Customizing AutoCAD 2004

Name: Customizing AutoCAD 2004
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ISBN: 9781401851354

ISBN-10: 1401851355

ISBN-13: 9781401851354

Edition: 2004

Authors: Sham Tickoo

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Written in accordance with the design capabilities of AutoCAD 2004, this updated edition offers detailed explanations of customizing techniques for advanced users of AutoCAD. All the various levels of customization in AutoCAD are examined in one comprehensive volume, from the basic topics of creating template drawings and customizing menus, to the more advanced features, such as modifying the AutoCAD environment in ways that help industry professionals meet the needs of their organization. Thorough explanations are enhanced by live projects and examples that make it easy to comprehend and master the customizing concepts of AutoCAD 2004.

Book details

Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning
Publication date: 8/28/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 672
Size: 7.25" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.244
Language: English

Preface	p. xi
Dedication	p. xv
Template Drawings
Creating Template Drawings	p. 2
The Standard Template Drawings	p. 2
Loading a Template Drawing	p. 8
Customizing Drawings with Layers and Dimensioning Specifications	p. 10
Customizing a Drawing with Layout	p. 15
Customizing Drawings with Viewports	p. 18
Customizing Drawings According to Plot Size and Drawing Scale	p. 21
Script Files and Slide Shows
What are Script Files?	p. 2
Running Script Files	p. 4
Repeating Script Files	p. 10
Introducing Time Delay in the Script Files	p. 11
Resuming the Script Files	p. 12
Command Line Switches	p. 12
Invoking a Script File While Loading AutoCAD	p. 12
What Is a Slide Show?	p. 22
What are Slides?	p. 22
Creating Slides	p. 22
Viewing Slides	p. 24
Preloading Slides	p. 26
Slide Libraries	p. 28
Slide Shows with Rendered Images	p. 32
Creating Linetypes and Hatch Patterns
Standard Linetypes	p. 2
Linetype Definition	p. 2
Elements of Linetype Specification	p. 3
Creating Linetypes	p. 3
Alignment Specification	p. 9
LTSCALE Command	p. 10
LTSCALE Factor for Plotting	p. 12
Current Linetype Scaling (CELTSCALE)	p. 13
Alternate Linetypes	p. 14
Modifying Linetypes	p. 15
Complex Linetypes	p. 18
Creating a String Complex Linetype	p. 18
Hatch Pattern Definition	p. 26
How Hatch Works	p. 29
Simple Hatch Pattern	p. 29
Effect of Angle and Scale Factor on Hatch	p. 30
Hatch Pattern with Dashes and Dots	p. 31
Hatch with Multiple Descriptors	p. 34
Saving Hatch Patterns in a Separate File	p. 39
Custom Hatch Pattern File	p. 39
Customizing the ACAD.PGP File
What is the ACAD.PGP File?	p. 2
Sections of the ACAD.PGP File	p. 8
Reinitializing ACAD.PGP File	p. 11
Pull-down, Shortcut, and Partial Menus and Customizing Toolbars
AutoCAD Menu	p. 2
Standard Menus	p. 3
Writing a Menu	p. 3
Loading Menus	p. 10
Restrictions	p. 12
Cascading Submenus in Menus	p. 13
Shortcut and Context Menus	p. 19
Submenus	p. 23
Loading Screen and Image Tile Menus	p. 24
Partial Menus	p. 28
Accelerator Keys	p. 33
