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As the name describes, this function is used to align text. You can select several texts in your drawing to align along X or Y coordinates, or along a line of specific direction. You can access it from: Menu: Text >Text Align Command Entry:... 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

This command can accomplish kinds of incremental methods for text. Menu : Text>Text Incremental Copy Command Entry : GC_dztext The incrementation dialog box is displayed: Distance: Specify incremental Distance, you can input value directly or... Read More

Linear, angular, radial, ordinate and arc length are the basic types of dimensions. You can create dimensions for selected existing entities by selecting them or picking points within a drawing. Linear dimensions can be horizontal, vertical, aligned,... Read More

A wipeout object is a polygonal area that mask underlying objects with the current background color. You can use WIPEOUT  to mask details or make space for notes . The wipeout object can be created by specifying a polygonal area with a series of... Read More

Compound objects like polylines (PLINE), dimensions (DIMSTYLE), hatches (HATCH ) or block references (BLOCK) can be converted into individual elements.     Explode Dimensions and Hatches When a dimension or a hatch is exploded (XPLODE), the... Read More

Objects can be moved to a different location or rotated to a new orientation. Move Objects To move objects at a specified distance or direction from the originals, you can use coordinates, grid snap, object snaps and other tools. Specify Distance... Read More

There are many methods to generate duplicates of objects in your drawing, such as COPY , OFFSET , MIRROR and ARRAY . Copy Objects Duplicates of objects can be generated at a specified distance and direction from the originals. Use coordinates,... Read More

You can select many objects at the at the same time at the Select Objects prompt. Specify a Rectangular Selection Area You can select many object by specifying opposite corners to establish a rectangular area. which objects are selected, depending on... Read More

Take the step shaft as an example, if we stretch the left part of the step shaft and the keyway still is at the center point of the smaller diameter shaft after stretching, as the following picture shows: Then, we use the "Distance Multiplier"... Read More