progeCAD Commands

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| 3D
Array |
3DARRAY |
Creates multiple copies of entities in three
dimensions. |
| 3D
Convert |
3DCONVERT |
Converts three-dimensional solids to polyface meshes.
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| 3D
Entities |
3D |
Draws three-dimensional surface primitives:
box, cone, cylinder, dish, dome, mesh, sphere, pyramid, torus, and wedge. |
| 3D
Polyline |
3DPOLY |
Draws a three-dimensional polyline with straight
segments. |
A
| About |
ABOUT |
Displays the About progeCAD dialog box,
which contains version and registration information. |
| ACIS
In |
ACISIN |
Allows you to import ACIS files, which progeCAD
can use to create body objects, solids, or regions. |
| ACIS
Out |
ACISOUT |
Allows you to export ACIS entities such as
surfaces, regions, and solids to an ACIS file in ASCII (SAT) format. |
| Align |
ALIGN |
Allows you to align selected entities with
other entities in three-dimensional space. |
| Apparent
Intersection Snap |
APPARENT |
Toggles the Apparent Intersection snap on or off. |
| Arc |
ARC |
Draws an arc of any size. |
| Area |
AREA |
Calculates the area of entities or calculates
defined areas. |
| Array |
ARRAY |
Creates multiple copies of entities in either
a rectangular (rows and columns) pattern or a polar (circular) pattern. |
| Attach
Image |
IMAGEATTACH |
Attaches images to a drawing. |
| Attribute
Definition |
ATTDEF |
Creates an Attribute Definition entity for
informational text that you want associated with a block definition. |
| Attribute
Display |
ATTDISP |
Shows all attributes, none, or those normally
visible. |
| Attribute
Extract |
ATTEXT |
Extracts attribute data from a drawing. |
| Audio
Note |
AUDIONOTE |
Creates, plays, and deletes sound clips. |
| Audit |
AUDIT |
Checks the current drawing for errors. |
B
| Backgrounds |
BACKGROUNDS |
Creates a backdrop for your model when you
render it using the Full Render command. |
| Base
Point |
BASE |
Sets the base point for inserting this drawing
into another drawing. |
| Block |
BLOCK |
Forms a single compound entity from a group
of entities. |
| Boundary
Hatch |
BHATCH |
Applies cross-hatching and pattern-filling
to closed entities within specified boundaries |
| Boundary
Polyline |
BPOLY |
Creates a boundary polyline from a closed
loop. |
| Box |
BOX |
Draws a three-dimensional box. |
| Break |
BREAK |
Erases part of an entity, or splits an entity into two
entities. |
| Browser |
BROWSER |
Starts your Web browser at a location that
you specify. |
C
| Calculator |
CAL |
Displays the standard Windows Calculator. |
| Center
Snap |
CENTER |
Toggles the Center snap on or off. |
| Chamfer |
CHAMFER |
Creates a chamfer, or beveled edges, at the
intersection of two lines. |
| Change |
CHANGE |
Changes the location, size, color, elevation,
layer, linetype, linetype scale, and thickness of selected entities. |
| Change
Properties |
CHPROP |
Changes the properties of selected entities. |
| Circle |
CIRCLE |
Draws a circle of any size. |
| Clear
Entity Snaps |
NONE |
Turns all Entity Snaps off. |
| Clip
Image |
IMAGECLIP |
Clips images so that only a portion of the image is visible
in a drawing. |
| Close
Drawing |
CLOSE |
Closes the active drawing window without exiting
the program. |
| Code
Page Manager |
CODEPAGE |
Displays the Code Page Manager dialog box so you can specify
character sets. |
| Color |
COLOR |
Establishes the color for all entities that
you draw after you select the command. |
| Command
Bar |
CMDBAR |
Turns the command bar on and off; when on,
this command positions the command bar. |
| Cone |
CONE |
Draws a three-dimensional cone. |
| Convert
CTB Print Style Table |
COVERTCTB |
Converts a color-dependent print style table to a named
print style table. |
| Convert
Drawing Print Style Tables |
COVERTPSTYLES |
Changes the type of print style table used by the current
drawing. |
| Coons
Surface |
EDGESURF |
Draws a three-dimensional polygon mesh with
vertices averaged between four edges. |
| Coordinate |
COORDINATE |
Changes the coordinate display on the status
line: on, off, and relative coordinates. |
| Copy
