[Fighter]

Any time you have a problem or question in ACAD, check the help file. It's the best one I've ever used. If you go to the Open command in the Help file, it explains your problem

Hello Gerry,

If you could go into a bit more detail here I would greatly appreciate it, as I have never been able to find anything in the help files!

If I type "open" in the search box on the "Search" tab, the only thing close is "Open files modified in AutoCAD", which isn't close.

If I type "open" in the search box on the "Index" tab, it jumps from "Online translations" to "Options". No "open".


When I first started, I needed to draw a line tangent to a circle so I typed "Tangent" in the search box and sixteen topics came up, none told how to do it. It told how to draw circles tangent to lines, and many other combinations, but not a line tangent to a circle. I discovered how to do it at a later date by accident while drawing something else.

Thank You!

[ger21]

Hello Gerry,

If you could go into a bit more detail here I would greatly appreciate it, as I have never been able to find anything in the help files!

If I type "open" in the search box on the "Search" tab, the only thing close is "Open files modified in AutoCAD", which isn't close.

If I type "open" in the search box on the "Index" tab, it jumps from "Online translations" to "Options". No "open".

Using the Index tab, when I type open, i see:
Open and Save tab
Open Command
....

Double click Open Command, and choose Quick Reference, and you get this. (partial)

Command entry: open
The Select File dialog box (a standard file selection dialog box) is displayed.
You can open and load a portion of a drawing, including geometry on a specific view or layer. In the Select File dialog box, click the arrow next to Open and choose Partial Open or Partial Open Read-Only to display the Partial Open dialog box.
When FILEDIA is set to 0 (zero), OPEN displays a command prompt.

As for how to draw something, that would be found in a tutorial, not a help file.