Lee Ambrosius

AutoCAD Platform Customization (eBook, ePUB)

AutoLISP

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Customize and personalize programs built on the AutoCAD platform AutoLISP is the key to unlocking the secrets of a more streamlined experience using industry leading software programs like AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Plant 3D, and more. AutoCAD Platform Customization: AutoLISP provides real-world examples that show you how to do everything from modifying graphical objects and reading and setting system variables to communicating with external programs. It also features a resources appendix and downloadable datasets and customization examples--tools that ensure swift and easy adoption. * Find out how to remove unused buttons from the ribbon to gain screen space * Discover how to create macros for frequently performed actions, or add your company's logo to the bottom of every drawing * Learn to perform more involved customizations, like communicating with a database to validate and update information entered in drawing layers * Ideal for CAD administrators, senior drafters, savvy users, and other professionals and students Through detailed discussions and tutorials that include real-world examples, this book gives you the power to enhance your program's experience and output.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. August 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118906965
• Artikelnr.: 41355890

Autorenporträt

Lee Ambrosius is a Principal Learning Content Developer at Autodesk for AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT products and has worked on end-user and API documentation for nine releases. He has presented customization and programming sessions at Autodesk University for a decade, and has authored and edited several AutoCAD-related books. Follow him on twitter at @leeambrosius.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction xxxi Part I AutoCAD Customization: Increasing Productivity
through Personalization 1 Chapter 1 Establishing the Foundation for Drawing
Standards 3 Chapter 2 Working with Nongraphical Objects 35 Chapter 3
Building the Real World One Block at a Time 69 Chapter 4 Manipulating the
Drawing Environment 99 Chapter 5 Customizing the AutoCAD User Interface for
Windows 121 Chapter 6 Customizing the AutoCAD User Interface for Mac 167
Chapter 7 Creating Tools and Tool Palettes 183 Chapter 8 Automating
Repetitive Tasks 201 Chapter 9 Defining Shapes, Linetypes, and Hatch
Patterns 221 Chapter 10 Using, Loading, and Managing Custom Files 249 Part
II AutoLISP: Productivity through Programming 261 Chapter 11 Quick Start
for New AutoLISP Programmers 263 Chapter 12 Understanding AutoLISP 277
Chapter 13 Calculating and Working with Values 301 Chapter 14 Working with
Lists 333 Chapter 15 Requesting Input and Using Conditional and Looping
Expressions 359 Chapter 16 Creating and Modifying Graphical Objects 405
Chapter 17 Creating and Modifying Nongraphical Objects 461 Chapter 18
Working with the Operating System and External Files 489 Chapter 19
Catching and Handling Errors 513 Chapter 20 Authoring, Managing, and
Loading AutoLISP Programs 533 Chapter 21 Using the Visual LISP Editor
(Windows only) 567 Chapter 22 Working with ActiveX/COM Libraries (Windows
only) 587 Chapter 23 Implementing Dialog Boxes (Windows only) 611 Part III
AutoCAD VBA: Programming with VBA and ActiveX (Windows only) 643 Chapter 24
Understanding the AutoCAD VBA Environment 645 Chapter 25 Understanding
Visual Basic for Applications 665 Chapter 26 Interacting with the
Application and Documents Objects 701 Chapter 27 Creating and Modifying
Drawing Objects 727 Chapter 28 Interacting with the User and Controlling
the Current View 757 Chapter 29 Annotating Objects 795 Chapter 30 Working
with Blocks and External References 819 Chapter 31 Outputting Drawings 865
Chapter 32 Storing and Retrieving Custom Data 891 Chapter 33 Modifying the
Application and Working with Events 923 Chapter 34 Creating and Displaying
User Forms 953 Chapter 35 Communicating with Other Applications 983 Chapter
36 Handling Errors and Deploying VBA Projects 1019 Index 1053