Entity |
COPY |
Draws a duplicate of the selected entities. |
| Copy
Entity Data |
COPYEDATA |
Copies the entity data of the selected entities. |
| Copy
Entity Formatting |
MATCHPROP |
Copies the properties from one entity to another. |
| Copy
History |
COPYHIST |
Copies the text of the Prompt History window
to the Windows Clipboard. |
| Copy
to Clipboard |
COPYCLIP |
Copies the selection to the Windows Clipboard. |
| Customize |
CUSTOMIZE |
Displays the Customize dialog box. |
| Cut
to Clipboard |
CUTCLIP |
Cuts (removes) the selection from your drawing
and places it on the Windows Clipboard. |
| Cylinder |
CYLINDER |
Draws a three-dimensional cylinder. |
D
E
| Edit
Attribute |
ATTEDIT |
Edits the attribute text associated with blocks. |
| Edit
Block Attributes |
DDATTE |
Displays the Edit Block Attributes dialog
box so you can edit the attributes associated with a block. |
| Edit
Entity Data |
EDITEDATA |
Edits the Extended Entity Data of an entity. |
| Edit
Length |
EDITLEN |
Changes the length of an open-ended entity
or the included angle of an arc. |
| Edit
Polyline |
EDITPLINE |
Edits polyline entities. |
| Edit
Text |
DDEDIT |
Modifies the properties of selected text entities. |
| Elevation |
ELEVATION |
Changes the elevation and thickness of future
entities that you draw. |
| Ellipse |
ELLIPSE |
Draws ellipses. |
| Elliptical
Arc |
ELLIPSE |
Draws elliptical arcs. |
| Endpoint
Snap |
ENDPOINT |
Toggles the Endpoint snap on or off. |
| Entity
Snap Precision |
APERTURE |
Sets the selection area for snapping to entities. |
| Entity
Snap Settings |
SETESNAP |
Displays the Drawing Settings dialog box so
you can change the Entity Snaps. |
| Entity
Snaps |
ESNAP |
Locates points precisely on reference points
of entities. |
| Exit |
EXIT |
Exits progeCAD. |
| Explode |
EXPLODE |
Ungroups a block, polyline, or hatch, creating
separate entities for each element. |
| Explore
Blocks |
EXPBLOCKS |
Displays the Drawing Explorer so you can view,
create, copy, or edit blocks. |
| Explore
Coordinate Systems |
EXPUCS |
Displays the Drawing Explorer so you can view,
create, copy, or edit user coordinate systems definitions. |
| Explore
Dimension Styles |
EXPDIMSTYLES |
Displays the Drawing Explorer with the Dimension
Styles element selected. You can cut, copy, and paste dimension styles
from one drawing to another. |
| Explore
Layers |
EXPLAYERS |
Displays the Drawing Explorer so you can view,
create, copy, or edit layers. |
| Explore
Linetypes |
EXPLTYPES |
Displays the Drawing Explorer so you can view,
create, copy, or edit linetypes. |
| Explorer |
EXPLORER |
Displays the Drawing Explorer so you can view,
create, copy, or edit layers, linetypes, blocks, text styles, views, and
coordinate system definitions. |
| Explore
Text Styles |
EXPFONTS |
Displays the Drawing Explorer so you can view,
create, copy, or edit fonts. |
| Explore
Views |
EXPVIEWS |
Displays the Drawing Explorer so you can view,
create, or edit views. |
| Export |
EXPORT |
Displays the Export Drawing File As dialog
box so you can export the drawing to a selected file type. |
| Extend |
EXTEND |
Lengthens a line, arc, or polyline to meet
another entity. |
| External
Reference |
XREF |
Temporarily adds external drawings to a current
drawing, without changing their content. |
| Extract
Attributes |
DDATTEX |
Displays the Attribute Extract dialog box
so you can extract attribute data (informational text) to a DXF or TXT
file on disk. |
| Extrude |
EXTRUDE |
Creates a three-dimensional solid by lengthening
a closed entities along a path or to a specified height. |
| Extruded
Surface |
TABSURF |
Creates a polygon mesh approximating a general
tabulated surface defined by a path and a direction vector. |
F
|
Face |
FACE |
Draws a planar surface defined by three or
four points. |
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Fill |
FILL |
Controls whether solids and wide polylines
are automatically filled when displayed and output. |
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Fillet |
FILLET |
Constructs an arc between two lines, arcs,
circles, infinite lines, rays, or polylines. |
|
Filter |
FILTER |
