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.

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 0MODIFIES TEXT HORIZONTAL
ADEG 45MODIFIES TEXT/PRIMITIVES AT 45 DEG.
ADEG 90MODIFIES TEXT VERTICAL
APOFFSET 5 -5RE-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 FALSETEXT REMOVES BLANKED AREA BELOW
BLNK TRUEEXT BLANKS ALL IT OVERLAYS
BTEXT’A-A’MODIFIES TEXT TO A-A
BY @MOVES CE BY LOCT. FROM POS TO NEW POS
BY X100MOVES CE X (NORTH) 100 mm
CPOFFSET 5 -5RE-POSITIONS LEADER LINE START X5 Y-5
DIM TEX’#100 TYP’DIMENSION TEXT READS 100 TYP
DPOS @PLACES THE LDIM POSITION BY CURSOR
DTAN DEFDIMENSION TEXT DEFAULT
DTAN PAR DIMENSION TEXT PARALLEL
DTAN HORDIMENSION TEXT HORIZONTAL
DTAN STANDIMENSION TEXT STANDARD
DTAN VERTICALDIMENSION TEXT VERTICAL
DTOF @ DIMENSION TEXT BY CURSOR
DTOF 0 4DIMENSION TEXT OFFSET X0 Y4
DTAN PAR DTOF 8 0DIM TEXT PAR. & OFF X-8 Y0
NLPN OFFTURNS LINE OFF (IE CLOUD VERTEX)
FPT @ MOVES STRA FROM POINT BY CURSOR
FPT BY X2 Y-2MOVES 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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