Obtaining Information About The Drawing Sacramento City College EDT 310 EDT 310 - Obtaining Information

Obtaining Drawing Information AREA DBLIST DIST ID LIST STATUS TIME EDT 310 - Obtaining Information

EDT 310 - Obtaining Information AREA Command AREA Can be used to find the area of any object circle, polyline or spline. EDT 310 - Obtaining Information

EDT 310 - Obtaining Information AREA Command Command: Area Specify first corner point or [Object/Add/Subtract]: Specify next corner point or press ENTER for total: Area = 5.9962, Perimeter = 10.3937 Command: EDT 310 - Obtaining Information

EDT 310 - Obtaining Information AREA Command Shapes drawn with lines or polylines do not need to be closed for AutoCAD to calculate the area. AutoCAD calculates the area as if a line connects the first and last points. EDT 310 - Obtaining Information

EDT 310 - Obtaining Information AREA Command To calculate Areas Drawn With Lines Select the endpoints of the lines. Use OSNAP EDT 310 - Obtaining Information

EDT 310 - Obtaining Information The ADD Option The ADD option adds areas to calculate a total area. EDT 310 - Obtaining Information

EDT 310 - Obtaining Information The SUBTRACT Option The SUBTRACT option subtracts areas to calculate a total area. EDT 310 - Obtaining Information

EDT 310 - Obtaining Information The LIST Command The LIST Command allows you to display data about any AutoCAD object. EDT 310 - Obtaining Information

EDT 310 - Obtaining Information The LIST Command Information that can be obtained: Line lengths. Coordinates. Circle and arc radii. Polyline widths. Object Layers. Insertion points. EDT 310 - Obtaining Information

EDT 310 - Obtaining Information The LIST Command Select LIST by: Typing LI or LIST Pick the object(s) Press [Enter] EDT 310 - Obtaining Information

EDT 310 - Obtaining Information The LIST Command LIST also gives information about text. EDT 310 - Obtaining Information

EDT 310 - Obtaining Information The DBLIST Command DBLIST gives information about all items in the drawing. The information passes by a screen full at a time. Press [Enter] to see the next screen. Press [F2] to exit the text window. EDT 310 - Obtaining Information

EDT 310 - Obtaining Information The DIST Command DIST gives the distance between two points. Command: DI or DIST Specify first point: (select point) Specify second point: (select second point) EDT 310 - Obtaining Information

EDT 310 - Obtaining Information The ID Command The ID command gives the coordinate location of a single point on the screen. Command: ID Specify point: (select point) EDT 310 - Obtaining Information

EDT 310 - Obtaining Information The ID Command The ID command will also place a blip on the screen at coordinates that you specify. Command: ID Specify point: 8.75,6.44 X=8.5 Y=6.44 Z=0.00 EDT 310 - Obtaining Information

EDT 310 - Obtaining Information The TIME Command The TIME command allows you to: Display the current time. The time related to your drawing. The time related to the current drawing session. EDT 310 - Obtaining Information

EDT 310 - Obtaining Information The TIME Command The drawing creation time starts when You begin a new drawing OR You issue the WBLOCK command. EDT 310 - Obtaining Information

EDT 310 - Obtaining Information The TIME Command A SAVE command affects the Last Updated: time. If QUIT is used to end a drawing session, all time in that drawing session is discarded (not counted). EDT 310 - Obtaining Information

EDT 310 - Obtaining Information The TIME Command You can time a specific drawing task by using the TIME command. Use the Reset Option. EDT 310 - Obtaining Information

EDT 310 - Obtaining Information The TIME Command When the TIME command is issued, the times shown in the text window are static. None of the times are being updated. You can update the time by using the Display Option. EDT 310 - Obtaining Information

EDT 310 - Obtaining Information The TIME Command When you enter the drawing area, the timer is ON by Default. TO stop the time, enter OFF at the Enter option prompt: [Display/ON/OFF/Reset] Enter ON to start the timer again. EDT 310 - Obtaining Information

EDT 310 - Obtaining Information The STATUS Command The STATUS command gives general information about the current drawing, including Current drawing extents. Settings of various drawing modes and parameters. Free physical memory and disk space. EDT 310 - Obtaining Information

EDT 310 - Obtaining Information The STATUS Command STATUS reports the number of objects in the current drawing including: Graphical objects: Arcs Polylines Non-graphical objects Layers Linetypes Block definitions. EDT 310 - Obtaining Information

