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Basic Customization
Your dealer can offer you independently developed applications that can further tailor
AutoCAD for Mac to your needs.
Overview of Customization
AutoCAD for Mac can be customized in simple ways. For example, you can
change the directory structure or create a custom title block to use on a layout.
If you want to change the interface further, you can edit the Workflow palette
or menu bar, and use DIESEL statements to create custom commands.
You can also use a number of powerful application programming interfaces
(APIs) to add to and modify AutoCAD for Mac to suit your needs.
The list that follows is arranged from least to most complex:
Organize files. You can organize program, support, and drawing files. For
example, you can make a separate folder for each project that includes only
the support files that project needs.
Create custom drawing templates (DWTs). You can create custom drawing
templates to use when creating a new drawing. Drawing templates are used
to store the layers, blocks, and styles that you might use across all your
drawings.
Run external programs and utilities from within AutoCAD for Mac. You can,
for example, copy a disk or delete a file from within AutoCAD for Mac by
adding the appropriate external command to the program parameters (PGP)
file, acad.pgp.
Define command aliases. You can define simple abbreviations, or aliases,
for frequently used commands from within AutoCAD for Mac by adding
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