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- A - Draw an arc N - Copy a section
- B - Define a Block O - Draw a circle
- C - Draw a curve P - Paint or fill an area
- D - Delete a section Q - Set drawing parameters
- E - Erase one or more lines R - Rotate the drawing
- F - Fillet a corner S - Section stretch
- G - Turn the display Grid on or off T - Draw text
- H - Set color U - Set drawing units of measurement
- I - Display information about a line V - Draw a line
- J - Set status line format W - Set the line Width
- K - Snap to nearest line X - Save a section
- L - Layer command Y - Erase the entire screen
- M - Move a section Z - Zoom in or out
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- 0 - Set a point at the cursor location.
- , - Move the cursor to the nearest point.
- . - Set a point using gravity.
- : - Set a point using coordinates.
- ; - Set a point using angle and distance.
- ' - Set a point relative to the current cursor position.
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- * - Move a point on a line.
- + - Turn the cursor crosshairs on or off.
- - - Turn the "Rubber Band Line" on or off.
- [ - Turn the "Rubber Band Box" on or off.
- ] - Draw a box.
- > - Draw an arrow.
- ) - Draw a semi-circle.
- ( - Draw a quarter-circle.
- = - Draw a parallel line.
- { - Zoom window for a specific view.
- " - Repeat a Section Copy.
- ^ - Bend a line or curve.
- # - Hatch.
- $ - Enter an Attribute.
- & - Macro end.
- / - Line Type.
- ? - HELP - Display DesignCAD keystroke commands.
- @ - Dimension.
- ALT-@ - Dimension, alternate format.
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- F1 - Snap to the nearest intersection.
- F2 - Snap to the midpoint of a line.
- F3 - Repeat the last command.
- F4 - Define all the active layers to be a Block.
- F5 - Output the drawing to a printer.
- F6 - Output the drawing to a plotter.
- F7 - Display the files on disk.
- F8 - Stop the program.
- F9 - Retrieve a drawing or symbol from disk.
- F10 - Save a drawing or symbol onto disk.
- ESC - "Undo" the last line or entity drawn.
- ! - Oops! - Reverse an Undo, Erase, or Delete.
- ALT-F1 - ALT-F10 - Execute MACRO1 - MACRO10
- CTRL-F1 - Select screen display color on 16-color EGA and VGA modes.
- CTRL-F9 - Show drawing handles when loading files.
- CTRL-Q - Set prompt in a Macro.
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- ALT-A - Arc command using vectors.
- ALT-B - Define a Block with line breaking.
- ALT-C - Curve command using vectors.
- ALT-D - Section delete with line breaking.
- ALT-F - Chamfer a corner.
- ALT-G - Turn the Snap Grid on or off.
- ALT-M - Section Move with line breaking.
- ALT-N - Section Copy with line breaking.
- ALT-O - Circle command using vectors.
- ALT-Q - Set system parameters.
- ALT-T - Text command using vectors.
- ALT-V - Orthogonal Vector command.
- ALT-X - Section Save with line breaking.
- ALT-Z - Static Zoom
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- ACRES Calculate an area in acres and insert it into the drawing.
- ARC A Draw an arc - center, radius, angle.
- ARC-2 A2 Draw an arc - beginning, end, radius.
- ARC-3 A3 Draw an arc through 3 points.
- ARC-4 A4 Draw an arc - center, beginning, and end.
- ARC-5 A5 Draw an arc - beginning, end, radius.
- ARC V Arc command using vectors.
- AREA Calculate the area.
- AREA-1 Calculate an area and insert it into the drawing.
- ARROW > Draw an arrow.
- ATTRIBUTE ATTR Enter an Attribute.
- BEARING BEAR Place the bearing of a line in the drawing.
- BEND ^ Bend a line or a curve.
- BLK ADD BA Add one or more entities to a Block.
- BLK ALL Define all active layers to be a block.
- BLK CIRC BC Duplicate Block in a circle.
- BLK COLOR BCO Change the color of a Block.
- BLK DEF B Define a Block.
- BLK DEFC Define a Block with cutoff.
- BLK DEL BD Delete a Block.
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- BLK DRAG BDR Move a Block from one location to another with drag on.
- BLK DRAGC BDC Copy a Block one time with drag on.
- BLK HANDL BH Set or move the Block's Handle.
- BLK INSRT BI Copy a Block one time.
- BLK LAYER BL Change the layer of a Block.
- BLK LOAD BLO Read a drawing from disk as a Block.
- BLK MIR BMI Make a mirrored copy of a Block.
- BLK MOVE BM Move a Block from one location to another.
- BLK REPT BR Duplicate a Block a number of times.
- BLK RESET BRE Undefine a Block.
- BLK ROTAT BRO Rotate a Block.
- BLK SAVE BS Save a Block to disk.
- BLK SCALE BSC Change heigh/width ratio of a Block.
- BLK ZOOM BZ Zoom a Block.
- BOX ] Draw a box.
- CHAMFER CHF Chamfer a corner.
- CHANGE CH Change the characteristics of a line.
