【 Weak current College 】 AutoCAD troubleshooting and tips (3)---Power By 【 China power house network 】

3. use Express tool (EXPRESSTOOLS)
The so-called express tools is actually a design for the user and with AutoCAD2000 together free utility library. Most of the tools in this library from preferential AutoCADR14 (Bonus) tool and the remainder is discarded or improved, and added some new tools. Express tools in layer management, object selection and dimensioning styles of input/output, graphics editing changes, and many other aspects of AutoCAD for extensions, and can easily combine AutoCAD2000 menus and tool bars, with fast and convenient, it can significantly improve the productivity of your drawing.
Install Express tool is selected when you install AutoCAD2000 "complete" installation, or choose a tool with the "express" option "user" installation. If it is not the case, should be based on the "add" mode to reinstall AutoCAD2000, and select Add "express tools.
By default, the startup AutoCAD2000 not express tools into memory to reduce the startup time. When you first use the express tool, the tool will automatically load the library. But you can also use the start command forcibly loaded EXPRESSTOOLS. In a properly installed the express tools, if the screen does not appear on the "express" menu, you can use EXPRESSMENU command will display the menu.
The following is displayed on the screen "express" tool bar:
(1) in the drop-down menu, select view > toolbar ... , The tool bar dialog box.
(2) in the name for the menu groups of drop-down combo box, select the "express".
(3) in the "tool bar" combo box select the required option. Where "X" option, the screen displays the tool bar.
(4) click the close button to exit the dialog box.
4. open or close some Visual elements
Graphic complexity affects the AutoCAD command execution and refresh the screen. Open or close some Visual elements (such as fill, line, text, marked point, highlight selection, etc.) can enhance the performance of AutoCAD.
(1) if the FILL is set to OFF, then close the entity fill mode, the new art of track, with a width of polylines, fill polygons, etc, but will display a profile, they are not output when printing. The fill mode to have the effect of a graphic, you can use the REGEN command is displayed. In addition, FILLMODE system variable except over fill mode, you control the display of all shadow line.
(2) close the wide line display. Wide line increases the width of the line. Wide line at print time according to the actual value output, but in model space is displayed according to the ratio of the pixel. When using AutoCAD drawings, the status bar of LWT button, or from the Format menu, choose the "width" option, use the wide line settings "dialog box will display a wide line, off to optimize their display performance. System variables also controls the current LWDISPLAY in a graphic display of wide lines.
(3) if the QTEXT is set to ON, then open fast display text mode. This pattern in the newly added text will be hidden to only show a border, the print output. The settings on existing text effects, you can use the REGEN command to display. In addition, the system also controls the QTEXTMODE variable text is displayed. The text in the pattern more, the performance of the system are obvious.
(4) suppresses the marked points. The so-called signs point to select a drawing object or orientation point appears in the AutoCAD drawing area of some temporary markings. They can be used as a reference point that can clear the REDRAW or REGEN command, the print output does not appear in the drawings. Desire forbid marking point display can be set to OFF, BLIPMODE to enhance the performance of AutoCAD.
(5) cancel highlight selection. By default, the AutoCAD using the highlight "is currently selected graphic. However, the system variable HIGHLIGHT values are from 1 to 0, remove the highlighted when selected, you can enhance the performance of AutoCAD.
(6) by the way, the system variable REGENMODE value is set to 0, or set to OFF, REGENAUTO can save graphics automatically rebuild time.
5. timely clean graphics
In a graphics file may exist in some unused layers, blocks, text style, size, style, style, and so the callout useless objects. These useless objects not only increase the file size, and can reduce the performance of AutoCAD. The user should promptly use PURGE command to clean up. Due to the graphics object often appear nested, so often require users to use several times after PURGE command to clean up the unwanted objects.
6. use the command aliases and accelerators
AutoCAD for some of the more commonly-used commands or menu item defines the alias and the accelerator key. Use the command aliases and accelerators can significantly save access command. Command aliases are defined in the acad.pgp file. Use any text editor to open and edit the file, you can add, remove, or change command aliases. Use this method to define aliases, when re-entering the AutoCAD can use. In the latest software versions, users do not have to exit AutoCAD can use express tools redefine command aliases, but if you use this method, you need to first use of the newly defined alias, do the REINIT command to reinitialize the software.
Order accelerator key is the acaD.mnu file defined. To add, remove, or change the commands accelerator key, the user can only use a text editor to modify acad.mnu file for editing. Modified * .mnu file must be loaded using the MENU command and compiled, the newly defined commands accelerator key to be used.


