While most of our tools are now available on our ribbons, we've kept some of them as keyboard-only commands. These "secret tools" carry out a variety of helpful automated processes – from repairing problematic callouts to configuring all the layers in your drawing.
The Commands
Several of these "secret" keyboard commands are available as ribbon buttons in F/X CAD, our Autodesk authorized CAD engine for Land F/X users.
FX_DEVELOPMENTSCHEDULE
Run the legacy version of the Site Development (Concept Graphics) schedule. We updated this feature to the current vertical format back in 2018 for various improvement reasons, including the ability to allow photos in the schedule. Use this command if you need to match the old format while editing an old drawing.
FX_OLDSPOTELEVATION
Use our old Spot Elevation tool for cases where you need to match the old style. Going forward, however, we highly recommend using our newer Spot Elevation tool from the ribbon.
LANDFX
Opens the Welcome screen with our latest training links.
LANDFXANNO
Turn on and off the ability to place Land F/X scaled objects as annotative objects instead. This tool is typically used to turn it OFF. See our documentation on annotative scaling.
LANDFXCLASSIC, LANDFXRIBBON
Toggles between Classic Mode (LANDFXCLASSIC) and the Land F/X and ACAD ribbons (LANDFXRIBBON).
LANDFXDIALOGRESET
This command resets the locations of all Land F/X dialog boxes. It can come in handy if you work in different monitors, if you are unable to locate a dialog box, or if one of our tools seems to freeze – for example, if you try to size the mainline in an irrigation design and your drawing seems to freeze. All open Land F/X dialog boxes will be located and returned to the front of your view on the monitor where you're using AutoCAD.
PolySimplify
Instantly simplify a complex polyline by reducing how many vertices it includes. More information
Formerly Secret Commands Now Available Within Land F/X Ribbons
Below are some commands that used to be "secret" but that we've since built into the Land F/X ribbons:
CONVERTALLTEXT (F/X Details ribbon)
Converts all text in the drawing to multi-line text (MText).
- More information on Convert All Text
- Also available as a ribbon button with F/X CAD 2019 and newer. Get the F/X CAD 2023 ribbons
DELETEFONT (F/X Site ribbon)
If you are no longer using one of your ;Text Styles, use this command to delete it from the list.
- More information on Delete Font
- Also available as a ribbon button with F/X CAD 2019 and newer. Get the F/X CAD 2023 ribbons
DELETEHATCH (F/X Site ribbon)
Deletes a hatch that was placed incorrectly or is no longer needed.
- More information on Delete Hatch
- Also available as a ribbon button with F/X CAD 2019 and newer. Get the F/X CAD 2023 ribbons
DELREGAPPS (F/X Admin ribbon)
Deletes all Registered Applications (RegApps) from your drawing – an important component of the drawing cleanup process.
- More information on DelRegApps
- Also available as a ribbon button with F/X CAD 2019 and newer. Get the F/X CAD 2023 ribbons
FX_DETAILVIEWPORT (F/X Details ribbon)
Create a drawing-specific project detail that uses a viewport to see a detailed area in Model Space. This tool is great for enlargements of your plan, or elevations you'd like to keep within the working drawing.
More information on Detail Viewport
FX_RECALCZONES (F/X Irrigation ribbon)
Fires the Recalculate Zones command without the need to open the Circuiting tool. Allows for quicker recalculation to circuit zones when making modifications.
More information on FX_RECALCZONES
FXPLODE (F/X Admin ribbon)
Convert a Concept Line back to a polyline to edit its layout before turning back into a Concept Line.
GOBYLAYER (F/X Admin ribbon)
Converts all objects to the Color ByLayer setting – including blocks, or blocks within blocks). Color ByLayer is our recommended layer setting for CAD drawings.
- More information on Go ByLayer
- Also available as a ribbon button with F/X CAD 2019 and newer. Get the F/X CAD 2023 ribbons
IMPORTCSV (F/X Admin ribbon)
If you have a CSV file of coordinates, this command will place a block such as a tree or Northing-Easting Point at each location.
- More information on the IMPORTCSV command
- Also available as a ribbon button with F/X CAD 2019 and newer. Get the F/X CAD 2023 ribbons
Set Mask Size FX_MASKSIZE (F/X Admin ribbon)
Set all multileader (MLeader) background mask offset factors. More information
FX_LAYERCOLOR (F/X Admin ribbon)
Select an object and change the color of its assigned layer in the Layer Properties Manager of the active drawing. Works on linework inside blocks and Xrefs.
More information on FX_LAYERCOLOR
NEWFLOWZONE (F/X Irrigation ribbon)
Fires the New Flow Zones command. Allows you to assign a shortcut key to use the tool rather than having to size the mainline to access the tool.
POLYDIVIDE (F/X Admin ribbon)
Divide a closed polyline into separate closed sections.
More information about POLYDIVIDE
PRG (Instant Purge) (F/X Admin ribbon)
Automates the three-step native AutoCAD PURGE command, which purges objects from your drawing.
- More information on PRG
- Also available as a ribbon button with F/X CAD 2019 and newer. Get the F/X CAD 2023 ribbons
REDEFINEBLOCK (F/X Admin ribbon)
Use this command to repair callout blocks that are behaving strangely. Note: This command will only work on files within the folder LandFX/Blocks/Graphics/Callouts.
REMOVEXDAT (F/X Admin ribbon)
Removes data associated with a "smart" object, turning it into a generic object (for example, turns a groundcover or Reference Note hatch into a generic hatch with no data).
More information about REMOVEXDAT
REAL (Reload All Linetypes) (F/X Admin ribbon)
This command reloads all linetypes to correct scaling issues.
- More information on REAL
- Also available as a ribbon button with F/X CAD 2021 and newer. Get the F/X CAD 2023 ribbons
REAT (F/X Site ribbon)
Update all Land F/X Text Styles in the current drawing to match the active Preference Set.
- More information on the REAT command
- Also available as a ribbon button with F/X CAD 2019 and newer. Get the F/X CAD 2023 ribbons
Spot Elevation Z Align (FX_SPOTELEVATIONZALIGN) (F/X Site ribbon)
Assign a Z Elevation to a Spot Elevation callout to coordinate with Civil 3D, a surveyor, or with a 3D modeling program such as SketchUp, Rhino, or Revit. More information
SuperLayFreeze (FX_LAYFRZ) (F/X Admin ribbon)
Allows you to freeze object layers in Xrefs as well as in the drawing. This command replaces the native AutoCAD LAYFRZ command, which has issues toggling between objects in the main drawing and objects in Xrefs. More information
SuperLayIso (FX_LAYISOLATE) (F/X Admin ribbon)
This command replaces the native AutoCAD LAYISO command, which is effective for isolating layers but has issues isolating Land F/X blocks. FX_LAYISOLATE allows you to isolate Land F/X blocks. More information
TEXT2ATTRIB (Text to Attribute) (F/X Site ribbon)
Converts text within a callout block to an attribute – a piece of dynamic text that allows "smart" blocks, such as plant labels and irrigation callouts, to take on different values when inserted into a drawing.
- More information on TEXT2ATTRIB
- Also available as a ribbon button with F/X CAD 2019 and newer. Get the F/X CAD 2023 ribbons
