Schaefer Enterprises & Associates
(SEA)
Granger, Indiana
(near South Bend)
4/2003
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Introduction | Installation | Bonus and Express | Configure template | Trouble shooting | Existing drawings | Uninstalling SML | 12x18 and 12x17 | Using the MENU command | Operating Principles | Layers, Colors and Linetypes | Inactive commands | Display Controls | Legal | Using 12x18 | Customization | Included Symbols
SUPER MENU LITE (SML) is provided to you by digitizer companies that care about your AutoCAD productivity. The only way to get SUPER MENU LITE is with the purchase of a digitizer on www.schaeferea.com. Because of the color coding and the large number of commands that are instantly available with a single pick, SUPER MENU LITE is a more productive choice than AutoCAD's Standard Menu.
Learning AutoCAD is much faster with SUPER MENU LITE since all of the commands are laid out and color coded on the tablet. Curious? Just click on a square and learn a new function. In fact, SUPER MENU LITE is so intuitive that many users never read this manual entirely. Commands and their sub-options are usually reduced to a single menu pick virtually eliminating typing errors. Consistent operation, logical groups, and colors make SUPER MENU LITE fast to learn - much faster than pure AutoCAD.
With most of your commands on the tablet, you can even turn off the on-screen menu (under AutoCAD configuration) to use more of your valuable screen for drawing with less zooming around. SUPER MENU LITE offers sizes up to 12x18 to accommodate your symbol libraries (plot your own side piece, DWG provided).
While SUPER MENU LITE is a vast improvement over AutoCAD's standard menu, it does not contain the routines that are part of SUPER MENU Enhanced. So there will be squares that will say "Not available".
SUPER MENU Enhanced contains 20,000+ lines of code in 200+ AutoLISP routines, with symbol library management, network operation, fonts with proper fractions, on-line data base, 200 keyboard shortcuts, rows A&B active, and 175 page manual. SUPER MENU Enhanced is like the Norton Utilities, or PC Tools of AutoCAD. With our AutoLISP (ADS and ARX) routines you can do everything you wished AutoCAD would do by itself.
With SUPER MENU Enhanced you get the MNU source code file for your own customization. You can even purchase the AutoCAD drawing used to create SUPER MENU.
Once you have SUPER MENU Enhanced, you can get additional high productivity options for Machine Design, Architecture, 3D, and numerous "Plug 'n Play" symbol libraries. For your evaluation of SUPER MENU Enhanced, our 175 page manual is available for $20 which will be deducted from the purchase of the SUPER MENU Enhanced. The enhanced version of SUPER MENU is available through SEA.
Thanks for using SUPER MENU LITE
SUPER MENU LITE (SML) will work with AutoCAD Release 10 through AutoCAD 2000, plus AutoCAD Lite 95, 97 and 98, using the same template (LT and R13-AutoCAD 2000) is on one side of the template, 10, 11 and 12 on the other). SML takes about 150K of hard disk storage. It is only available for a PC, but you can install it on a DOS machine and move the files to a different operating system if you know what you are doing. For instance, in UNIX, you will have to edit the directories in the MNU file for the 12x18 size. (Not supported by SEA)
Before starting the installation procedure, you will need to know on what drive and in what sub-directory your ACAD.DWG and ACAD.MNU files are located. For instance they might be in D:\ACAD13\COMMON\SUPPORT and D:\ACAD13\DOS\SUPPORT or C:\ACAD12\SUPPORT or "C:\Program Files\ACAD2000\Support"
Before starting the installation procedure, you will need to know on what drive and in what sub-directory your ACAD.DWG and ACAD.MNU files are located. For instance they might be in D:\ACAD13\COMMON\SUPPORT and D:\ACAD13\DOS\SUPPORT or C:\ACAD12\SUPPORT.
First make sure your cursor and tablet are functioning correctly in AutoCAD. If not call your dealer or digitizer manufacturer. SEA does not support hardware and AutoCAD driver problems.
Make a working copy of your original diskette.
