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Customizing Autocad 2007

by: Tickoo,Sham

Customizing Autocad 2007

by: Tickoo,Sham

ISBN 13:
9781418049010
ISBN 10:
1418049018
Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 08/24/2006
Publisher: Autodesk Press
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Summary

Updated to provide coverage of the design capabilities of AutoCAD 2007, this new edition offers detailed explanations of customizing techniques for advanced users of AutoCAD.

Preface

Template Drawings

Creating Template Drawings

(1)

Standard Template Drawings

(6)

Loading a Template Drawing

(1)

Customizing Drawings with Layers and Dimensioning Specifications

(5)

Customizing a Drawing with Layout

(4)

Customizing Drawings with Viewports

(3)

Customizing Drawings According to Plot Size and Drawing Scale

Script Files and Slide Shows

What are Script Files?

(2)

Running Script Files

(6)

Repeating Script Files

(1)

Introducing Time Delay in Script Files

(1)

Resuming Script Files

(1)

Command Line Switches

(1)

Invoking a Script File when Loading AutoCAD

(10)

What is a Slide Show?

(1)

What are Slides?

(1)

Creating Slides

(2)

Viewing Slides

(2)

Preloading Slides

(2)

Slide Libraries

(4)

Slide Shows with Rendered Images

Creating Linetypes and Hatch Patterns

Standard Linetypes

(1)

Linetype Definitions

(1)

Elements of Linetype Specification

(1)

Creating Linetypes

(6)

Alignment Specification

(1)

LTSCALE Command

(2)

LTSCALE Factor for Plotting

(1)

Current Linetype Scaling (CELTSCALE)

(1)

Alternate Linetypes

(1)

Modifying Linetypes

(3)

Complex Linetypes

(1)

Creating a String Complex Linetype

(8)

Hatch Pattern Definition

(3)

How Hatch Works

(1)

Simple Hatch Pattern

(1)

Effect of Angle and Scale Factor on Hatch

(1)

Hatch Pattern with Dashes and Dots

(3)

Hatch with Multiple Descriptors

(5)

Saving Hatch Patterns in a Separate File

(1)

Custom Hatch Pattern File

Customizing the ACAD.PGP File

What is the ACAD.PGP File?

(6)

Section of the ACAD.PGP File

(4)

Reinitializing the ACAD.PGP File

Customizing Menus and Toolbars

Customizing User Interface

(1)

Changes from the Previous Releases

(1)

Creating a Customized Menu

(4)

Adding Nonstandard Commands to Menus

(2)

Partial Customization Files

(4)

Cascading Submenus in Menus

(1)

Writing a Menu File

(9)

Customizing Toolbars

(8)

Creating Shortcut Menus

Image Tile Menus

(1)

Slides for Image Tile Menus

(1)

Creating Image Tile Menus

(4)

Writing Image Tile Menus

(7)

Restrictions

(1)

Image Tile Menu Item Labels

Button Menus

(2)

Writing Button Menus

(4)

Special Handling for Button Menus

(4)

Submenus

(1)

Loading Menus

Tablet Menus

Standard Tablet Menu

(1)

Features of a Tablet Menu

(1)

Customizing a Tablet Menu

(1)

Modifying an Existing Tablet Menu

(1)

Writing a Tablet Menu

(4)

Tablet Configuration

Customizing Screen Menus

Screen Menu

(1)

Creating a Customized Screen Menu

(3)

Writing Screen Menus

(4)

Loading Screen Menus

(2)

Screen Submenus

(8)

Multiple Screen Submenus

(15)

Long Menu Definitions

(3)

Menu Command Repetition

(1)

Automatic Menu Swapping

(1)

Menuecho System Variable

(1)

Menus for Foreign Languages

(2)

Special Characters

(2)

Command Definition Without Enter or Space

(1)

Menu Item with Single Object Selection Mode

(1)

Use of AutoLisp in Menus

Shapes and Text Fonts

Shape Files

(1)

Shape Description

(1)

Vector Length and Direction Encoding

(3)

Special Codes

(18)

Text Font Files

Working with AutoLisp

About AutoLisp

(1)

Mathematical Operations

(2)

Incremented, Decremented, and Absolute Numbers

(1)

Trigonometric Functions

(2)

Relational Statements

(2)

defun, setq, getpoint, and Command Functions

(6)

