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Intro Tailoring
2004

Customize
Environment

Shortcut
Keys

Writing Toolbar
Macros

Making
Menus

Making Line
Types

Creating Hatch
Patterns

Creating Fonts

Custom Scripts

Learning
Diesel

Writing AutoCAD
Lisp

AutoCAD Tool
Palettes

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This 212-page e-book for AutoCAD 2004 is designed for classroom use. Featuring chapter-end workbook exercises and much more. Discount classroom special pricing is available!

About AutoCAD 2004 Workbook

AutoCAD 2004 workbook - How to customize AutoCAD E-book by R. Grabowski . Tailoring AutoCAD 2004 Workbook is based on our most popular e-book by Ralph Grabowski.

  • Intro to customizing
  • Command Aliases
  • Menu Macros
  • Custom Linetypes
  • Creating hatch patterns
  • Intro to Lisp
  • And much more!

This 212-page e-book is designed for classroom use, with these added features:
Workbook questions quiz students on each chapter’s material.

Chapter-end workbook exercises allows student’s to apply their knowledge. Reviewed by AutoCAD instructors.

Instructor’s Guide with solutions and teaching aids (available separately). Classroom pricing for affordable student purchase.

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Each chapter ends with review questions that quiz students on the chapter’s material. Answers are provided in the Instructor’s Guide (available separately). Chapters typically conclude with 10-15 review questions.

Workbook Exercises:

In addition, chapters end with workbook exercises that allow students to apply their newly-acquired knowledge. Solutions, when applicable, are provided in the Instructor’s Guide (available separately). Chapters typically conclude with 3-5 workbook exercises.

Instructor’s Guide:

The Instructor’s Guide contains answers to end-of-chapter review questions, solutions to workbook exercises (where applicable), and additional teaching resources:

  • Menus
  • Toolbars
  • Templates

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Table Of Contents For:
tailoring AutoCAD 2004 - workbook edition

Chapter 1: Introduction to Customizing:

The Many Ways of Customization.
Shortcut Tips. Tip #1: Placing Arcs. Tip #2: Placing Text. Tip #3: Replacing Text. Tip #4: Using PostScript Fonts. Tip #5: Template Drawings. Tip #6: Fast Custom Drawing Sheets. Tip #7: Collapsing Multilines. Tip #8: Changing Layers. Tip #9: Quick Trim. Tip #10: Get the Big Picture. Tip #11: Install Express Tools 2004. Which Customization?

Chapter 2: Customizing the Environment:

Starting AutoCAD. Tutorial: Using Command-line Switches. /b Switch. /c Switch. /nologo Switch. /p Switch. /r Switch. /s Switch. /t Switch. /v Switch.
Changing Window and Layout Elements. Tutorial: Changing Screen Colors. UCS Icon. Command Line Font & Transparency. Keyboard Shortcuts.
Toolbars and Command Line. Menus and Tablet.
Tutorial: Setting and Restoring Profiles.
Tutorial: Support File Paths. Search Path Options. Support File & Working Support File Search Paths . Device Driver File Search Path. Project Files Search Path. Menu, Help, and Miscellaneous File Names. Text Editor, Dictionary, and Font File Names. Print File, Spooler, and Prolog Section Names. Printer and Plot Support Files. Automatic Save File Location. Color Book Locations. Data Sources Location. Drawing Template Settings. Tool Palettes File Location. Log File Location. Temporary Drawing File Location. Temporary External Reference File Location. Texture Maps Search Path. i-drop Associated File Location.

Setting Templates for New Drawings. Tutorial: Specifying the Template File. Tutorial: Creating Your Own Template File. Tutorial: Importing Layers 2004.
Drafting and Selection Preferences. AutoSnap Settings. Grips Settings.

Chapter 3: Command Aliases:

Shortcut Keys. Shortcuts New to AutoCAD 2004. AutoCAD’s Default Accelerator Keys. Tutorial: Defining Shortcut Keys.
The.pgp File — Aliases. Alias Format. Alias Rules. Aliases Defined by Autodesk. Creating New Aliases. Tutorial: Alias Creation by Dialog Box. Tutorial: Alias Creation by Hand.

Chapter 4: Toolbar Macros:

Customizing Toolbars. Rearranging Toolbars. Tutorial: Dragging Toolbars. Tutorial: Toggling Toolbars. Tutorial: Changing Toolbar Buttons. Tutorial: Changing Button Size. Tutorial: Drawing Icons.
Tutorial: Writing Toolbar Macros. Simple Macros. Advanced Macros. Toolbar Macros Are No Panacea.

Chapter 5: Menu Macros:

Loading (and Unloading) Menu Files. Loading Menu Groups. Loading Menu Bar Items. Menu File Types.
Your First Menu. Tutorial: A Single-Command Menu. Section Labels.
Menu Metacharacters. Shortcut Menu Aliases.

Your Second Menu. Tutorial: Loading .mnu a Second Time. Adding More Menu Macros. Adding Options to Commands. Using Coordinates in Macros. Making Macros “Official”. Canceling a Previous Command: ^C. Adding Keyboard Shortcuts: &. Separating Macros Visually: --. Adding Submenus: ->. Right-Justified Text: \t. Grayed-out Item: ~. Adding a Checkmark: !.. Waiting for User Input: \. Providing Input to the User: ^H. Writing Really Long Macros: +. Repeating Commands.

Toolbars, Accelerator Keys, Image Tiles, Tablet Overlays, and the Screen Menu. Toolbar Customization. Custom Shortcut Keys. Image Tiles. Tablet Menus. Screen Menu.

