Command line deleted in Acad2006?

Rumor or fact - Has the command line been done away with in '06 version?

 

They give you the option to turn it off. They've added a pop-up at the
cursor to take input. From what I've read turning off the command line
may cause problems because most messages from the program appear only at
the command line. No command line visible = no messages visible.

Martin

 

In addition to Martin's comments, check out:

http://www.dotsoft.com/acad2006.htm

 

Chances are pretty slim. There are still many, many people that use it.

 

Thanks for the replies.
Guess it will be wait and see how I/we adapt to the new environment.

 

I read an article in a CAD magazine maybe a year ago. The guy actually
wrote that the command line was out-dated. He believed there was no more use
for it and that AutoDesk should eliminate it. If that ever happens, I say
bye-bye Acad. Think of it's value alone just for testing lisp commands and
using command aliases. And what about commands that still exist but can't
be found on any menu or toolbar??? TK (for tracking; yes I use it), and
MVSETUP??? (how else can you align objects in multiple viewports?), to
mention just two of many.

AutoDesk needs to put on the brakes and clean up the mess they leave behind
with every premature new release. Its like all the space junk that's
floating in orbit around the Earth. I never see any patches; just new
releases with new features and abandoned old, flawed ones.

 

I agree. I live in a 2D-3D Mechanical Desktop/Autocad world trying to
remain competitive with Inventor and Solidworks.

I am a newcomer (only since release 9) and I first learned picking
commands of a tablet with a stylus. I then went to puck. I then went
to menu and mouse. THEN a mentor told me "Let me show you how to get
faster (commands/lisp)..."

The ONLY reason I hang on the MDT is that it can be command/lisp/pgp
driven. If I have to use toolbars (which IMHO are much slower than
commands) than I might as well learn something more competitive like
Solidworks.

'sides that, what do I do with my left hand?

jimB
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Yep menus are very slow to use when you can do lisp and shortcuts. I'm
glad to hear more people state the truth.


As for the command line being gone. I head that you will be able to
keep it where it is with a configuration change.

 

As for the command line being gone. I head that you will be able to

I REALLY hope this is true, I think I use maybe 5 or 6 icons and everything
else is command based, it is sooo much faster, and if Autodesk can't see
that and decide to bin it then as Pete said "bye-bye Acad"!!!!!!!

Remo

 

This makes me wonder if they want folks to start using dual monitors,
put the command screen on one and drawing on the other. I used to do
that way back in release 10 and nth engine.

 

So here Modat22 is once more, in the playground of the broken hearts ...

It's much faster than menus, indeed, but I know some people that can't get
used to typing shortcuts with their left hand and clicking with the right
(or vice versa). It took me about a week to get used to it (after advise
from an experienced user), and I don't regret going through some hassle for
a single minute. The only time I use the toolbars are during an active
command, mainly zooming or non-running osnap's.

My 2 cents ...

The Jester

 

I wonder why Autodesk hasn't tried to improve the use of shortcuts and
lisp as much as they're trying to implement toolbars and menus. Most
of the old school CAD people I know use shortcuts and lisp and refuse
to use the menu system.

 

Buttons and menus are easier for rookies who aren't paid much. No one
expects them to be fast.

 

So here Michael Bulatovich is once more, in the playground of the broken
hearts ...

Sure, but some of the people I know - and that was my point - don't even
want to try to become faster. Besides, being faster isn't the only
advantage. I found it annoying that Autodesk put commands in different
places in the menus with new releases, sometimes. Oh well, it's all a matter
of preference as well, I guess ...

The Jester

 

They're after the new market. They already have the old.

 

I hope thats not the case as my 2nd monitor is used to stretch CAD accross
them both so I can draw sections and elevations whilst having a bigger
working area on both view ports. The command line doesn't need to take up
anymore than 3 or 4 lines at the bottom of the screen unless your listing
objects.

I guess I never really thought about the left hand for commands and right
for mouse aspect of it, and that it could cause problems for some poeple, I
am a lefty so it works in my favour but then I have learnt to do many things
right handed to save problems, ie playing the guitar, playing the drums,
using a pc with the mouse on the right, plus a load more. And as for speed
not being an issue, that is crap as most of you will agree, its only the
office junior that isn't expected to be very fast, if you want a career as a
draughtsman you MUST be fast which will mean using the command line,
Autodesk will really shoot themselves in the foot if they got rid of it!

Remo