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AutoCAD 2006: Autodesk retires the Command line.(Product/Service Evaluation)
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CADalyst
- Article date:
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May 1, 2005
- Author:
- Fane, Bill
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THE BRITISH HAVE a traditional saying at the passing of a monarch: "The king is dead. Long live the king!"
The time has come to acknowledge that the Command line is dead. Long live the Command line!
At first glance, the most prominent changes in AutoCAD 2006 involve the appearance of the user interface. Don't panic: everything pretty much still works the same way and can even be set up to look like it used to, although you probably won't want to do that.
The first change to the interface becomes obvious when a command is started. As figure 1 shows, the new Dynamic Interface displays the Command prompt information, plus a bit more, right at the cursor.
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