Once you are in AutoCAD and you are free of a command you can simply begin typing without placing your cursor anywhere and a menu at the bottom of AutoCAD will pop up with a list of commands that begin with the letters you are typing. By typing commands rather than manually find and click on a command, you save at least 5-10 seconds each time.Īfter awhile those seconds add up and can save you a ton of time over the course of a session! Warning: It takes a little time to practice and remember to type as your default mode of getting into commands.
I always repeat and direct students to type commands.
This quantum entanglement software thing makes my head hurt.As a CAD programs instructor I can’t stress typing commands enough. About the time we can stumble about inside of AutoCAD Civil 3D, we are faced with #Infraworks, Recap, Revit, and even more than that just to get that project work out the door.īean me up, Scotty. I’ve said, taught, and delivered on the concept we CAD pilots must become better DataDudes whether we like it or not. Imagine that.ĭid you notice? This brings up the other important question of the moment (of inertia), How Many Apps Must I Master? All the links to videos and post are more are collected there.
Put another way – We all know an Excel spreadsheet you understand but no one else can comprehend without a two-hour PowerPoint how to presentation isn’t really what the world needs. Is Civil BIM the practical ability to get the suitable information to the right person at the right time and in the most understandable and useable form? Aren’t there more than one of them? Export commands I mean. There’s no harm in continuing education and the Export command should not be missed. Sooner or later one of the infamous Autodesk Bartels Boys is sure to do a brief how to video on the AutoCAD Civil 3D Export command.