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AVEVA™ E3D Design

Draw In-Canvas Commands

  • Last UpdatedAug 14, 2025
  • 4 minute read

In-Canvas Command

Description

ACTIVESTYLES

Prompts the Home > Active Visual Styles window.

ADIM

Prompts the Annotate > Angular Dimension action.

ALIGN

Prompts Label Alignment operation.

ALIGNVIEW

Prompts the Draw > Align Views action.

ANGLE

Prompts the Draw > Angle Measure action.

ARC

Prompts the Draw > Draw Arc action.

ARRAY

Prompts the Draw > Array window.

CANCEL

Cancels the current action.

BASECENTRELINE

Prompts the Annotate > Base Line and Centre Line Ruler action.

BASELINE

Prompts the Annotate > Base Line Ruler action.

CENTRELINE

Prompts the Annotate > Centre Line Ruler action.

CHAMFER

Prompts the Draw > Modify Chamfer action.

CIRC

Prompts the Draw > Draw Circle action.

CLOSE

Closes the current Drawing.

CLOSEALL

Closes All open Drawings.

COPYBASE

Prompts the Home > Copy with Base Point action.

COPYCLIP

Prompts the Home > Copy to Clipboard action.

CUTBASE

Prompts the Home > Cut with Base Point action.

CUTCLIP

Prompts the Home > Cut to Clipboard action.

DELETE

Prompts the Draw > Delete action.

DIST

Prompts the Draw > Distance Measure action.

DMND

Prompts the Draw > Draw Diamond action.

ELLI

Prompts the Draw > Draw Ellipse action.

ETRI

Prompts the Draw > Draw Equilateral Triangle action.

EXCEL

Prompts the Annotate > Import Excel Sheet browser.

EXPLODE

Prompts the Draw > Modify Explode action.

EXTEND

Prompts the Draw > Modify Extend action.

FILLET

Prompts the Draw > Modify Fillet action.

FILLETR

Prompts the Draw > Modify Fillet with Radius/Trim action.

FLY

Prompts to set Fly mode in 3D view.

GAP

Prompts the Annotate > Insert Gap in Dimension / Label action.

GRIDRULER

Prompts Annotate > Grid Ruler action.

HEXA

Prompts the Draw > Draw Hexagon action.

ID

Allows identification of Sheet Position.

IMAGE

Prompts the Annotate > Insert Image browser.

LABEL

Prompts the Annotate > Insert Label browser.

LAYER

Prompts the Home > Layers window.

LDIM

Prompts the Annotate > Linear Dimension action.

LENGTHEN

Prompts the Draw > Modify Lengthen action.

LWT

Toggles Canvas Line Width Thickness.

MERGE

Prompts the Draw > Modify Merge action.

MIRROR

Prompts the Draw > Modify Mirror action.

MOVE

Prompts the Draw > Modify Move action.

MREDO

Prompts the Home > Redo of Multiple actions.

MRKP

Prompts the Annotate > Marker Point action.

NAVIGATOR

Prompts the Navigation Window.

NEWVIEW

Prompts tooltip to create a basic view.

OFFSET

Prompts Draw > Modify Offset action.

OLAY

Prompts the Annotate > Insert Overlay window.

OUTL

Prompts the Draw > Draw Outline action.

PAN

Allows Pan Navigation of Sheet.

PANDIR

Allows Directional Pan Navigation of Sheet.

PASTECLIP

Prompts the Home > Paste from Clipboard action.

PASTEORIG

Prompts the Home > Paste to Original Coordinates action.

PDIM

Prompts Pitch Circular Dimensions.

PICK

Prompts the Pick action.

PLOTSTYLES

Prompts the Home > Plot Styles window.

PREV

Returns Canvas to previous view.

PRINT

Prompts the Project > Print area.

PROPERTIES

Prompts the Home > Property Grid.

QUADD

Prompts the Draw/Format 2D > QuickAdd window.

QUIT

Quits the application.

QVPROJ

Prompts the Home > Create Quick Projection View action.

RAY

Prompts the Draw > Draw Ray Line action.

RDIM

Prompts the Annotate > Radial Dimension action.

RECT

Prompts Draw > Draw Rectangle action.

REDO

Prompts the Home > Redo of an action.

REGION

Prompts the Home > Create Region action.

REVISION

Prompts the Manage > Revision Control window.

ROTATE

Prompts the Draw > Modify Rotate about Base Point action.

SCALE

Prompts the Draw > Modify Scale action.

SECV

Prompts the Home > Create Section View action.

SELALL

Selects all elements in canvas.

SETCOLOUR

Sets the Current Color in the Active Properties.

SETLT

Sets the Current Line Type in the Active Properties.

STRA

Prompts the Draw > Draw Straight action.

STYLES

Prompts the Visual Styles window.

SYMB

Prompts the Annotate > Symbol Selection browser.

TABL

Prompts the Annotate > Add Table action.

TANGENT

Prompts the Draw > Draw Tangent action.

TEXP

Prompts the Annotate > Add Text action.

TOTLENGTH

Prompts the Draw > Cumulative Length Measure action.

TRIM

Prompts the Draw > Modify Trim action.

STRETCH

Prompts the Draw > Modify Stretch action.

U

Prompts the Home > Undo action.

UNDO

Prompts the Home > Undo of Multiple actions.

UPDATEDESI

Prompts the Update > Update Design action.

VDETAIL

Prompts the Home > Create Detail View action.

VEXP

Prompts the Home > Advanced > Create Expansion View action.

VIEW

Prompts the Home > Create View action.

VLOC

Prompts the Home > Advanced > Create Location Defined View action.

VLOCDETAIL

Prompts the Home > Create Location Defined Detail View action.

VMLOC

Prompts the Home > Advanced > Create Multi-Location View action.

VMODIFY

Prompts the 3D View Tools tab.

VPROJ

Prompts the Home > Create Projection View action.

VSEC

Prompts the Home > Create View Section action.

WALK

Prompts the Walk mode in 3D view.

XLINE

Prompts the Draw > Construct XLine action.

ZOOM

Allows Zoom Navigation of Sheet.

3DORBIT

Prompts a 3D Orbit operation in 3D View Mode.

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