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Ref. Issue #8 - 06 June 2008 - Using Ctrl key If you want the maximum amount of free space for drawing, click the Clean Screen button at
the right side of the status bar to remove the title bar, toolbars, palettes, and the status bar.
Click the same button to get them back. You can also press Ctrl+0 to toggle between the two
displays.
By default, AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT display the command line. You can hide the commandline
window using the COMMANDLINEHIDE command, and display it with the COMMANDLINE
command. An easier way is to press Ctrl+9, which toggles the Command window on
and off. Another option for the command line is to undock the Command window, right-click
the window’s title bar on the left, and choose Auto-hide. The Command window collapses to
its title bar until you place the cursor over it.
To open the Info Palette window, choose Help➪Info Palette or press Ctrl+5. As you use commands,
a brief explanation appears.
To open the Properties palette, click Properties on the Standard toolbar, choose Tools➪
Palettes➪Properties, or press Ctrl+1.
To open the DesignCenter, choose DesignCenter from the
Standard toolbar, press Ctrl+2, or choose Tools➪Palettes➪DesignCenter. The
DesignCenter’s left pane works like the Windows Explorer left pane, letting you navigate
throughout your hard drive or your network.
To start the calculator, choose Tools➪QuickCalc or press Ctrl+8 to start the QUICKCALC
command. The calculator opens as a palette. Use the palette for stand-alone calculations, as
you would use a physical hand-held calculator. To start the calculator within a command,
type 'quickcalc or 'qc on the command line.
To create an exponent (or superscript), type a number and then a carat, as in 2^. Select the
number and the carat and then click the Stack/Unstack button. To create a subscript, type a
carat, and then the number, as in ^2, and then stack it.
To cycle from viewport to viewport while in model space, press Ctrl+R.
If the order of the attribute prompts is important, don’t use a window to select the attributes.
Select them in the order in which you want the prompts to appear. You can then use a crossing
or window box to select the rest of the objects to be included in the block. The order of
the attribute prompts will be important if you’re taking the data for the attributes from a listing,
such as a spreadsheet that you’ve printed out. Inserting the attribute values will be much
easier if the prompts follow the order of the printed document that you’re using.
If you want to insert the objects and the attributes as a file instead of as a block, you don’t
need to create a block at all. Create a drawing that contains just the objects and its attributes.
Use the BASE command to change the base point of the drawing (usually 0,0) to the desired
insertion point of the block. Then save the drawing. When you insert the drawing, you are
prompted for the attributes, as usual. Use this technique for blocks and attributes that you
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