AutoCAD Tips Newsletter: Make the command line work for you, and even launch Windows programs

Dear Subscriber, Please forward this newsletter to colleagues who want to learn more about AutoCAD. If you received this newsletter from a colleague, sign up for your own copy at EllenFinkelstein.com. As an AutoCAD user, you depend heavily on the command line, even if you use the ribbon or toolbars to execute commands. This edition has a new tip that is a round-up of the command line plus an older one that is still valuable. In this issue: Make the command line work the way you want it to Use the command line to launch programs A way to watch online prices and find out when they go down! 1. Make the command line work the way you want it to The command line is an essential component of drawing in AutoCAD. Even if you don't type comments there, you need to look at it for prompts and you probably use it to specify options. Find out: How to see more of the command line How to see less of it How to let AutoCAD help you on the command line More command line tips & tricks Get the whole story. 2. Use the command line to launch programs This is an older tip, but do you know how to launch Windows programs from the command line? For example, you can start Notepad from within AutoCAD. Learn more! The most comprehensive book on AutoCAD AutoCAD 2012 & AutoCAD LT 2012 Bible Order the latest edition of my best-selling book, which I believe to be the most comprehensive book available on AutoCAD. It comes with a DVD full of drawings that you'll use for the numerous exercises. It's a combination of a resource book (so you can look up any topic you need to know about) and tutorial (so you can learn AutoCAD step-by-step). Have you bought a copy? Click Reply and let me know what you think! I'd appreciate it! Check it out! * * * * * Learn all about blocks in this thorough 69-page e-book, including the basics, dynamic blocks, attributes, annotative blocks, extracting data, and more! Includes drawings for numerous exercises. Only $10! Click here to purchase. (Full disclosure: I get 30%.) More You can find the latest tips in my AutoCAD Tips Blog .You can receive this newsletter via RSS news feed (instead of via e-mail) if you want. At the AutoCAD Tips Blog, look for the RSS button on the right. (The text says "Posts.") For more tips, go to www.ellenfinkelstein.com/AutoCAD_tips.html. For my AutoCAD books and other items, go to my e-store. You can sponsor this newsletter, or place an ad in it. Reach over 7,000 committed AutoCAD users. Contact me. If you want to reprint or reuse any of the content in my newsletters or on my site for your own newsletter, contact me. Happy designing and drawing, Ellen Finkelstein EllenFinkelstein.com Check out my Amazon page! Follow me on Twitter! (www.twitter.com/EFinkelstein) Use the links below to manage your subscription: Change your e-mail address; this opens a new e-mail message. Please give me both your old and new e-mail addresses. To subscribe, go to www.ellenfinkelstein.com/acad_submit.html. ©2011 Ellen Finkelstein, Inc. | 2010 Coral Lane, Fairfield, IA 52556

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