EDT 310 - Obtaining Information The STATUS Command When used at the DIM prompt, STATUS reports the values and descriptions of all dimensioning system variables. EDT 310 - Obtaining Information

EDT 310 - Obtaining Information The STATUS Command STATUS displays: Model or Paper Space Limits Are. Model or Paper Space Uses. Display Shows. Insertion Base Is. Snap Resolution Is. Grid Spacing Is. EDT 310 - Obtaining Information

EDT 310 - Obtaining Information The STATUS Command STATUS displays: Current Space. Current Layer. Current Color. Current Linetype. Current Lineweight. Current Plot Style. Current Elevation. Thickness. EDT 310 - Obtaining Information

EDT 310 - Obtaining Information The STATUS Command STATUS displays: Fill, Grid, Ortho, Qtext, Snap, Tablet. Object Snap Modes. Free Dwg Disk Space. Free Physical Memory. Free Swap File Space. EDT 310 - Obtaining Information

EDT 310 - Obtaining Information The STATUS Command To display a drawing's status information, from the Tools menu, choose Inquiry Status. AutoCAD displays the report. EDT 310 - Obtaining Information

EDT 310 - Obtaining Information The STATUS Command Model or Paper Space Limits Are Displays the drawing limits defined by LIMITS. The first line shows the XY coordinate of the limit's lower-left corner, stored in the LIMMIN system variable. The second line shows the XY coordinate of the limit's upper-right corner, stored in the LIMMAX system variable. The notation Off to the right of the Y coordinate value indicates that limits checking is set to 0. EDT 310 - Obtaining Information

EDT 310 - Obtaining Information The STATUS Command Model or Paper Space Uses Displays the drawing extents, which includes all objects in the database and can exceed the drawing limits. The first line shows the XY coordinate of the lower-left corner of the extents. The second line shows the XY coordinate of the upper-right corner. EDT 310 - Obtaining Information

EDT 310 - Obtaining Information The STATUS Command Model or Paper Space Uses The notation Over to the right of the Y coordinate value indicates that the drawing extends outside the drawing limits. EDT 310 - Obtaining Information

EDT 310 - Obtaining Information The STATUS Command Display Shows Lists the portion of the drawing extents visible in the current viewport. The first line shows the XY coordinate of the display's lower-left corner. The second line shows the XY coordinate of the upper-right corner. EDT 310 - Obtaining Information

EDT 310 - Obtaining Information The STATUS Command Insertion Base Is Displays the insertion point of the drawing, stored in the INSBASE system variable and expressed as an X,Y,Z coordinate. Snap Resolution Is Displays the snap spacing in the X and Y directions, stored in the SNAPUNIT system variable. EDT 310 - Obtaining Information

EDT 310 - Obtaining Information The STATUS Command Grid Spacing Is Displays the grid spacing in the X and Y directions, stored in the GRIDUNIT system variable. Current Space Shows whether model space or paper space is active. EDT 310 - Obtaining Information

EDT 310 - Obtaining Information The STATUS Command Current Layer Lists the current layer of the drawing, stored by the CLAYER system variable. Current Color Lists the current color, stored by the CECOLOR system variable. EDT 310 - Obtaining Information

EDT 310 - Obtaining Information The STATUS Command Current Linetype Lists the current linetype, stored by the CELTYPE system variable. Current Lineweight Lists the current lineweight, stored by the CELWEIGHT system variable. EDT 310 - Obtaining Information

EDT 310 - Obtaining Information The STATUS Command Current Plot Style Lists the current plot style, stored by the CPLOTSTYLE system variable. Current Elevation Lists the current elevation of the drawing, stored in the ELEVATION system variable. EDT 310 - Obtaining Information

EDT 310 - Obtaining Information The STATUS Command Thickness Lists the current thickness, stored in the THICKNESS system variable. Fill, Grid, Ortho, Qtext, Snap, Tablet Shows whether these modes are on or off. EDT 310 - Obtaining Information

EDT 310 - Obtaining Information The STATUS Command Object Snap Modes Lists the running object snap modes specified by OSNAP. Free Dwg Disk Space Lists the amount of disk space available on the drive specified for AutoCAD temporary files. EDT 310 - Obtaining Information

EDT 310 - Obtaining Information The STATUS Command Free Physical Memory Lists the amount of installed memory free on your system. Free Swap File Space Lists the amount of free space in your swap file. EDT 310 - Obtaining Information