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Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Basic Customization
- Overview of Customization
- Organize Program and Support Files
- Customize a Publish to Web Template
- Define Custom Commands
- Record and Modify Action Macros
- Custom Linetypes
- Custom Hatch Patterns
- User Interface Customization
- Understand User Interface Customization
- Work with the Customize User Interface (CUI) Editor
- Create and Manage Customization Files
- Customize Commands
- Overview of Commands
- Create, Edit, and Reuse Commands
- Create Macros
- Overview of Macros
- Use Special Control Characters in Macros
- Pause for User Input in Macros
- Provide International Support in Macros
- Use Built-in Commands in Macros
- Repeat Commands in Macros
- Use Single Object Selection Mode in Macros
- Use Macros to Swap User Interface Elements
- Use Conditional Expressions in Macros
- Use AutoLISP in Macros
- Control the Display of Command Items
- Assign Search Tags
- Create Tooltips and Extended Help for Commands
- Create Status Line Help Messages
- Assign, Create, and Manage Images for Commands
- Customize User Interface Elements
- Load an AutoLISP File
- Customize Workspaces
- Transfer and Migrate Customization
- Customize User Interface (CUI) Editor FAQs
- DIESEL
- Slides and 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
A copy of the selected command is created in-place directly above the
selected command in the Command List pane.
NOTE The key combination Ctrl+D can be used to duplicate a command
in-place.
Quick Reference
Commands
CUI
Manages the customized user interface elements in the product.
Create Macros
A macro defines the action that results when an interface element is selected.
A macro accomplishes a drawing task that would otherwise take a series of
actions by a user.
Overview of Macros
A macro can contain commands, special characters, DIESEL (Direct
Interpretively Evaluated String Expression Language) or AutoLISP programming
code.
NOTE As AutoCAD is revised and enhanced, the sequence of prompts for various
commands (and sometimes command names) might change. Therefore, your
custom macros might require minor changes when you upgrade to a new release
of AutoCAD.
You add macros to interface elements by using the Customize User Interface
(CUI) Editor. Select an existing command or create a new command in the
Command List pane. Enter macros in the Macros section of the Properties
pane. There are no length limitations for macros. However, you do need to
know how specific characters are used in macros and be aware of other
considerations or limitations.
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