For DOS installation switch to your floppy drive by typing A: or B: At the A:\> (or B:\>) prompt type INSTALL and follow the instructions on the screen.
For Windows installation, from program manager, select FILE/RUN. In the dialog box type INSTALL, click OK and follow the instructions on the screen.
There are two things you must do:
· Tell the install program where support files are (COMMON and DOS and/or WIN for R13)
· Select a the proper size menu and AutoCAD release
INSTALL will decompress the files and copy them to your hard disk.
The install program will generally pause at the time it is about to overwrite your ACAD.DWG with ours. Don't worry, we have made a copy as ACAD-OLD.DWG so you can recover it by copying it back to ACAD.DWG.
A demonstration symbol library directory system will also be created on the C: drive, C:\SYM\MISC.
Attach the overlay to the digitizer
This generally means placing the template under the plastic cover and taping it down so there is no possibility of slippage. It should be square and centered. If the overlay is not reasonably square with the digitizer, AutoCAD will not allow configuration and report:
"Points must form 90 degrees, try again..."
You do not have a "side piece" and will have to plot it. The drawing is called PRO-SIDE.DWG and is stored in C:\SYM. Once it is plotted, tape it next to the main SUPER MENU. It will become tablet area 3 replacing the normal tablet area 3. When you call Pro-SIDE.DWG into the AutoCAD drawing editor, it will probably not use the menu you have installed in which case there will be an error message. Just type in the name of the SUPER MENU Lite that you installed such as: SMLA12-2. Or, you can use AutoCAD's MENU command to change the active menu. Once you save the drawing, it will remember the last menu used.
We ship the side piece DWG file so you can add your symbols and re-plot it.
Start AutoCAD
From the main menu, chose "Edit an existing drawing" (or R12+ use
the OPEN command).
Type in ACAD (edit prototype drawing.)
Check to see if SUPER MENU LITE is active.
The menu name will show in the screen menu or in the first pull down menu. Or, type the MENU command and see the current active menu (the default). If the menu is not one of the 12 SML options, then you are still using the existing ACAD.DWG prototype drawing. Load SML with AutoCAD’s MENU command and type in one of the following names:
| SMLA10-1, R10 12x12 | SMLA12W1, R12 Win 12x12 | SMLA14W1, R14 Win 12x12 |
| SMLA10-2, R10 12x18/17 | SMLA12W2, R12 Win 12x17+ | SMLA14-2, R14 Win 12x18/17 |
| SMLA11-1, R11 12x12 | SMLA13-1, R13 12x12 | SMLA15-1, R13 12x12 |
| SMLA11-2, R11 12x18/17 | SMLA13-2, R13 12x18 | SMLA15W2, R15 Win 12x18+ |
| SMLA12-2, R12 12x18/17 | SMLA13W1, R13 Win 12x12 | SML for AC LT is installed as aclt.mnu and will start automatically. |
| SMLA12-1, Rel. 12 12x12 | SMLA13W2, Rel. 13Win 12x18+ |
Read the AutoCAD Reference Manual for more information about the MENU command and the prototype drawing, ACAD.DWG.
After using the MENU command to load SML in R14, your Bonus menu pull down may disappear, along with other pull downs that are separate menu files from ACAD.MNU. To restore them, you will have to use the MENULOAD command to reload the Bonus tools. In the MENULOAD dialog, browse to the AutoCAD R14\Bonus\cadtools directory and load ac_bonus.mns.
Similarly, in AutoCAD 2000, loading SML may delete the Express menu. Again, use the MENULOAD command to reload the express tools. In the MENULOAD dialog, browse to the ACAD2000\Express directory and load acetmain.mns.
Once SMLAXX-X.MNU or SMLAXXWX.MNU is active in the drawing you can choose one of two methods to register SUPER MENU LITE to your tablet, manual or selecting an option from the pulldown menu. Both use AutoCAD's TABLET command, CFG option. Note: Rows A & B are not active in SML.
