Lisp and tool palette

Crystal Bailey

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Mar 28, 2003, 3:05:05 PM3/28/03

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I've heard that there is a way to add your lisp routines to the tool
palette. Does anyone have any information on this?

Crystal

Mikhail Belilovskiy (Autodesk)

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Mar 28, 2003, 4:54:39 PM3/28/03

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Just copy and paste Scott's code into Notepad.
Save the document as line.atc.
Start AutoCAD and drag and drop this file from Windows Explorer to AutoCAD
Tool Palette. You should get a new tool called Line.
You can now modify its properties by assigning and icon or changing Line
command to any of your Lisp routines or other commands or sequence of
commands.

You can obviously do it in Notepad too by replacing Line in
<ItemName>Line</ItemName> with something else. In case you can't see it
again, here is Scott's code you need to copy and paste into Notepad.

Thanks,
Misha

"Crystal Bailey" <cba...@cfxamerica.com> wrote in message
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> Scott,
>
> ok....Bob and I are trying to figure out what you are talking about and we
> both have no clue. Could you clue us in?
>
> Crystal
>

scott mceachron

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Mar 28, 2003, 3:59:53 PM3/28/03

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oh ya - and then drag it to a tool palette!
;)

"scott mceachron" <smcea...@avat.com> wrote in message
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> Try this - save this as an .atc file. You'll notice this is for the line
> command. Simply replace the line command with a lisp routine.

>
> <Tool>
> <ItemID idValue="{F0D064DC-6C66-4E6C-BBAA-CFCDBD15BE78}"/>
> <Properties>
> <ItemName>Line</ItemName>
> <Images>
> <Image cx="16" cy="16" src="Images\msf1f_1.png"/>
> </Images><Time createdUniversalDateTime="2002-11-28T01:28:32"
> modifiedUniversalDateTime="2002-11-28T01:28:32"/>
> </Properties>
> <Source/>
> <StockToolRef idValue="{2AE7120B-CEE4-47A5-9B50-EF9F3ADE24AC}"/>
> <Data>
> <Macro>^C^C_line</Macro>
> </Data>
> </Tool>
>
>

> by the way - thanks for all the good jokes!
>
> Enjoy!
> scott
>
> --
> scott mceachron
> avatech solutions - dallas
> http://www.avat.com/

>
>
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scott mceachron

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Mar 28, 2003, 3:58:25 PM3/28/03

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Enjoy!
scott

Matt Kolberg

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Mar 28, 2003, 6:31:56 PM3/28/03

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Is there, or will there be documentation sometime in the future with
instructions/techniques for customizing these palette?

Matt Kolberg

scott mceachron

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Mar 28, 2003, 4:54:02 PM3/28/03

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1. open the notepad - start a new file.
2. paste in the following:

3. Save the notepad file as "line.atc"
4. Drag and drop the file on a tool palette
5. You can substitute your own lisp routines instead of "_line" shown
above.

e-mail me if it doesn't make sense
smcea...@avat.com

--
scott mceachron
avatech solutions - dallas
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> Scott,
>
> ok....Bob and I are trying to figure out what you are talking about and we
> both have no clue. Could you clue us in?
>
> Crystal
>
>

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Crystal Bailey

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Mar 28, 2003, 4:18:41 PM3/28/03

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Scott,

ok....Bob and I are trying to figure out what you are talking about and we
both have no clue. Could you clue us in?

Crystal

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Mikhail Belilovskiy (Autodesk)

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Mar 28, 2003, 10:28:17 PM3/28/03

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There is API documentation. I am not sure how much it covers though.

I don't think there will be regular UI documentation since you can create
only block and hatch tools using UI.

Thanks,
Misha

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Jeff Briggs

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Apr 9, 2003, 10:57:59 AM4/9/03

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The last post does not make any sense to me.

Toolbars and ToolPalettes are different.

Crystal, I followed the exact steps as described in an earlier post from
scott mceachron and it worked for me. I saved the line.atc file to my
desktop and then dragged the file onto a tool palette in Acad 2004 and it
showed up.

R. Robert Bell

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Apr 12, 2003, 12:00:13 AM4/12/03

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A release of AutoCAD! ;-) Tool palettes are in A2k4.

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R. Robert Bell, MCSE
www.AcadX.com

"Lumpo_Del_Magnifico" <eric...@tic.toshiba.com> wrote in message
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| OK now I'm confused. I thought you were trying to put a button on the
toolbar to execute your Lisp routine? What is the difference then between a
toolbar and a
| tool palette? Someone clear this one up for me please?