- CHDIR CD Change to another subdirectory.
- CIRCLE CIR Draw a circle using center and radius.
- CIRCLE-2 C2 Draw a circle using the diameter.
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- CIRCLE-3 C3 Draw a 3-point circle.
- CIRCLE V Circle command using vectors.
- CIRC TAN CT Draw a circle tangent to two lines.
- CLEAR ALL CLS Clear the Screen.
- CNFG SAVE CSA Save system configuration information.
- COLOR H Change drawing color.
- COMBINE CM Combine connecting lines into a single entity.
- CROSSHAIR + Toggle crosshair on or off.
- CTR GRAV CG Find the geographic center of a line.
- CURS STEP CS Set the cursor step size.
- CURVE C Draw a curve.
- DIGI MENU Create a digitizer menu.
- DIMENSION DIM Dimension horizontally or vertically.
- DIM ANGLE DA Dimension an angle.
- DIM BASE DB Draw baseline dimensions.
- DIM DIA DD Draw diameter dimensions.
- DIM DIA-1 DD1 Draw diameter dimensions - alternate form.
- DIM EXTND DE Draw extended dimensions.
- DIM RAD DR Draw radius dimensions.
- DIM RAD-1 DR1 Draw radius dimensions - alternate form.
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- DIM LINE DL Dimension at any angle.
- DIM PARAM DIMP Set the dimension parameters.
- DIRECTORY DIR Display drawings on disk.
- DMENUDEL DMD Disable the digitizer menu.
- DMENULOAD DML Load a digitizer menu from disk.
- DRAWING P DP Set the drawing parameters.
- ELLIP ARC EA Draw an elliptical arc.
- ELLIPSE EL Draw an ellipse or Oval.
- ELLIPSE V Ellipse command using vectors.
- END Stop the program.
- ERASE E Erase the designated entities.
- EXTEND EX Make a line longer or shorter.
- FILLET F Fillet a corner.
- FONT Change the character font.
- GRAV MOV GM Move the cursor to the nearest point.
- GRAVITY GV Move the cursor to the nearest point and set a point there.
- GRID G Turn the Display Grid on or off.
- HATCH HA Fill an area with a pattern.
- HATCHL HL Fill the area within a line.
- HELP ? Display DesignCAD menu commands.
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- HOME Place the cursor at the center of view 1.
- ID I Display information about a line.
- INT2 Snap to the nearest intersection with points set first.
- INTERSECT INT Snap to the nearest intersection.
- JOIN Connect endpoints of two or more lines.
- LAYER LAY Layer command.
- LINE V Draw a line.
- LINEANGLE LA Place the distance and angle of a line into the drawing.
- LINESNAP LS Snap to the nearest line.
- LINE TYPE LT Select the line type.
- LINEWIDTH LW Set the line width or thickness.
- L TO C LTOC Convert a line to a curve.
- MAC DEF MD Define a Macro.
- MAC EXEC ME Execute a Macro.
- MEMORY MEM Show the amount of drawing space used.
- MENUBUILD MB Create an icon menu.
- MENU DEL MDEL Remove one or more icon menus.
- MENU HIDE MH Remove the icon menus temporarily.
- MENU LOAD ML Load an icon menu from disk.
- MENU MOVE Move an icon menu.
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- MENU SHOW MSH Un-hide the "hidden" icon menus.
- MENU SYM Create an icon menu of symbols.
- MIDPOINT MID Snap to the midpoint of a line.
- MOVE PLR Move the cursor using polar coordinates.
- MOVE REL Move the cursor using relative X-Y coordinates.
- MOVE XY Move the cursor using absolute X-Y coordinates.
- OOPS ! "Unerase" the last thing erased.
- ORIGIN Move the origin.
- ORTHO LIN OL Draw a line vertically or horizontally.
- OUT UNIT OU Set the drawing unit on output.
- OVERLAY Read an overlay from disk.
- PAINT P Fill an area.
- PAN Pan the drawing across the screen.
- PARALLEL PARA Draw a parallel line.
- PERP Draw a perpendicular to an existing line.
- PERP-1 Draw a perpendicular from an existing line.
- PLOT Output the drawing to the plotter.
- POINT MOV PM Move a point in an entity.
- POINT PLR PP Set a point using polar coordinates.
- POINT REL PR Set a point using relative X-Y coordinates
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- POINT XY PXY Set a point using absolute X-Y coordinates
- POLYGON POLY Draw a regular polygon.
- PRINT Print drawings.
- QUART CIR QC Draw a quarter circle.
- REPT COPY RC Repeat section copy.
- RETRIEVE LOAD Read a drawing or symbol from disk.
- ROTATE R Rotate the drawing.
- RUB BOX RB Enable the rubber band box.
- RUB LINE RL Enable the rubber band line.
- RUN Run a BasiCAD program.
- SAVE Save the drawing.
- SCR READ SR Read a screen image from disk.
- SCR SAVE SS Save a screen image to disk.
- SEC COPY N Copy a Section of the drawing.