SML uses the same tablet configuration as does the AutoCAD template so that you can rapidly interchange other menus that conform to this standard while in the middle of a drawing
Each rectangular menu area (there are 4) requires you to pick three points, the upper left, lower left and lower right. In the figure to the right the points are numbered in sequence. Each of the points you are to digitize are marked with a heavy black corner mark.
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Pull down the UTILITY or OPTIONS menu from the top of the screen area. At the bottom of this menu are Tablet CFG and Tablet Re-CFG options. If you have previously configured for a tablet menu use the Re-CFG option. These menu options execute the TABLET command and supply the correct numbers for rows and columns. Pick the points required by prompts.
In this version, tablet area 3 is moved to the right side area for your symbol libraries and commands. This area need not be attached to the main tablet area. It can be placed on the right or left. Only area 3 is different from the 11x11 version. (Read instructions for 11x11 in 2.2.11.1.)
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At this time, if you have special layers, text styles, grids, units, snaps and line types that you normally use, then now is a good time to add them to ACAD.DWG, so that every time you start up a drawing they are available.
To test the configuration pick the last square in each tablet area and see if the response is appropriate. If not, try re-configuring, see Trouble Shooting.
You may use (type in) AutoCAD's TABLET command, CFG option to configure the tablet with the above row and column numbers.
Existing drawings remember the last menu used, not SML. Call up drawing, type in AutoCAD's MENU command, change to the appropriate SUPER MENU LITE name and save the drawing. It will then remember SML the next time.
Disable AutoCAD's Screen Menu
Because SUPER MENU LITE offers so much on the digitizer, you may want to turn off the side screen menu, recovering 10% of your screen. (Other applications may require that you leave it on.) To turn it off, you use the configuration option, 5, from the main menu. (R12/13 type CONFIG) Select the video sub-option, 3. During the configuration questions change only the option that turns off the screen menu.
Things to review in the AutoCAD manual:
Prototype drawings | TABLET command | MENU command | MENULOAD (R13+) | REINIT command (R12/13)
If you have any problems read the appropriate sections in the AutoCAD Reference Manual, Installation Guide and digitizer documentation.
Super Menu Lite is unsupported freeware. We have support documents on our web site. Also checkout REAMDE.SML file in your AutoCAD support directory. It is in "Write" format for windows and ASCII for DOS.
SUPER MENU LITE cannot cause hardware to cease functioning. Check configurations and switch settings. Be sure to cycle the power off and on for both the CPU and digitizer. The communications port can loose sync. (With R12/13 try the REINIT command.) If you have just installed something else, like a new version of AutoCAD or video/tablet driver, check it first.
You must first decide whether it is a digitizer configuration, hardware TABLET/CFG or SUPER MENU LITE problem:
DO NOT CALL SEA UNTIL YOU HAVE A FULLY FUNCTIONAL INSTALLATION USING ONE OF AUTOCAD’s NATIVE MENU: ACAD.MNU, ACADFULL.MNU OR ACLT.MNU. And, YOU CAN PICK COMMANDS FOR ALL 4 AREAS OF YOUR DIGITIZER.
This helps isolate the problem. Once the all the tablet areas of the AutoCAD menu is working, then SUPER MENU Lite can be reactivated using AutoCAD's MENU command and will work generally without fail.
Sometimes the digitizer can appear to be working correctly because it is configured as a mouse but will not work with the tablet overlay. Check the AutoCAD configuration to make sure your tablet is not using a mouse driver.
1) If the crosshair is working normally and you are in the digitizer mode and you can pick commands in all 4 tablet areas and you have explored the on-line support and still really need help:
You can reach us by email at Contact SEA
2) If the crosshair is not working or the digitizer has problems with TABLET/CFG call the digitizer supplier or AutoCAD dealer after reading below and checking out the document: Digitizer Problems
MAKE SURE you have the latest drivers from the digitizer manufacturer: Summagraphics and CalComp are now supported by GTCO at www.gtco.com. Kurta is supported by Altek at www.altek.com
If AutoCAD will not take the third point of a digitizer area during the TABLET command, re-tape menu to the tablet surface so that it is centered and the edges of the overlay are parallel to the edges of the digitizer. This problem can also be caused by configuring AutoCAD for the wrong digitizer. Also See Digitizer Problems
SUPER MENU LITE is not the default menu when starting a new drawing.
