Have you ever battled with the Command Alias Editor; that tool under Express Tools that lets you set abbreviations for your favorite commands (ie: "QS" to invoke the QSELECT command)? I have, and after multiple lost battles (lost battle = me giving up) I have finally WON!
Why is the Command Alias Editor important in Civil 3D? Well, it is a critical component of the workflow for adding Featurelines (breaklines) to a surface, QUICKLY! So lets get started…
A seldom used command in AutoCAD is Quick Select (QSELECT). The QSELECT command is basically a filter that allows you to quickly select objects that have commonalities. So, what does this have to do with the Command Alias Editor? Well, typing QSELECT each time you want to use this tool takes way too much time – for me at least – and keeping the AutoCAD Properties Palette open slows down Civil 3D. How do we fix that? We use the Command Alias Editor!
After the jump learn how to use Command Alias Editor and how to use QSELECT to quickly add all your Grading Objects, Featurelines, Plines, 3Dplines, and 3Dlines to your surface in two steps.
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