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Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Basic Customization
- Custom Linetypes
- Custom Hatch Patterns
- User Interface Customization
- DIESEL
- Command Scripts
- Introduction to Programming Interfaces
- Shapes and Shape Fonts
- Overview of Shape Files
- Create Shape Definition Files
- Shape Descriptions
- Vector Length and Direction Code
- Special Codes
- Use Special Codes
- Codes 0, 1, and 2: End of Shape and Draw Mode Control
- Codes 3 and 4: Size Control
- Codes 5 and 6: Location Save/Restore
- Code 7: Subshape
- Codes 8 and 9: X-Y Displacements
- Code 00A: Octant Arc
- Code 00B: Fractional Arc
- Codes 00C and 00D: Bulge-Specified Arcs
- Code 00E: Flag Vertical Text Command
- Text Font Descriptions
- Sample Files
- Big Font Descriptions
- Unicode Font Descriptions
- Superscripts and Subscripts in SHX Files
- Index
Basic Customization
AutoCAD
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is a general-purpose drafting system designed with an open architecture so you
can customize and extend its many features. As a result, you can expand and shape AutoCAD
according to your needs.
Overview of Customization
AutoCAD 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 Tool Sets 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 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. You
can, for example, copy a disk or delete a file from within AutoCAD 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 by adding the
command to the PGP file acad.pgp. For example, you might want to start
the BLOCK command by entering b.
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