Inside AutoCAD LT 2006 Volume 2: Management & Customization

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Inside AutoCAD LT 2006, Volume 1: 2D Drafting

About the Author
Ralph Grabowski

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about the author

Ralph Grabowski has authored and co-authored 100+ books on CAD management, ArchiCAD, AutoCAD, Generic CADD, IntelliCAD, MicroStation, TurboCAD, VDraft, Visio, HTML, and VRML. He is the editor of two e-newsletters, upFront.eZine and iCommunique .

Mr Grabowski received his B.A.Sc ('80) degree in civil engineering from the University of British Columbia. He currently works and lives in the beautiful Central Fraser Valley region of British Columbia, Canada.

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Inside AutoCAD LT 2006, Volume 2: Management & Customization is the second in our two-volume set on Autodesk's cheapest CAD package. This is the PDF reprint of the original paperback book from Wordware Publishing, AutoCAD LT 2006: The Definitive Guide.

This 158-page PDF ebook offers this material:

  • How to manage AutoCAD LT CAD systems.
  • Methods of backing up and restoring data.
  • Customzing menus and toolbars.
  • Networking, and using LT with the Internet.
  • Drawing translation.
  • Writing scripts and Diesel routines.
  • Dozens of tips.

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  • Suitable for AutoCAD LT 2006, 2007, and 2008.
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table of contents

 

Part I — Managing AutoCAD LT

1: Implementing CAD Management

Solving CAD Problems, Ongoing Budgeting, Continuing Education, Organizational Changes, Standardizing File Formats, Dealing with Finite Resources, Creating CAD Standards, Layer Names, Block Names, Text Styles, Dimension Styles, Creating Template Drawings, Archival Longevity, Media Obsolescence, File Format Changes, Using Drawings Beyond Projects

2: Practicing Safe Computing

Backing Up Is Easy to Do, Backup Media, Tape, CD and DVD, DVDs, CD and DVD Rot, Removable Drives, External Hard Drives, Advanced Hard Drive Usage, USB Keys, Comparing Backup Media Costs, Implementing Backup Strategies, Malware Protection, AutoCAD LT Is Safe, So Far, Malware and Firewalls, Firewalls

3: Introduction to Networking

Benefits of Networking, File Sharing, Revision Control, Peripheral Sharing, Installation Ease, Floating Software Licenses, Workgroup Capability, Standards Enforcement, Disadvantages of Networking, Network-aware Software Costs More, History of Networking, Early Networking with PCs, Network Standards Today, Ethernet, 10BaseT Cables and Connectors, Other Cables and Connectors, Network Topology, Star Topology, Daisy Chain Topology, Assigning Internet Addresses, Types of IP Addresses, Private Network Addresses, Planning IP Addresses, Assigning IP Addresses, Wireless Networking, How Wireless Networking Works, Wireless Security

4: Working with Networked AutoCAD LT

Setting Up Windows for the Network, Giving Computers Network Names, Turning On Drive and Printer Sharing, Sharing Computer Drives and Printers, Adding Networked Drives and Printers, Mapping Network Drives, Adding Network Printers, Making Local Printers Shareable, Installing Network Printers, Accessing AutoCAD LT Files on Networks, Opening Drawings on Networks, The AutoCAD DesignCenter, Saving Drawings on Networks, Finding Files on Networks, Running LT Over a Network

5: Connecting AutoCAD LT to the Internet

Opening Drawings from the Internet , Understanding Hyperlinks, Starting Web Browsers, Sending Drawings via the Internet, Sending Drawings through Email, Packaging Drawings and Support Files, Saving Drawings to the Internet, Working with DWF Files, Exporting Drawings in DWF Format, Drawings in Web Pages, Online Project Management, Buzzsaw and ProjectPoint, A Look at XML for CAD, What XML Means to CAD Users

6: Translating AutoCAD LT Drawings

Exchanging Autodesk Drawings, How DWG Files Differ, Shading Modes, Proxies Represent Custom Objects, Older Versions of DWG, Saving to Older Versions, Autodesk’s Incompatible Formats, Drawings from Other CAD Programs, May Require Object Enablers, Drawing Translation, IGES, PDES/STEP, DXF, IAI and MAI

 

Part II — Customizing AutoCAD LT

7: Introduction to Customizing AutoCAD LT

Customizing LT’s Startup, Adding Command-Line Switches, Programming AutoCAD LT, How LT Cannot Be Programmed

8: Customizing Commands

Command Aliases, Writing Aliases, Using System Variables, Accessing System Variables, Read-Only Variables, Toggle Variables, User Variables, Environment Variables, Other Environment Variables, Writing Script Files, About Script Files, Drawbacks to Scripts, Methods for Scripts to Call Commands, Script Commands, Special Characters in Scripts, Examples of Script Files, Opening Multiple Drawings, Creating Layers, Drawing Boundaries, Saving and Plotting, Starting AutoCAD LT with Scripts

9: Customizing Menus and Shortcut Keystrokes

The History of Menus , The Menu Moves from the Side to the Top, Customizing Menus, Menu Groups, Loading Menu Files, Guided Tour of the CUI, Understanding Menu Macros, Menu Macro Metacharacters, Creating Menus, Writing Macros, Shortcut Keystrokes, Customizing Shortcut Keystrokes, Customizing Keystroke Shortcuts, Creating Keystroke Shortcuts

10: Customizing Toolbars and Workspaces

Changing Toolbar Properties, Further Changes to Toolbar Properties, Customizing Toolbars, Adding Buttons to Toolbars, Adding Separator Lines between Buttons, Adding Flyouts to Toolbars, Creating and Editing Icons for Buttons, Removing Buttons from Toolbars, Writing Toolbar Macros, Toolbar Macro Syntax, Macro Options, Workspaces, Saving the State of the User Interface, Configuring Workspaces

11: Customizing Buttons

Shortcut Menus, and Tablets, Customizing Mouse Buttons, Understanding the Button2 Macro, Second Button Macro, Other Button Macros, Shortcut Menus, Tablet Menus and Buttons, Tablet Menus, Tablet Menu 1, Tablet Buttons, Image Tile Menus

12: Advanced Programming Issues

DIESEL, The History of DIESEL, DIESEL Programming, DIESEL Code Basics, Writing Simple DIESEL Macros, Using DIESEL in Menus, DIESEL Error Messages, Tracing Bugs in Diesel, Other Programming Interfaces, AutoLISP, Visual LISP, DCL, Making AutoLISP and DCL Work in LT , VBA, ARX, The DWG and DXF Formats, The OpenDWG Alliance, Documenting DWG, DXF Documentation

No appendices.

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