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Release 12 June 1992 |
 New Commands -- R12
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The following section describes the new commands for AutoCAD Release 12. Unless noted otherwise, coordinate input to all commands is relative to the current UCS. Commands flagged with a ` prefix can be used transparently.
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`ABOUT |
Displays banner and acad.msg in a dialog box |
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BHATCH |
Boundary hatching dialog box |
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BPOLY |
Creates a Polyline that outlines a closed boundary created by one or more entities |
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COMPILE |
Performs a process formerly done via the Main menu and can compile PostScript PFB files |
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CONFIG |
Starts the AutoCAD configuration process |
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DDATTDEF |
Attribute definition dialog box |
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DDATTEXT |
Attribute extraction dialog box |
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DDCHPROP |
Change entity property dialog box |
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`DDIM |
Dimension variable dialog boxes |
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DDINSERT |
Insert block dialog box |
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`DDGRIPS |
Grips settings dialog box |
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`DDOSNAP |
OSNAP control dialog box |
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DDRENAME |
Rename named objects dialog box. Allows the use of wildcard characters |
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`DDSELECT |
Entity selection control dialog box |
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DDUCS |
UCS control dialog box |
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`DDUNITS |
Units of measurement control dialog box |
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NEW |
Creates a new drawing |
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OPEN |
Opens an existing drawing file for editing. Converts and recovers the file if necessary |
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PSDRAG |
Controls the display of an imported PostScript image while you position it in the drawing |
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PSFILL |
Fills a closed Polyline region with a PostScript fill pattern |
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PSIN |
Imports a PostScript graphics file and optionally renders an image of the graphic in the drawing |
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PSOUT |
Exports a PostScript graphics file |
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QSAVE |
Saves current drawing prompting for a name only if the current drawing is unnamed |
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REINIT |
Reinitializes I/O ports, digitizer, display, and the Program Parameters file (e.g. acad.pgp) |
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SAVEAS |
Saves current drawing to a user-specified file and renames the current drawing |
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`TREESTAT |
Displays the status of the drawing's oct-tree |
In addition, all of the previously listed commands that permit general object selection support the new All, WPolygon, CPolygon, and Fence, options to select all entities in the drawing.
There are also new AutoCAD commands with the following Autodesk-supplied ADS applications:
- AutoCAD SQL Extension
- AutoCAD Render
- AutoCAD Region Modeler
The SQL commands are described in the AutoCAD SQL Extension Reference Manual, and the Render commands are described in the AutoCAD Render Reference Manual.
The Region Modeler commands and the following commands are described in the AutoCAD Extras Manual. Commands flagged with a ` prefix can be used transparently:
New commands described in the AutoCAD Extras Manual
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ALIGN |
Moves selected objects in 3D space |
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`APPLOAD |
dialog-box interface to load AutoLISP and ADS applications or unload ADS applications |
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`CAL |
Geometry calculator |
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DDMODIFY |
dialog-box interface to view and change entity properties such as location, color, layer, linetype, and thickness |
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`FILTER |
dialog-box interface that lets you create selection sets based on entity properties such as location, color, and layer |
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GIFIN |
Imports GIF-format raster files |
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MIRROR3D |
Mirrors objects about a plane in 3D |
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PCXIN |
Imports PCX-format raster files |
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ROTATE3D |
Rotates objects about an axis in 3D |
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TIFFIN |
Imports TIFF-format raster files |
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