Pdms draft common commands




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 just  gives the c/view justification ( ie left )
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 midpoint 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 gives 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
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
Btext’a-a’  modifies text to a-a
By @  moves ce by loct. From pos to new pos
By x100  moves ce x (east) 100 mm
By y100  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
Frame on  text frame on
Gap @ lets cursor determine dimension gap 
Gap delete all deletes all dimension gaps 
Gap delete at  deletes dimension gap by cursor 
Gbox 5 modifies  text frame with 5 clearance
High ce  highlights ce 
Lead stra  changes leader line to straight 
Lead bent @  places another vertex on leader line 
Lvis false  turns ce visibility off
Lvis true  turns ce visibility on
Llead false leader line off
Llead true leader line on
Lter off  line terminator off
Lter arr line terminator arrow
Lter dot line terminator dot
Lter obl line terminator 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 $v1 copies glab as variable $v1
New glab copy prev at @  copies glab to picked location
New rect xlen40 ylen20 draws rect and positions it by cursor
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 update anno
Update design  updates design
Update picture  updates graphics
Vgrid on/off  turns snap grid visibility on/off
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