Command Reference

Command Reference

Every command GoSurvey recognises at the command line, with its aliases and where it is documented in full.

Command names are not case-sensitive. Typing is fuzzy — a partial or slightly wrong name still resolves, and an unrecognised entry answers Unknown command. Did you mean: …?. Type HELP for a compact list inside the program.

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By category

Draw

Command	Aliases	Description	Details
LINE	L	Draw line segments	Drawing Tools
POLYLINE	PL	Draw a connected polyline	Drawing Tools
RECT	RECTANG, RECTANGLE	Draw a rectangle from two opposite corners	Drawing Tools
CIRCLE	C	Draw a circle	Drawing Tools
ARC	—	Draw a three-point arc	Drawing Tools
ELLIPSE	EL	Draw an ellipse	Drawing Tools
HATCH	H, BHATCH	Fill a closed area by picking an internal point	Drawing Tools

Annotation

Command	Aliases	Description	Details
TEXT	—	Place single-line text	Annotation
MTEXT	MT	Place multiline text	Annotation
DIMALIGNED	DAL	Aligned dimension	Annotation
DIMLINEAR	DLI	Linear (horizontal or vertical) dimension	Annotation
DIMANGULAR	DAN	Angular dimension	Annotation
STYLE	ST, DDSTYLE	Text style manager: create and edit named text styles	Annotation

Modify

Command	Aliases	Description	Details
MOVE	M	Move objects	Modify Tools
COPY	CP	Copy objects	Modify Tools
ROTATE	RO	Rotate objects	Modify Tools
SCALE	SC	Scale objects	Modify Tools
DELETE	DEL	Erase objects	Modify Tools
OFFSET	O	Offset at a distance	Modify Tools
TRIM	TR	Trim objects to an edge	Modify Tools
JOIN	J	Join collinear objects	Modify Tools
OVERKILL	OK	Remove duplicate geometry across the whole drawing	Modify Tools
ALIGN	AL	Fit and apply a coordinate transformation	Coordinate Alignment
PASTE	—	Paste from the clipboard at the cursor	Modify Tools
PASTEORIG	PO	Paste at the original coordinates	Modify Tools

Selection and visibility

Command	Aliases	Description	Details
SELECT	—	Build a selection set	Object Selection
QUICKSELECT	QS	Select by object properties	Object Selection
ISOLATEOBJECTS	ISOLATE	Hide everything except the selection	Object Selection
HIDEOBJECTS	—	Hide the selected objects	Object Selection
UNISOLATEOBJECTS	UNISOLATE	Show every object hidden by isolation	Object Selection

View and navigation

Command	Aliases	Description	Details
ZOOMEXTENTS	ZE	Zoom to the drawing extents	Views and Navigation
ZOOMWINDOW	ZW	Zoom to a window	Views and Navigation
PAN	P	Pan the view by dragging with the left mouse button	Views and Navigation
ORBIT	3DORBIT, 3DO	Free-orbit the model view	Views and Navigation
VISUALSTYLE	VS, VSCURRENT	Viewport visual style: 2D / HIDDEN / SHADED	Views and Navigation
REGEN	RE	Regenerate the drawing	Views and Navigation

Layers and properties

Command	Aliases	Description	Details
LAYER	LA	Open the Layer Manager	Layers
VPFREEZE	VPF	Freeze the picked entities layers in the current viewport	Layers
VPTHAW	VPT	Thaw the picked entities layers in the current viewport	Layers

Survey and COGO

Command	Aliases	Description	Details
CREATEPOINTS	CRTPTS	Create survey points	Survey Points
VIEWPOINTS	VWPTS	View and edit survey points in a table	Survey Points
IMPORTPOINTS	IMPPTS	Import survey points from CSV	Survey Points
EXPORTPOINTS	EXPPTS	Export survey points to CSV	Survey Points
INVERSE	INV	Inverse between two points	Inquiry Commands
SURFELEV	SE	Surface elevation at a point; grade between two	Inquiry Commands
ID	—	Identify point coordinates	Inquiry Commands
ALIGN	AL	Coordinate transformation from control pairs	Coordinate Alignment

Paper space and plotting

Command	Aliases	Description	Details
MVIEW	RECTVIEWPORT, RECTVP	Rectangular paper-space viewport, two clicks	Paper Space and Layouts
MSPACE	MS	Edit the model through the selected viewport	Paper Space and Layouts
PSPACE	PS	Return to paper space from a floating viewport	Paper Space and Layouts

Plot and Batch plot have no typed command. Use the Layout ribbon buttons, which appear when a paper layout is active. See Plotting.

