AutoCAD Customization for CAD Managers

CAD managers: Learn how to customize AutoCAD to improve the efficiency and productivity of your team. Find out how to customize templates, tool palettes, scripts, and more.

Introduction

• Welcome
• What to know
• Exercise files

1. Customizing Options

• Customizing options
• Support paths
• Display
• Open and Save
• System, User Preferences, Drafting, Selection, and 3D Modeling options
• Using variables
• Using profiles

2. Drawing Templates

• Drawing template overview
• Annotative styles and controls
• Text styles
• Dimension styles
• Multileader styles
• Table styles
• Layer properties and states
• Plot styles and page setups
• Creating a template

3. Dynamic Blocks

• Block overview
• Parameters
• Actions
• Visibility states
• Properties and tables

4. Customizing User Interface

• Custom user interface overview
• Workspaces
• Add or modify commands
• Custom Ribbon tools
• Enterprise CUI

5. Tool Palettes

• Palette tools overview
• Palette tools
• Palette groups
• Company palettes

6. Scripts

• Create and edit scripts
• Action Recorder

7. Custom Symbols

• Simple linetypes
• Custom linetypes
• Custom hatch patterns

8. LISP for CAD Managers

• LISP overview
• Simple LISP routine
• Visual LISP
• Acad.lsp and AcadDoc.lsp

Conclusion

• Next steps