Command & Toolbar Reference

One page: every ConstructiVision toolbar button, ConstructiVision menu item and command you type – with its icon, the command, what it does and the lesson that teaches it.

ConstructiVision installs three toolbars – ConstructiVision, ConstructiVision Site & Tools and ConstructiVision Crane – and one pull-down menu. Every toolbar button has a lesson; the Lesson column links to it. Some actions are typed at the AutoCAD Command: prompt (the tutorial checkers, account pairing, revision stepping and a few utilities). Commands are not case-sensitive, and CSV is the standard “is the plug-in loaded?” check. If a toolbar is not visible, choose Show CV Toolbar on the ConstructiVision menu. Hover any button for its tooltip.

The tables list the buttons in the order they sit on each toolbar, left to right.

ConstructiVision toolbar

Projects, drawings and the panel. Each feature button opens that feature’s dialog for the current panel and redraws the panel when you click OK. The same dialogs are also reachable from the Main Panel Details feature checklist. The six phase buttons at the right end show the panel one build stage at a time: from All, a phase button shows only that phase; with a phase view up, it adds or removes that phase. A phase view is never saved.

Icon	Button	Command	What it does	Lesson
	New Project	(menu)	Create a project — opens the Project Details form, then creates the project folder and its first drawing.	Lesson 1
	Project Details	(menu)	Edit the current project’s details (units, concrete spec, contractor / job info) — feeds the title block.	Lesson 1
	Change Project Folder Location	CV-PROJECT-FOLDER	Rename the project or point it at another folder. OK makes the folder and writes the project file there under the new name; it moves no file, and the command line names the drawings to move and where.	Lesson 122
	Open Drawing	(menu)	Browse and open an existing project drawing.	Lesson 13
	New Drawing	(menu)	Create a new panel or site drawing in the current project from a template.	Lesson 2
	Projects	CV-PROJECT-BROWSER	Every ConstructiVision project on this computer, with its panels: pick one and open it.	Lesson 120
	Tracker	CV-PROGRESS	How far this project is, the next step and how long until drawing is done, read from its project file; open any of its drawings from the list.	Lesson 121
	Edit Main Panel	CV-EDIT-MAINPANEL	Open Main Panel Details — width, height, thickness, mark, gridline marks, and the feature checklist.	Lesson 100
	Sandwich Panel	CV-FEAT-SANDWICH	An insulated sandwich panel: the exterior wythe, the insulation and the structural wythe.	Lesson 123
	Top Step	CV-FEAT-TOPSTEP	Drop the top of the panel to a lower height over part of its width, at one end.	Lesson 124
	Footing Step	CV-FEAT-FTGSTEP	A step in the bottom of the panel where the footing steps up or down.	Lesson 125
	Standard Opening	CV-FEAT-OPENING	Window / generic openings.	Lesson 108
	Man Door	CV-FEAT-MANDOOR	Man doors with size, position, and swing.	Lesson 5
	Dock Leveler	CV-FEAT-DOCKLVL	Dock-leveler openings.	Lesson 115
	Rough Opening	CV-FEAT-ROUGHOPEN	Rough openings.	Lesson 31
	Recess / Blockout	CV-FEAT-RECESS	Rectangular, circular, arched, and triangular recesses / blockouts.	Lesson 103
	Pilaster / Lintel	CV-FEAT-PILASTER	Pilasters and lintels over openings.	Lesson 105
	Lintel Details	CV-FEAT-LINTEL	A lintel or corbel band that stands proud of the panel face.	Lesson 126
	Spandrel Seat	CV-FEAT-SPANDREL	Spandrel seats.	Lesson 38
	Chamfer	CV-FEAT-CHAMFER	Edge chamfers and profiles.	Lesson 101
	Reveals	CV-FEAT-REVEAL	Horizontal reveals (rustication) cast into the panel face.	Lesson 114
	Vertical Reveals	CV-FEAT-REVEAL-V	Vertical reveals cast into the panel face.	Lesson 114
	Exterior Face	CV-FEAT-FACE	Form liners and face materials, area by area; the sheet hatches each area with its material.	Lesson 127
	Weld Connections	CV-FEAT-WELDCONN	Weld-plate connections (embeds).	Lesson 109
	Edit Embeds	CV-FEAT-EMBEDS	Define and change the connection and embed types the project uses.	Lesson 7
	Slab Dowels	CV-FEAT-DOWELS	Slab dowels along the panel base.	Lesson 102
	Ledger / Top Plate	CV-FEAT-LEDGERTP	Ledger bars and top plates with anchor hardware.	Lesson 106
	Roof Line	CV-FEAT-ROOFLINE	Sloped / stepped roof lines.	Lesson 107
	Pick Points	CV-FEAT-PICKPTS	Lifting inserts (pick points) — automatic grid or manual placement.	Lesson 113
	Brace Points	CV-FEAT-BRACEPTS	Brace points — automatic or manual placement.	Lesson 104
	1 Form	CV-PHASE-FORM	Show phase 1, Form: forms, miters, steps, openings, doors, levelers, blockouts, recesses, pilasters, lintels, spandrel seats, chamfer.	Lesson 119
	2 Face	CV-PHASE-FACE	Show phase 2, Face: reveals and face treatments.	Lesson 119
	3 Down Face	CV-PHASE-DOWN	Show phase 3, Down Face: down-face weld connections and the sandwich wythe.	Lesson 119
	4 Up Face	CV-PHASE-UP	Show phase 4, Up Face: up-face and inside weld connections, ledger, top plate, slab dowels and the roof line.	Lesson 119
	5 Pick and Brace	CV-PHASE-PICK	Show phase 5, Pick and Brace: pick points and brace points.	Lesson 119
	All	CV-PHASE-ALL	Show everything: redraw the complete panel. On by default.	Lesson 119