Solution: The prototype drawing is set to a drawing other than ACAD or set
to "." (period).
If commands are out of place, reconfigure the tablet using the TABLET command. Do not use rows A&B. Make sure SML is the active menu.
VPORTS do not work.
Reason: VPORTS are saved in the prototype drawing
supplied with SUPER MENU LITE. In an existing drawing you will have to create
and save them as VP1 through VP6.
File dialog boxes don’t work.
Reset the FIADIA system variable in
ACAD.DWG (support directory) and save.
Existing drawings remember the last menu used, not SML. Call up drawing, type in AutoCAD's MENU command, change to the appropriate SUPER MENU LITE name and save the drawing. It will then remember SML the next time.
I can't globally change color or line type in the LAYER or DDLMODES.
Yes, this is correct normal with SML when setting layers from the overlay. We have choochosenuse ByEntity color and linetype so that the AutoCAD's FILTER command will select using color and linetype. For instance using FILTER you can select the blue dashed line work on layer 3. This is not possible when color and line type are set by layer.
Using the initialization file in our Enhanced SM product you can change color, layer names and linetypes to whatever you want. You can even maintain multiple initialization files for a variety of purposes.
More about Layers, Colors and Linetypes
SML won't allow me to use our other menu's.
SML will allow other menu's. You must however, type in AutoCAD's MENU command, then choose the menu another mnu/mns/mnc file. Our enhanced SM product does allow you to fully integrate other menu's.
More about using the MENU command.
Operation Principles and Unique Features
Check README.SML for late breaking news.
Delete the following files in your ACAD SUPPORT directory(s):
| ARROW.DWG | BALLOONC.DWG | BALLOONL.DWG | DELTA.DWG | DOT.DWG | PLIST.DWG | LOGO.DWG |
| REFDWG.DWG | TBLK1.DWG | README.SML | SMLA*.MN? |
Delete C:\SYM, its contents and sub-directories.
Restore old prototype dwg - ACAD-OLD.DWG. Your existing ACAD.DWG was copied to ACAD-OLD.DWG in the AutoCAD support directory. Copy it to ACAD.DWG.
For existing drawings, if you used SUPER MENU LITE with a drawing and saved it, you will have to use the MENU command to switch menus the next time you call it into the AutoCAD editor.
No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise. SUPER MENU LITE Copyright 1985-2003 Ted Schaefer, Granger, IN. AutoCAD and AutoLISP are trademarks of Autodesk, Inc.
SUPER MENU LITE, software and template (digitizer tablet overlay), described in this manual is furnished under this license agreement: The software maybe duplicated for backup purposes only. The template may not be reproduced in any way. The template and software is licensed for use on the digitizer it came with. No simultaneous multiple usage is permitted. Template systems which are derived from SUPER MENU LITE are also subject to this agreement.
In no event shall Schaefer Enterprises and Associates (SEA) be liable to
anyone for special, collateral, incidental, or consequential damages in
connection with or arising out of the purchase or use of these materials, SUPER
MENU LITE. The sole and exclusive liability to SEA, regardless of the form of
action, will be the correction of programming errors in the programs created by
SEA at SEA's discretion.
Now its time to try SUPER MENU LITE. Start a new drawing, pick squares and see what they do. That's about all the training you need for SML. You will still need to know AutoCAD. If you have questions on the operation of a command, you will have to refer to an AutoCAD reference book.
SUPER MENU LITE is laid out much like AutoCAD's menu. In other words, if you are used to object snap commands along the bottom of the screen pointing area, then that's where you'll most likely find them.
