Easter egg in AutoCAD 2004?
That's easter egg as in when programmers want to have some credit for all
their work without actually getting the listing approved by the powers to be
in the marketing department. A common practice for some software
developers is to have a hidden message or scrolling screen hidden somewhere
in the software to promote themselves.
Here are the steps to see the one for those dedicated guru's of AutoCAD
programming!
1: Start AutoCAD 2004 as you
usually do.
2: Go to the Format pull-down
menu and select Color.
3: Select the ACI tab in the Color Dialog box.
4: While holding down
the Control key,
double-click with the left mouse button over the
color box of #152. This
will open another dialog
box that says: "AutoCAD
2004 Credits with the Easter Egg in it".
The credits of the people who
helped develop the software for AutoCAD 2004 are
listed.
Here are some more keyboard shortcut helpers for the
easter egg utility.
The Y key replays the
cheers that you hear at the opening of the
dialogue box.
The #4 key toggles some
lighting and confetti options for the volcano.
The ESC key will close the
window.
The Enter key will restart
the credits.
The Left mouse button allows the scene in the
background to tilt or rotate by
clicking and dragging.
The Middle mouse button allows the scene in the
background to be panned by clicking and dragging.
The Right mouse button allows the scene in the
background to be zoomed in and out by clicking and
dragging.
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