Explorer

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

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).