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DRAW: RECTANGLE BETWEEN SELECTED LINES

RECL command draws a rectangle (or quadrilateral) between two selected lines or polyline segments. It allows you to close custom shaped holes easily.

commands used:

  

RECL

 

POLYLINES: DRAW PART OF POLYLINE CONTAINED INSIDE OTHER ONE

APLUS can draw part of polyline which lays inside another polyline.

commands used:

  

PLIN

 

POLYLINES: DRAW CEILING HOLE SYMBOL FROM SELECTED POLYLINE

With PLHO command you can draw ceiling hole symbol from selected polyline. APLUS will create new, closed polyline.

commands used:

  

PLHO

 

HATCHES: TURN OFF OR ON ALL HATCHES

With HOFF and HON commands you may easily control visibility of hatches inside your drawings. This command turns off or on all hatches regardless of their layer.

commands used:

  

HOFF

,  

HON

 

HATCHES: UNION HATCHES

APLUS can union selected hatches. APLUS will set style of first selected hatch to other selected hatches.

commands used:

  

HU

 

HATCHES: DRAW HATCH BOUNDARY

HBO command can draw boundary of selected hatch pattern. This may help you recover some lost information from a drawing.

commands used:

  

HBO

 

PLUMBING: DRAW DUCTS

After setting some parameters you may easily design ducts both inside and outside buildings.

commands used:

  

DUCT

 

DIMENSIONS: DIMENSION LINES SHIFT

APLUS can detect dimension lines adjacent to one that was selected and then move them to a new position.

commands used:

  

DIS

 

DRAW: DRAW DETAIL RECTANGLE

DETAIL2 command works similar to DETAIL command, but it uses rectangular window shape instead of circular in DETAIL.

commands used:

  

DETAIL2

 

POLYLINES: MOVE, ROTATE OR SCALE MULTIPLE POLYLINE SEGMENTS

PLM command allows you to move multiple polyline segments at once. PLRO rotates polyline segments and PLSC scales them. With these commands you may modify polylines freely.

commands used:

  

PLM

,  

PLRO

,  

PLSC

 

ATTRIBUTES: CHANGE CASE OF ATTRIBUTES

ATTCASE commmand can change case of selected attributes. This command can change case of attributes in selected instances of a block.

commands used:

  

ATTCASE

 

BLOCKS: REMOVE ELEMENT FROM BLOCK DEFINITION

With BREMOVE command you may remove selected objects from block definition. Duplicate of removed objects will appear in the same place. Objects are removed from all instances of the block.

commands used:

  

BREMOVE

 

BLOCKS: EXPLODE ALL BLOCKS

Command BXA will find and explode all blocks in your drawing. Additionally - block definitions will also be removed.

commands used:

  

BXA

 

TOOLS: DRAW TABLE BORDERS FOR TEXT OBJECTS

APLUS is able to draw table borders for selected TEXT or MTEXT objects. TABL command detects borders between selected text objects. Overlapping texts are ignored.

commands used:

  

TABL

 

TOOLS: EXPORT SELECTED TEXTS AS A CELLS TO EXCEL

TABE command allows you to export selected TEXT or MTEXT objects to Microsoft Excel. APLUS will detect position of selected texts and copy them into new excel sheet. Overlapping texts will be ignored.

commands used:

  

TABE

 

TOOLS: IMPORT CONTENTS OF EXCEL FILE

APLUS allows you to import contents of Microsoft Excel file. TABI command will replace contents of selected TEXT or MTEXT objects with contents from selected Excel file.

commands used:

  

TABI

 

DIMENSIONS: MEASURE TOTAL LENGTH

TLENGTH command measures and displays total length of selected objects. It can measure length of nearly all AutoCAD object types.

commands used:

  

TLENGTH

 

DRAW: DRAW POINT PROJECTION ONTO A SPECIFIED LINE

PROJECTPO command can draw projection on a specified line. It will draw a line of specified length perpendicular to the line.

commands used:

  

PROJECTPO

 

TOOLS: DETECT COLLISIONS BETWEEN OBJECTS ON DIFFERENT LAYERS

COLLISIONS command can detect and show collisions between objects on selected layers. Collisions will be shown as red squares on a screen.

commands used:

  

COLLISIONS

 

HATCHES: MEASURE HATCH AREA

HAREA command can measure total area of selected hatches.

commands used:

  

HAREA

 

DRAW: DRAW 2D AXONOMETRIC PROJECTION SIMULATION

AXO command can draw simulation of axonometric projection of specified objects.

commands used:

  

AXO

 

POLYLINES: ROTATE POLYLINE SEGMENT

ROPL command can rotate selected polyline segment without affecting rotation angle of other segments.

commands used:

  

ROPL

 

TOOLS: ALIGN POLYLINE TO A LINE

ALO command aligns selected polyline to a line. Command aligns polyline by using specified segment. You may also flip polyline if you need.

commands used:

  

ALO

 

DRAW: UNROLL SELECTED 3D OBJECT

UNROLL command can unroll selected 3D object. APLUS will draw faces of the object in a current viewport.

commands used:

  

UNROLL

 

DIMENSIONS: MEASURE SOLID VOLUME

With SOLIDVOL command you may measure volume of selected 3D solids. Result will be displayed to AutoCAD command line.

commands used:

  

SOLIDVOL

 

TEXTS: ALIGN TEXT TO A LINE

ALT command may be used to align selected TEXT or MTEXT object to specified line or polyline segment. After choosing aligment line (angle) you may also set new position.