Prompts you to select entities to include
in the selection set. |
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Flatten |
FLATTEN |
Flattens three-dimensional entities to two
dimensions. |
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Font |
FONT |
Creates or changes current text fonts (styles). |
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Freehand |
FREEHAND |
Draws a line entity using segments of a predetermined
length. |
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Full
Render |
FULLRENDER |
Creates a photorealistic image of your model, complete
with light sources, shadows, surface material properties, and reflections. |
G
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Graphics Screen |
GRAPHSCR |
Switches between the Prompt History window and the drawing window. |
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Grid |
GRID |
Displays a grid of dots on the screen used for visual reference. |
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Group |
GROUP |
Creates and modifies groups of entities in your drawing. |
H
| Help |
HELP |
Displays context-sensitive online Help for
the current command. |
| Hide |
HIDE |
Regenerates a three-dimensional visualization
with hidden lines removed. |
| Hyperlink |
HYPERLINK |
Allows you to attach hyperlinks to drawing
entities. |
I
| ID
Coordinates |
IDPOINT |
Displays the user coordinate system coordinates
of a specified point. |
| Image
About |
IMAGE |
Displays the version number for the image features. |
| Image
Adjust |
IMAGEADJUST |
Allows you to modify brightness, contrast, and fade image
settings. |
| Image
Manager |
IMAGE |
Allows you to attach, unload, reload, detach, and change
the path of images. |
| Image
Quality |
IMAGEQUALITY |
Changes the display quality of all images in a drawing
to high quality or draft quality. |
| Import |
IMPORT |
Displays the Open Drawing dialog box so you
can import another drawing file into the current drawing. |
| Infinite
Line |
INFLINE |
Draws an infinite line in both directions
from a specified starting point. |
| Insert |
INSERT |
Inserts a copy of a previously drawn block
entity into the current drawing. |
| Insert
Block |
DDINSERT |
Displays the Insert dialog box so you can
insert a block or another drawing into the current drawing. |
| Insert
Object |
INSERTOBJ |
Displays the Insert Object dialog box so you
can insert an ActiveX object into the drawing. |
| Insertion
Point Snap |
INSERTION |
Toggles the Insertion snap on or off. |
| Interfere |
INTERFERE |
Creates a composite three-dimensional solid
from the interference, or common volume, of two or more solids. |
| Intersect |
INTERSECT |
Creates a composite solid or region from the
intersection of two or more solids or regions. Areas outside of the intersection
are removed. |
| Intersection
Snap |
INTERSECTION |
Toggles the Intersection snap on or off. |
| Isometric
Plane |
ISOPLANE |
When the isometric grid is turned on, toggles
the isometric plane between left, right, and top. |
J
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Join |
JOIN |
Joins two entities (two or more lines, or two or more arcs) into one entity. |
K
L
| Layer |
LAYER |
Creates named drawing layers and assigns color
and linetype properties to those layers. |
| Layout |
LAYOUT |
Allows you to create, delete, and rename layouts,
set a layout as the current layout, and list layouts. |
| Layout
Viewports |
MVIEW |
Creates and controls viewpoints. |
| Lighting |
LIGHTING |
Defines light sources and effects that will
illuminate your model when you render it using the Full Render command. |
| Limits |
LIMITS |
Changes the drawing boundaries and controls
checking of those boundaries for the current space. |
| Line |
LINE |
Draws straight lines of any length. |
| Linetype |
LINETYPE |
Defines linetypes (sequences of alternating
line segments, dots, and spaces), loads them from libraries, and sets
the current linetype. |
| Linetype
Scale |
LTSCALE |
Sets the scale factor you want applied to
all linetypes within the drawing. |
| Links |
OLELINKS |
Lists, updates, and modifies linked objects
within a drawing file. |
| List
