AutoCAD customization overview. (Manager's VPoint).

From: Cadence | Date: June 1, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

In the last few months I received a lot of email asking how to customize AutoCAD. The questions can be divided into two groups: those concerning menu customization and those concerning AutoLISP and Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). There seems to be a lack of understanding on what each customization technique is good for and what the basic usage-parameters are.

This month, I'll begin a two-part series on customization, focusing on AutoLISP and menu-customization (from a CAD manager's perspective), how they work, and where you can go to find out more. This column will not ...

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