Detailed instructions for use are in the User's Guide.
[. . . ] AutoCAD®
Command Reference
2006
February 2005
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NETLOAD
Loads a . NET application Command line: netload The Choose . NET Assembly dialog box, a Standard File Selection Dialog Boxes, is displayed.
NEW
Creates a new drawing File menu: New Command line: new The behavior of the NEW command is determined by the Startup setting on the System Tab (Options Dialog Box) in the Options dialog box. Show the Startup Dialog Box: NEW displays the Create New Drawing Dialog Box. Do Not Show the Startup Dialog Box: NEW displays the Select Template dialog box (a Standard File Selection Dialog Boxes). If the FILEDIA system variable is set to 0 instead of 1, a NEW Command Line. If you set FILEDIA to 0, this prompt is displayed regardless of the Startup setting.
Create New Drawing Dialog Box
File menu: New Command line: new Defines the settings for a new drawing. Start from Scratch creates a new drawing using either imperial or metric default settings. Use a Template creates a new drawing using the settings defined in a drawing template you select. Use a Wizard creates a new drawing using the settings you specify in either the Quick or Advanced wizard. (The first option, Open a Drawing, is not available from the NEW command. To open an existing drawing, use OPEN. )
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Start from Scratch
Starts an empty drawing using default imperial or metric settings (MEASUREINIT system variable). You can change the measurement system for a given drawing by using the MEASUREMENT system variable. The Drawing1. dwg that opens when you start the program is a drawing that is started from scratch.
Advanced Setup Displays the Advanced Setup Wizard, in which you can specify the units, angle, angle measure, angle direction, and area for your new drawing. The Advanced Setup wizard also changes settings, such as text height and snap spacing, to an appropriate scale. Browse Displays the Select a Template File dialog box (a Standard File Selection Dialog Boxes), where you can access template files that are not available in the Select a Template list. Imperial Starts a new drawing based on the imperial measurement system. The default drawing boundary (the grid limits) is 429 by 297 millimeters.
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Preview Displays a preview image of the selected file. Quick Setup Displays the Quick Setup Wizard, in which you can specify the units and area for your new drawing. The Quick Setup wizard also changes settings, such as text height and snap spacing, to an appropriate scale. Select a Template Lists all DWT files that currently exist in the drawing template file location, which is specified in the Options Dialog Box. If you create your own template, you can use the Template Description dialog box to specify the text that you want to display here. Template drawings store all the settings for a drawing and may also include predefined layers, dimension styles, and views. Template drawings are distinguished from other drawing files by the . dwt file extension. [. . . ] 1125 setting the current UCS to. . . . . 1228 specifying for mapped materials. . . . . 1056 Web. . . . . 49, 763, 781, 933, 1052 DesignCenter content as Web-based. . . . . 49 i-drop content. . . . . 1052 Live Enablers. . . . . 781 paths for web locations. . . . . 763 publishing HTML pages. . . . . 933 web browser, launching. . . . . 181 Web Folders directory. . . . . 748 Web folders, creating. . . . . 748 web pages. . . . . 524 linking to. . . . . 524 Web Publish wizard. See Publish to Web wizard WEDGE command. . . . . 1290 wedges (solid). . . . . 18, 1290 weight, changing at spline control points. . . . . 1143 welding multiline segments. . . . . 677 WHIPARC system variable. . . . . WHOHAS command. . . . . 1294 wide polylines. . . . . 7879, 468 calculating areas/perimeters. . . . . 7879 filling. . . . . 468 width. . 695, 698, 707, 711, 840, 844, 860 861, 863, 901, 960, 1292
of 2D polyline segments. . . . . 860861, 863 of characters. . . . . 698 of multiline text paragraphs. . . . . 695, 707, 711 of pens. . . . . 901 of polylines. . . . . 840, 844 of rectangular polylines. . . . . 960 of wedges. . . . . 1292 width factor for character spacing. . . 1157, 1159 wild-card characters. . . . . 4, 56, 753, 972 for finding files. . . . . 753 for searching text. . . . . 56 using. . . . . 4, 719, 972 on the command line. . . . . 4 to rename groups of objects. . . . . [. . . ]