Toolbars	p. 35
Menu-Specific Help	p. 40
Customizing the Toolbars	p. 40
Image Tile Menus
Image Tile Menus	p. 2
Submenus	p. 3
Writing an Image Tile Menu	p. 4
Slides for Image Tile Menus	p. 4
Loading Menus	p. 10
Restrictions	p. 11
Image Tile Menu Item Labels	p. 12
Button and Auxiliary Menus
Button Menus	p. 2
Writing Button Menus	p. 2
Special Handling for Button Menus	p. 6
Submenus	p. 9
Loading Menus	p. 10
Auxiliary Menus	p. 13
Tablet Menus
Standard Tablet Menu	p. 2
Features of a Tablet Menu	p. 3
Customizing a Tablet Menu	p. 3
Writing a Tablet Menu	p. 4
Tablet Configuration	p. 7
Loading Menus	p. 8
Tablet Menus with Different Block Sizes	p. 10
Assigning Commands to a Tablet	p. 13
Automatic Menu Swapping	p. 14
Screen Menus
Screen Menu	p. 2
Loading Menus	p. 6
Submenus	p. 8
Multiple Submenus	p. 16
Long Menu Definitions	p. 31
Menu Command Repetition	p. 33
Automatic Menu Swapping	p. 34
Menuecho System Variable	p. 34
Menus for Foreign Languages	p. 35
Use of Control Characters in Menu Items	p. 35
Special Characters	p. 36
Command Definition Without Enter and Space	p. 38
Menu Items with Single Object Selection Mode	p. 39
Use of AutoLISP in Menus	p. 40
DIESEL Expressions in Menus	p. 41
Customizing the Standard AutoCAD Menu
The Standard AutoCAD Menu	p. 2
Submenus	p. 21
Customizing Tablet Area-1	p. 23
Submenus	p. 29
Customizing Tablet Area-2	p. 33
Customizing Tablet Area-3	p. 34
Customizing Tablet Area-4	p. 36
Customizing Buttons and Auxiliary Menus	p. 38
Customizing Pull-Down and Shortcut Menus	p. 44
Cascading Submenus in Menus	p. 44
Shortcut Menus	p. 48
Submenus	p. 49
Customizing Image Tile Menus	p. 49
Submenus	p. 50
Image Tile Menu Item Labels	p. 51
Customizing the Screen Menu	p. 54
Submenus	p. 54
Shapes and Text Fonts
Shape Files	p. 2
Shape Description	p. 2
Vector Length and Direction Encoding	p. 3
Special Codes	p. 6
Standard Codes	p. 6
End of Shape Definition	p. 7
Activate Draw Mode	p. 7
Deactivate Draw Mode	p. 7
Divide Vector Lengths by Next Byte	p. 10
Multiply Vector Lengths by Next Byte	p. 10
Location Save/Restore	p. 10
Subshape	p. 12
X-Y Displacement	p. 12
Multiple X-Y Displacements	p. 12
Octant Arc	p. 12
Fractional Arc	p. 13
Arc Definition by Displacement and Bulge	p. 15
Multiple Bulge-Specified Arc	p. 16
Flag Vertical Text	p. 16
Text Font Files	p. 20
Working with AutoLISP
About AutoLISP	p. 2
Mathematical Operations	p. 2
Incremented, Decremented, and Absolute Numbers	p. 4
Trigonometric Functions	p. 5
Relational Statements	p. 7
defun, setq, getpoint, and Command Functions	p. 9
Loading an AutoLISP Program	p. 14
getcorner, getdist, and setvar Functions	p. 17
list Function	p. 21
car, cdr, and cadr Functions	p. 21
graphscr, textscr, princ, and terpri Functions	p. 23
getangle and getorient Functions	p. 27
getint, getreal, getstring, and getvar Functions	p. 30
polar and sqrt Functions	p. 31
itoa, rtos, strcase, and prompt Functions	p. 35
Flowcharts	p. 40
Conditional Functions	p. 40
Working with Visual LISP
Visual LISP	p. 2
Overview of Visual LISP	p. 2
Starting Visual LISP	p. 2
Using the Visual LISP Text Editor	p. 3
Visual LISP Console	p. 7
Using the Visual LISP Text Editor	p. 11
