Macro to Command

[eric_monceaux]

In AutoCAD, I write custom macros to be used with tool bars, but I am wanting to see about turning those macros into commands, because I am not a big fan of tool bars. Here is an example of a command I would like:

 

^C^Cucs;;ucs;x;;

 

 

Another question I have is, in the "Customize User Interface" dialog there is a section for Keyboard Shortcuts, and I am having trouble understanding how to use them. I have tried making my own, but when trying to use them, I don't get any results. For example, when trying to use the temporary over ride for "endpoint" (SHIFT+E) on the command bar I just get a capital E.

 

 

Also, on a side note, has anyone used the new Action Recorder in ACAD 2009? If so, what are your thoughts? I find it to be a little slow.

[GhostRider]

THere are probably many ways to do what your wanting to do, one way is to make your macro a small lisp routine and add it to the acad.lsp file to load with each drawing. Something like this:

(defun C:bl () (COMMAND "-color" "bylayer") (princ))

for customizing the keyboard shortcuts you can try editing the PGP file with the Aliasedit command,

[ReMark]

After editting the acad.pgp file type REINT at the command line (then press Enter) to reload the PGP file into RAM otherwise you may not see your changes take affect.