cadmench Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 I am currently using Autocad 2008, I remember that there was a way to enter zoom and extents together and that they would be executed. I am speaking of versions,of Autocad, like 10, 12 or 14. I know that I used an alias " ZE " for zoom extents. how do you do this with 2008 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Prime Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 Correct me if I am wrong but, if you type ZE like you mentioned it should zoom extents, you could also if you have a 3 button mouse, double click the middle button, if it is set to default Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadmench Posted June 27, 2008 Author Share Posted June 27, 2008 I have a dell wheelmouse I had to exit the deluxe features that come with it to get it to zoom using the wheel. But that is another issue. As far as ZE that is why I posted the question. Nothing happens when I enter ZE . " Unknown command ZE . Press F1 for help ".This is what I get on the command line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Prime Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 How about if you typed ZOOM enter then E enter I think ZE might be a lisp just to make typing it easier instead of typing all that. I am not for certain, as I do not use the command line for zoom extents, since my mouse is setup that way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadmench Posted June 27, 2008 Author Share Posted June 27, 2008 Yes I can zoom extents. It is just that in earlier version of autocad I just entered ze just as has been posted on this page. Now I get the response that I posted earlier. I am just wondering if it is something that I am not aware of that keeps me from doing it. I think that every step you can save is worth looking at . Besides if I can nest "extents" inside the zoom command, then I may be able to do simailar things in other commands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lpseifert Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 Add this to your acaddoc.lsp file (defun c:ze()(command "zoom" "e")) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadmench Posted June 30, 2008 Author Share Posted June 30, 2008 thanks I am sure that will work , I can't change the acad2008doc.lsp file though it has to be changed in the corporate office. I noticed this: ;;; Shortcuts for multiple zoom functions (defun c:ze () (command "zoom" "e")) (defun c:zw () (command "zoom" "w")) (defun c:zd () (command "zoom" "d")) (princ) in my old lsp file. So this indicates that at one time it was set up in the lisp file as well. I just have to fight with them to get it changed back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lpseifert Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 Just make your own acaddoc.lsp file and put it in your support path. It's better to do customization there instead of acad2008doc.lsp anyway (acad2008doc.lsp gets overwritten if you do a repair or reinstall). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallguy Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 I just type z (space) e (space) or z (enter) e (enter) to get Zoom Extents, seems to work fine on Map3D 2008. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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