Advanced Editing and Organizing
GEORGE A. OMURA, Brian C. Benton · 2018
The AutoCAD® 2019 software can be a powerful timesaving tool if used properly. This chapter examines ways to harness that power. The chapter helps readers to learn how to: use external references (Xrefs); manage layers; use advanced tools such as Filter and Quick Select; and use the QuickCalc calculator. AutoCAD looks in the Support File Search Path option, also defined in the Files tab of the Options dialog box. The Filter tool lets the user to select objects based on a more complex set of criteria. The Filter and Quick Select tools are great for isolating objects in a crowded drawing. Quick Select uses the Noun/Verb selection method: One can select objects using Quick Select first, and then apply editing commands to the selected objects. In a survey of AutoCAD users, Autodesk discovered that one of the most frequently used features in AutoCAD is the Layer command.