If you want to start a command, then you can click on a button in one of the toolbars. But you may also type a key in the keyboard.

Suppose you want to beginning the Line command. You might click on the Line button in the Draw 2D toolbar. But you might also press the L key.

Press the L key and press the right mouse button. Or the Enter key. And the Line command is started. You can now draw a line or lines.

The L key. Thats called an alias. Its an alias for the Line command. There are many aliases in IntelliCAD. You might have a look at them.

Click on Tools in the menu bar and on Customize in the pull down menu. The Customize dialog box opens. In it are four tabs.

Click on the Aliases tab. You will see two list boxes. In the listbox at the left are all the aliases. In the other listbox are the directions .

Click on an alias in the list box at the left. The command that belongs to the alias will be highlighted in the list box at the right.

All the aliases are stored in the IntelliCAD code . But you may change that. Maybe you want to change an alias.

Click on the New button. The Alias edit box below the list box at the left will be activated. Here you can type the name of the new alias.

Next select a command in the list box at the right. And then lick on the Assign button. The command is now assigned to the new alias.

You might check what command is activated by using an alias. Click on the name of an alias in the list box at the left. The command is highlighted.

In the Customize dialog box you find the New button, the Delete button, and the Assign button. You understand how you can use the New button and the Assign button.

The Delete button could be used to delete an alias. Select the alias in the list box at the left. Next click on the Delete button.

At the bottom of the dialog box are four more buttons. There you find the Close button, the Import button, the Export button, and the Rest button.

The Close button is clicked to close the Customize dialog box. You were doing something with aliases and now you want to go back to IntelliCAD.

Lets first talk about the Export button. You have created your own aliases. And now you want to save them in a document .

Click on the Export button. The Select Alias File dialog box opens., In it you can give the alias file a title and select a folder.

The alias file may be saved in two formats. You can save it in the ICA format or you may save it in the PGP format. Thats an AutoCAD format.

This is how these files look. I only give the first five lines of each file. You may recognize the alias and the command thats connected to it.

ICA file

[IntelliCAD Custom Alias File] nAliases=247 [Alias-0] Alias=3A LocalCommand=3DARRAY GlobalCommand=_3DARRAY

PGP document

; BricsCad Generated PGP file.

3A,*3DARRAY 3DFACE,*FACE 3DLINE,*LINE

Now the Insert command. You have created your own aliases. And you have saved them in a document . Now you want to use that document .

Click on the Import button. The Select Alias File dialog box opens., You can now select your alias document . It is opened and used.

All the aliases are generated by the IntelliCAD script. They are not stored in a document . And now you have created your own aliases.

If you want to go back to the way as generated by IntelliCAD, then click on the Rest button. The aliases you created are removed.

Aliases. As you may see. It has nothing to do with the secret service. It has everything to do with nIntelliCAD.

It is in fact a feature that is also found in AutoCAD. Some users prefer to use the keyboard to start a command. True. Its quicker.