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‘:’ VS ‘TYPE A COMMAND’
For its command prompt, BricsCAD uses very compact ‘:’ prompt to indicate it is ready for you to
enter a command. Old releases of AutoCAD used ‘Command:’, but newer releases display the even
longer ‘Type a command’.
Bricsys command prompt showing a colon ( : )
Customizing the Command Prompt (BricsCAD only)
If you prefer to see AutoCAD’s prompt wording or anything else in BricsCAD, you are free to change
the display. To do so, open the Settings dialog box, like this: enter the Settings command, and then
in the search field enter ‘prompt prefix’.
BricsCAD jumps to the Prompt Prefix field, in which you can enter any text you like, even silly things.
Changing the prompt displayed by the command bar in BricsCAD
Exit the dialog box (click big red X), and the new prompt text appears immediately.
BricsCAD command prompt changed
(new in v17) The PromptOptionFormat further customizes command prompts by making them
more or less verbose. Option 4 is is useful for international versions of the software:
Value Meaning Example
0 (default) Show description only Set end of arc or [draw Lines/Angle/CEnter/CLose/...
1 Show keywords only Set end of arc or [Line/Angle/CEnter/CLose/...
2 Show description, keywords in brackets Set end of arc or [Draw lines(Line)/Angle/Center(CEnter)/...
3 Show description, shortcuts in brackets Set end of arc or [Draw lines(L)/Angle/Center(CE)/Close(CL)/...
4 Show local keyword, global keyword in brackets
(AutoCAD does not provide customization of the command line wording.)
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