AutoCAD List Display command

Features and use of 8.5.1 list display

The list in AutoCAD displays commands for displaying database information about objects, such as layers (Layer), handles (Handle), and so on. In addition, depending on the selected object, the command also gives the additional information associated with it.

The call method for the list command is:

Toolbar: "Inquiry (query)" →

Menu: "Tool (tool)" → "Inquiry (query)" → "list (listing display)"

Command line: List (or alias Li)

In addition to the list command, AutoCAD provides an dblist command that lists the data for all objects in the graph in turn. The display data for each object is the same as the list command.

The call method for the DBList command is:

Command line: dblist

8.5.2 List Display commands detailed

Call the list command to display the database information for the specified object, including the items shown in table 8-3.

Table 8-3 List Command query content

Project	Meaning
"Object"	Type of Object
Layer (layer)	The layer on which the object resides
Spaces (space)	is the model space or the drawing space currently?
Project	Meaning
Handle (handle)	The handle of the object, in hexadecimal notation, as the object's identity in the graphics database
X, Y, Z	The location of the object

Table 8-3 List command query content

Color (color)	If the object's Color is not "bylayer" or "byblock", this information is displayed
Linetype (line style)	If the object's line style is not "bylayer" or "Byblock", display this information
LineWeight (line width)	If the line width of the object is not "Bylayer" or "byblock", this information is displayed
Linetype scaling (linear scale)	If the object's line-style proportions are not the default, this information is displayed
Thickness (thickness)	If the object thickness is Non-zero, the information is displayed
Additional data	is related to the selected object, such as the endpoint of the line, the center of the circle, etc.

Expert pointing system variable perimeter stores the last perimeter value of the calculation of the "area", "DBList", and "list" orders.