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Components in CIRCLE macro
Automatically translates the command
that follows into other languages
Special control charac-
ter
_
Starts the CIRCLE commandCommandCIRCLE
Creates a pause for the user to specify the
center point
Special control charac-
ter
\
Responds to the prompt for the circle's
radius (1)
Special control charac-
ter
1
For a list of special control characters that you can use in macros, see
Use
Special Control Characters in Macros
(page 42).
Cancel Running Commands
Make sure that you have no AutoCAD commands in progress before you
execute a macro. To automatically cancel a command before executing a
macro, enter ^C^C at the beginning of the macro (which is the same as pressing
ESC twice). Although a single ^C cancels most commands, ^C^C is required to
return to the command prompt from a dimensioning command and ^C^C^C
is required based on the current option of the -LAYER command. ^C^C handles
canceling out of most command sequences and therefore is the recommended
sequence used to ensure no command is active before the macro is started.
Verify Macro Characters
Every character in a macro is significant, even a blank space.
When you place a space at the end of the macro, AutoCAD processes the
macro as though you had entered a command (circle, for example) and then
pressed the Spacebar to complete the command.
Terminate Macros
Some macros require special terminators. Some commands (TEXT, for example)
require you to press Enter rather than Spacebar to terminate the command.
Some commands require more than one space (or Enter) to complete, but
some text editors cannot create a line with trailing blanks.
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