Where to Learn About AutoCAD 2009
Use the following resources to find more information about AutoCAD 2009:
- New Features Workshop (Help menu)
- Help system (Help menu)
- Developer Help (Help menu > Additional Resources)
- Autodesk User Group International (AUGI) (Help menu > Additional Resources)
- Autodesk website at http://www.autodesk.com
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| ACTRECORD | Starts the Action Recorder. |
| ACTSTOP | Stops the Action Recorder and provides the option of saving the recorded actions to an action macro file. |
| -ACTSTOP | Stops the Action Recorder and provides the option of saving the recorded actions to an action macro file. |
| ACTUSERINPUT | Inserts a request for user input into an action macro. |
| ACTUSERMESSAGE | Inserts a message that will be viewed during playback. |
| -ACTUSERMESSAGE | Inserts a user message into an action macro. |
| ALLPLAY | Plays all named views in current drawing. |
| BACKGROUND | Sets up the background for your view. |
| CLASSICLAYER | Manages layer and layer properties. |
| DASHBOARD | Opens the Dashboard window. Routed to the RIBBON command |
| -DGNEXPORT | Creates one or more DGN files from the current drawing. |
| -DGNIMPORT | Imports the data from a DGN file into a new DWG file. |
| DGNLAYERS | Controls the display of layers in a DGN underlay. |
| DGNMAPPING | Allows users to create and edit user-defined DGN mapping setups. |
| DWFFORMAT | Sets the default DWF format to the selected format to DWF or DWFx for the PUBLISH, 3DDWF, and EXPORT commands. |
| EDITSHOT | Opens the Edit View dialog box with the Shot Properties tab active. |
| EXPORTLAYOUT | Exports all visible objects from current layout to the model space of a new drawing. |
| HIDEPALETTES | Hides currently displayed palettes (including the command line). |
| IMPRESSION | Gives a CAD drawing a hand-drawn look by exporting it for rendering in Autodesk Impression. |
| LAYERCLOSE | Closes Layer Properties Manager. |
| NAVSMOTION | Displays the ShowMotion interface. |
| NAVSMOTIONCLOSE | Closes the ShowMotion interface. |
| NAVSWHEEL | Displays the SteeringWheel. |
| NAVVCUBE | Controls the visibility and display properties of the ViewCube. |
| NEWSHOT | Creates a named view with motion that is played back when viewed with ShowMotion. |
| QVDRAWING | Displays open drawings and layouts in a drawing in preview images. |
| QVDRAWINGCLOSE | Closes preview images of open drawings and layouts in a drawing. |
| QVLAYOUT | Displays preview images of model space and layouts in a drawing. |
| QVLAYOUTCLOSE | Closes preview images of model space and layouts in a drawing. |
| RIBBON | Opens the Ribbon window. |
| RIBBONCLOSE | Closes the Ribbon window. |
| SEQUENCEPLAY | Plays the named views in one view category. |
| SHOWPALETTES | Restores the display of hidden palettes. |
| VIEWGO | Restores a named view. |
| VIEWPLAY | Plays the animation associated with a named view. |
| Changed Command | Description |
|---|---|
| DASHBOARDCLOSE | Closes the Dashboard window. Routed to the RIBBONCLOSE command. |
| DGNATTACH | Attaches a DGN underlay to the current drawing. |
| -DGNATTACH | Attaches a DGN underlay to the current drawing. |
| DGNEXPORT | Creates one or more DGN files from the current drawing. |
| DGNIMPORT | Imports the data from a DGN file into a new DWG file. |
| GEOPGRAPHICLOCATION | Specifies the geographic location information for a drawing file. |
| LAYER | Manages layers and layer properties. |
| NEWVIEW | Creates a named view without motion. |
| QUICKCUI | Displays the Customize User Interface dialog box in a collapsed state. |
| VPLAYER | Sets layer visibility within viewports. |
| System Variable | Description |
|---|---|
| ACTPATH | Specifies the additional paths to use when locating available action macros for playback. |
| ACTRECORDSTATE | Specifies the current state of the Action Recorder. |
| ACTRECPATH | Specifies the path used to store new action macros. |
