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Work with User Interface Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Manage and Modify Action Macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Manage Action Macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Insert User Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Pause for User Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Work with Coordinates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Insert Base Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Work with Object Selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Tips for Using the Action Recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Examples of Action Macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Create a New Layer and Draw Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Insert a Block and Change a Dynamic Property
Value
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Modify Circles with the Properties Palette . . . . . . . . . . 60
Chapter 2
Custom Linetypes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Overview of Linetype Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Simple Custom Linetypes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Text in Custom Linetypes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Shapes in Custom Linetypes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Chapter 3
Custom Hatch Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Overview of Hatch Pattern Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Hatch Patterns with Dashed Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Hatch Patterns with Multiple Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Chapter 4
User Interface Customization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Understand User Interface Customization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Overview of the Customization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Use the Customization Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Overview of the Customize User Interface (CUI)
Editor
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Work with the Customizations In Pane . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Work with the Command List Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Work with the Dynamic Display Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
How Customization Has Changed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Customization Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Work with the Customize User Interface (CUI) Editor . . . . . . . . . 106
Create a Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Create User Interface Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Create a Quick Access Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Customize the Ribbon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Create a Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Create a Pull-Down Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
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