commands used:

  

ALT

 

TEXTS: EXPLODE TEXT OR MTEXT OBJECT

TX command allows you to explode any TEXT or MTEXT object. As a result APLUS will create new polyline objects in place of exploded TEXT or MTEXT object.

commands used:

  

TX

 

MODIFY: MOVE SELECTED OBJECTS ON A SPECIFIED ANGLE

With MAN command you can move selected objects on a specified angle. After specifying angle you will be able to move objects with APLUS snap.

commands used:

  

MAN

 

EDIT: OFFSET AND ERASE

With OE command you may both OFFSET selected object and erase it.

commands used:

  

OE

 

MODIFY: SWAP SELECTED OBJECTS

SWAPSEL command allows you to swap multiple objects at once. APLUS will ask you for base points of each selection and use them to swap objects.

commands used:

  

SWAPSEL

 

SELECT: HIDE OR ISOLATE SELECTED OBJECTS (JUST LIKE IN 3D STUDIO)

With HSEL and ISEL commands you can hide or isolate selected objects just like in Autodesk 3D Studio MAX. Use USEL command to restore hidden objects objects.

commands used:

  

HSEL

,  

ISEL

,  

USEL

 

DIMENSIONS: QUICK DIMENSION LINE

With DILINE you can create dimension lines in seconds. Just draw a line and APLUS will automatically draw dimension lines.

commands used:

  

DILINE

,  

DIU

,  

DID

 

DIMENSIONS: FLATTEN DIMENSIONS

You can flatten selected dimension lines with DIFLAT command. Use it to get rid of problems while rotating drawings with dimension lines.

commands used:

  

DIFLAT

 

TEXTS: REPLACE TEXTS (BATCH)

With APLUS you can replace multiple texts. Just specify phrase to be replaced and specify new content. APLUS will search for specified phrase in specified area and replace all instances.

commands used:

  

REPLACET

 

CONSTRUCTIONS: DRAW BARS

APLUS can draw bars with specified wrapper and width.

commands used:

  

BAR

,  

BARDI

 

ARCHITECTURE: DRAWING DETAIL BULB

Create detail bulb of specified area.

commands used:

  

DETAIL

 

BLOCKS: INTEGRATED BLOCK MANAGER

Thanks to integrated block manager you can quickly add blocks into your drawing. After installing APLUS BIINDEX menu will apear in AutoCAD toolbar.

commands used:

  

BIINDEX

 

POLYLINES: SHADOW

APLUS will draw simulated shadow of specified object on specified direction with specified lenght.

commands used:

  

PLSHADOW

 

APLUS can simulate one-point perspective of selected object from specified vanishing point.

commands used:

  

PLPERS

 

POLYLINES: CONVERT POLYLINE'S SEGMENT TO ARC

Select segment of polyline to convert it into arc.

commands used:

  

PLW

,  

PLWS

 

BLOCKS: IMPORTING BLOCKS WITH SPECIFIED DIRECTION

There are numerous blocks that you have to import into drawing with specified order, such as north indicators or furniture, with APLUS you will be asked for insertion angle just after placing them.

commands used:

  

BI

 

BLOCKS: IMPORT LAST

Import last imported block again.

commands used:

  

BIL

 

ARCHITECTURE: AXIS BULBS

Descript axises with numerical bulbs simply by clicking on them.

commands used:

  

AX1

,  

AXA

 

ARCHITECTURE: PLACE ASCENDING NUMBERS

Place ascending numbers on your drawing to descipt elements. You can specify prefix or suffix. When needed you can quickly update numbers.

commands used:

  

NR

,  

NRU

,  

NRP

 

BLOCKS: BLOCK COUNTER

Select block and specify where do you want to place counted value. APLUS will link it with real number of blocks, so whenever number of blocks will change, you can update it.

commands used:

  

BCOUNT

,  

BCU

 

DRAW: CONTINUOUS DIMENSION LINE

APLUS can increase speed of dimnsioning.

commands used:

  

DLIC

 

PAPERS: QUICK DRAWING OF THE MOST COMMON PAPER SIZES

Draw rectangle of selected paper size (A, B or C series) in model space. APLUS will ask for orientation (horizontal or vertical) and scale (1 : X).

commands used:

  

A0

,  

A1

,  

A2

,  

A3

,  

A4

,  

A5

,  

A6

 

ZOOM: PREDEFINED ZOOM SCALES

Use APLUS to zoom viewports in layouts to specified scales (such as 1:50, 1:100 etc.).

commands used:

  

Z1

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Z2

,  

Z5

,  

Z10

,  

Z20

,  

Z25

,  

Z50

,  

Z100

,  

Z200

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Z250

,  

Z500

,  

Z1000

,  

Z2000

,  

Z2500

,  

Z5000

 

BLOCKS: INDEXING BLOCKS

With APLUS you can quickly index all your blocks. Click on the screen after typing BINDEX command to display listing of your blocks.

commands used:

  

BINDEX

 

BLOCKS: LIST BLOCKS

Create list of blocks used in your drawing.

commands used:

  

BLIST

 

BLOCKS: MATCH ATTRIBUTES

APLUS can match attributes of selected blocks. Pick source attribute and then select blocks you wish to change.

commands used:

  

ATTMA

 

ZOOM: ZOOM INFO

Show information about zoom level in all layouts in all viewports.

commands used:

  

ZI