Customizing AutoCAD 2010

Description

Updated to provide complete coverage of the expanded design capabilities of AUTOCAD 2010, this thoroughly revised new edition of a classic AutoCAD reference work offers detailed explanations of customizing techniques for advanced users of the software. In one comprehensive volume, noted AutoCAD expert Sham Tickoo examines all the various levels of customization in AutoCAD -- from the basic topics of creating template drawings and customizing menus to advanced features like modifying the AutoCAD environment in ways that help industry professionals meet the needs of their organization. Live projects and examples enhance the book's thorough explanations, helping users understand and master the customizing concepts of AUTOCAD 2010 with ease.

CONTENTS:

Preface.

1. Template Drawings.

2. Script Files and Slide Shows.

3. Creating Linetypes and Hatch Patterns.

4. Customizing the ACAD.PGP File.

5. Customizing Menus and Toolbars.

6. Customizing Ribbon, Workspaces, and Palettes.

7. Image Tile Menus.

8. Button Menus.

9. Tablet Menus.

10. Customizing Screen Menus.

11. Shapes and Text Fonts.

12. Working with AutoLISP.

13. Working with Visual LISP.

14. Visual LISP: Editing the Drawing Database.

15. Programmable Dialog Boxes Using the Dialog Control Language.

16. DIESEL: A String Expression Language.

17. Visual Basic for Application.

18. Accessing External Database.

19. Geometry Calculator.

Index.