E3D Draft Command

These are the below mentions commands are E3D draft command which are used while producing the drawings in E3D draft module.These commands help a lot while working on E3D/PDMS draft. With the help of these E3d draft command drawings can be produce fast and accurate with minimum work have to done on AutoCAD while exporting the DWG files. You can also check other E3D commands here.

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1 E3D Draft command

1.1 More E3D Draft command

The E3D draft command which are highlighted in the bold are the most commands used in the e3d/pdms draft module.

ADEG 0	MODIFIES TEXT HORIZONTAL
ADEG 45	MODIFIES TEXT/PRIMITIVES AT 45 DEG.
ADEG 90	MODIFIES TEXT VERTICAL
APOFFSET 5 -5	RE-POSITIONS LTER END X5 Y-5
AT @	MOVES CE TO NEW CURSOR POS
AT IDP@	MOVES CE TO SELECTED PPOINT
AT IDPL@	MOVES CE TO SELECTED PLINE
BLNK FALSE	TEXT REMOVES BLANKED AREA BELOW
BLNK TRUE	EXT BLANKS ALL IT OVERLAYS
BTEXT’A-A’	MODIFIES TEXT TO A-A
BY @	MOVES CE BY LOCT. FROM POS TO NEW POS
BY X100	MOVES CE X (NORTH) 100 mm
CPOFFSET 5 -5	RE-POSITIONS LEADER LINE START X5 Y-5
DIM TEX’#100 TYP’	DIMENSION TEXT READS 100 TYP
DPOS @	PLACES THE LDIM POSITION BY CURSOR
DTAN DEF	DIMENSION TEXT DEFAULT
DTAN PAR	DIMENSION TEXT PARALLEL
DTAN HOR	DIMENSION TEXT HORIZONTAL
DTAN STAN	DIMENSION TEXT STANDARD
DTAN VERTICAL	DIMENSION TEXT VERTICAL
DTOF @	DIMENSION TEXT BY CURSOR
DTOF 0 4	DIMENSION TEXT OFFSET X0 Y4
DTAN PAR DTOF 8 0	DIM TEXT PAR. & OFF X-8 Y0
NLPN OFF	TURNS LINE OFF (IE CLOUD VERTEX)
FPT @	MOVES STRA FROM POINT BY CURSOR
FPT BY X2 Y-2	MOVES STRA FROM POINT BY TYPED INPUT

