SDRC I-DEAS Frequently Asked Questions

Secrets:


What Are Some Of Those Hidden Commands?

/AG DSCheck Shell
/CLClear list region
/CO AE WIAdd entire assembly with history
/CO AE WOAdd entire assembly without history
/CO XCICircular pattern without intersection check
/CO XRERectangular pattern without intersection check
/CR L2R2 Rail Loft for MS5
/ER OFFErase switch off
/FI XX MFMemory clean up
/FI XX MRMemory report
/FI XX OPLUse the MS2.1 IPLOT plotting user interface
/MA MAPre MS7 style manage bins
/MA IDMDisplay IDM Privilege Status
/MA ITI-Deas8 Manage Items
/MO E DI #dump cancDump Dimensions to List Region
/MO QERYDebug Modes
/MO QERY GTList part params (errors)
/MO SPE FDGFillet Debug Graphics
/MO SPE FHClean all parts in modelfile (hams)
/MO SPE RDIRenumber part data ids
/SD TESTest and evaluate geometry in Master Surfacing
/SD TES EX GEOGives nurbs formulation of a curve
/UP APUpdate all parts in modelfile
/XTTime since last XT
/XTOA whole load of extra menus including some debug items presumably for SDRC internal use. Different sets in Modeller & Assembly
/XTO CO BO CTCheck tangency
/XTO CO BO FC EXPre MS7 IGES Export
/XTO CO BO FC IMPre MS7 IGES Import
/XTO CO BO FIDisplays fillet rails plus other extra geometry.
/XTO CO BO MVMake part valid
/XTO CO BO TODisplay offending edges in boolean operation
/XTO CO PJPartition Join
/XTO DB CHCheck part validity
/XTO DB CKRun Debug Check
/XTO DB EX OEOld Pre-I-Deas9 Extrude
/XTO DB RF TCLTurn off Explicit Centrelines
/XTO DB WF CLClean Wireframe (Ghost Connector Errors)
/XTO FI EAWrites a Universal File
/XTO MA WBDirectory of workbench
/XTO TE GG GO CAExport crushed ascii
/XTO TE GG GO IDIExport IDI
/XTO TE GG GO VXExport Extended VRML
*BREAKOUT*Escape from frozen Drafting Setup to Drafting transfers. Use this with caution - it may result in you having to "send all" next time the drawing setup is sent to Drafting
:Accept default input for remaining prompts. Good for watching incremental updates replaying in Master Modeller
Ctrl AAutoscale
Ctrl DMatch All Dims
Ctrl EQuit
Ctrl LLine Display
Ctrl MMenus ON/Off
Ctrl NNew
Ctrl OOpen
Ctrl PM-Plot
Ctrl RRedisplay
Ctrl SSave
Ctrl WSelect View Port
Ctrl XM-Shot
Ctrl ZReopen Modelfile - No Save
Alt PPreferences
Alt RRefresh
F4View Snap
F5View Reset
F6Toggle Dynamic View Mode
F7Autoscale
F8Reconsider
F9Deselect
F10?
F11Filter
F12Redisplay
PrtScrhc


Any Undocumented DMADMIN Commands?

DIAG CHRW - Does a more thorough database check than the normal DIAG CH.

PROJ CLRW - Does a more aggressive cleanup than the normal PROJ CL.

/ideas/ms3/prl/idfvfy.exe [-v] [-e] [-d flags] project.pmd

     where: -v = verbose (Print database header)
            -e = list database errors only
            -d = set diagnostics options

A program to interrogate project database files. For example:

idfvfy.exe -d 3 /ideas/team/projects/myproj.pmd

Will verify the myproj.pmd project database file. Note you must specify the full path to the .pmd file.

idfvfy.exe -v mypart.prt

Will report the Master Series version in which the library part was created and modified.


What's So Special About The Letter "M"

For some reason the letter "M" is a reserved "magic letter". Try assigning revision M to a drawing and you'll see what I mean.

Ken McIntyre (Ken_McIntyre@dartcontainter.com) reports that the letter M is a "step into" command used for programming.

Hot News: Just tried this in the latest releases and M has lost it's magic, the bugget's no more. Think I noticed this in MS2.0 - presumably SDRC fixed this one somewhere down the line.


Some Useful Enviromental Variables

SDRC_DEMO=1Disable demo license "nags"
SDRC_DISABLE_SDI_PRINTING=TRUEDisable I-Deas 8 SDI plotting
SDRC_IPLOT_PLOTTING=TRUEEnable IPLOT plotting
IDEAS_PRINT_COMMAND=scriptSet script to run with HC command
IDEAS_PRINT_OPT=optfileSet options to pass to script
IDEAS_NO_XWD=TRUEDisbale to default HC xwd dump


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SDRC Master Series Secrets / neil@rothers.co.uk / revised 5th August 2005