Visual LISP Formatter	p. 13
Debugging the Program	p. 17
General Recommendations for Writing the LISP File	p. 19
Tracing Variables	p. 31
Visual LISP Error Codes and Messages	p. 32
Visual LISP: Editing the Drawing Database
Editing the Drawing Database	p. 2
ssget	p. 2
ssget "X"	p. 4
Group Codes for ssget "X"	p. 5
sslength	p. 6
ssname	p. 6
ssadd	p. 7
ssdel	p. 7
entget	p. 8
assoc	p. 8
cons	p. 9
subst	p. 9
entmod	p. 9
Retrieving and Editing the Database	p. 11
Some More Functions to Retrieve Entity Data	p. 13
Programmable Dialog Boxes Using the Dialog Control Language
Dialog Control Language	p. 2
Dialog Box	p. 2
Dialog Box Components	p. 3
Button and Text Tiles	p. 5
Tile Attributes	p. 5
Predefined Attributes	p. 6
key, label, and is_default Attributes	p. 7
fixed_width and alignment Attributes	p. 9
Loading a DCL File	p. 10
Displaying a New Dialog Box	p. 11
Use of Standard Button Subassemblies	p. 13
AutoLISP Functions	p. 14
Managing Dialog Boxes with AutoLISP	p. 15
Row and Boxed Row Tiles	p. 18
Column, Boxed Column, and Toggle Tiles	p. 18
Mnemonic Attribute	p. 19
AutoLISP Functions	p. 22
Predefined Radio Button, Radio Column, Boxed Radio Column, and Radio Row Tiles	p. 27
Edit Box Tile	p. 34
width and edit_width Attributes	p. 34
Slider and Image Tiles	p. 38
AutoLISP Functions	p. 42
DIESEL: A String Expression Language
DIESEL	p. 2
Status Line	p. 3
MODEMACRO System Variable	p. 3
Customizing the Status Line	p. 4
Macro Expressions Using DIESEL	p. 4
Using AutoLISP with MODEMACRO	p. 7
Diesel Expressions in Menus	p. 8
MACROTRACE System Variable	p. 10
Diesel String Functions	p. 11
Visual Basic for Application
About Visual Basic	p. 2
Visual Basic for Application	p. 2
Using VBA in AutoCAD	p. 2
Objects in VBA	p. 7
Add Methods	p. 9
Using the AddCircle Method to Draw a Circle	p. 9
Using the AddLine Method to Draw a Line	p. 10
Using the AddArc Method to Draw an Arc	p. 10
Using the AddText Method to Write Text	p. 11
Finding Help on Methods and Properties	p. 11
Loading and Saving VBA Projects	p. 13
Getting User Input	p. 17
GetPoint Method	p. 17
GetDistance Method	p. 17
GetAngle Method	p. 18
PolarPoint and AngleFromXAxis Methods	p. 22
PolarPoint Method	p. 22
AngleFromXAxis	p. 23
Additional VBA Examples	p. 28
Accessing External Database
Understanding Database	p. 2
AutoCAD Database Connectivity	p. 3
Database Configuration	p. 4
DBCONNECT MANAGER	p. 4
Viewing and Editing Table Data from AutoCAD	p. 6
Creating Links with Graphical Objects	p. 9
Creting Labels	p. 13
AutoCAD SQL Environment (ASE)	p. 18
AutoCAD Query Editor	p. 19
Forming Selection Sets Using the Link Select	p. 24
Conversion of ASE Links to AutoCAD 2004 Format	p. 26
Geometry Calculator
Geometry Calculator	p. 2
Real, Integer, and Vector Expressions	p. 2
Numeric Functions	p. 3
Using Snap Modes	p. 4
Obtaining the Radius of an Object	p. 5
Locating a Point on a Line	p. 6
Obtaining an Angle	p. 7
Locating the Intersection Point	p. 9
Applications of the Geometry Calculator	p. 10
Using AutoLISP Variables	p. 12
Filtering X, Y, and Z Coordinates	p. 14
Converting Units	p. 15
Additional Functions	p. 15
Index
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