Screen The screen pointing area in the middle/right, white. This has the copyright notice, and reference for:
| · XYZ axis system | · Suggested layer usage |
| · Coordinate entry | · Buttons |
Entities To the upper left of the screen pointing area is the 2D entity draw section in blue, containing commands for LINE, CIRCLE, ARC, RECTANGLE, POLYGON, PLINE and more.
KeyPad To the left of the 2D entity section, in tan, is the keypad input area with angle and fraction input. Note the square for 0,0 - a handy point.
Symbols Also called BLOCK OPERATIONS are at the bottom of tablet area 2, in green is the block commands for symbols and attributes.
Space To the lower right are four blue squares for Paper Space and Model Space.
ViewPorts Below Space, in pink, in area 4, are the VIEW PORT commands. If you create viewports in the prototype drawing called VP1 through VP6, they will be restored by pick the lower 6 icons.
Zooms Above and to the right are Zoom/Pan/Regen squares in pink. Learn to use these Zooms and Views well and you can avoid most of your drawing regenerations.
Views Two vertical rows in brown just below Zooms allow you to save and recall views to help speed you around your drawing and eliminate regenerations.
LineTypes On the left edge at the top of area 4 is the Line Types group.
Colors Below the Line Types, in blue, is the Colors group.
Inquiry Below the Color Group is the yellow inquiry area. Here you quiz the drawing for information. Several of the commands have been upgraded beyond AutoCAD to provide more 3D information.
Help To the right of Inquiry are 3 Help squares. Only the ? is active.
Text Along the bottom, to the right of Help, is the TAN text group. You will find squares for all standard text input and editing operations.
Edits 1 Above the text area, along the bottom, you come to the blue area for editing, ERASE, MOVE, COPY, etc.. Often you operate on the last entity drawn. The big L is for the Last option. If you pick in space, the command will go into AUtomatic operation.
Undo At the bottom left corner of the screen pointing area is the UNDO group in white.
Osnap To the right of UNDO, in green is the Object Snap group.
Select 1 Just below the object snap, is the brown selection group, W, C, P, R, A. These squares provide single letters for use during selection, such as P for Previous and C for Crossing.
Edit 2 Below are several pink editing squares for SCALE, ROTATE, OFFSET, STRETCH, MEASURE and DIVIDE.
Trim/Ext Below Offset is the green Trim/Extend group.
Break Along the bottom are three blue squares for BREAK.
Pedit The PEDIT group is in the lower right of area 4 in pink
Change The Change group is right above Pedit, in tan.
Chamfer Above change is the yellow Chamfer group which includes several preset options.
Fillet Above Chamfer in yellow are the FILLET options.
Utilities Starting back up at the top, menu area one, on the left, in pink, you'll find the Utilities area with File operations, Printing, and Plotting.
Settings Below the Menu group is the Settings group, in pink. Many of these squares are toggles which means click on the square once to change a setting, then click again to restore the original setting.
Hatch Back at the top, to the right of Utilities are 6 Hatching squares in yellow. The two user squares are meant for patterns you use frequently.
Units Along the top of the screen pointing area, to the right of setup, in green, you'll find drawing limits and units. The UNITS command allows you to change the coordinate precision without changing anything else. This is handy for dimensioning.
Pt Filters To the right in yellow is the Point Filters.
Snap Is to the right of Point Filters are common Snap values in blue.
Grid Grid, in yellow is on the right edge of area 1.
UCS To the left of On-line Database are the User Coordinate System (UCS) commands. Study these carefully because once you understand them they are vital to all design work, 2D or 3D.
Limits Below the UCS, in tan, is the drawing limits group which controls the grid area on your drawing.
Layers Layers are in pink, centered above the screen pointing area.
Dimens Along the top is the large green area for dimensions. Several of these commands are exclusive to Release 11+ like STyle and OBLIQ. Move works with associative dimensions in R10+. Isometric dimensions are in the Mechanical Design Option for SUPER MENU ENHANCED as well as an automated method for datum line dimensions.
Fractions In tablet area 3, to the right of the screen pointing area is a list of fractions in 32nds. When you click on them, you get the decimal equivalent.
