Topics in this section

• ABOUT

  Displays information about AutoCAD.

• ACISIN

  Imports an ACIS (SAT) file and creates 3D solid, body, or region objects.

• ACISOUT

  Exports a body object, solid, or region to an ACIS file.

• ACTBASEPOINT

  Inserts a base point in an action macro.

• ACTMANAGER

  Manages action macro files.

• ACTRECORD

  Starts the Action Recorder.

• ACTSTOP

  Stops the Action Recorder and provides the option of saving the recorded actions to an action macro file.

• ACTUSERINPUT

  Pauses for user input in an action macro.

• ACTUSERMESSAGE

  Inserts a user message into an action macro.

• ADCCLOSE

  Closes DesignCenter.

• ADCENTER

  Manages and inserts content such as blocks, xrefs, and hatch patterns.

• ADCNAVIGATE

  Loads a specified DesignCenter drawing file, folder, or network path.

• ADDSELECTED

  Creates a new object based on the object type and general properties of a selected object.

• ADJUST

  Adjusts the fade, contrast and monochrome settings of the selected image or underlay (DWF, DWFx, PDF, or DGN).

• ALIGN

  Aligns objects with other objects in 2D and 3D.

• AMECONVERT

  Converts AME solid models to AutoCAD solid objects.

• ANALYSISCURVATURE

  Displays a color gradient onto a surface to evaluate different aspects of its curvature.

• ANALYSISDRAFT

  Displays a color gradient onto a 3D model to evaluate whether there is adequate space between a part and its mold.

• ANALYSISOPTIONS

  Sets the display options for zebra, curvature, and draft analysis.

• ANALYSISZEBRA

  Projects stripes onto a 3D model to analyze surface continuity.

• ANIPATH

  Saves an animation file of a camera moving or panning in a 3D model.

• ANNORESET

  Resets the locations of all alternate scale representations of the selected annotative objects.

• ANNOUPDATE

  Updates existing annotative objects to match the current properties of their styles.

• APERTURE

  Controls the size of the object snap target box.

• APPLOAD

  Loads and unloads applications and defines which applications to load at startup.

• ARC

  Creates an arc.

• ARCHIVE

  Packages the current sheet set files for archive.

• AREA

  Calculates the area and perimeter of objects or of defined areas.

• ARRAY

  Creates multiple copies of objects in a pattern.

• ARX

  Loads, unloads, and provides information about ObjectARX applications.

• ATTACH

  Inserts an external reference, image, or underlay (DWF, DWFx, PDF, or DGN files) in the current drawing.

• ATTACHURL

  Attaches hyperlinks to objects or areas in a drawing.

• ATTDEF

  Creates an attribute definition for storing data in a block.

• ATTDISP

  Controls the visibility overrides for all block attributes in a drawing.

• ATTEDIT

  Changes attribute information in a block.

• ATTEXT

  Extracts attribute data, informational text associated with a block, into a file.

• ATTIPEDIT

  Changes the textual content of an attribute within a block.

• ATTREDEF

  Redefines a block and updates associated attributes.

• ATTSYNC

  Updates block references with new and changed attributes from a specified block definition.

• AUDIT

  Evaluates the integrity of a drawing and corrects some errors.

• AUTOCONSTRAIN

  Applies geometric constraints to a selection set of objects based on orientation of the objects relative to one another.

• AUTOPUBLISH

  Publishes drawings to DWF, DWFx, or PDF files automatically to a specified location.