Inserting Symbols with Drag-and-Drop


If you prefer to manage your symbol library by using Windows Explorer or to use another third- party file manager for locating and managing your symbols, you'll appreciate AutoCAD's support for drag-and-drop. With this feature, you can click and drag a file from Windows Explorer into the AutoCAD window. You can also drag and drop from the Windows Search tool. AutoCAD automatically starts the Insert command to insert the file. Drag-and-drop also works with a variety of other AutoCAD support files.

AutoCAD supports drag-and-drop for other types of data from applications that support Microsoft's ActiveX technology. Table 4.2 lists the files that you can drag and drop and the functions associated with them.

Table 4.2: AutoCAD Support for Drag-and-Drop

File Type

Command Issued

Function Performed When File Is Dropped

.dxf

Dxfin

Imports .dxf files

.dwg

Insert

Imports or plots drawing files

.txt

Dtext

Imports texts via Dtext

.lin

Linetype

Loads line types

.mnu, .mns, .mnc

Menu

Loads menus

.psb, .shp, .shx

Style

Loads fonts or shapes

.scr

Script

Runs script

.lsp

(Load)

Loads AutoLISP routine

.exe, .exp

(Xload)

Loads ADS application

Tip  

You can also drag and drop from folder shortcuts placed on your Desktop or even from a website.




Mastering AutoCAD 2005 and AutoCAD LT 2005
Mastering AutoCAD 2005 and AutoCAD LT 2005
ISBN: 0782143407
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 261
Authors: George Omura

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