ABCDE Below fractions, in brown, is the alphabet and some special characters. On the 12x18 you can switch to lower case by clicking on the lower case ôaö on the left edge.
Buttons A button menu is assigned to the digitizer cursor. Button 2 (button 3 on some digitizers) is special because of the object snap toggle. A chart of button funtions is on the template.
Pull Down AutoCAD's pull down menus have been merged into SUPER MENU LITE. The Release 11 menus have been simplified to work more like Release 10. SUPER MENU ENHANCED has greatly improved pull down menus.
SUPER MENU LITE is the pioneer of the single pick philosophy. Just pick the option and perform the action. For instance to zoom a window, just pick Window from the pink area to the left of the screen pointing area. Do not attempt to pick the heading or the raw command first, then the window option. All boxes are square regardless of the thin heading across logical groups.
With so much functionality built into a small space it is necessary to have color coding. In a short time your subconscious will look for the colors and you'll be able to find commands instantaneously. Squares which are logically related are colored the same, i.e. TEXT commands are tan and Entity Creation commands are blue.
There are row and column numbers along all sides of the overlay plus the A & B rows which are not active in SML. Note that the left side numbers restart at each menu area. If this manual refers to square 5,11 of menu area 2, just count 5 down and 11 over from the start of menu area 2. This square is the LINE command. Generally the square will be referred to using the format [T2-5-11].
With AutoCAD's UNDO feature there is no reason to be afraid to click on a square and see what it does.
The 12x17 or 12x18 digitizer is the most cost effective purchase for the production CAD operator who frequently uses symbols. For the 12x18, tablet area 3 is relocated to either side of the main overlay. The blank squares are numbered from 200 through 459 but after clicking the blue LOWERCASE/FRACTIONS square in the bottom of tablet area 3, you can use symbols 500 through 759 (slip in a new upper part for the side sheet).
Symbols are easy! Just name them MISC200.DWG through MISC459.DWG or MISC500.DWG through MISC759.DWG and store them in the subdirectory C:\SYM\MISC. For example, to assign an existing symbol to square 398, just rename your symbol to MISC398.DWG and move it to C:\SYM\MISC. You can also use the WBLOCK command to write block a symbol straight to the MISC sub-directory and then use it on-the-fly.
INSTALL created C:\SYM and C:\SYM\MISC. In C:\SYM you will find PRO-SIDE.DWG for tablet area 3. Call it up, insert your symbols and replot it. Then place it over the existing blank area. SUPER MENU ENHANCED includes SAM (Symbol-Application Manger) that allows you to assign DWGs, AutoLISP, ADS... to any square.
The LAYER group starts with INHERIT (not active), pink, [T1-6-11] and has 24 squares. The numbered squares instantly switch between layers 0 through 9 changing color and linetype. For normal drafting these are enough layers to manage. Numbers were used because it is hard to imagine all of the names that you might want to use for your layers. To help with your drafting standards, there is a chart in the screen pointing area with the suggested purpose of the layers, colors and line types. (SUPER MENU ENHANCED comes with an installation file, allowing you to implement your own color/linetype/layername conventions.)
Colors and Linetypes are controlled explicitly and independently of the BYLAYER defaults. When you change layers from the SUPER MENU LITE template, explicit COLOR and LINETYPE are also changed. The reason for not using the BYLAYER defaults is you can search for colors and line types using the FILTER and SSX AutoLISP routines. When you use the layer dialog to change layers, the color and linetype will not change, because the COLOR and LINETYPE commands still override the layer defaults. Use the COLOR and LINETYPE commands to change back to BYLAYER if you want, then use the layer dialog, [T1-6-13].
ON, OFF, COLOR, LINE TYPE, FREEZE, THAW, and NEW are the normal LAYER options of the same name. COLOR and LINE TYPE only change the BYLAYER defaults. VPORT, [T1-7-12], is AutoCAD's VPLAYER command for Release 11+.
