Command Reference: Commands by Menu Order

File

Menu	Description	Command
New...	Creates a new drawing file	New
Open...	Opens an existing drawing file	Open
Close	Exits the drawing but not the program	Close
Save	Saves the drawing under the current file name or a specified name	Save
Save As...	Saves an unnamed drawing with a file name or renames the current drawing	SaveAs
Export
Publish eDrawings	Starts the eDrawings® application to create, view, and share 3D models and 2D drawings	eDrawings
Sheet	Creates, copies, renames, or deletes Sheet tabs (layout mode to set up a printout)	Sheet
Print Configuration Manager...	Defines print configurations to use as printing defaults for the Model and for Sheets	PrintConfiguration
Print Preview	Shows a preview for printing or plotting the drawing	Preview
Print...	Prints a drawing to a plotter, printer, or file	Print
Properties...	Displays and edits the standard properties of the current drawing file and creates custom properties for the file	DrawingProperties
Error Check	Evaluates the integrity of a drawing and corrects errors if possible	Check
Clean...	Removes unused user-defined objects from the drawing, such as Blocks or Layers	Clean
Recover...	Repairs a damaged drawing if possible	Recover
Exit	Exits the program	Exit
Exit	Exits the program	Exit

File > Export

Menu	Description	Command
Export...	Saves the entire drawing, specified entities, or views to other vector or image file formats	Export
PDF Export	Saves the current view of the graphics display to a PDF (Portable Document Format) file	ExportPDF
Export Drawing...	Writes entities, Blocks, or the entire drawing to a new drawing file (dialog box variant)	ExportDrawing

Edit

Menu	Description	Command
Undo	Reverses the most recent command	U
Redo	Reverses the effects of the previous U or UndoN command	Redo
Cut	Copies entities to the clipboard and deletes the entities	Cut
Copy	Copies entities to the clipboard	ClipboardCopy
Copy with Reference Point	Copies entities with a specified reference point to the clipboard	Copy@
Paste	Inserts data from the clipboard	Paste
Paste as Block	Inserts entities from the clipboard as Block	PasteAsBlock
Erase	Removes entities from a drawing	Delete
Select All	Selects all drawing entities for subsequent modification commands	SelectAll
Find...	Finds and replaces Text in Notes, Annotations, and Dimension Text	Find

View

Menu	Description	Command
Rebuild	Rebuilds the drawing display and refreshes the active ViewTile	Rebuild
Rebuild All	Rebuilds the drawing display and refreshes all ViewTiles	RebuildAll
Refresh All	Refreshes the display of all ViewTiles	RefreshAll
Constrained Orbit	Controls 3D viewing	RollView
Pan
Zoom
Named Views...	Saves and restores user-defined views	Views
View Tiles	Creates and controls single or multiple model ViewTiles or Sheet Viewports	ViewTiles, -Viewport
Hide	Creates a hidden line view	HideView
Shade	Determines the ShadeView mode	ShadeView
Animated Rendering	Displays the rendered drawing in a separate window	ARender
Display

View > Pan

Menu	Description	Command
Dynamic	Moves the drawing display in the active ViewTile (dynamic pan)	Pan
Point	Moves the drawing display in the active ViewTile by pointing a displacement	-Pan
Left	Pans to the left	PanLeft
Right	Pans to the right	PanRight
Up	Pans up	PanUp
Down	Pans down	PanDown

View > Zoom

Menu	Description	Command
Dynamic	Increases or decreases the visible part of the drawing	Zoom
Center	Zooms to an area determined by a center point and a magnification or height	Zoom Center
Factor	Zooms by a factor	ZoomFactor
Previous	Zooms to previous view	ZoomBack
Selected	Zooms to an area determined by the extents of specified entities	Zoom Selected
Window	Zooms to a region of the drawing specified by a box	ZoomWindow
In	Zooms in to the drawing	ZoomIn
Out	Zooms out from the drawing	ZoomOut
Bounds	Zooms the entire drawing	Zoom Bounds
Fit	Zooms to the drawing extents	ZoomFit

