AutoCAD 2000i Customization
AutoCAD Training Overview

Students learn how to turn the generic AutoCAD program into a customized package that will maximize the productivity of a specific organization. Topics include customizing for productivity, toolbars and macros, menu customization, DIESEL string expression language, customization and AutoLISP. Meets Autodesk Level III curriculum standards.

AutoCAD Training Topics

  • Customization fundamentals
  • Creating toolbars
  • Menu basics
  • Pull-down menus and image menus
  • DIESEL
  • Customization and programming
AutoCAD Training Course Duration

24 hours

AutoCAD Training Course outline

Module 1: Customization Fundamentals
    Section 1: Planning to Customize

    • Why Customize?
    • What Can You Customize?
    • Customization You Already Do
    • Documenting Customization
    Section 2: Beginning Steps

    • Customizing the AutoCAD Environment: Options
    • User Profiles
    • Customizing Drawing Features: Templates
    • Command Line Switches
    • Customizing the User Interface: Command Aliases
    • Automating Command Sequences: Script Files
    • Self Check: Beginning Steps
Module 2: Creating Toolbars
    Section 1: Toolbars, Buttons, and Flyouts

    • Customizing Toolbars Graphically
    • Creating New Toolbar Buttons
    • Creating Flyouts
    • Self Check: Toolbars, Buttons, and Flyouts
    Section 2: Automating Your Work with Macros

    • Writing Macros
    • Multiple Command Macros
    • The SELECT Command in Macros
    • Self Check: Menu Macros
Module 3: Menu Basics
    Section 1: Menu Files

    • Types of Menu Files
    • Loading Partial Menus
    • Menu Structure
    • Menu Syntax
    • Self Check: Menu Files
    Section 2: Toolbars and Helpstrings

    • Customizing Toolbars in the Menu File
    • Helpstrings and Name Tags
    • Self Check: Toolbars and Helpstrings
    Section 3: Keyboard and Pointing Device Menus

    • Accelerator Keys
    • Button and Auxiliary Menus
    • Tablet Menus (Optional)
    • Self Check: Keyboard and Pointing Device Menus
Module 4: Pull-down Menus and Image Menus
    Section 1: Pull-down Menus

    • Basic Pull-down Menus
    • Cascading Submenus
    • Shortcut Menus
    • Screen Menus (Optional)
    • Self Check: Pull-Down Menus
    Section 2: Image Tile Menus

    • What is an Image Tile Menu?
    • Creating Slides and Slide Libraries
    • Creating Image Menus
    • Self Check: Image Menus
Module 5: DIESEL
    Section 1: Understanding DIESEL and MODEMACRO

    • What is DIESEL?
    • The Status Bar and MODEMACRO
    • Using DIESEL with MODEMACRO
    • Conditional Macros with DIESEL
    • Error Messages
    • Self Check: Understanding DIESEL and MODEMACRO
    Section 2: Using DIESEL with Menus

    • DIESEL Expressions in Menus
    • Special Effects for Pull-Down Menus
    • Variable Text in a Pull-down Label
    • Menu Swapping
    • Self Check: Using DIESEL with Menus
Module 6: Customization and Programming
    Section 1: Beyond DIESEL

    • Loading AutoLISP and VBA Routines
    • What Can AutoLISP Do for You?
    • AutoCAD and AutoLISP are Two Separate Programs
    • Introduction to the Visual LISP Editor
    • AutoLISP as Calculator & Informant
    • AutoLISP and Parametric Drawing
    • AutoLISP and the Drawing Database
    • AutoLISP Menu Files
    • Self Check: Understanding AutoLISP
    Section 2: Introduction to AutoLISP Programming

    • AutoLISP Evaluates every Expression
    • AutoLISP Distinguishes among Several Data Types
    • Every List is Evaluated in the Same Specific Manner
    • Assigning a Value to a Symbol
    • Executing AutoCAD Commands through AutoLISP
    • AutoLISP and AutoCAD's System Variables
    • Prompting for User Input
    • Self Check: Introduction to AutoLISP Programming
Appendix
  • Custom Linetypes
  • Multiline Styles
  • List of DIESEL Functions
  • Additional Information on DIESEL Functions
Skills Assessment

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