Hurricane for AutoCAD
Hurricane for AutoCAD
Which commands work at the command line • Which open dialog boxes • Hyphen variants for scripting • Removals and additions through AutoCAD 2026
-LAYER instead of LAYER) to get a fully command-line version. Commands marked NO require interactive dialog input and cannot be scripted. Use the filter buttons to find exactly what you need.
📚 Companion resource: AutoCAD System Variable Reference: 2000 to 2026 — 357 SYSVARs rated for scripting, including the 6 KEY variables every batch script must set.
| Command | Description | Status 2024–2026 | Dialog Box? | Hyphen Variant | Hurricane? | Notes & Changes |
|---|
These system variables can be set at the top of a Hurricane script to suppress dialogs in commands that don't have a hyphen variant:
SETVAR FILEDIA 0 — Suppresses file open/save dialogs for many commands (EXPORT, IMPORT, SAVEAS, ACISIN, ACISOUT, BMPOUT, WMFIN, WMFOUT, STLOUT, PSIN, PSOUT, MSLIDE, VSLIDE). Reset to 1 at end of script.SETVAR ATTDIA 0 — Prevents INSERT from opening the Attribute dialog when inserting attributed blocks.SETVAR CMDDIA 0 — Suppresses PLOT and HATCH command dialogs in older AutoCAD versions. Use -PLOT and -HATCH for reliable modern scripting.SETVAR EXPERT 1 (or higher) — Suppresses certain confirmation and warning dialogs. Higher values suppress more.-PURGE All * No — Purges all unused items (blocks, layers, linetypes, styles) with no confirmation prompts.-PLOT — Batch plot to any plotter or PDF without the Plot dialog. Use Hurricane's Command Capture to record the exact prompt sequence.-INSERT blockname — Inserts a block without any dialog. Specify name, insertion point, scale, and rotation on the command line.-LAYER S layername — Sets the current layer. -LAYER N layername creates a new layer.-HATCH — Applies hatching from the command line with no ribbon or dialog.-FIND — New in AutoCAD 2026. Finds and replaces text across the drawing from the command line with no dialog.