View > Display

Menu	Description	Command
Block Attributes	Defines visibility of BlockAttributes	DisplayBlockAttributes
Command History	Opens the separate command history window	CommandHistory
CCS Icon	Sets the visibility and position of the coordinate system icon	CSIcon

Insert

Menu	Description	Command
Block...	Inserts a Block or another drawing into the drawing	InsertBlock
Hyperlink...	Attaches a hyperlink to entities or modifies an existing hyperlink	Hyperlink
Reference Drawing...	Attaches a drawing file as a Reference to the drawing	AttachDrawing
Reference Image...	Attaches an image file as a Reference to the drawing	AttachImage
Field...	Creates Fields for annotations that are used to update information such as modification date, drawing name, and author	Field
Rebuild Fields	Manually updates Fields in specified annotations	RebuildField
Object...	Displays data from other programs in drawings (such as text documents, spreadsheets, or images)	InsertObject

Format

Menu	Description	Command
Layer...	Controls Layers and Layer properties	Layer
Layer Tools
Line Style...	Lets you create, load, and set LineStyles	LineStyle
Line Color...	Sets the LineColor for new entities	LineColor
Line Weight...	Sets LineWeight options	LineWeight
Dimension Style...	Creates and modifies DimensionStyles	DimensionStyle
Point Style...	Defines the type and size of point entities	PointFormat
Print Style...	Manages named PrintStyles	PrintStyle
RichLine Styles...	Creates and manages RichLineStyles	RichLineStyle
Table Style...	Creates and manages TableStyles	TableStyle
Text Style...	Creates or modifies user-defined TextStyles and sets the active TextStyle	TextStyle
Drawing Boundary	Sets and controls drawing bounds	DrawingBounds
Unit System...	Sets coordinate and angle display formats and precision	UnitSystem
Rename...	Changes the names of objects	Rename

Format > Layer Tools

Menu	Description	Command
Hide Layer	Turns off the Layer of the specified entity	HideLayer
Show All Layers	Turns on all Layers	ShowLayers
Freeze Layer	Freezes the Layers of specified entities	FreezeLayer
Thaw All Layers	Thaws all Layers	ThawLayers
Lock Layer	Locks the Layers of specified entities	LockLayer
Unlock Layer	Unlocks locked Layers	UnlockLayer
Isolate Layer	Isolates the Layers of specified entities	IsolateLayer
Unisolate Layer	Undoes Layer isolation	UnisolateLayer
Activate Layer	Activates the Layer of a specified entity	ActivateLayer
Entity to Active Layer	Changes the Layers of specified entities to the active Layer	ToActiveLayer
Change Entity's Layer	Changes the Layer of specified entities to match a destination Layer	MatchLayer
Delete	Deletes Layers of specified entities and the entities themselves	DeleteLayer
Restore Layer's State	Restores previous Layer settings	UndoLayer

Dimension

Menu	Description	Command
Smart	Creates Dimensions with a dimension type determined by the entity selected	SmartDimension
Aligned	Creates an aligned linear Dimension	ParallelDimension
Linear	Creates a linear Dimension	LinearDimension
Baseline	Continues a linear, angular, or ordinate Dimension from the baseline of the previous or specified Dimension	BaselineDimension
Continue	Continues a linear, angular, or ordinate Dimension from the second extension line of the previous or specified Dimension	ContinueDimension
Ordinate	Creates ordinate point Dimensions	OrdinateDimension
CenterMark	Creates a center mark or center lines for Circles and Arcs	CenterMark
Diameter	Creates diameter Dimensions for Circles and Arcs	DiameterDimension
Radius	Creates radial Dimensions for Circles and Arcs	RadiusDimension
Angular	Creates angular Dimensions	AngleDimension
Arc Length	Creates arc length Dimensions	ArcLengthDimension
Jogged	Creates jogged radius Dimensions for Circles and Arcs	JoggedDimension
Leader	Draws Leader lines and annotations	SmartLeader
Tolerance...	Creates datum indicators and basic dimension notation	Tolerance
Align Text
Oblique	Modifies the orientation of existing linear Dimensions	EditDimension Oblique
Override	Overrides DimensionStyle variables	OverrideDimensionStyle
Relate Dimension	Reestablishes the relation of specified Dimensions to entities	RelateDimension
Rebuild	Updates Dimensions with the active DimensionStyle	RebuildDimension, or -DimensionStyle Apply

