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The Calculator
This simple routine places the Windows Calculator onto
your work area without having to go through the whole
long rigmarole of clicking on Start, Program, etc.
Batch Printing
Printing multiple drawings is now so easy. AllyCAD
will set up a file list where you can select multiple
drawings in a directory, add drawings to the list and
remove drawings from the list. Once you have completed
the selection, AllyCAD will start printing all your
selected drawings, while you carry on working!
The File Converter
This is another great time saving tool. You can
convert multiple files between DRG, DWG, DXF and CEX
formats.
Read Excel Tables
You can now read data in an Excel spreadsheet and
insert the data directly into the AllyCAD drawing.
There are many options that you can set, such as
specifying only a section of the spreadsheet data to
be used, and also the position of where you would like
the table to be placed on the drawing. The text in the
table uses the current text default settings, and you
can even specify the width of the columns.
Layer Info on Plot
This nifty tool inserts the date and the visible layer
information on the plot. AllyCAD will prompt you to
indicate the position of where you want the
information to be placed. The list of visible layers
will be placed at the specified location using the
current text defaults.
Dividing an Angle
This Tool enables you to quickly and accurately divide
the angle formed by any two intersecting lines into a
specified number of equal angles.
Dividing a Line
This is another time saving tool that takes the
drudgery out of repetitive and mundane tasks. The
following options are available:
• Divide Only Divides the selected line into equal
segments only.
• Divide + Circle Divides the selected line into equal
segments
marked with circles.
• Divide + Tick Divides the selected line into equal
segments
only marked with ticks.
• Circle No Divide Marks the selected line with
equally placed
circles without dividing.
• Tick No Divide Marks the selected line with equally
placed ticks
without dividing.
Total Line Length
This extremely useful tool enables you to instantly
calculate the total length of all lines in a specified
layer and can be used to calculate the total length of
electrical cables and pipes drawn on a layer. The
results can be displayed or written to an ASCII file.
The ASCII file lists each line, its co-ordinates and
its length, as well as the total line length.
Hide Layer
This innovative but incredibly simple tool will save
you hours of frustration. It can often take you a
couple of hours to determine which layers should be
visible and which shouldn't, when you receive a
complex drawing from an outside source. Now you can
simply click on any entity in a layer in order to hide
that layer.
Line/Pen by Layer
This tool converts all line types and pens that have
been drawn ByLayer to normal line and pen numbers.
This is mainly used on imported AutoCAD drawings.
Arc Text
A simple and easy procedure enables you to write any
text onto any arc with a specified text height and
pen, or you can use the text defaults.
Revision Cloud
This tool allows you to quickly draw a revision cloud
to focus attention to specific areas of the
design.
Draw Centrelines
This function draws two perpendicular lines of
variable length.
Draw Chamfered Rectangle
Draws a rectangle with all four corners chamfered by a
user-defined amount
Draw Filleted Rectangle
Draws a rectangle with all four corners filleted by a
user-defined radius
Set Layer from Element
Switches the current layer to that of the indicated
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