2012
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
To import custom settings from a computer with the same AutoCAD release
1 Do one of the following:
■ (Windows XP) Click Start menu ➤ Programs ➤ Autodesk ➤
AutoCAD 2012 ➤ Migrate Custom Settings ➤ Import AutoCAD
Settings.
■ (Windows Vista and Windows 7) Click Start menu ➤ All Programs
➤ Autodesk ➤ AutoCAD 2012 ➤ Migrate Custom Settings ➤
Import AutoCAD Settings.
2 In the Import Custom Settings standard file selection dialog box, select
the ZIP file that contains the custom settings that were exported. Click
Open.
3 In the confirmation message box, click OK.
Optionally, select the Display Log File After Closing This Dialog option
before clicking OK to display the log file that was created during the
importing of the transfer package.
To view the migration log after importing custom settings
1 In Windows Explorer, navigate to the following locations:
■ (Windows XP) \Documents and Settings\<user profile>\Application
Data\Autodesk\<product version>\<release
number>\<language>\Migration
■ (Windows Vista or Windows 7) \Users\<user
profile>\AppData\Local\Autodesk\<product version>\<release
number>\<language>\Migration
2 Double-click migration.xml to open the file and view the migration details.
Migration and Customization FAQs
This section outlines common migration and customization issues and their
solutions.
What are the benefits of selecting task-based tools?
Workspaces control which task-based tools are displayed in the application
window and when they are displayed. You can create different workspaces
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