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About Entering Commands in the Command Window Commands are the instructions that tell the program what to do.  There are many ways to initiate a command:  Make a selection on a ribbon, toolbar, or menu.  Enter a command in a dynamic input tooltip.  Enter a command in the command window.  Drag a custom command from a tool palette.  The dockable, resizable command window accepts commands and system variables and displays prompts that help you complete a command sequence (including commands that were initiated at another location such as the ribbon).  Respond to Command Promp ts  After you enter a command, you may see a series of prompts displayed at the command line. For example, after you enter PLINE and specify the first prompt, the following prompt is displayed:  PLINE Specify next point or [Arc HalfwidthLength Undo Width]:  In this case, the default is to specify the next point. You can either enter X,Y coordinate values or clic

Create New Drawing Dialog Box Defines the settings for a new drawing. Summary 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.) List of Options The following options are displayed. 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. Imperial Starts a new drawing based on the imperial measurement system. The default drawing boundary (the grid limits) is 12

Issue:   Drawing files in AutoCAD end up being much larger than they should, often with no obvious data in them. Other symptoms include failure to copy and paste elements in the drawing, when selecting text with the properties palette open will cause the process to hang for a long time.   Causes:  This happens when data is imported from a DGN file and the original linetypes were either incorrectly or not mapped to AutoCAD linetypes. This produces a huge object database in the drawing that cannot be purged with the standard tools. Furthermore, if you copy and paste an entity from the drawing into another drawing, the entire database is also copied, spreading the problem to the new file.     Solution:  There is a hotfix for AutoCAD to overcome this problem. The Hotfix includes two files:   The DgnLsPurge.dll, once loaded will allow you to purge these DGN objects.  The AcDgnLS.dbx is included to keep the DGN objects from propagating to new files when copying, pasting or insert

Create a new template from an existing drawing or drawing template. After changing the settings of any drawing file, you can create a template to quickly create new drawings with the same conventions and default settings. Erase all of the objects in the drawing that you do not want to keep. Click the Application button Save As AutoCAD Drawing Template. DWT files must be saved in the current drawing file format. To create a DWT file in a previous format, save the file in the desired DWG format, and then rename the DWG file using a DWT extension. In the Save Drawing As dialog box, File Name text box, enter a name for the drawing template and click Save. Enter a description for the drawing template and click OK. The new template is saved in the template folder. Read more at AUGI articles “ Why You Should Use a Template ”. Here’s the link: http://www.augi.com/library/tipniques-why-you-should-use-a-template This document contains content adapted from the Autodesk® Knowledg