ConstructiVision Site & Tools toolbar

The site, printing, views and utilities. Buttons shown with (menu) run through ConstructiVision’s main command with an option chosen for you, so they have no typed command of their own.

Icon	Button	Command	What it does	Lesson
	Site Plan	CV-SITE-PLAN	Site-plan setup dialog.	Lesson 10
	Site Grid	CV-SITE-GRID	The site grid lines.	Lesson 10
	Site Drawings	CV-SITE-DRAWINGS	Create / manage the project’s site drawings.	Lesson 10
	Walls	CV-SITE-WALLS	Site wall layout.	Lesson 10
	Slabs	CV-SITE-SLABS	Site slab layout.	Lesson 10
	Draw Site Plan	CV-AUTO-SITE-DRAW	Draw the site plan from the grid, wall line and slab record stored in the site drawing.	Lesson 128
	Attach Panels	CV-ATTACH	Attach every panel drawing to the site as an xref, laid out around the building.	Lesson 11
	Detach Panels	CV-DETACH	Remove all panel xrefs from this site drawing.	Lesson 11
	Construction Layout IN	CV-LAYOUT-IN	Cast the panels INSIDE the building, snaked through the footprint.	Lesson 129
	Construction Layout OUT	CV-LAYOUT-OUT	Cast the panels OUTSIDE the building, one straight row per side.	Lesson 129
	Cast Layout Draw	CV-CAST-DRAW	Draw the casting layout for this site, and store the cast record in the drawing.	Lesson 130
	Tilt-Up Panels	CV-TILTUP	Stand the attached panels up on their wall lines and classify their edges.	Lesson 11
	Autosite	CV-AUTOSITE	Build the site from its panels alone: grid, wall lines, attach and tilt-up. Run it in a new drawing saved beside the panels.	Lesson 131
	Interference Check	CV-INTERFERE	Check the stood-up panels for clashes and list each with its cause; the clashes are left on layer CV-INTERFERE.	Lesson 133
	QA Findings	CV-QA	List the last Interference Check’s findings; pick one to center the drawing on it.	Lesson 133
	Materials List	(menu)	Quantity take-off for the current panel.	Lesson 13
	Batch Utilities	(menu)	Run an operation across many panels at once — print the panel book, print revision histories, update drawings.	Lesson 21
	Print Setup	(menu)	Save the drawing and open the plot dialog (plotter, paper size, plot style).	Lesson 135
	Print All Layers	(menu)	Turn on every layer, save, and plot.	Lesson 13
	Print Select Layouts	(menu)	Preset the site print layer set (solid views; dimensions and construction lines off), regenerate, and plot.	Lesson 135
	Revision History	(menu)	View and print the drawing’s revision history.	Lesson 15
	Slope Calculator	(menu)	Stand-alone slope / grade calculator.	Lesson 140
	View All Layers	(menu)	Turn every layer on.	Lesson 134
	View Select Layers	(menu)	Pick which layers are visible.	Lesson 134
	Save Layer State	CV-SAVELAY	Save the arrangement of the panels in the site drawing under a name you choose. Despite its name, it saves the panel layout, not a layer state.	Lesson 134
	Zoom Extents	ZOOM E	Zoom so the whole drawing fits on screen (AutoCAD’s own ZOOM Extents).	Lesson 134
	3D Viewpoint	CV-VIEWPOINT	Open the Change 3D Viewpoint dialog.	Lesson 19
	Space Census	CV-SPACE-CENSUS	Report which space, model or a layout, holds this drawing’s entities.	Lesson 136
	Pick Wall Lines	CV-WALL-PICK	Draw site wall lines by picking the building corners instead of typing them.	Lesson 132
	Linked Panels	CV-LINKED-PANELS	Link panels so one panel drives its clones / mirrors.	Lesson 14
	Up-Convert Panel	CV-UPCONVERT	Convert an older panel to the current storage format (reversible; CV-UPCONVERT-UNDO restores it).	Lesson 137
	Tutorial	CV-TUTORIAL	The guided in-product tutorial — builds a small building step by step.	Lesson 138
	Color Theme	CV-THEME	Pick the drawing color scheme.	Lesson 139
	Program Options	CSV	The Program Options hub dialog — also the quick check that the plug-in loaded.	Lesson 142
	Account	CV-ACCOUNT	Your SimpleStruct account, read only: email, organization, plan and panel tokens. Edit it on the web.	Lesson 141

