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Utilities
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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.
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Shortcut
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Command
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| art |
Quantity
Tool
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Calculates the total areas / length / perimeter attributes of all selected objects. You can filter the selection by specifying a layer prior to making a selection. |
| et |
Edit
Text
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Allows
any text to be edited, including Mtext, Multileaders, Dimensions,
Attributes within
Blocks and attribute definitions.
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| bp |
Boundary
polyline
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Pick
a point within a closed area (surrounded by lines etc) and a polyline
will be drawn around the perimeter.
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| bpo |
Polyline
offset
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Does
the same as above except you can specify the offset of the new polyline
from the surrounding edges.
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| j |
Join
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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!
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| ll |
Layer
Linetype
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enter
a (Bylayer) linetype to to apply to the current layer
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| lo |
Leave
On
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Select a layer to leave on and turn all other layers off. Layer visibility is saved and can be restored with the 'ol' command. |
| ol |
On
Layers
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Restores
previous state
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| lc |
Layer
Colour
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Select
a colour to be applied (Bylayer) to the current layer from a dialog
box.
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| lm |
Layer
Make
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Short
cuts the command line version
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| off |
Turn
Off
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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.
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| on |
Turn
back on
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Turn
layers previously turned off back on.
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| sl |
Set
the current layer to that of the selected entity.
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| mb |
Measure
Block
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Measure
a line/polyline with a block. This command stores the name of the block
and distance variables so is much faster than using the standard
Measure command.
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| db |
Divide
Block
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Same
as above but uses the divide command.
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| msc |
Model
Scale
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Reports
and sets the viewport scale (Easier than Zoom XP....)
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| sca |
Plotting
Scale
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Sets
text height based on plotting scale
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| a |
Polyline
Arc
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Starts
polyline arc creation. First indicate the starting direction of
the arc then add new segments tangent to the previous segment.
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