04-11-2014, 10:44 AM
New commands can be added in AutoCAD to make it more compatible with the users which are more interested in the designing & drafting of buildings especially of a residential. These command saves times of an user by reducing the steps involved in certain repetitive tasks such as construction Gross builtup area, FAR area calculation, door window schedule, Material Quantity estimate etc
Create a command
In the Customize tab, Command List pane, click the Create a New Command button.
A new command (named Command1) is displayed in both the Command List and Properties pane.
In the Properties pane, do the following:
Remove a command
In the Customize tab, Command List pane, select Custom from the Command Filter drop-down list.
The list is filtered to only show the user-defined commands that were added to the loaded customization files.
Select the command to remove.
Right-click over the command and click Remove.
Caution: There is no way to undo the removal of a command. If you accidentally remove the wrong command, click Cancel to exit the CUI Editor. Clicking Cancel will not save changes made in the CUI Editor since it was opened or the last time changes were applied.
Edit a command
In the Customize tab, do one of the following:
In the Command List pane, select a command.
In the Customizations In <file name> pane, locate and select a command under a user interface element.
Create a command
In the Customize tab, Command List pane, click the Create a New Command button.
A new command (named Command1) is displayed in both the Command List and Properties pane.
In the Properties pane, do the following:
- In the Name box, enter a name for the command. The value is used as the default name when added to a user interface element and as part of a tooltip.
- In the Description box, enter a description for the command. The value is displayed on the status bar or in a tooltip.
- In the Extended Help File box, enter the name of the file and ID to use for the extended help for the command.
- In the Command Display Name box, enter the name of the command that you want to display for the command.
- In the Macro box, enter a macro for the command.
- In the Tags box, enter additional strings to use when searching for commands in the Search box of the application menu.
- In the Element ID box, enter an element ID for the command.
Remove a command
In the Customize tab, Command List pane, select Custom from the Command Filter drop-down list.
The list is filtered to only show the user-defined commands that were added to the loaded customization files.
Select the command to remove.
Right-click over the command and click Remove.
Caution: There is no way to undo the removal of a command. If you accidentally remove the wrong command, click Cancel to exit the CUI Editor. Clicking Cancel will not save changes made in the CUI Editor since it was opened or the last time changes were applied.
Edit a command
In the Customize tab, do one of the following:
In the Command List pane, select a command.
In the Customizations In <file name> pane, locate and select a command under a user interface element.