Twitter Posts Revisited

Below is a summary of topics we covered recently on Twitter. Click on the links at the end of each topic and explore the command or feature in more detail in AutoCAD/LT's HELP.

• STATUSBAR controls the display of the application and drawing status bars http://dld.bz/as872
• STARTUP controls what displays when the application is started, or when a new drawing is opened http://dld.bz/as873 .
• LTisACAD Blog: AutoCAD Abilities You Can Control in LT http://dlvr.it/1dC6Zr
• STATUSBAR controls the display of the application and drawing status bars http://dld.bz/as872
• SHOWPAGESETUPFORNEWLAYOUTS specifies whether the Page Setup Manager is displayed when a new layout is created http://dld.bz/as87m
• SHOWLAYERUSAGE displays icons in the Layer Properties Manager to indicate whether layers are in use http://dld.bz/as87h
• SETBYLAYERMODE controls which properties are selected for the SETBYLAYER command http://dld.bz/as87g
• Selection Modes control how you create selection sets http://dld.bz/as87d

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Twitter Posts Revisited

Autodesk Care: Tweets and Blog

The Voice of Autodesk Customer Service and Support, Follow the blog (http://autodeskcare.com), or find the team on Twitter (http://twitter.com/AutodeskCare).

• Kate Morrical New blog: AutodeskCare http://bit.ly/LoIV8t
• AutodeskCare: Check out our Login Tips & Tricks ?#carevideo?! http://autode.sk/Oktggz  Your login issues dealt with In under 5 minutes. ?#autodesktip?
• AutodeskCare: Ever get an ?#autodesk? ?#autocad? error message? Well we rounded up a few repeat offenders on @pinterest http://ow.ly/bM7KF  - send us yours?
• AutodeskCare: Have an ?#Autodesk? Subscription and want a backup copy of ur 2013 product or previous version? http://autode.sk/udElQt  ?#autodesktip?
• AutodeskCare: http://autode.sk/ylaB3W  From our tech pros to you: How to prepare your system for a smooth installation ?#autodesktip?
• AutodeskCare: Graduating to a commercial license? Don’t forget to study our senior thesis solution before you go! http://autode.sk/IlWtTu
• AutodeskCare: Hello Subscription Customers! Visit http://autode.sk/udElQt  if you need software on CD/DVD/USB media.  ?#autodesktip?
• AutodeskCare: Customers may be experiencing difficulties while trying to access the Education Community. We're on it:) Pls RT if possible. ?#autodeskalert?
• AutodeskCare: http://autode.sk/udElQt  Still waiting for your 2013 product in the mail? Take matters into your own hands with this walkthrough ?#autodesktip?
• AutodeskCare: Have an ?Autodesk? Subscription and want a backup copy of ur 2013 product or previous version? http://autode.sk/udElQt  ?#autodesktip?

 

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Commands for Creating Leaders

Use these commands to create leaders for notes and labels.

Commands

• LEADER Creates a line that connects annotation to a feature. Explore this link to the Leader Settings Dialog Box.

• MLEADERALIGN Aligns and spaces selected multileader objects.
• MLEADERCOLLECT Organizes selected multileaders that contain blocks into rows or columns, and displays the result with a single leader.
• MLEADEREDIT Adds leader lines to, or removes leader lines from, a multileader object.
• MLEADERSTYLE Creates and modifies multileader styles.
• MLEADER Creates a multileader object.
• PROPERTIES Controls properties of existing objects.
• QLEADER Creates a leader and leader annotation.

System Variables

• CMDDIA Controls the display of the In-Place Text Editor for the LEADER and QLEADER commands.
• CMLEADERSTYLE Sets the name of the current multileader style.
• DIMASSOC Controls the associativity of dimension objects and whether dimensions are exploded.
• DIMASZ Controls the size of dimension line and leader line arrowheads. Also controls the size of hook lines.
• DIMCLRD Assigns colors to dimension lines, arrowheads, and dimension leader lines.
• DIMGAP Sets the distance around the dimension text when the dimension line breaks to accommodate dimension text.
• DIMLDRBLK Specifies the arrow type for leaders.
• DIMSCALE Sets the overall scale factor applied to dimensioning variables that specify sizes, distances, or offsets.
• DIMTAD Controls the vertical position of text in relation to the dimension line.
• DIMTXTDIRECTION Specifies the reading direction of the dimension text.
• MLEADERSCALE Sets the overall scale factor applied to multileader objects.

