Show me a feature that removes one tedious click from my life, and I'll give you a round of applause! In this chapter, I'll focus on some of these little but oh so cool features in AutoCAD 2002.

trim and extend Commands Combined

Do you find yourself flipping back and forth between the trim and extend commands while editing your drawings? That annoying nuisance is behind you now because you can extend while you're in the trim command (and vice versa). The key is the magical secret to flipping from one command to the other. Take a look at the new extend command.

<span class="fixed">Command: EXTEND</span><span class="fixed">Current settings: Projection=UCS, Edge=None</span><span class="fixed">Select boundary edges ...</span><span class="fixed">Select objects: 1 found</span><span class="fixed">Select objects:</span> <span class="fixed">Select object to extend or shift-select to trim or [Project/Edge/Undo]:</span><a name="389"></a><a name="IDX-130"></a>

Do you see the reference to shift-select? Holding down the key switches to Trim mode, and while in the trim command, holding down the key switches to Extend mode. For you Express Tools fans, this is similar to the trex function.

Smarter fillet and chamfer Commands

When you wander into the fillet command and set your radius poof! AutoCAD returns you to the command prompt, as if the only thing you had in mind was setting your radius.