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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
RIBBON
Opens the ribbon window.
System Variables
ACTPATH
Specifies the additional paths to use when locating available action macros
for playback.
ACTRECORDERSTATE
Specifies the current state of the Action Recorder.
ACTRECPATH
Specifies the path used to store new action macros.
Action Node Icons
When an action macro is being recorded or is current, each action in the
action macro file is represented by a node in the Action tree.
To help determine the type of action or input used during the recording of
an action macro, icons are displayed next to each one of the nodes on the
Action tree. The following table explains what each of the different action
nodes represent and the icon that is displayed next to them in the Action tree.
DescriptionAction Node NameIcon
Designates that a pause for input will be made
for the action during playback.
Pause for User Input
A user message will be displayed for this action
during playback.
User Text Message
A request to specify a base point will be made
for the action during playback.
Insert Base Point
Node that contains all recorded input for a
command.
Command
Top level node that contains all the actions
associated with the current action macro.
Action Macro
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