Loading an AutoLisp Program

(2)

getcorner, getdist, and setvar Functions

(7)

list Function

(1)

car, cdr, and cadr Functions

(1)

graphscr, textscr, princ, and terpri Functions

(5)

getangle and getorient Functions

(3)

getint, getreal, getstring, and getvar Functions

(1)

polar and sqrt Functions

(5)

itoa, rtos, strcase, and prompt Functions

(5)

Flowcharts

(1)

Conditional Functions

Working with Visual Lisp

Visual Lisp

(1)

Overview of Visual Lisp

(1)

Starting Visual Lisp

(1)

Using the Visual Lisp Text Editor

(4)

Visual Lisp Console

(4)

Using the Visual Lisp Text Editor

(2)

Visual Lisp Formatter

(4)

Debugging the Program

(2)

General Recommendations for writing the Lisp File

(14)

Tracing Variables

(1)

Visual Lisp Error Codes and Messages

Visual Lisp: Editing the Drawing Database

Editing the Drawing Database

(1)

ssget

(2)

ssget ``X''

(1)

Group Codes for ssget ``X''

(1)

sslength

(1)

ssname

(1)

ssadd

(1)

ssdel

(1)

entget

(1)

assoc

(1)

cons

(1)

subst

(1)

entmod

(2)

Retrieving and Editing the Database

(2)

Some More Functions to Retrieve Entity Data

Programmable Dialog Boxes Using the Dialog Control Language

Dialog Control Language

(1)

Dialog Box

(1)

Dialog Box Components

(2)

Button and Text Tiles

(1)

Tile Attributes

(1)

Predefined Attributes

(1)

key, label, and is_default Attributes

(1)

fixed_width and alignment Attributes

(2)

Loading a DCL File

(1)

Displaying a New Dialog Box

(2)

Use of Standard Button Subassemblies

(1)

AutoLisp Functions

(1)

Managing Dialog Boxes with AutoLisp

(3)

Row and Boxed Row Tiles

(1)

Column, Boxed Column, and Toggle Tiles

(1)

Mnemonic Attribute

(4)

AutoLisp Functions

(4)

Predefined Radio Button, Radio Column, Boxed Radio Column, and Radio Row Tiles

(7)

Edit Box Tile

(1)

width and edit_width Attributes

(4)

Slider and Image Tiles

(4)

AutoLisp Functions

Diesel: A String Expression Language

Diesel

(1)

Status Line

(1)

Modemacro System Variable

(1)

Customizing the Status Line

(1)

Macro Expressions Using Diesel

(3)

Using AutoLisp with Modemacro

(2)

Diesel Expressions in Menus

(1)

Macrotrace System Variable

(1)

Diesel String Functions

Visual Basic for Application

About Visual Basic

(1)

Visual Basic for Application

(1)

Using VBA in AutoCAD

(5)

Objects in VBA

(2)

Add Methods

(1)

Using the AddCircle Method to Draw a Circle

(1)

Using the AddLine Method to Draw a Line

(1)

Using the AddArc Method to Draw an Arc

(1)

Using the AddText Method to Write Text

(1)

Finding Help on Methods and Properties

(2)

Loading and Saving VBA Projects

(4)

Getting User Input

(1)

GetPoint Method

(1)

GetDistance Method

(1)

GetAngle Method

(4)

PolarPoint and AngleFromXAxis Methods

(1)

PolarPoint Method

(1)

AngleFromXAxis

(5)

Additional VBA Examples

Accessing External Database

Understanding Database

(2)

AutoCAD Database Connectivity

(1)

Database Configuration

(1)

Dbconnect Manager

(4)

Viewing and Editing Table Data from AutoCAD

(2)

Creating Links with Graphical Objects

(5)

Creating Labels

(5)

AutoCAD SQL Environment (ASE)

(1)

AutoCAD Query Editor

(5)

Forming Selection Sets Using the Link Select

Geometry Calculator

(1)

Real, Integer, and Vector Expressions

(1)

Numeric Functions

(1)

Using Snap Modes

(1)

Obtaining the Radius of an Object

(1)

Locating a Point on a Line

(1)

Obtaining an Angle

(2)

Locating the Intersection Point

(1)

Applications of the Geometry Calculator

(2)

Using AutoLisp Variables

(2)

Filtering X, Y, and Z Coordinates

(1)

Converting Units

(1)

Additional Functions

Index

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