SI Mechanical commands with descriptions
| Command | Description |
| 2DBOX |
Draws a rectangle |
| APTLST |
Gathers data from selected balloons and creates a
parts list on the current drawing format |
| AUX2D |
Draws 2D auxiliary and section views from solid
models or MULTI2D views in the current drawing |
| AXYDIM |
Applies dimensions to groups of selected entities. An
option dialogue box is available to set parameters |
| BALLOON |
Inserts a part balloon to tag an item |
| BALLNUM |
Renumbers part balloons in sequence |
| BASICDIM |
Draws a basic dimension box around dimension text |
| CALC |
Runs an RPN calculator |
| CNVTABLE |
Draws a conversion table for dimensions |
| CTRLINE |
Draws center lines and center marks on hardware,
hole, and shaft items |
| DBEDIT |
Displays a dialogue box to edit the SI Mechanical
data base tables |
| DDPVAR |
Displays a dialogue box to view and change DPVAR
variables |
| DETAIL |
Draws and labels an enlarged detail |
| DIMARC |
Dimensions an arc with the arc length |
| DPHELP |
Displays a list of valid SI Mechanical commands and
data entry options or obtains help for a specific command |
| DPMODMNU |
Displays a dialogue box to merge the current menu and
SI Mechanical menus into a new menu file |
| DPSHOWACT |
Highlights the active drawing sheet in multiple sheet
drawings |
| DPTBARS |
Displays a dialogue box to show or hide various SI
Mechanical toolbars |
| DPVAR |
Allows you to display or change the value of DPVAR
variables from the Command: line |
| EXLINE |
Draws an extension line |
| FILLET0 |
Creates a fillet with a 0.0 radius without affecting
the default fillet radius |
| GEODIM |
Draws geometric tolerance symbols. An option dialogue
box is available to set parameters for each symbol type |
| GRPSIZE |
Groups hardware and hole items together by size. When
you change the size of one item, other items in the group
can change |
| GRPTYPE |
Groups hardware and hole items together by type. When
you change the type of one item, other items in the group
can change |
| HARDWARE |
Draws parametric hardware symbols. An option dialogue
box is available to set hardware parameters |
| HOLE |
Draws drilled and tapped holes with counterbores or
countersinks. An option dialogue box is available to set
hole parameters |
| HOLECLIP |
Trims the end of a hole at an angle |
| ITEMCLIP |
Clips a portion of an item to make hidden |
| ITEMODES |
Sets the modes that control how hardware, hole, and
shaft items are drawn |
| LABEL |
Draws text of hardware and hole descriptions |
| LIMLINE |
Draws a line through a point that extends to the
drawing limits |
| LONGBRK |
Breaks a line and inserts a long break symbol |
| LYRCHG |
Changes selected entities to another layer. An option
dialogue box is available to pick the layer |
| LYRDEL |
Deletes all entities from a selected layer. An option
dialogue box is available to pick the layer |
| LYRLST |
Displays a dialogue box listing all layers in the
LYRDEF table and allows you to select or edit them |
| LYROFF |
Turns off a selected layer. An option dialogue box is
available to pick layers to turn on and off |
| LYRSET |
Sets a selected layer. An option dialogue box is
available to pick a layer |
| MACRO |
Records keystrokes into a temporary macro |
| MULTI2D |
Draws multiple 2D orthographic and isometric views
from solid models or SAT files |
| NEWLG |
Changes length of selected hardware items |
| NEWSIZE |
Changes size of selected hardware and hole items |
| NEWTYPE |
Changes type of selected hardware and hole items |
| NEWVIEW |
Changes view of selected hardware, hole, and shaft
items |
| PHATCH |
Fills a closed boundary with a hatch pattern by
picking a point. An option dialogue box is available to
set hatch parameters |
| PTLST |
Adds a single item to the parts list |
| REVS |
Adds a single item to the revision list |
| RFDPVAR |
Adds any new DPVAR variables in the database to the drawing |
| RSDPVAR |
Resets all DPVAR variables in the current drawing to
the defaults stored in the database |
| SETSHT |
Sets an existing drawing sheet to make it the active sheet |
| SETUP |
Sets up a drawing with a specified sheet size and
scale. An option dialogue box is available to set drawing
parameters |
| SHAFT |
Draws parametric shafts |
| SHFTBRK |
Draws a shaft break representation |
| SLINE |
Draws a section line with section designation |
| SLOT |
Draws an oblong slot |
| SURFDIM |
Draws a surface finish symbol. An option dialogue box
is available to set surface finish symbol parameters |
| SVIEW |
Scales the current paper space viewport to match the
drawing scale |
| SYMCHG |
Changes symbols by editing original parameters |
| SYMUPD |
Updates symbols to the current drawing settings |
| TAG |
Draws a leader with various types of tags attached |
| TAGMODES |
Sets the modes that control how leaders and balloons
are drawn |
| TXTEDIT |
Displays a dialogue box to edit text in a drawing |
| TXTHIGHT |
Changes height of selected text |
| TXTIN |
Displays a dialogue box to imports text into a
drawing |
| TXTJUST |
Changes justification of selected text |
| TXTSTYLE |
Changes style of selected text |
| TXTTABLE |
Draws a table of text |
| TXTWIDTH |
Changes width factor of selected text |
| WELDIM |
Draws a welding symbol. An option dialogue box is
available to set welding symbol parameters |
| XYDIM |
Draws ordinate dimensions |
| XYTABLE |
Draws a hole table from selected circles and holes.
An option dialogue box is available to set table
parameters |