Settings and utilities

Command	Aliases	Description	Details
UNITS	UN, DDUNITS	Drawing units: display precision and angle format	Settings and Options
PLOTSCALE	PSCALE	Set the plot scale (model units per plotted inch)	Plotting
ELEV	UCS	Elevation new geometry is drawn at; W returns to world	Drafting Aids
TRIMSTATE	—	TRIM mode: 0 draw a line to trim (default), 1 pick cutting edges	Modify Tools
HELP	—	Show the compact command list in the log	—

Import and reference geometry

Command	Aliases	Description	Details
PDFATTACH	PA	Attach a PDF underlay	PDF Underlays
IMPORTMODEL	GLTF, IMPORT3D	Import a glTF/GLB/STL/DWG 3D model as reference geometry	Import and Export

Diagnostics

Command	Aliases	Description
BENCH	—	Frame-budget benchmark. BENCH [segments] [frames], BENCH SURFACE [points] [frames], BENCH MESH [triangles] [frames]. Intended for performance checking, not for drafting.

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Alphabetical index

Command	Aliases
ALIGN	AL
ARC	—
BENCH	—
CIRCLE	C
COPY	CP
CREATEPOINTS	CRTPTS
DELETE	DEL
DIMALIGNED	DAL
DIMANGULAR	DAN
DIMLINEAR	DLI
ELEV	UCS
ELLIPSE	EL
EXPORTPOINTS	EXPPTS
HATCH	H, BHATCH
HELP	—
HIDEOBJECTS	—
ID	—
IMPORTMODEL	GLTF, IMPORT3D
IMPORTPOINTS	IMPPTS
INVERSE	INV
ISOLATEOBJECTS	ISOLATE
JOIN	J
LAYER	LA
LINE	L
MOVE	M
MSPACE	MS
MTEXT	MT
MVIEW	RECTVIEWPORT, RECTVP
OFFSET	O
ORBIT	3DORBIT, 3DO
OVERKILL	OK
PAN	P
PASTE	—
PASTEORIG	PO
PDFATTACH	PA
PLOTSCALE	PSCALE
POLYLINE	PL
PSPACE	PS
QUICKSELECT	QS
RECT	RECTANG, RECTANGLE
REGEN	RE
ROTATE	RO
SCALE	SC
SELECT	—
STYLE	ST, DDSTYLE
SURFELEV	SE
TEXT	—
TRIM	TR
TRIMSTATE	—
UNITS	UN, DDUNITS
UNISOLATEOBJECTS	UNISOLATE
VIEWPOINTS	VWPTS
VISUALSTYLE	VS, VSCURRENT
VPFREEZE	VPF
VPTHAW	VPT
ZOOMEXTENTS	ZE
ZOOMWINDOW	ZW

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Commands that accept arguments on one line

Most commands prompt step by step. These also accept everything on a single line:

Form	Effect
TRIMSTATE 1	Sets the value without prompting
ELEV 125.4	Sets the work-plane elevation
ELEV W / UCS W	Returns to the world XY plane
VS SHADED	Sets the visual style (2D, HIDDEN, SHADED)
PSCALE 50	Sets the plot scale to 1 plotted inch = 50 model units
IMPORTMODEL "C:\path\model.glb" 0.0833 100 200 0	Path, unit scale, then insertion X Y Z
BENCH 250000 900	Segment count and frame count

Typing the bare command instead opens the prompt or a file dialog.

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Features with no command

Some things are only reachable from the interface:

Feature	Where
New / Open / Save / Save As	File menu, Ctrl+S for Save
Import and Export DXF / DWG	File menu
Undo / Redo	Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Shift+Z, Edit menu, ribbon
Copy / Paste to clipboard	Ctrl+C / Ctrl+V, Edit menu, ribbon
Cut	Right-click ▸ Clipboard ▸ Cut, Ctrl+X
Options	View → Settings…
Plot and Batch Plot	Layout ribbon in paper space
Page Setup Manager, Viewports, Move or Copy layout	Right-click a layout tab
Traverse Editor	Ribbon Survey → Traverse
Point Groups, Surfaces	Ribbon Survey → Groups / Surfaces
Selection panel	Status bar SEL
Select similar, Clear selection	Right-click in the viewport with a selection