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Compatible with AutoCAD Versions: 13, 14, 2000, 2000i, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

KEYNOTE LIST

The KEYLIST command lists the keynote numbers used in the current drawing and their descriptions in a table that can look similar to what is shown in the image above:

User configurable options: 

• The text for the title
• The font, color, lineweight, height, and width value for the title text
• The font, color, lineweight, height, and width value for the main body text
• Adjustment to the length of the lines of text before they "wrap" to the next line
• Whether to draw a border around the keynote list
• Color and lineweight of the border lines
• Which corner to use as the insertion point for the block and consequently the fixed base point for when the list grows or shrinks when updating the list.
• The width of the keynote list

See the Keynotes and Keynote list text settings sections of the APS-CONFIG command

Layers:

• If you are using "No Layer Control" the keynote list will be inserted on whatever layer is current. See the Layer Control section of the APS-CONFIG command.

• The default layer type for the keynote list is "Drawing symbols".
  • If you are using "Direct Layer Assignment" the layer name is assigned to this layer type in the Layer assignments portion of the Layer Control section of the APS-CONFIG command.
  • If you are using "Layer Schemes" the layer name is assigned to this layer type in the Assigning Layer Names to Layer Types portion of the SCHEMEDIT command.

  The layer type for this command can be changed in the Assigning Layer Types to Commands portion of the Layer Control section of the APS-CONFIG command.  

Known limitations:

• None reported. If there is something this command will not do that you think it should please let us know.

Alternate uses:

• None reported. If you have an alternate use for this command submit it here.

SAMPLE KEYLIST COMMAND SYNTAX:

Command:
Command: KEYLIST

[If no keynote list exists in the drawing]

--the numbers from the keynote symbols are extracted and the keynote list block is created--

Insertion point:

Select the point where you would like the corner of the keynote list to go.

--the list is inserted--

[End - If no keynote list exists in the drawing]

 

[If a keynote list exists in the drawing]

--the numbers from the keynote symbols are extracted and the keynote list block is created--

The following dialog appears:

Click "OK"

[End - If a keynote list exists in the drawing]

 

Solutions to common questions and problems with this command

Related Commands

KEYDEFS Command to add, edit, and delete keynote definitions in a keynote definition file.

KEYNOT, KEYNOTA, KEYNOTB, KEYNOTD, KEYNOTS, KEYNOTT  Commands to draw keynotes w/ leader

TXTEDT  Command to edit attributes, text, mtext, dimensions, door symbols, window symbols, room name symbols, keynotes, material keys, doors (in plan), windows (in plan), hatch, dwg titles, dwg reference callouts, or an attribute definition.

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