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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
Contents
Chapter 1 Basic Customization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Overview of Customization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Organize Program and Support Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Overview of File Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Multiple Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Multiple Drawing Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Locate Customized Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Locate Data Link Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Locate Plot Style Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Locate Plotter Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Locate the PMP File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Locate Support Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Locate Drawing Template Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Locate Texture Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Customize a Publish to Web Template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Define Custom Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Define External Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Create Command Aliases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Record and Modify Action Macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Overview of Action Macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Work with the Action Recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Record an Action Macro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Record an Action Macro with the Action Recorder . . . . . . 29
Action Node Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
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