reason typing is faster, probably because AutoCAD users are used to it. We can access tools faster by clicking the palettes or toolbar or ribbon than typing some of AutoCAD commands. To insert component, we have to type AECOMPONENT. Try to see the available command list in AutoCAD electrical. This shortcut will grow longer when we use vertical product such as AutoCAD Mechanical or AutoCAD Electrical. And don’t forget you will need to press or. You can list all AutoCAD shortcut, and will find there are many shortcuts require more than two characters. Revit and Inventor have one or two character shortcuts. In Revit, we press LI.įor dimension, in Revit we simply press DI. How do we activate line tool in AutoCAD? L then. So let us compare how shortcuts work in other CAD applications. Some people are still insist working with command line is faster. But it still nice to have it for common tools though :) AutoCAD Based Command line versus Other CAD Application Shortcut I don’t feel command line shortcut is that important anymore. You don’t even have to create layers or styles in your drawing. You can also draw lines, dimensions, hatches, blocks with a specific properties with just one click. It’s faster than inserting block using command line. How you can access your block quickly? Using tool palette. After you create them, you can place them, modify it, and create a report very quickly. In the dynamic block tutorial series, you can create common objects like walls, doors, and columns. If you have been following CAD Notes, you will find some tutorials to increase your productivity. It takes a few more seconds to activate tools, but with one tool I can do dozen of AutoCAD commands at once. However, since I’m focusing on vertical product, I realize that even I access some tools a bit slower, my productivity is better. Productivity is not always about shortcut! At this point, I’m kind of forced to use other method than command line. Then it came to the time I have to learn other CAD applications. But keep in mind, I use and teach using command line only because it’s the best option for accessing AutoCAD shortcuts. They might not use it, but they need to know it’s there. When I teach AutoCAD, I always teach my students how using command line. Using shortcut is always good to access our tools faster. Maybe I could even consider myself a command line ninja or something :) I use shortcut in every application I use, even in my Gmail account. I also loved having command line to access AutoCAD shortcut. Many AutoCAD users are command line masters at that time. I started using AutoCAD since R.13, when they are twins: DOS and Windows version (cmiiw). I also would like to have your opinion: do you think Autodesk should ‘purge’ the command line from AutoCAD? Shortcuts are Always Goodĭon’t get me wrong. In this post, I would like share my opinion. I personally think command line era is over. Because this project is for AutoCAD users, then it is more likely many AutoCAD users will ask for it. Last night when I checked my Twitter timeline, I see an interesting tweet from He asked his followers whether Autodesk should add command line to Project Butterfly or not. AutoCAD Based Command line versus Other CAD Application Shortcut.