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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
- 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
- Migrate and Transfer Custom Settings and Files
- Index
Quick Reference
Commands
CUI
Manages the customized user interface elements in the product.
System Variables
FILLMODE
Specifies whether hatches and fills, 2D solids, and wide polylines are filled
in.
Use AutoLISP in Macros
Creating commands that use AutoLISP is a more advanced way to use the
AutoCAD customization feature.
You can use AutoLISP variables and expressions to create macros that perform
complex tasks. To use AutoLISP efficiently in macros, place AutoLISP code in
a separate MNL file. AutoCAD loads the MNL file when it loads a CUIx file
with the same name and in the same location.
You can specify additional AutoLISP files to load in the Customize User
Interface (CUI) Editor. Creating commands that use AutoLISP is a more
advanced way to use the AutoCAD customization feature. Carefully study the
following examples and the information in the AutoLISP Reference and the
AutoLISP Developer's Guide. To access the additional help resources, on the
InfoCenter toolbar, to the right of the Help button, click the drop-down arrow.
Experimentation and practice will help you use this feature effectively.
Call a Macro
To programmatically execute a pull-down menu macro, use the following
syntax:
(menucmd "Gcustomizationgroup.element_ID=|")
The previous syntax works only if the menu macro is part of a menu that is
on the AutoCAD menu bar and is available for use. For more information
about this syntax, see the AutoLISP Reference.
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