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Compares the selected drawing space eg: Model or Layout.<br>
 
Compares the selected drawing space eg: Model or Layout.<br>
 
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[[File:Dd09.png]]
 
   
 
   
 
View>Zoom Extents: Zoom the selected space to the extents of all entities.<br>
 
View>Zoom Extents: Zoom the selected space to the extents of all entities.<br>
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The following menus are available from all drawing spaces:
 
The following menus are available from all drawing spaces:
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[[File:Dd08.png]]

Revision as of 18:31, 21 January 2011

Command Line Shortcut: diff

User Permissions Level: Any
Product Level: All
Displays the Drawing Differencing Tool


DWG Diff takes two similar drawings, referred to as A and B, and creates three other drawings:

  1. Shows items shown in A not B.
  2. Shows items shown in B not A.
  3. Shows items common to both.

Each derived drawing also shows the formatting tables of the drawing such as Layers, Text Styles, Dimension Styles, etc.


Menu Items

File>Open A: Open the A drawing.
File>Open B: Open the B drawing.

Tools>Calculate Differences: Does the work.

Compares the selected drawing space eg: Model or Layout.
Dd09.png

View>Zoom Extents: Zoom the selected space to the extents of all entities.

Help>Help: Displays this file.
Help>Software Activation... : Displays the activation screen.
Help>About: Displays the about screen that show version information etc.


Right-click Context Menus

The following menus are available from all drawing spaces: Dd08.png