ConstructiVision Crane toolbar

Warning

A crane station never straddles the slab edge. It belongs entirely outside the wall clearance, on prepared subgrade, or entirely inboard of the closure strip, on the poured slab – never in the band between them. Judge it by the machine’s tracks or outriggers, not the centre of a drawn circle. Draw Crane, Crane Pick and Crane Capacity Check put the crane exactly where you type or pick it and do not test the slab edge. Check every station yourself; siting belongs to the lift engineer and the engineer of record.

Icon	Button	Command	What it does	Lesson
	Crane Configuration	CV-CRANE-CONFIG	Pick the crane machine and the weight display units. Every capacity verdict scores against this machine.	Lesson 118
	Crane Catalog	CV-CRANE-LIST	List every machine in the crane catalog with its capacity, and whether its load chart is verified or only representative. Changes nothing.	Lesson 118
	Crane Weight Units	CV-CRANE-UNITS	Switch the weight display between tonnes, short tons and kips. Display only.	Lesson 118
	Draw Crane	CV-CRANE	Draw one crane at a point you pick, and set the machine. Does not check the slab edge.	Lesson 118
	Crane Pick	CV-CRANE-PICK	Score one pick from a crane position you pick: select a panel, and the crane is drawn reaching it with the verdict. Does not check the slab edge.	Lesson 118
	Crane Capacity Check	CV-CRANE-CHECK	Score every panel against one crane position and report the refusals. Needs the cast record from Cast Layout Draw or Construction Layout. Draws nothing. Does not check the slab edge.	Lesson 118
	Plan Picks	CV-PICK-PLACE	Plan every pick in mark order after Construction Layout, keeping each station wholly on the slab or beyond the wall clearance. Refuses a site with no drawn slab.	Lesson 118

Account & licensing (typed)

Pairing links an AutoCAD seat to your simplestruct.com account — one browser sign-in, nothing to type. The normal route is CV → Sign In (Link Workstation) or the first-run offer; the commands below start the same flow. Full walkthrough: Pair your workstation.

Command	What it does
CVIDN_PAIR	Start the browser sign-in that links this workstation to your account.
CVIDN_PAIR_CODE	Pairing fallback: paste the one-time pickup code when the browser hand-off is blocked.
CV-LICENSE-STATUS	Show the current licensing and token status.
CV-LICENSE-UUID	Show this drawing’s licensing fingerprint (per-drawing UUID).

