Features

These are the features of the current DodoCAD release.

DodoCAD Menu

This section lists the DodoCAD menu items with a brief explanation of each. Letters in parenthesis following some items are their keyboard shortcuts.

• QuickView Save (VVV) -- Save a QuickView of the current view and layer state.
• QuickView Restore (VV) -- Restore the previously saved QuickView.
• Zoom, Extents 95% (ZZ) -- Zoom to 95% of Extents (leaves a narrow area of screen around it).

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• Display Hatch to Back (HTB) -- Move hatch to display at back of drawing.

• Hatch
• Polylines

• Annotation (IIA) -- Insert DodoCAD Annotation from a graphical selection.
• Attribute Box (ATTBX) -- Draw a 3D rectangle from entered dimensions and with a centered text tag. Use Options to set layer (non-ByLayer) for attribute tag, saved per drawing. (Set back to "0" to restore ByLayer.)
• Insert from Slide... (II) -- Insert a block using DodoCAD's slide selector.

• Batt Insulation (BATT) -- Draw batten insulation in section.
• Circle, 2P (CRR) -- Draw a circle with 2 points.
• Revision Clouds (REVC) -- Draw revision clouding on the current layer.
• Rounded Rectangle (RREC) -- Draw a rectangle with corners rounded according to current scale.
• Square (SQUARE, SQ) -- Draw a square dimensioned by area or side length.
• Steel Shapes... -- Insert W and C shapes by picking their size in a dialog.

• Convert
  • Text to Attribute -- Convert single-line Text to an Attribute of the same tag name (minus spaces) and contents.
• Properties, All Dwg. Entities -- Affects all entities in the drawing.
  • Color ByLayer -- Set all entity colors to ByLayer
  • Elevation 0 -- Set all entity elevations to 0
  • Flatten Z-height (FLATTEN) -- Set common entity Z-coordinate to 0
  • Linetype ByLayer -- Set all entity linetypes to ByLayer
  • Linescale 1 -- Set all entity linetype scales to 1
  • Lineweight ByLayer -- Set all entity lineweights to ByLayer
  • Thickness 0 -- Set all entity thicknesses to 0
  • Plotstyle ByLayer -- Set all entity thicknesses to 0
  
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  • All (above) -- Use all utilities in the submenu at once
• Attribute Box Edit (ATTBXE) -- Edit the Attribute Box size by entering new dimensions. (Double-click on the text to edit it.
• Block Fix (BLOCKFIX) -- Make all block sub-entities ByLayer.
• Block Rename Anonymous -- Rename anonymous blocks to "Blk-" followed by a number.
• Break At Point (BRR) -- Break an entity into two at a selected point.
• Copy-Rotate (CPR) -- Rotate while copying.
• Dimension Text to Home (DDH) -- Move a dimension's text to home position.
• Duplicate Removal -- Deletes entities duplicated within the drawing or selected window.
• Join Lines (JOIN, JJ) -- Make lines meet. (Effectively chamfer with a distance of 0.)
• Polyline Join (PLJ) -- Join lines and polylines into a continuous polyline.
• Scale Non-uniformly (SCC) -- Scale objects, optionally with dissimilar X and Y values.
• Wall Trim -- Trim two intersecting pairs of lines as if at a wall intersection.
• Weld Lines (WELD, WW) -- Weld two lines together as one.

• Layer Set Add -- Layers common to each discipline.
  • Landscape
    • Plans
  • Architecture
    • Floor plans
    • Ceiling plans
    • Elevations
    • Sections
    • Details
  • Interiors
    • Floor plans
    • Ceiling plans
    • Elevations
    • Sections
    • Details
  • Plumbing
  • Mechanical
  • Electrical
    • Site plans
    • Power plans
    • Lighting plans
    • Telecom plans
    • Details
    • Security
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• Filter Delete, All -- Deletes the sometimes cumbersum layer filters that can slow the opening of the layer dialog.

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• Lock Lock Isolate (LLI) -- Lock all but layer of object selected. (Makes layer current.)
• Layer Unlock (All) (LU) -- Unlock all layers.

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• Xref Layers Set -- Change all Xref layers to the color selected by dialog.

• Areas of Polylines (AREAS) -- Add a summarized total of selected polylines, rectangles and circles.
• Count Block Entities -- Count the number of entities within a block.
• Length of Objects (MLEN) -- Total length of selected objects.

• Imperial Setup -- Configure drawing settings with conventional Imperial settings.
  • Landscape Architecture -- 1 unit = 1 foot, Architectural units.
  • Architecture -- 1 unit = 1 inch, Architectural units.
  • Engineering -- 1 unit = 1 inch, Engineering units.
• Metric Setup -- Configure drawing settings with conventional Metric settings. (Note: Please help us refine this on the general mailing list.)
  • Meters -- 1 unit = 1 m, Decimal units.
  • Millimeters -- 1 unit = 1 mm, Decimal units.

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• Load DodoCAD Custom Linetypes -- Load a few custom DodoCAD linetypes.
• Polyline Width -- Set the global polyline width.

• Draw RGB Color Blocks... -- Draw a whole series of blocks representing the RGB spectrum.
• Duplicate Removal -- Attempt to remove duplicate lines by Window or All.
• Reload All Xrefs (XRR) -- Reload all Xrefs.
• Slide Make (current drawing) -- Create a slide file of the current drawing in its directory.

DodoCAD Blocks, Symbols, and Linetypes

• Numerous annotation blocks are now included for most typical annotation.
• Hand01 linetype -- A wiggly linetype for a hand drawn look.
• Property linetypes -- Three scales of property (long dash, two short dashes) linetypes.

Other

• Auto-loader (acaddoc.lsp).
• Manual loader (dodocad.lsp).
• Profile loading -- Different users can access different routines, blocks, menus and so forth based on their login name, discipline code or specific profile (such as "standard", "beta", or "alpha").
• DodoCAD Reloader (DDC) -- Reloads the tool kit. (Useful only for developers.)