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Commands for Creating Leaders

Twitter Posts Revisited

Below is a summary of topics we covered recently on Twitter. Click on the links at the end of each topic and explore the command or feature in more detail in AutoCAD/LT's HELP.

• SELECTSIMILARMODE controls which properties must match for an object of the same type to be selected with SELECTSIMILAR http://dld.bz/as87c
• SELECTIONANNODISPLAY controls whether alternate scale representations are temp displayed in a dimmed state when annotative object selected.
• SUBTRACT command combines selected regions by subtraction http://dld.bz/as869
• SKETCH creates a series of freehand line segments http://dld.bz/as86w
• SETBYLAYER changes the property overrides of selected objects to ByLayer http://dld.bz/as855
• SELECTSIMILAR adds similar objects to the selection set based on selected objects http://dld.bz/as85m
• SCALETEXT enlarges or reduces selected text objects without changing their locations http://dld.bz/as844

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Twitter Posts Revisited

Commands for Publishing Settings

Use these commands and system variables to set options for publishing.

Commands

• EXPORT Saves the objects in a drawing to a different file format.
• PAGESETUP Controls the page layout, plotting device, paper size, and other settings for each new layout.
• PLOTTERMANAGER Displays the Plotter Manager, where you can add or edit a plotter configuration.

• PLOT Plots a drawing to a plotter, printer, or file.
• PUBLISH Publishes drawings to DWF, DWFx, and PDF files, or to printers or plotters. Note that -PUBLISH command is not available in LT.
• SHEETSET Opens the Sheet Set Manager.
• VIEWPLOTDETAILS Displays information about completed plot and publish jobs.

System Variables

• BACKGROUNDPLOT Controls whether background plotting is turned on or off for plotting and publishing. Recommend this always be tuned off/set to 0.
• PUBLISHALLSHEETS Specifies whether to load the contents of the active document or of all open documents in the Publish dialog box.
• PUBLISHCOLLATE Controls whether plotting a sheet set, multi-sheet plot file, or plot spool file can be interrupted by other plot jobs.

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Commands for Publishing Settings

Twitter Posts Revisited

Below is a summary of topics we covered recently on Twitter. Click on the links at the end of each topic and explore the command or feature in more detail in AutoCAD/LT's HELP.

• RIBBONSELECTMODE command in more detail: http://dld.bz/as83T
• RIBBONSELECTMODE determines whether pickfirst selection set remains selected after ribbon contextual tab is invoked and command is completed
• RIBBONCONTEXTSELLIM limits the number of objects that can be changed at one time with the ribbon property controls http://dld.bz/as83B
• RIBBONCONTEXTSELECT controls how ribbon contextual tabs are displayed when you single- or double-click an object http://dld.bz/as839
• REMEMBERFOLDERS controls the default path displayed in standard file selection dialog boxes http://dld.bz/as834
• RECOVERYMODE controls whether drawing recovery information is recorded after a system failure http://dld.bz/as83z
• REVERSE reverses the vertices of selected lines, polylines, splines, and helixes, which is useful for linetypes with included text and more.
• RECOVERAUTO controls the display of recovery notifications before or after opening a damaged drawing file http://dld.bz/as82F

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Twitter Posts Revisited

Commands for Text Styles and Fields

Use these commands and system variables to use fields and styles in text notes and labels.

Commands

• FIELD Creates a multiline text object with a field that can be updated automatically as the field value changes.
• PROPERTIES Controls properties of existing objects.
• STYLE Creates, modifies, or specifies text styles.
• TEXT Creates a single-line text object.
• UPDATEFIELD Manually updates fields in selected objects in the drawing.

System Variables

• CTABLESTYLE Sets the name of the current table style.
• FIELDDISPLAY Controls whether fields are displayed with a gray background.
• FIELDEVAL Controls how fields are updated.
• FONTMAP Specifies the font mapping file to be used for substituting fonts.
• TEXTSTYLE Sets the name of the current text style.

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Commands for Text Styles and Fields