Dimension > Align Text

Menu	Description	Command
Angle	Rotates Dimension text	EditDimensionText Angle
Center	Centers Dimension text on the Dimension line	EditDimensionText Center
Reset	Undoes the movement of Dimension text	EditDimensionText Home
Left	Left-justifies Dimension text along the Dimension line	EditDimensionText Left
Right	Right-justifies Dimension text along the Dimension line	EditDimensionText Right

Draw

Menu	Description	Command
Line	Creates straight line segments	Line
InfiniteLine	Draws infinite construction Lines	InfiniteLine
RichLine	Creates RichLines	RichLine
Ray	Draws semi-infinite construction Lines	Ray
3D Polyline	Creates 3D PolyLines of straight line segments in 3D space	PolyLine3D
PolyLine	Creates 2D PolyLines	PolyLine
Polygon	Creates equilateral closed PolyLines	Polygon
Rectangle	Creates rectangular PolyLines	Rectangle
Sketch	Creates freehand Lines	Sketch
Arc	Creates Arcs	Arc
Circle	Creates Circles	Circle
Ring	Creates filled Circles or Rings	Ring
Spline	Creates quadratic or cubic spline (NURBS) curves	Spline
Ellipse	Creates Ellipses or elliptical Arcs	Ellipse
Point
Block
Table	Creates Tables	Table
Bound Area...	Creates a PolyLine or Region from an enclosed area (dialog box variant)	AreaBoundary
Hatch/Fill...	Fills a specified boundary with a pattern, solid color, or gradient color (dialog box variant)	Hatch, FillArea
Region	Transforms an entity that encloses an area into a Region	Region
Mask	Covers existing entities with a blank area	Mask
Cloud	Creates revision clouds to indicate that certain areas require or contain revisions	Cloud
Shape
Text
Mesh

Draw > Point

Menu	Description	Command
Multiple Points	Creates multiple point entities	Point Multiple
Single Point	Creates a point entity	Point
By Segments	Places evenly spaced point entities or Blocks along the length or perimeter of an entity	MarkDivisions
By Lengths	Places point entities or Blocks at measured intervals on an entity	MarkLengths

Draw > Block

Menu	Description	Command
Define...	Defines a Block from specified entities	MakeBlock
Define BlockAttributes...	Creates a BlockAttribute definition	MakeBlockAttribute

Draw > Shape

Menu	Description	Command
Define	Inserts a shape from a shape file into the drawing	InsertShape
Load...	Loads shape files for the use by the Shape command	LoadShape

Draw > Text

Menu	Description	Command
Note	Creates multiline Text entities	Note
SimpleNote	Creates singleline Text entities	SimpleNote

Draw > Mesh

Menu	Description	Command
2D Solid	Creates solid-filled 2D faces	Solid
3D Face	Creates 3D faces	Face
3D Mesh	Creates 3D PolygonMeshes	Mesh
Revolved	Creates rotated surfaces about specified axes	RevolvedMesh
Tabulated	Creates tabulated surfaces from path curves and direction vectors	TabulatedMesh
Edge	Creates 3D PolygonMeshes based on four adjoining edges	EdgeMesh
Ruled	Creates ruled surfaces between two curves	RuledMesh