Button 2 (button 3 on some digitizers) - Multiple Object Snap
The button functions are listed in the center of the overlay, except for R12/13 which are listed in the next section.
There are two types of object snap. Normally you specify it each time you want to lock on to an endpoint or center. The other type is called "Running Object Snap" It remains on continuously. You can always override it for one point by picking another object snap command, even NONE. You can even specify multiple options such as: END,MID,INT. AutoCAD will then make choose the point closest to the point you selected.
SUPER MENU LITE has made button 2, the button after pick, a toggle for running object snap: Click once, it's on. Click again, it's off. This replaces CANCEL in AutoCAD's standard button assignment. CANCEL is on the overlay at [T2-7-5] and CONTROL C is always on the keyboard. The "snapmode" is set to handle 90% of the average user's needs: END,MID,CEN,NODE,INTERSEC,INSERT,PER
Normal R12/13 Buttons
| 0 | Pick | 1 | Enter | 2 | Cursor Menu 1 | 3 | Cancel | 4 | Zoom | 5 | Redraw |
| 6 | Line | 7 | Circle | 8 | Dtext | 9 | Zoom P | 10 | Zoom V | 11 | Pan |
| 12 | Erase | 13 | Erase L | 14 | Ddlmode | 15 | Ddemodes |
While holding SHIFT Down R12/13 Buttons
| 0 | Pick | 1 | Osnap On | 2 | Cursor Menu 2 | 3 | Osnap off | 4 | Undo 1 | 5 | Redraw |
| 6 | Line | 7 | Circle | 8 | Dtext | 9 | Zoom P | 10 | Zoom V | 11 | Pan |
| 12 | Erase | 13 | Erase L | 14 | Ddlmode | 15 | Ddemodes |
While holding CTRL Down R12/13 Buttons
| 0 | Pick | 1 | Line | 2 | Cursor Menu 3 | 3 | Circle | 4 | Zoom | 5 | Redraw |
| 6 | Line | 7 | Circle | 8 | Dtext | 9 | Zoom P | 10 | Zoom V | 11 | Pan |
| 12 | Erase | 13 | Erase L | 14 | Ddlmode | 15 | Ddemodes |
While holding CTRL & SHIFT Down R12/13 Buttons
| 0 | Pick | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 11 | "." |
| 12 | Backspace | 13 | + | 14 | - | 15 | Enter |
Attention Windows users: The Shift, Ctrl and Shift & Ctrl options do not work.
The commands that ask you to select entities generally use the AUtomatic feature. This means that when you do not put the pick box directly on an entity, you automatically enter a window selection mode. If you stretch the window from left to right, you get a normal Window. If you stretch from right to left, you get a Crossing window. You can intentionally pick in space to get a Window or Crossing window.
Many commands repeat, like the LINE command. It assumes that when you finish one line, you'll probably want to draw another. Occasionally you may have to use CANCEL (^C), but on the balance you'll save time.
Most commands have a built-in CANCEL feature. For instance if you are drawing a line and want to change layer, just pick the layer. Then return to the line command without thinking about CANCEL.
This is an area where SUPER MENU LITE really shines. Manipulating the display can cost you a lot of time particularly if you cause a regeneration most of the time. Our users report that they can go hours without regenerating a drawing by using ZOOM Dynamic, MAX (R11), and VIEWS while avoiding PAN, ZOOM Extents and ZOOM All. Some people purchase a separate product for zooming (other than display list), but report little advantage over SUPER MENU LITE and good technique. Since you can loose hours per week to boring regens, it would pay to review AutoCAD's discussion of regeneration and virtual screen.
There are a couple icons that might be difficult for you to cross-reference in AutoCAD's manual.
Files Dialog for R11, Settings Group
In Release 11, when an AutoCAD command needs a file name (like insert), it can respond with the File Dialog Box. Seasoned AutoCAD users may bypass it. Square [T1-6-5], shows a picture of the file dialog box. It toggles AutoCAD's system variable FILEDIA on or off. Even if the FILEDIA variable is set to 0 (off), you can have the dialog box for one command with the tilde, ~. Use square [T1-5-6], ~, for this purpose.