| ACTUI | Controls the behavior of the Action Recorder panel when recording and playing back macros. |
| CAPTURETHUMBNAILS | Specifies if and when thumbnails are captured for the Rewind tool. |
| DGNIMPORTMAX | Limits the number of elements that are translated when importing a DGN file. This limit prevents the program from running out of memory and suspending when importing large DGN files. |
| DGNMAPPINGPATH | Stores the location of the dgnsetups.ini file where DGN mapping setups are stored. |
| GEOLATLONGFORMAT | Controls the format of the latitude and longitude values in the Geographic Location dialog box, and the coordinate status bar in Geographic mode. |
| GEOMARKERVISIBILITY | Controls the visibility of geographic markers. |
| HIDEXREFSCALES | Controls the display of Xref scales. 0- Xref scales are displayed 1- Xref scales are hidden. |
| LAYERDLGMODE | Sets the flavor of the Layer Properties Manager that will be defined for the use of the LAYER command. The LAYER command is mapped to execute either the CLASSICLAYER or LAYERPALETTE. |
| MENUBAR | Controls the display of the menu bar. |
| MTEXTTOOLBAR | Controls the display of the Text Formatting toolbar. |
| NAVSWHEELMODE | Specifies the current mode of the SteeringWheels. |
| NAVSWHEELOPACITYBIG | Controls the opacity of the big SteeringWheels. |
| NAVSWHEELOPACITYMINI | Controls the size of the mini SteeringWheels. |
| NAVSWHEELSIZEBIG | Specifies the size of the big SteeringWheels. |
| NAVSWHEELSIZEMINI | Specifies the size of the mini SteeringWheels. |
| NAVSWHEELWALKSPEED | Controls the speed of Walk from wheel. |
| NAVVCUBEDISPLAY | Controls the display of the ViewCube on the canvas when the 3D graphic system is active. |
| NAVVCUBELOCATION | Identifies the corner in a viewport where the ViewCube is displayed. |
| NAVVCUBEORIENT | Controls whether the ViewCube reflects the current UCS or WCS. |
| NAVVCUBESIZE | Controls the display size of the ViewCube. |
| NAVVCUBOPACITY | Controls the opacity of the ViewCube when inactive. |
| OPENPARTIAL | Controls whether whether a drawing can be worked on before it is fully open. |
| PREVIEWTYPE | Specifies the view to use for the drawing thumbnail. |
| PUBLISHHATCH | Controls whether hatch patterns published to DWF format (DWF File or DWFx File) are treated as a single object when opened in Autodesk Impression. |
| QPLOCATION | Sets the location mode of Quick Properties panel. |
| QPMODE | Sets the on or off state of Quick Properties panel. |
| QVDRAWINGPIN | Controls the default display state of preview images of drawings. |
| QVLAYOUTPIN | Controls the default display state of preview images of model space and layouts in a drawing. |
| RIBBONSTATE | Indicates whether the ribbon palette is open or closed. |
| ROLLOVERTIPS | Controls the display of object rollover tooltips in the application. The content in tooltips can be customized in the Customize User Interface (CUI) editor. |
| SHOWMOTIONPIN | Controls the default display state of the thumbnail shots. |
| SHOWPALETTE | This corresponds to the shortcut key (CTRL+SHIFT+H) to show or hide palettes. |
| STATUSBAR | Controls the display of the application and drawing status bars. |
| THUMBSIZE | Specifies the maximum generated size for thumbnail previews in pixels. |
| Changed System Variable | Description |
|---|---|
| CROSSINGAREACOLOR | Controls the color of the selection area during crossing selection. The valid range is 1 to 255. The SELECTIONAREA system variable must be on. |
| GRIPCOLOR | Controls the color of nonselected grips. The valid range is 1 to 255. |
| GRIPHOT | Controls the color of selected grips. The valid range is 1 to 255. |
| GRIPHOVER | Controls the fill color of an unselected grip when the cursor pauses over it. The valid range is 1 to 255. |
| OSMODE | Sets running object snaps. |
| TABLETOOLBAR | Controls the display of the Table toolbar. |
| WINDOWAREACOLOR | Controls the color of the transparent selection area during window selection. The valid range is 1 to 255. SELECTIONAREA must be on. |