K/B Shortcuts for Custom Buttons/Menus..... Possible?

[Dave^]

Hi there!

 

I've create a custom menu for use with CleanScreen and a few buttons for 'Normal' Screen....

 

thing is, i'd like to create keyboard shortcuts to these custom menus/button but i'm not sure it's possible....

 

eg. custom menu/button is "^C^C-pu;a;;n;" to which i'd like to assign the shortcut "pa" or "pu" etc....

 

this cannot be done via the alias editor (as far as i'm aware anyway) as that only accepts single command entries.

 

 

Can this be done? Thanks in advance!

[lpseifert]

add this to your acaddoc.lsp file

(defun c:pu () (command "-purge" "a" "" "n"))

[Dave^]

excellent!

 

i assume this can be used for any string of commands?

 

Thanks very much!!!

[Lee Mac]

excellent!

 

i assume this can be used for any string of commands?

 

Thanks very much!!!

 

This is just a LISP function, that will invoke the command - hence you can make the LISP function run more than one command, or do a multitude of other things... let your imagination run wild

[Dave^]

let your imagination run wild

 

i think i will!!

 

i love this place! thanks guys!

[Dave^]

ok just playing with this now....

 

i found this 'string' of commands i'd like to use....

 

'zoom extents-purge-save-close' thanks to Strix on another thread, i saw this and thought it'd be uber handy to have......

 

so i've tried this:

 

(defun c:qq () (command "_zoom" "_e" "-purge" "a" "" "n" "qsave" "close"))

 

and get this error:

 

Command: close Command CLOSE is not available under SDI mode.

Command: nil

 

any ideas? can the 'close' command not be invoked via lsp?

[Lee Mac]

Correct me if I am wrong, but I am not sure that you can use LISP to close a drawing, as the act of closing the drawing will cause the LISP to error.

[lpseifert]

As you found out, Close won't work when SDI=1. Try using Quit instead. (note: it isn't foolproof, e.g. if if you haven't saved the dwg prior to invoking)

[Dave^]

ok thanks, i'll give 'close' a try......

[Lee Mac]

Why not use a script for what you are trying to do?

 

A script could run on any number of drawings and perform as required.

[Dave^]

Why not use a script for what you are trying to do?

 

A script could run on any number of drawings and perform as required.

 

 

and how would i do that?

 

sorry, i'm a total n00b with lisps and scripts.... custom buttons/menus and shortcuts is as deep as i go unfortunately, but during the quieter days i'm gonna be teaching myself other things....or trying to anyway!!!

 

i had a thought on the close vs. quit...... i use single drawing compatability, so 'close' doesn't work anyway, but 'quit' works fine and dandy!!!

[Lee Mac]

A script is the simplest thing you can make that can automate your work. - Very easy to get the hang of, don't worry.

 

In any Notepad file, you can create your script.

 

Just write commands as if you are entering them to the command line yourself - SPACES or NEW-LINES are counted as the user hitting enter.

 

Once finished, save the file as ".scr" (make sure it is set to "All Files" in the "Save as Type" box).

 

Hence, with your example, the script would look something like:

 

open "C:/Documents/mydrawing1.dwg" zoom e -purge a n qsave close
open "C:/Documents/mydrawing2.dwg" zoom e -purge a n qsave close

 

etc etc

 

Where the filepath is the filepath of your drawings.

 

*may need a bit of tweaking..*

 

Then, when saved, just go into ACAD and go to "tools", "run script" in any new drawing session.

[Dave^]

Cheers Lee,

 

i have done a little scripting in the past during a little tutoring session i had at work....

 

but i never went into too much detail, so didn't realise any command could be run via script.....

 

thanks again!

 

oh, and is there a list of command line commands and explanations? like command line plotting, switching thru layers etc, things that are normally done via dialog boxes.....

 

thanks in advance.....

[lpseifert]

At the command line try prefixing the command with a hyphen... e.g. -layer; it will show the available options (note: doesn't work with all commands).

or Help

[Lee Mac]

You can check in the ACAD help file which commands can be prefixed by "-" i believe.

[Dave^]

thanks,

 

i was kind of hoping for a list i could print off/look at when i'm away from the pc, rather than second guessing as to what each option does, even though most are self explanitory.....

[Lee Mac]

This is quite useful

 

http://www.hyperpics.com/commands/

[Dave^]

awesome, thanks!

 

i've done a script for plotting to pdf, the only trouble with it is that i tend to change my layout name to the drawing number, which means it's not universal, which is a shame!

[Lee Mac]

awesome, thanks!

 

i've done a script for plotting to pdf, the only trouble with it is that i tend to change my layout name to the drawing number, which means it's not universal, which is a shame!

 

You can make LISPs to write these script files for you - saves a lot of hassle.

 

Its still not completely fool proof, but its a lot quicker than doing it manually :wink:

[Dave^]

first lisps, then scripts, now lisps to write scripts?!?!?!?! what next? scripts to write lisps?

 

c'mon then, how do i do that one? doesn't sound as straightforward as the previous.... and the boss is out all afternoon, so i've got nothing but time!!!