In this tutorial, Josh Modglin walks through how to use AutoCAD’s Action Recorder within your company AutoCAD configuration. The instructor discusses what AutoCAD’s Action Recorder is, how to create an action recorded macro, where the macros are stored, and how to play a stored macro. In addition, Josh demonstrates creating and running a recorded macro.
- [Narrator] So the action recorder…works very similarly to a script…in the fact that it creates an external file,…yet the software is writing that external file for us.…It's recording our actions, for a period of time,…and then will repeat those actions whenever we call them up.…So let's create a recorded action,…and so from the Manage Ribbon Action Recorder Panel,…I'm simply going to click Record.…
It begins recording.…You can see the red dot by my cursor.…We're going to first create a new layer.…So I'm going to go to the Home Ribbon Layer Properties Panel…and we'll choose create a new layer.…We'll name this layer Lynda.…We'll set the color for Lynda to green,…and we'll set Lynda as our current layer.…We'll also go ahead and Zoom Extents.…I'll do this from the command line.…Zoom. Extents.…
And that will be the end of our recording.…So we'll stop this recording.…It stores it in a folder path that's set on our options,…in the files tab. We'll look at that in a minute.…We're going to name this action Layer Zoom.…
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Released
11/7/2016- Using variables and profiles
- Customizing AutoCAD templates with styles and layer properties
- Using dynamic blocks
- Customizing the AutoCAD interface
- Creating custom tool palettes
- Creating and editing scripts
- Adding custom symbols
- CAD programming with LISP
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 2s
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What to know21s
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Exercise files39s
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1. Customizing Options
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Support paths2m 16s
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Display1m 24s
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Open and Save2m 14s
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Using variables59s
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Using profiles59s
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2. Drawing Templates
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Text styles4m 9s
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Dimension styles6m 40s
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Multileader styles5m 51s
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Table styles4m 30s
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Layer properties and states5m 14s
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Plot styles and page setups6m 44s
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Creating a template1m 44s
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3. Dynamic Blocks
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Block overview2m 27s
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Parameters3m 30s
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Actions3m 16s
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Visibility states3m 32s
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Properties and tables3m 33s
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4. Customizing User Interface
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Workspaces2m 3s
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Add or modify commands2m 16s
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Custom Ribbon tools2m 27s
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Enterprise CUI3m 35s
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5. Tool Palettes
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Palette tools overview1m 27s
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Palette tools2m 36s
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Palette groups1m 55s
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Company palettes1m 19s
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6. Scripts
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Create and edit scripts3m 17s
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Action Recorder2m 32s
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7. Custom Symbols
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Simple linetypes3m 10s
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Custom linetypes3m 14s
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Custom hatch patterns5m 23s
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8. LISP for CAD Managers
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LISP overview2m 16s
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Simple LISP routine3m 52s
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Visual LISP4m 14s
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Acad.lsp and AcadDoc.lsp5m 4s
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Conclusion
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Next steps28s
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