Utilities
Included utilities can be started from the command line using the shortcuts shown in the table below.
The equivalent command as shown on the menu is listed along with a description of the function.
Shortcut commands are defined in the file Auto_Load.LSP located in the PlantManager installation directory.
This can be opened in a text editor like notepad and the shortcuts modified to avoid conflicts as required.
| Shortcut | Command | Description |
| art | Quantity Tool | Calculates the cumulative areas / length / perimeter of all selected objects. You can filter the selection by specifying a layer prior to making a selection. |
| bp | Boundary polyline | Pick a point within a closed area (surrounded by lines etc) and a polyline will be drawn around the perimeter. |
| bpo | Polyline offset | Does the same as above except you can specify the offset of the new polyline from the surrounding edges. |
| j | Join | Join two or more lines or polylines together without going through the PEDIT command. Assumes some fuzz distance so endpoints may be joined if not meeting exactly! |
| ll | Layer Linetype | enter a (Bylayer) linetype to to apply to the current layer |
| lo | Leave On | Select a layer to leave on and turn all other layers off. Layer visibility is saved and can be restored with the ‘ol’ command. (This is a shortcut for the native ‘Layiso’ command for versions which support the command. ) |
| ol | On Layers | Restores previous state (Shortcut for ‘Layuniso’) |
| lc | Layer Colour | Select a colour to be applied (Bylayer) to the current layer from a dialog box. |
| lm | Layer Make | Short cuts the command line version |
| off | Turn Off | Select layers to turn off. You can turn off layers within Xrefs and Blocks. A list of the currently selected layers is built up and is listed at the command line. This command can also be used in Paper Space to select objects in a viewport which are to be frozen in that viewport only. (This is a shortcut for the native ‘Layoff’ command) |
| on | Turn back on | Turn layers previously turned off back on. (Shortcut for native ‘Layon’ command) |
| sl | Set Layer | Set the current layer to that of the selected entity. |
| mb | Measure Block | Set out blocks on a line/polyline/arc/circle etc. by specifying a block and distance between each. To set out PM objects on a linear element, set the desired block current in the palette before using the command. |
| db | Divide Block | Same as above but uses the divide command. |
| msc | Model Scale | Reports and sets the viewport scale (Easier than Zoom XP….) |
| sca | Plotting Scale | Sets text height for labels and schedules based on the specified plotting scale. |
| a | Polyline Arc | Starts polyline arc creation. First indicate the starting direction of the arc then add new segments tangent to the previous segment. |