#retroCAD: The Illustrated AutoCAD Quick Reference R14 by Ralph Grabowski
This #retroCAD object is back from the mid-90’s called The Illustrated AutoCAD Quick Reference R14 by Ralph Grabowski. As you might have guessed, it references AutoCAD R14 for Windows NT and 95 and is part of the Autodesk Press resource library.
Moving into the front cover, you can see the reference to mouse-tablet buttons and other commands/controls that you should of taken note of.
The book is an overall reference guide of commands in R14 in alphabetical order. One surprising thing I did find in the book is how to add DWFs to your web site.
If you look carefully, the HTML code back then looks familiar to how HTML5 embedding is being used today. It is a feat of technology that our mobile devices now are the same or even more powerful as what our desktops were back then. HTML of the past is being used for the mobile hardware of the future.
Moving on to the next section…
There were 2 commands in this book that I never used, heck, I never even knew about them.
The first command I didn’t know about is called the MoCoRo command.
MoCoRo is short for Move/Copy/Rotate. I used it for the very first time the other day and it is a very nifty command. After you select the object and base point for the object, it will give you a nice list of how you would like to modify it.
Try it!
The other command I didn’t know about, but probably doesn’t have much use other than visual tracking is Blipmode.
With the Blipmode command, you can turn ON/OFF the blips or corner points of the start and stop point of each selection window that you drag on screen. When you pan or zoom, the blips will go away.
Don’t forget the Donut or the Wedge commands! Lol! (I knew about those already, who doesn’t? Makes me hungry!)
R14 removed and/or replaced some commands as shown here by the Appendix
Does anyone remember using any of these?
Here’s the back cover of the book, nostalgic, isn’t it?
Thanks for checking out the #retroCAD article for this week!
-Dave (@daveyt)
