dcowell Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 I'm working on a custom partial CUI menu for my firm. (I'm using AutoCad 2007.) I have a few drawings setup with items in both paperspace and modelspace. So, within the pulldown/menu, I've created a command with the following macro (that does not work)... ^c^cfiledia;0;open,Sheet-Setup_ID1-1_Notes;Saveas; Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neekcotrack Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 I'm working on a custom partial CUI menu for my firm. (I'm using AutoCad 2007.) I have a few drawings setup with items in both paperspace and modelspace. So, within the pulldown/menu, I've created a command with the following macro (that does not work)... ^c^cfiledia;0;open,Sheet-Setup_ID1-1_Notes;Saveas; Any ideas? Try doing something like this: You are not putting the location path like this: C:\Test\Test\Test\Sheet-Setup_ID1-1_Notes.dwt Plus after the saveas command it will as what version would you like to save it as, and the location you would like to save it to. Try tryping the commands in one at a time in the command line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcowell Posted October 27, 2008 Author Share Posted October 27, 2008 Thanks for the response. However, if I add the path, the macro thinks it's a "pause", thus, I've placed the path in the SUPPORT FILE SEARCH PATH under the OPTION, File tab (which worked for block, etc. in the menu). Note, placing a "quote" around the path & file name did not work either. After the saveas, I think I'd like the user to enter the rest of the information. So the prompt is good. Right now, it does goto asking the version, but when done and saveas file path and name entered; the actual file it was supposed to open was not completed. Must be something with the open and all the lisp routines, etc. that need to run. Maybe the macro is not giving it enough time to "Open" before it asks for saving??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CmdrDuh Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 to avoid the pause, use / instead of \ in your path Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGAL Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 One problem autocad has is with directory names that have spaces in them change the space to a _ and often problem solved. eg old \projects\joe blogs\job54 new \projects\joe_blogs\job54 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcowell Posted October 29, 2008 Author Share Posted October 29, 2008 Okay, still working on this and I'm thankful for all your input. Here's my Macro...I've simplified it for now not to do the SAVEAS as I can add that once it's working. ^c^cfiledia;0;open;T:/AutoCad2007/library/PKS/Sheet_Setup/Sheet-Setup_ID1-1_Notes; I've checked all the spellings and I don't use spaces in folders or files. However, Autocad hangs up and shows... Command: filedia Enter new value for FILEDIA : 0 Command: open Command: T:/AutoCad2007/library/PKS/Sheet_Setup/Sheet-Setup_ID1-1_Notes Unknown command "T:/AUTOCAD2007/LIBRARY/PKS/SHEET_SETUP/SHEET-SETUP_ID1-1_NOTES". Press F1 for help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CmdrDuh Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 add the .dwg maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigjonnson Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 Definately add the .dwg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcowell Posted October 30, 2008 Author Share Posted October 30, 2008 Okay, I added the .dwg, and the same problem appears. I'm actually thinking it's between the "open" and the ; see below. Even though when you type it you need to hit the return, is there some other symbol to use here instead of ; which, if you look below, looks like it terminates the macro and sees the path as a new command. Command: filedia Enter new value for FILEDIA : 0 Command: open Command: T:/AutoCad2007/library/PKS/Sheet_Setup/Sheet-Setup_ID1-1_Notes.dwg Unknown command "T:/AUTOCAD2007/LIBRARY/PKS/SHEET_SETUP/SHEET-SETUP_ID1-1_NOTES.DWG". Press F1 for help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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