Entity Information |
LIST |
Lists the database information for selected
entities. |
| Load
Application |
APPLOAD |
Displays the Load Application Files dialog
box so you can load LISP and SDS programs that do not automatically load. |
| Load
|
LOAD |
Loads a compiled shape file (.SHX) that defines
shapes. |
| Log
File Name |
LOGFILENAME |
Names the file you want created when you use
LOGFILEON to save information in the Prompt History window. |
| Log
File Off |
LOGFILEOFF |
Closes the text file created with LOGFILEON. |
| Log
File On |
LOGFILEON |
Writes all commands and prompts in the Prompt
History window to a text file. |
M
N
O
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Onweb |
ONWEB |
Allows you to access a company Web site. |
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Open Drawing |
OPEN |
Displays the Open Drawing dialog box so you can open an existing drawing. |
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Open External Drawing |
OPENEXT |
Loads a DWG file into memory without opening it in progeCAD. |
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Options |
CONFIG |
Displays the Options dialog box so you can specify the default
settings (such as Experience Level, Axis Color, and Search Paths). |
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Orthogonal |
ORTHOGONAL |
Constrains the drawing so that you can enter only lines aligned with
the grid. |
P
Q
R
| Ray |
RAY |
Draws an infinite line in one direction from
a specified starting point. |
| Real-Time
Pan |
RTPAN |
Allows you to pan the drawing in real time.
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| Real-Time
Sphere |
RTROT |
Allows you to rotate the view of entities in real time.
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| Real-Time
X |
RTROTX |
Allows you to rotate the view of entities in real time
while maintaining the x-axis. |
| Real-Time
Y |
RTROTY |
Allows you to rotate the view of entities in real time
while maintaining the y-axis. |
| Real-Time
Z |
RTROTZ |
Allows you to rotate the view of entities in real time
while maintaining the z-axis. |
| Real-Time
Zoom |
RTZOOM |
Allows you to enlarge or reduce the display of the drawing
in real time.
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| Reassociate
Entity Data |
REASSOCAPP |
Associates programs with entity data. |
| Record
Script |
RECSCRIPT |
Displays the Record Script dialog box so you
can record a script file. |
| Recover |
RECOVER |
Opens and fixes a drawing that you suspect
is damaged. |
| Rectangle |
RECTANGLE |
Draws a rectangle. |
| Redefine |
REDEFINE |
Restores a built-in command deleted by UNDEFINE. |
| Redo |
REDO |
Reverses an UNDO command. You must use the
UNDO command before you can use the REDO command. |
| Redraw |
REDRAW |
Redraws the entire display, erasing any marker
blips that were visible. |
| Redraw
All |
REDRAWALL |
Redraws all viewports. |
| Regenerate |
REGEN |
Regenerates the current viewports. |
| Regenerate
All |
REGENALL |
Regenerates all viewports. |
| Regenerate
Automatically |
REGENAUTO |
Automatically regenerates a drawing. |
| Region |
REGION |
Creates a three-dimensional solid from an
existing two-dimensional entity. |
| Rename |
RENAME |
Changes the names associated with text styles,
layers, linetypes, blocks, views, user coordinate systems, viewport configurations,
and dimension styles. |
| Render |
RENDER |
Removes hidden lines, and then shades the
surface as though it were illuminated from multiple light sources. |
| Render
Settings |
SETRENDER |
Defines settings for rendering images, such
as smoothing, base materials, and shadow resolution. |
| Restart
Script |
RSCRIPT |
Restarts a command script from the beginning. |
| Resume |
RESUME |
Resumes an interrupted command script. |
| Revolve |
REVOLVE |
Creates a three-dimensional solid by revolving
an existing two-dimensional entities about a selected axis, line, polyline,
or two points. |
| Revolved
Surface |
REVSURF |
Creates a three-dimensional polygon mesh approximating
a surface of revolution by rotating a curve around a selected axis. |
| Rotate |
ROTATE |
Rotates existing entities around a specified
