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Setting the shortcutmenu variable

Call the line tool, draw a few lines and then right-click . The right-click
menu shown in Fig. 4.15 may well appear. A similar menu will also appear
when any tool is called. Some operators prefer using this menu when
constructing drawings. To stop this menu appearing:

Command: enter shortcutmenu right-click
Enter new value for SHORTCUTMENU <12>: 0
Command:
And the menu will no longer appears when a tool is in action.

Fig. 4.15 The right-

click menu

Setting layers

1. At the command line enter layer or la followed by a right-click . The
Layer Properties Manager palette appears ( Fig. 4.16 ).
2. Click the New Layer icon. Layer1 appears in the layer list. Overwrite
the name Layer1 entering Centre .

Fig. 4.16 The Layer Properties Manager palette

3. Repeat step 2 four times and make four more layers entitled
Construction , Dimensions , Hidden and Text .
4. Click one of the squares under the Color column of the dialog. The
Select Color dialog appears ( Fig. 4.17 ). Double-click on one of the
colours in the Index Color squares. The selected colour appears against
the layer name in which the square was selected. Repeat until all fi ve
new layers have a colour.