Export to ConstructiVision Web (typed)

Command	What it does
CV-EXPORT-PANEL	Export the current panel to ConstructiVision Web (the browser companion).
CV-EXPORT-SITE	Export the current site drawing to ConstructiVision Web.
CV-EXPORT-LAYOUT	Export the construction layout to ConstructiVision Web.

Revisions (typed)

Command	What it does
CV-REVERT	Swap the newest save-time backup in as the current drawing — undo across saves.
CV-RESTORE	Step forward again after CV-REVERT — redo across saves.

Support (typed)

Command	What it does
CV-RELOAD	Reload the ConstructiVision modules (support command).

Check your tutorial work (typed)

Every tutorial lesson ends with an automated check your work step: ConstructiVision grades the open drawing against the lesson’s expected result and prints a report card. Run the checker in the drawing the lesson builds.

Command	What it does	Where it’s taught
CV-CHECK-LESSON	Asks which lesson (1–12), then grades the open drawing; remembers the last one as the default.	Tutorials
CV-CHECK-LESSON1	Grade Lesson 1 — Getting Started.	Tutorial 1: Getting Started with ConstructiVision
CV-CHECK-LESSON2	Grade Lesson 2 — Panel Options.	Tutorial 2: Panel Options
CV-CHECK-LESSON3	Grade Lesson 3 — Panel Lines.	Tutorial 3: Panel Lines
CV-CHECK-LESSON4	Lesson 4 — Chamfer: prints a guided review checklist.	Tutorial 4: Chamfer
CV-CHECK-LESSON5	Grade Lesson 5 — Door.	Tutorial 5: Door
CV-CHECK-LESSON6	Grade Lesson 6 — Standard Opening.	Tutorial 6: Standard Opening
CV-CHECK-LESSON7	Grade Lesson 7 — Weld Connections.	Tutorial 7: Weld Connections
CV-CHECK-LESSON8	Grade Lesson 8 — Ledger / Top Plate.	Tutorial 8: Ledger & Top Plate
CV-CHECK-LESSON9	Grade Lesson 9 — Brace Points & Expansion Gaps.	Tutorial 9: Brace Points & Expansion Gaps
CV-CHECK-LESSON10	Grade Lesson 10 — Site Drawing.	Tutorial 10: Site Drawing
CV-CHECK-LESSON11	Grade Lesson 11 — Attach Panels.	Tutorial 11: Attach Panels
CV-CHECK-LESSON12	Grade Lesson 12 — Construction Layout.	Tutorial 12: Construction Layout

View menu

These views are on the View part of the ConstructiVision menu, not on a toolbar.

Icon	Menu item	What it does
	Panel faces / site elevations	Jump to a panel face or site elevation view (Up Face / Site Plan, Down Face, Left / Right Edge = West / East, Bottom / Top Edge = North / South).
	SW / SE / NE / NW Isometric	Jump to an isometric view.

Menu-only items

These appear on the ConstructiVision pull-down menu without a toolbar button:

Menu item	What it does
Edit Current Drawing	Open the editor for whatever is loaded — the panel or site editor for a CV drawing, or Program Options if none is.
Show CV Toolbar	Restore the toolbar if it was closed.
Print → Panel → …	Print the panel with a preset layer set: All Layers, Edge Form, Ledgers / Top Plate, Weld Connections, Reveal, or Pick / Brace Points.
Shading	Set the shaded display mode: Off, Hidden, or Shaded.
Revert to Previous Revision	Step the panel back one saved revision (CV-REVERT).
Restore Next Revision	Step the panel forward one revision (CV-RESTORE).
Registration Manager	Legacy item — shows a notice that registration is not available in this release. Account linking is Sign In (Link Workstation).
Help	Opens this help site.
ConstructiVision Web Page	Opens simplestruct.com.
About ConstructiVision	Version and product information.
Tech Support	Send a support request (CSVTECH).
Sign In (Link Workstation)	Start the browser sign-in that links this workstation to your SimpleStruct account — see Pair your workstation.

Related

• Quick Reference — commands by task, dialog entry formats, and print routes at a glance.

• Tutorials — the thirteen-lesson core curriculum, the feature lessons and the toolbar lessons (118–142); the lesson checkers grade lessons 1–12.

• Troubleshooting — what to do when a command comes back “Unknown command”.