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[caderudite]

in india people use english version of autocad (as all the other english speaking nations do). And we use "line" but not "._line" could you please tell me what's the difference between line and ._line thanks

 

[R. Robert Bell]

The "." tells AutoCAD to use the internal command, ignoring any possible Undefine of the command. The "_" tells AutoCAD to use the English version of the command for international versions of AutoCAD.

 

[mmo]

Hello caderudite,

The period character (.) is used so you're able to always access a built-in AutoCAD command, even in case it has been (mistakenly) undefined by a user with the UNDEFINE command. See Help, UNDEFINE command for more information.

The underscore character (_) is used to support foreign language versions of AutoCAD, it ensures that the command name will be translated so that a foreign language version is able to understand it.

With friendly greetings, M. Moolhuysen.