Chapter 6: Linetypes:

Commands Affecting Linetypes. System Variables that Affect Linetypes. The Special Case of Polylines.
Customizing Linetypes. Tutorial: Making Linetypes with -Linetype Command. Tutorial: Testing the New Linetype. Tutorial: Making Linetypes with MkLType 2004. Tutorial: Making Linetypes with a Text Editor.
Simple (1D) Linetype Format. Line1: Header. Line 2: Data.
Complex (2D) Linetype Format. Text. Text Style. Text Scale Factor. Text Rotation Angle. Text Orientation. Text Offset Distance. Embedding a Shape. 3D Linetypes.
Tutorial: Attempting a Parallel Linetype. Alternatives to the Parallel Linetype.

Chapter 7: Hatch Patterns:

Where Do Hatch Patterns Come From? Associative and Non-associative Patterns. Hatch Patterns and Gradient Fills.
Creating Custom Hatch Patterns. Tutorial: Creating Patterns with Hatch. Tutorial: Creating Patterns with BHatch. Tutorial: Creating Patterns with SuperHatch.
Understanding the acad.pat File. Comment and Header Lines. The Hatch Data. Tips on Creating Pattern Codes.
Adding Custom Patterns to the Palette.

Chapter 8: Shapes & Fonts:

About Shape Files. Tutorial: Creating Shapes.
The Shape File Format. Header Fields. Definition Lines. Vector Codes. Instruction Codes. 0/000: End of Shape. 1/001: Draw Mode. 2/002: Move Mode. 3/003: Reduced Scale. 4/004: Enlarged Scale. 5/005: Save (Push). 6/006: Recall (Pop). 7/007: Subshape. 8/008: X,y Distance. 9/009: X,y Distances. 10/00A: Octant Arc. 11/ 00B: Fractional Arc. 12/00C: Bulge Arc. 13/00D: Polyarc. 14/00E: Flag Vertical Text Flag.

Chapter 9: Script Files:

What are Scripts? Script Files. Drawbacks to Scripts. Strictly Command-Line Oriented.
Script Commands and Modifiers. Script. RScript. Resume. Delay. Special Characters. (space). ; (semicolon). ’ (apostrophe). * (asterisk). Backspace. Esc.

Chapter 10: Diesel Expressions:

The History of Diesel. What Diesel Does. Brief Listing of Diesel Functions. Math Functions. Logical Functions. Conversion Functions. String Functions. System Functions.
Jumping Into Diesel. Diesel Error Messages. $?. $(func)??. $(func,??). $(++). Debugging Diesel.
Diesel Programming Tips.
Diesel in Menus. Reusing Toggle Code.
Diesel in AutoLISP. Via the setvar Function. Concatenate Two Diesel Strings. Via the MenuCmd Function.

Chapter 11: AutoLISP Programming:

The History of AutoLISP.
The AutoLISP Programming Language. Simple AutoLISP: Adding Two Numbers.
AutoLISP in Commands. Remembering the Result: SetQ.
AutoLISP Functions. Math Functions. Geometric Functions. Conditional Functions. String and Conversion Functions. External Command Functions. Accessing System Variables. GetXXX Functions. Selection Set Functions. Object Manipulation Functions. Advanced AutoLISP Functions.
Writing a Simple AutoLISP Program. Why Write a Program?. The Id Command. The Plan of Attack. Obtaining the Coordinates. Placing the Text. Putting Them Together. An Alternative to LISP Programming.

Writing a Simple AutoLISP Program, Cont’d. Sprucing Up the Code. Conquering Feature Bloat. Wishlist Item #1: Naming the Program. Wishlist Item #2: Saving the Program. Wishlist Item #3: Automatically Loading the Program. Wishlist #4: Using Car and Cdr.
Saving Data to a File. The Three Steps. Step 1: Open the File. Step 2: Write Data to the File. Step 3: Close the File. Putting It Together. Wishlist #5: Layers. Wishlist #6: Text Style.
Tips in Using AutoLISP. Tip #1: Use an ASCII Text Editor. Tip #2: Loading LSP Code into AutoCAD. Tip #3: Toggling System Variables. Tip #4: Be Neat and Tidy. Tip #5: Suppress That nil. Tip #6: Read-Write-Append File. Tip # 7: Quotation Marks as Quotation Marks. Tip # 8: Keep Variables to Six Characters. Tip #9: Tabs and Quotation Marks.

New Chapter 12: CAD Management:

CAD Standards. Tutorial: Create the Standards Drawing. Linetype Standards. Layer Standards. Dimension Style Standards. Text Style Standards. Tutorial: Save the Standards Drawing. Tutorial: Apply the Standards. Tutorial: Check the Standards.
Employing Tool Palettes and DesignCenter. DesignCenter. Tool Palettes. Tab Customization. Icon Customization. Palette Customization. Titlebar Customization.
XTP File Format. XML Metacharacters. Tool Palettes XTP. XTP Section 1: Header. XTP Section 2: Tool Data. XTP Section 3: Palette Data.

No Appendices

About the author:

Ralph Grabowski has authored and coauthored 80+ books on CAD management, ArchiCAD, AutoCAD, Generic CADD, IntelliCAD, MicroStation, TurboCAD, VDraft, Visio, HTML, and VRML. He is the editor of two e-newsletters, upFront.eZine and IMAGINiT.eZine, and maintains a Weblog.

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