AutoCAD Tips Newsletter: Get automated! Ditch dialog boxes with the command-line form of commands, and more...

PERMANENT SPONSORS Dear Subscriber, Please forward this newsletter to colleagues who want to learn more about AutoCAD. If you received this newsletter from a colleague, sign up for your own copy at EllenFinkelstein.com. Productivity demands automation! In this issue, read two tips to help you automate command tasks, without requiring any programming knowledge. In this issue:: 1. Ditch dialog boxes with the command-line form of commands 2. Tutorial: Automate tasks with a script file 1. Ditch dialog boxes with the command-line form of commands Did you know that many commands have a variation that lets you execute them solely on the command line? This technique is great for creating script files and AutoLISP routines. For example, you can write a script file to plot your drawings. The secret is ... Find out and start using this technique! 2. Tutorial: Automate tasks with a script file A script is a macro, a list of commands that you can run all at once, and as many times as necessary, allowing you to automate tasks that would take a long time if you did them manually. Scripts can be very powerful and you can run them on objects in one drawing, or on many drawings. Scripts have been around for many years and many people have a library of many scripts that they use. This is my original tutorial on creating scripts, but the technique is timeless. Get the steps! The most comprehensive book on AutoCAD AutoCAD 2012 & AutoCAD LT 2012 Bible Order the latest edition of my best-selling book, which I believe to be the most comprehensive book available on AutoCAD. It comes with a DVD full of drawings that you'll use for the numerous exercises. It's a combination of a resource book (so you can look up any topic you need to know about) and tutorial (so you can learn AutoCAD step-by-step). Have you bought a copy? Click Reply and let me know what you think! I'd appreciate it! Check it out! * * * * * New edition! Learn all about blocks in this thorough 121-page e-book, including the basics, dynamic blocks, attributes, annotative blocks, extracting data, and more! Includes drawings for numerous exercises. Only $14.95! Click here to purchase. (Full disclosure: I get 30%.) Click ad for more info on how you can save money with online purchases! More You can find the latest tips in my AutoCAD Tips Blog. For more tips, go to www.ellenfinkelstein.com/AutoCAD_tips.html. For my AutoCAD books and other items, go to my e-store. You can sponsor this newsletter, or place an ad in it. Reach 7,000 committed AutoCAD users. Contact me. If you want to reprint or reuse any of the content in my newsletters or on my site for your own newsletter, contact me. Happy designing and drawing, Ellen Finkelstein EllenFinkelstein.com Check out my Amazon page! Follow me on Twitter! (www.twitter.com/EFinkelstein) Use the links below to manage your subscription: Change your e-mail address; this opens a new e-mail message. Please give me both your old and new e-mail addresses. To subscribe, go to www.ellenfinkelstein.com/acad_submit.html. ©2012 Ellen Finkelstein, Inc. | 2010 Coral Lane, Fairfield, IA 52556

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