Sometimes, it becomes necessary to know the time for completing a drawing in autocad (required by client for billing purpose) or evaluate your skill for completing the drawing with autocad in quickest possible time. All these are possible, if you use the 'TIME' command in autocad to find out the required time automatically while working on a drawing.
In order to apply the time command, provide time on the command section, the following records will be visible:-
So these options are useful to help you in finding out the required time for completing a drawing.
Other option: The Express Tools EDITTIME command (type it on the command line) detects active editing time. It will function in a better way as compared to time command to represent your actual work perfectly. For start tracking, it should be activated. You can reset the time and apply the timeout option to postpone counting after a specific time of inactivity.
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