These two squares, [T1-8-4] and [T1-9-4], flip the screen like the F1 key on your keyboard.
R DIALOG, [T1-6-4], is AutoCAD's DDRMODES command, a dialog box for changing snap, grid and axis options transparently.
These two squares [T4-1-12] and [T4-1-13], repesent a single undo and the full UNDO command repectively.
We include the following drawings (or symbols) with SUPER MENU LITE. They can be inserted by picking the appropriate square. You can substitute your drawing by using our name. For instance, just copy your company's logo to LOGO.DWG and then it will be active on square [T1-9-13].
| Drawing | Square | Drawing | Square | Drawing | Square |
| BALLOONC | [T1-8-6] | ARROW | [T1-7-10] | DELTA | [T1-8-9] |
| BALLOONL | [T1-8-7] | DOT | [T1-6-10] | REFDWG | [T1-8-8] |
| PLIST | [T1-8-13] | TBLKL1 | [T1-8-12] | LOGO | [T1-9-13] |
SUPER MENU LITE comes as a compiled MNX file not the text source MNU file. Customization is not supported by SEA. When you upgrade to SUPER MENU Enhanced you get the MNU source code and can purchase the AutoCAD drawing file used to produce SUPER MENU.
The blanks squares in the template pictured below represent the inactive squares in all versions of SUPER MENU LITE. These are squares which can only be activated with AutoLISP in the Enhanced version. When you click on an inactive square it will say "Not Available".
| Area | Row | Column | Description |
| 1 | 2 | 14 | Move |
| 1 | 3 | 1 | audit |
| 1 | 3 | 4 | LOAD EXTERNAL ADS |
| 1 | 3 | 13 | Dimension OBLIQUE |
| 1 | 3 | 14 | Dimension TEXT ROTATE |
| 1 | 3 | 15 | Ordinate Dimensions (requires Mech Opt) |
| 1 | 4 | 10 | Dimension Styles SAVE |
| 1 | 4 | 11 | Dimension Styles OVER-RIDE |
| 1 | 4 | 12 | Dimension Styles RESTORE |
| 1 | 4 | 13 | Dimension Styles ? |
| Area | Row | Column | Description |
| 1 | 5 | 5 | File Dialog tilde (~) |
| 1 | 5 | 10 | Dimension Styles RECALL STYLE |
| 1 | 5 | 11 | Dimension Styles RECALL USER 1 |
| 1 | 5 | 12 | Dimension Styles RECALL USER 2 |
| 1 | 5 | 13 | Dimension Styles RECALL USER 3 |
| 1 | 6 | 5 | fil dia variable setting |
| 1 | 7 | 12 | VPORT |
| 2 | 7 | 1 | Point Entry |
| 2 | 8 | 11 | MAX |
| 2 | 9 | 5 | XREF |
| 2 | 9 | 6 | XBIND |
| 2 | 9 | 8 | TILE MODE |
| 4 | 1 | 7 | PAPER SPACE |
| 4 | 1 | 8 | MODEL SPACE |
| 4 | 1 | 9 | MODEL VIEW |
| 4 | 7 | 6 | Inquiry XREF |
| 4 | 7 | 13 | DDEDIT |
| Area | Row | Column | Description |
| 1 | 1 | 3 | OPEN (was END-PURGE) |
| 1 | 1 | 7 | BHATCH (was USER 1) |
| 1 | 1 | 8 | BPOLY (was USER 2) |
| 1 | 2 | 5 | NEW (was LOAD LISP) |
| 4 | 4 | 20 | F (R12's new Fence selection) |
| 4 | 4 | 21 | WP |
The tablet overlay is printed on both sides. Be sure you have the R13 side up. There are no command changes in R13, however there are inactive squares similar to the previous releases of SUPER MENU LITE as pictured on the previous page. Inactive squares result when there is no AutoCAD similar to a SUPER MENU ENHANCED programmed command.
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