Introducing AutoCAD 2008

2017-07-07 02:10:07

You can quickly get the status of many drawings settings using the Status command. This command displays the current settings for limits, snaps, and grids, the display area, and other features. This information can help you understand a drawing or help troubleshoot a problem. Here's how it works:

Choose Tools è Inquiry è Status, or enter Status↲ at the command prompt.

The Text window displays a listing of the current status of the drawing, as shown in Figure 11.6.

Figure 11.6: The AutoCAD Text Window showing the drawing status

Table 11.1 lists the options shown by the Status command and their meaning.

Table 11.1: The Status Items and Their Meanings
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ITEM	MEANING

(Number) Objects In D:\Folder\Subfolder	The number of AutoCAD objects in the drawing.
Model Space Limits Are	The coordinates of the Model tab limits. (See Chapter 2 for more details about limits.)
Model Space Uses	The area the drawing occupies; equivalent to Zoom extents.
**Over:	If present, this item means that part of the drawing is outside the area defined by the drawing limits.
Display Shows	The area shown by the current view.
Insertion Base Is, Snap Resolution Is, and Grid Spacing Is	The current default values for these settings.
Current Space	Model (model space) or Layout (paper space) tab.
Current Layout	The current tab.
Current Layer	The current layer.
Current Color	The current color.
Current Linetype	The current linetype.
Current Material	The current 3D modeling material.
Current Lineweight	The current line weight setting.
Current Elevation/ Thickness	The current default Z coordinate and the current thickness of objects. These are both 3D-related settings.
Fill, Grid, Ortho, Qtext, Snap, and Tablet	The status of these settings.
Object Snap Modes	The current default osnap setting.
Free Dwg Disk (Drive:) Space	The amount of space available to store drawing-specific temporary files.
Free Temp Disk (Drive:) Space	The amount of space left on your hard drive for AutoCAD's resource temporary files.
Free Physical Memory	The amount of free RAM available.
Free Swap File Space	The amount of Windows swap file space available.

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