Command Selection (Introduction)

Basically in CAD6 there is the order "Command - Entry".

For example contrary to a standard text processing program for the operation "copy selected objects", the command Modify > Move / Copy Objects > Offset is specified before the objects to be copied will be selected.

For some users it may be unaccustomed but especially in the range of CAD this method turns out to be very useful. If you get used to this method the operations will be much easier and faster. All specified commands remains active so long as a new one is selected. The name of the current active command and the next expected input is displayed in the status window.

CAD6 has number of possibilities to select a command:

Menu

The first mentioned and best known method is the Windows standard menu, which is located under the caption of the application window. The menu entries are arranged logically, so that the commands can be found easily.

Popup Menu

Another possibility to select a command is the popup menu mentioned above. Right clicking on the drawing area opens the menu and accordingly right clicking on the menu itself closes the popup window. The popup menu is a graphical menu which uses icons to represent commands. The advantage of this kind of command selection is that the selection proceeds in the region of the mouse cursor, so that it is not necessary to leave the drawing area for command selection.

Keyboard

Under certain circumstances it might be annoyed to leave the drawing area for a new command selection. CAD6 is distinguished with an additional keyboard command selection. Frequently used command can be selected per key press. If both entry mediums are used parallel, the operation is much faster as single entry methods. The standard key assignment has turned out to be very useful. If another assignment is preferred the dialog window Edit > Options > Key Assignment allows an individual adjustment.

Command Queue

In addition to all mentioned possibilities there is a command queue which stores the last 20 commands. The last selected command appears on the first position of the queue list. If the same commands are used consistently, this method offers a fast selection. The command queue can be opened by Edit > Command Queue or by pressing the key "H".