rotation point. |
| Rotate
3D |
ROTATE3D |
Rotates existing entities around a three-dimensional
axis. |
| Ruled
Surface |
RULESURF |
Creates a three-dimensional polygon mesh approximating
a ruled surface between two curves. |
| Run
Script |
SCRIPT |
Displays the Run Script dialog box, allowing
a script command to be carried out. |
S
| Save |
SAVE |
Displays the Save Drawing File As dialog box
so you can save the current drawing. You can also save the drawing using
a different name. |
| Save
All |
SAVEALL |
Saves all open drawings. |
| Save
As |
SAVEAS |
Displays the Save Drawing File As dialog box
so you can save the current drawing. |
| Save
Block |
WBLOCK |
Displays the Save Block as Drawing/Block dialog
box so you can save selected entities to a disk file. |
| Scale |
SCALE |
Changes the size of entities proportionally. |
| Scroll
Bars |
SCROLLBAR |
Turns the scroll bars around the drawing window
on or off. |
| Section |
SECTION |
Creates a cross section through a solid as
a region or block. |
| Select |
SELECT |
Groups entities into a selection set for use
in subsequent commands. |
| Select
All |
SELGRIPS |
Displays the grips of selected entities. |
| Select
Color |
SETCOLOR |
Displays the Color dialog box so you can change
the color in which subsequent entities are drawn. |
| Set
Layer by Entity |
SETLAYER |
Sets a new layer as the current layer. |
| Set
UCS |
SETUCS |
Displays the user coordinate systems dialog
box so you can select the current UCS from the list of preset definitions. |
| Shade |
SHADE |
Shades models in the current viewport. |
| Shape |
SHAPE |
Allows you to insert shapes from a compiled shape file
(.SHX) into your drawing. |
| Single
Session |
SINGLETON |
Allows you to determine whether progeCAD
can be started one time or multiple times simultaneously. |
| Slice |
SLICE |
Creates a new entity by cutting the original
entity and removing a specific side. |
| Snap |
SNAP |
Restricts cursor movement to specified increments. |
| Solids
Editing |
SOLIDEDIT |
Modifies three-dimensional solids. |
| Sphere |
SPHERE |
Draws a three-dimensional spherical entity. |
| Spline |
SPLINE |
Draws a curved polyline. |
| Status |
STATUS |
Displays all dimensioning variables and their
current values in the Prompt History window. |
| Status
Bar |
STATBAR |
Turns the status at the bottom of the window
on or off. |
| Stop
Recording |
STOPSCRIPT |
Stops the recording of scripts. |
| Stretch |
STRETCH |
Moves a portion of a drawing while retaining
connections to other parts of the drawing. |
| Subtract |
SUBTRACT |
Creates a composite three-dimensional solid
by subtracting two or more solids. |
| System
Windows |
SYSWINDOWS |
Rearranges open drawing windows and icons. |
T
U
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UCS |
UCS |
Defines or modifies the current user coordinate system; see also EXPUCS. |
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UCS Icon |
UCSICON |
Turns the display of the UCS icon on or off. |
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Undefine |
UNDEFINE |
Allows a command defined by another program to override an progeCAD command. |
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Undelete |
UNDELETE |
Restores erased entities. |
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Undo |
U |
Reverses the effect of the previous command. |
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Undo Multiple |
UNDO |
Reverses the effect of the previous command; also reverses the effect
of multiple commands and provides control of the UNDO command. |
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Union |
UNION |
Creates a composite three-dimensional solid by combining two or more solids. |
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Units |
UNITS |
Selects coordinate and angle display formats and precision. |
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URL |
URL |
Allows you to go to a Uniform Resource Locator (URL). |
V
W
X
Y
Z
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Zoom |
ZOOM |
Enlarges or reduces the display of the active drawing. |
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