9. easily remove stubborn layers of second stroke
Several professional CAD Web site frequently to see this post: handle pattern when unused layer removed, although this layer of all the graphics are deleted, you cannot delete the layer, spent all delete and related tools are also in vain. This is handled elsewhere transferred pattern is most encounter, sometimes really only looked at the layer sigh, unless the third party tools software, in addition to the choice or no choice.
In an inadvertent operation, accidentally discovered a very effective method, award-winning try award-winning, serving with the terrific decided to take it out and share: open a CAD file, in leaving you need visible graphics; point file-save as, and determine the file name, file type .DXF format column, select * from the dialogue window, point to tools-options-DXF options, and then select the object, call hook, click OK, and then points to save, you can choose to save the object; the visible or to use graphics chosen can be determined after the completion of the save, and exit the file you just saved, and then open a look, you'll find that you don't want the layer to disappear, haha, cool!
This is actually a selective in DXF format, but hide the Save command is a bit deep, rarely used this command, unfortunately due to the work I often want to use this command, was also me as delete persistent layer of another kind of usage, might even the software production companies never thought of it, we live to use, this method never delete off layers, except of course level 0.
2000, 2002, 2004, R14 not used, it is estimated that this feature is also a bar.
If you want to delete a layer containing entity, it is necessary to remove only the entities that you want to delete the rows of the layer to close.
2 there is another method, the reference in VBA Forum. (Provided by MCCAD)
You can select the graphic, and then select the file menu-> output-> block file, the block file is part of the graphics is selected, if the graphic is not in the specified layer, the layer will not be saved in the new tile graphics.
3 the useless layer off, select all, COPY paste to a new file, those useless layer won't stick around. If you do not have in this layer defined block, another layer to insert the block, so this not layers are not able to use this method to delete (provided by hellmen)
4 use layer filtering can be very simple and very easy to solve this problem, and your habits are different layers all converted to your layers, so to eliminate useless layer there is a good thing is you just edit the file for you, simply do not convert file formats, copy and paste into a new file then the trouble. Last purge command used to eliminate useless blocks, layers, Ah, Ah, what's the line, a refreshing figure appears in front of you, (file size can be reduced to the original 30 ~ 50% yo ~)
10. mouse functionality!
The second key-mouse
Arrow: select the function key (selected pixel selected click function)
Right: drawing area-----shortcut menu or the [ENTER] function
1. the variables SHORTCUTMENU equals 0---------[ENTER];
2. variable SHORTCUTMENU is greater than 0----------shortcut menu
3. or to the environment option--------consumer set---------shortcut menu switch set
[Shift] + mouse: object capture shortcut menu

Three-button-mouse
Arrow: select the function key (selected pixel selected click function)
Right: drawing area-----shortcut menu or the [ENTER] function
1. the variables SHORTCUTMENU equals 0---------[ENTER])
2. variable SHORTCUTMENU is greater than 0----------shortcut menu
3. or to the environment option--------consumer set---------shortcut menu switch set middle key: Mbuttonpan = 1 (system default)
Crimping and hold and drag for translation
Double-click ZOOM------E zoom into actual range
[Shift] + crimping and hold and drag the vertical or horizontal, real-time translation
[Ctrl] + crimping and hold and drag free type real-time translation
Mbuttonpan = 0 object capture shortcut menu
[Shift] + mouse object capture shortcut menu

2 + intermediate wheel mouse
Arrow: select the function key (selected pixel selected click function)
Right: drawing area-----shortcut menu or the [ENTER] function
1. the variables SHORTCUTMENU equals 0---------[ENTER]
2. variable SHORTCUTMENU is greater than 0----------shortcut menu
3. or to the environment option--------users set------shortcut menu switch set
The intermediate wheel
1. rotate the wheel forward or back, the real time scale, closer and farther
2. Press wheels do not drop and drag real-time translation
3. double-click ZOOM------E zoom into actual range
[Shift] + pressure wheels do not drop and drag for vertical or horizontal, real-time translation
[CtRl] + pressure wheels do not drop and drag free type real-time translation
Mbuttonpan = 0 (default value = 1) press the wheel object to capture the shortcut menu,
[Shift] + mouse object capture shortcut menu