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The appearance of dimensions like arrowhead style, text location and lateral tolerances are controlled by a dimension style. Using dimension styles (DIMSTYLE), you can specify the format of dimensions quickly and to ensure that dimensions are meet... Read More

Change a text object's justification without changing its position. Works with text, mtext, and attribute definition objects. Menu : Text >Others>Justify Text Command Entry : TJUST or JUSTIFYTEXT Select objects: Use an object selection... Read More

When there are several texts in the drawing which need to be modified, it would be much more tedious and inefficient to modify them one by one. Change text allows users make bulk modifications to several texts. For example, this function can modify... Read More

You can save and restore model viewport arrangements by name. Viewports and views don't need to be set up every time. Viewport arrangements can be saved and later restored with command VPORTS . Available viewport arrangements can be listed,... Read More

Select entities by color and layer. Menu : Express>Selection Tools>Get Selection by Layer/Color Command Entry : GETLAYCOLSEL Operation steps: 1.Start the command. 2.Specify an entity which is in the target layer. 3.Specify region. 4.System will... Read More

Extends objects such as line segment, arc, polyline or ray to a block. Objects would be extended to a block as close as possible if they cannot intersect with each other. Menu : Express>Blocks>Extend to Nested Objects Command Entry : BEXTEND... Read More

Export block attribute to an external file in tab-delimited ASCII format. Menu : Express>Blocks>Export Attribute Information Command Entry : ATTOUT  Once performed ATTOUT command, specify file name and save path in "Enter output filename"... Read More

This command will not change the lines of the whole table, but just move the side line of a cell. Menu : Express>Table Tools>Drag Segment Command Entry : BGJT Operation steps: 1. Start the command. 2. Specify the line of the table for dragging.... Read More

To improve drawing efficiency, you can display a rectangular grid and snap it. You can also control its spacing, type and behavior. The grid helps you align objects and determine the distances between them. When SNAP mode is on, the movement of the... Read More

If you need to modify properties of existing dimensions, you can use modify dimension style (DIMSTYLE). The properties of any selected dimension can be modified by PROPERTIES pallet. Override a Dimension Style Dimension style overrides can be... Read More