More E3D Draft command

FRAME ON	TEXT FRAME ON
GAP @	LETS CURSOR DETERMINE DIMENSION GAP
GAP DELETE ALL	DELETES ALL DIMESION GAPS
GAP DELETE AT	DELETES DIMENION GAP BY CURSOR
GBOX 5	MODIFIES TEXT FRAME WITH 5 CLEARANCE
HIGH CE	HIGHLIGHTS DIMENSIONS IN E3D
LEAD STRA	CHANGES LEADERLINE TO STRAIGHT
LEAD BENT @	PLACES ANOTHER VERTEX ON LEADERLINE
LVIS FALSE	TURNS CE VISIBILITY OFF
LVIS TRUE	TURNS CE VISIBILITY ON
LLEAD FALSE	LEADERLINE OFF
LLEAD TRUE	LEADERLINE ON
LTER OFF	LINE TERMANATOR OFF
LTER ARR	LINE TERMANATOR ARROW
LTER DOT	LINE TERMANATOR DOT
LTER OBL	LINE TERMANATOR DASH
MODIFY @	ENABLES MODS TO SLAB/GLAB GEOMETRY
NEW CIRCLE DIAM 100 AT@	DRAWS CIRCLE AND POSITIONS BY CURSOR
NEW CIRCLE RAD 50 AT@	DRAWS CIRCLE AND POSITIONS BY CURSOR
NEW GLAB COPY PREV AT @	COPIES GLAB TO PICKED LOCATION
NEW GLAB COPY PREV AT@	COPIES TEXT AND POSITIONS BY CURSOR
NLPN OFF	TURNS LINE OFF (IE CLOUD VERTEX)
OSHT 10	DIM LINE OVERSHOOT 10mm
OSHT @	DIM LINE OVERSHOOT BY CURSOR
PLCL@	POSITION LEADER LINE BY CURSOR
PROJ CLEAR @	SETS PROJECTION LINE POSITION BY CURSOR
PROJ CLEAR 5	SETS PROJECTION LINE POSITION BY 5mm
PROJ TEX’TYP’	PROJECTION TEXT READS TYP
PTAN PAR	PROJECTION TEXT PARALLEL
PTAN HOR	PROJECTION TEXT HORIZONTAL
PTAN VERTICAL	PROJECTION TEXT VERTICAL
PTOF -8 0	PROJECTION TEXT OFFSET X-8 Y0
RCOD LEFT	ROTATES VIEW BOX LEFT
REPEAT 5 BY X10	COPIES CE 5 TIMES BY 10mm SPACES
SNAP ON/OFF	TURNS SNAP ON/OFF
SNAP ON 10	GIVES SNAP GRID X10 Y10
SNAP ON SPACING X10 Y20	GIVES SNAP GRID X10 Y20
TPEN 71	GIVES THE TEXP COLOUR ATTRIBUTE 71
TPT @	MOVES STRA TO POINT BY CURSOR
TPT BY X2 Y-2	MOVES STRA TO POINT BY TYPED INPUT
VGRID ON/OFF	TURNS SNAP GRID VISIBILITY ON/OFF
Q ADEG	GIVES THE C/VIEW ANGLE ( ie 90 DEG )
Q APOF	GIVES THE CE (NOTE) TERMINATOR POS’N
Q BSRF	GIVES THE DRG. SHT. REF. (STRU LVL)
Q CHEIGHT	GIVES THE TEXT CHARACTER HEIGHT
Q CPOF	GIVES THE CE (NOTE) LEADER LINE POS’N
Q DIR	GIVES THE C/VIEW DIRECTION( ie N )
Q DPOS	GIVES THE LDIM POSITION ON SHEET
Q DTOF	GIVES DIMENSION TEXT X and Y value
Q LEN	GIVES THE STRA LENGTH
Q LHEI	GIVES THE TEXT LETTER HEIGHT
Q LSHAPE	GIVES THE LABEL LEADER LINE STATUS
Q LVIS	GIVES THE CE VISIBILITY
Q MPT	GIVES THE STRA MID POINT CO-ORDS
Q PKEY	GIVES THE DIM PLINE STATUS (ie TCTF)
Q PLCL	GIVES THE DIM PROJECTION LINE CLEARANCE
Q POS PLRF	GIVES THE CURRENT VSEC CO-ORDS
Q RRSF	GIVES THE CURRENT VIEW RULE SETTINGS
Q SIZE	GIVES THE VIEW O/ALL DIMENSIONS
Q SNAP	GIVES THE SNAP SETTINGS (ON/OFF)
Q THPOS	GIVES THE C/VIEW MATCHLINE CO-ORDS
Q TMRF	GIVES THE CE (SYMBOL) NAME
Q TPEN	GIVES THE TEXP COLOUR ATTRIBUTES
Q TPT	GIVES THE STRA TAIL POINT CO-ORDS
Q VLIMITS	IVES THE VIEW LIMITS
Q VRAT	GIVES SCALE RATIO (ie 1 TO 25)
Q VSCALE	GIVES THE C/VIEW SCALE ( ie 0.5 )
Q VTYP	GIVES THE VIEW ATT(ie.GLOBAL HIDDEN)
Q XYPOS	GIVES THE VIEW POSITION ON SHEET
NEW GLAB COPY $V1	COPIES GLAB AS VARIABLE $V1
NEW GLAB COPY PREV AT @	COPIES GLAB TO PICKED LOCATION
NEW TEXP COPY PREV BY Y10	COPIES CE Y10
NEW SYMB COPY PREV BY X-10	COPIES CE X-10
NEW VRTX COPY PREV BY X10	COPIES CE X10 (CLOUD)
RENAME /XXX /YYY	RENAMES CE TO YYY
UPDATE DESIGN UPDATES DESIGN
UPDATE PICTURE UPDATES GRAPHICS

These are above commands used in E3D draft command are used for preparing the GA drawings, Equipment layouts, Piping layout drawings, Structural Drawings, Electrical drawings, instruments drawings. These E3D draft command helps to get work done fast on E3D. You can also check here the E3D Piping commands. So check these commands in e3d. if anyone face any issued related to these commands. just put your query in the comments box and i shall reply your query.

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