Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
using the Command line
Think of the command line (see Figure 1.9) as a “chat window” where you talk
with Civil 3D. Nearly everything you do is reported on the command line along
with the response from Civil 3D. A response can be a request for more informa-
tion, report of a result, or notification of a problem. It's good to get into the habit
of always watching the command line, because it often tells you what to do next.
You can also launch commands from the command line, but you will likely find it
much easier to use the visual interface provided by the ribbon and other tools.
FiGuRE 1.9
A view of the command line while a transparent command (covered later in this
chapter) is used to draw a line. Notice how the command line reports that the LINE command has been
started and then prompts for the first piece of information: the “first point.”
using Panorama
Panorama
is a multipurpose window that is used to show and/or modify many
different types of information. It works by displaying a tab for the information
that you or the program has called for. For example, the Events tab (also known
as the
Event Viewer
) shows up when Civil 3D needs to tell you something about
the drawing. In another example, if you launch the command to edit the geo-
metric details of an alignment, the Alignment Entities tab appears. As shown in
Figure 1.10, while Panorama displays information for one task, it also displays
tabs for other tasks that you can access with a single click. This enables you to
multitask within the same window.
FiGuRE 1.10
Panorama showing the Events and
Alignment Entities tabs
