Explorer

Works with Bricscad (Windows) Classic and Pro, Bricscad (Linux) Classic

Opens the Drawing Explorer dialog box; controls layers, layer states, linetypes, text styles, UCS coordinate systems, named views, blocks, dimension styles, externally-referenced drawings, and attached images.

Accessing the Command

command bar:  explorer

menu bar:  Tools | Drawing Explorer...

toolbar:  Standard |

 

: explorer

Displays a dialog box:

Press F1 to access help.

Click X to close.

Command Options

Edit Menu

Shortcut

Description

New

Ctrl+N

Creates a new item.

Delete

Ctrl+D

Erases the selected item.

Purge

Ctrl+P

Purges the unused items.

Cut

Ctrl+X

Copies the item to the Clipboard, and then purges it from the drawing.

Copy

Ctrl+C

Copies the item to the Clipboard.

Paste

Ctrl+V

Copies the item from the Clipboard.

Rename

F2

Renames the selected item.

Select All

Ctrl+A

Selects all items.

Set Current

 

Sets the selected item as current.

 

View Menu

 

 

Toolbar

 

Toggles the display of the toolbar.

Status Bar

 

Toggles the display of the status bar.

Details

 

Displays items in detailed format.

Icons

 

Displays items as items.

Tree

 

Displays items in tree form (applies to layer states, images, dimension styles, and external references only).

Regen

 

Updates the drawing display to reflect changes made in this dialog box.

Toggle Regen

 

Toggles automatic updating of the display.

Show XRef Layers

 

Toggles the display of layers found in attached externally-referenced drawings.

 

Settings Menu

 

 

Restore Explorer Default Layout

 

Restores the layout of the Drawing Explorer to the default layout.

 

Toolbar Buttons

 

 

New

Ctrl+N

Creates new items.

Delete

Ctrl+D

Erases selected items.

Purge

Ctrl+P

Removes unused items from the drawing.

Cut

Ctrl+X

Copies the item to the Clipboard, and then purges it from the drawing.

Copy

Ctrl+C

Copies the item to the Clipboard.

Paste

Ctrl+P

Pastes the item from the Clipboard.

Copy and Paste are useful for copying items from one drawing to another.

Redraw

 

Updates the drawing display to reflect changes made in this dialog box.

Redraw Toggle

 

Toggles automatic updating of the display.

Details

 

Displays items in detailed format.

Icons

 

Displays items as icons.

Tree

 

Displays items in tree form (applies to layer states, images, dimension styles, and external references only).

Related Commands

-Layer - controls layers through the command bar.

-Linetype - controls linetypes through the command bar.

-Style - controls text styles through the command bar.

Ucs - controls coordinate systems through the command bar.

-View - controls views through the command bar.

-Insert - inserts blocks through the command bar.

Insert - inserts blocks through a dialog box.

-Style - controls dimension styles through the command bar.

-XRef - controls external references through the command bar.

XAttach - attaches external references through a dialog box.

ImageAttach - attaches images through the command bar.

 

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