Modify

Menu	Description	Command
Properties	Displays the Properties palette to modify properties of drawing entities	Properties
Property Painter	Applies properties of one entity to other entities	PropertyPainter
Clip
Entity
Component
Pattern...	Creates multiple copies of entities in a pattern	Pattern
Delete	Removes entities from a drawing	Delete
Copy	Duplicates entities	Copy
Offset	Offsets linear entities in parallel orientation	Offset
Mirror	Creates a mirror image copy of entities	Mirror
Change Length	Lengthens or shortens entities	EditLength
Move	Displaces entities a specified distance in a specified direction	Move
Rotate	Rotates entities about a base point	Rotate
Scale	Enlarges or reduces specified entities equally in the X, Y, and Z directions	Scale
Stretch	Moves or stretches entities	Stretch
Split	Erases parts of entities or splits entities in two	Split
Weld	Joins two entities into a single entity	Weld
Chamfer	Bevels the edges of entities	Chamfer
Fillet	Rounds and fillets the edges of entities	Fillet
Extend	Extends entities to meet other entities	Extend
Trim	Trims entities at a cutting edge defined by other entities	Trim
Explode	Breaks complex objects into their component entities	Explode

Modify > Clip

Menu	Description	Command
Reference	Defines clipping boundaries to suppress display of portions of a Block or Referenced drawing	ClipReference
Viewport	Clips the display of Viewports on the active Sheet at irregular shapes	ClipViewport

Modify > Entity

Menu	Description	Command
Block Attribute	Modifies BlockAttributes	EditBlockAttribute, -EditBlockAttribute
Annotation...	Edits items such as single-line Text, Dimension text, Leader annotation, and BlockAttribute definitions	EditAnnotation
Hatch...	Modifies existing Hatches or color gradient fills	EditHatch
PolyLine	Edits PolyLines, PolyLine vertices, and 3D PolygonMeshes	EditPolyLine
Tolerance...	Modifies geometric Tolerances	EditTolerance
Table...	Changes text in a Table cell	EditTable

Modify > Component

Menu	Description	Command
Edit...	Edits in-place individual Elements within Blocks or References	EditComponent
Add Elements	Adds Elements to Block definitions or References	ChangeElements Add
Remove Elements	Remove Elements from Block definitions or References	ChangeElements Remove
Edit Base Point	Sets new insertion base points for Block definitions	EditBasePoint
Save and Close	Saves modifications done during in-place editing of Block defintions or References and exits Component editing mode	SaveComponent
Close	Terminates in-place editing of a Block definition or a Reference	CloseComponent

Tools

Menu	Description	Command
Properties...	Displays/hides the Properties palette	Properties, HideProperties
References Manager...	Displays/hides the References palette	References, HideReferences
Display Order	Changes the display order of drawing entities and inserted images in the drawing	DisplayOrder
Inquiry
Open Reference	Opens a Referenced drawing in a new drawing window	OpenReference
Run Script...	Executes a sequence of commands from a script	LoadScript
CCS Manager...	Manages Custom Coordinate Systems (CCSs)	CSStyle
New CCS	Sets, saves, and restores Custom Coordinate Systems	CCS
Customize Interface...	Manages customized user interface elements such as menus, toolbars, shortcut menus, keyboard shortcuts, and mouse actions	Customize
Options...	Configures program operating parameters	Options
Options...	Configures program operating parameters	Options
Mouse Gestures...	Customizes mouse gestures	Gesture

Tools > Inquiry

Menu	Description	Command
Get Area	Calculates the area and perimeter of entities or of defined areas	GetArea
Get Distance	Measures the distance and angle between two points	GetDistance
Get Coordinate	Displays the coordinate values of a location	GetXY
Get Properties	Displays information about specified entities	GetProperties

Window

Menu	Description	Command
Close	Closes the drawing but does not exit the program	Close
Close all	Closes all open drawings but does not exit the program	CloseAll
Cascade	Cascades drawing windows	Windows Cascade
Tile Horizontally	Tiles drawing windows horizontally	Windows Tile Horizontal
Tile Vertically	Tiles drawing windows vertically	Windows Tile Vertical

Help

Menu	Description	Command
Help...	Displays online help	Help
License...	Displays the license agreement	ShowLicense
About...	Displays information about the program	About
About...	Displays information about the program	About