- SEC COPYC NC Copy a Section of the drawing, with cutoff.
- SEC DEL D Delete a Section of the drawing.
- SEC DELC DC Delete a section of the drawing, with cutoff.
- SEC MOVE M Move a Section of the drawing.
- SEC MOVEC MC Move a Section of the drawing, with cutoff.
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- SEC ORTHO SOR Change the lines in a Section to be vertically or
- horizontally.
- SEC SAVE X Save a Section of the drawing.
- SEC SAVEC XC Save a Section of the drawing, with cutoff.
- SEMI CIRC SC Draw a Semicircle.
- SHOWPOINT SPT Show all the points of an entity.
- SKETCH Enable the sketch mode.
- SMOOTH Smooth out a line or curve.
- SNAP GRID SN Turn the Snap Grid on or off.
- STATUS LN SL Set the status line format.
- STRETCH S Stretch a Section.
- SYSTEM P SP Set the System Parameters.
- TANGENT TAN Draw a line tangent to 1 circle.
- TANGENT-2 TAN2 Draw a line tangent to 2 circles.
- TEXT T Draw Text.
- TEXTV Draw Text made of vectors.
- TEXTANGLE Set the default text angle.
- TEXT ARC TA Draw Text in an arc.
- TEXT ARCV TAV Draw Text in an arc made of vectors.
- TEXT SIZE TS Set the default text size.
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- TRIM TR Trim two lines/arcs to their intersection.
- TRIM-1 TR1 Trim a line or arc to the insection with a 2nd line or arc.
- UNDO Undo the last line or entity drawn.
- UNITS U Define units of measurement.
- VIEW Select screen view configuration.
- VIEW READ VR Read view information from disk.
- VIEW SAVE VS Save the current view information to disk.
- ZOOM Z Zoom in or out.
- ZOOMSTAT ZS Static zoom.
- ZOOMSTAT4 ZS4 Static zoom using 4 points.
- ZOOMVIEW ZV Zoom a specific view.
- ZOOMW ZW Zoom with a window.
- ZOOMWVIEW ZWV Zoom with a window for a specific view.
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- DesignCAD Character Fonts
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- Font 1 - Simplex 1 Font 12 - Complex Greek
- Font 2 - Simplex Curved Font 13 - Complex Cyrillic
- Font 3 - Simplex 2 Font 14 - Gothic English
- Font 4 - Complex Roman Font 15 - Gothic German
- Font 5 - Complex Italic Font 16 - Gothic Italian
- Font 6 - Duplex Roman Font 50 - Roman Outline
- Font 7 - Triplex Roman Font 51 - Roman Filled
- Font 8 - Triplex Italic Font 52 - Sans Serif Outline
- Font 9 - Simplex Script Font 53 - Sans Serif Filled
- Font 10 - Complex Script Font 99 - Hebrew
- Font 11 - Simplex Greek
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- Font 0 - Null font for faster redraw - no text.
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- DesignCAD Line Types
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- 0 - Solid: ───────────────────────────────────────────────
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- 1 - Dashed: ── ── ── ── ── ── ── ── ── ── ── ── ── ── ── ──
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- 2 - Hidden: ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─
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- 3 - Center: ──── ∙ ──── ∙ ──── ∙ ──── ∙ ──── ∙ ──── ∙ ────
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- 4 - Phantom: ──── ∙∙ ──── ∙∙ ──── ∙∙ ──── ∙∙ ──── ∙∙ ──── ∙∙
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- 5 - Dotted: ∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙
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- 6 - Dashdot: ── ∙ ── ∙ ── ∙ ── ∙ ── ∙ ── ∙ ── ∙ ── ∙ ── ∙ ──
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- 7 - Border: ── ── ∙ ── ── ∙ ── ── ∙ ── ── ∙ ── ── ∙ ── ── ∙
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- 8 - Divide: ── ∙∙ ── ∙∙ ── ∙∙ ── ∙∙ ── ∙∙ ── ∙∙ ── ∙∙ ── ∙∙
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- DesignCAD Arrowhead (Terminator) Types
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- 1 - Normal Arrow: <────>
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- 2 - Slash: /────/
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- 3 - Filled Circle: ────
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- 4 - Filled Arrowhead: ────
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- DesignCAD Dimension Text Location
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- 1 - Text IN the line.
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- 2 - Text ABOVE the line.
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- 3 - Text BELOW the line.
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- 4 - Text IN the line, with horizontal text in vertical dimensions.
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- DesignCAD Dimension Number Format
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- 1 - Decimal 1.500
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- 2 - Fraction 1-1/2
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- 3 - Feet/inches, decimal 1' 6.75"
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- 4 - Feet/inches, fraction 1' 6-3/4"
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- DesignCAD Dimension Precision
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- Decimal Fraction
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- 0 1 1
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- 1 1.0 1/2
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- 2 1.00 1/4
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- 3 1.000 1/8
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- 4 1.0000 1/16
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- 5 1.00000 1/32
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- 6 1.000000 1/64
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- 7 1.0000000 1/128
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