1. © 2011 Autodesk Painless Productivity Programming with the AutoCAD Action Recorder – Revealed! Matt Murphy Director of Content Management and Development 4D Technologies – www.CADLearning.com

2. © 2011 Autodesk Painless Productivity Programming with the AutoCAD Action Recorder – Revealed! Housekeeping  Polling Questions  Your Questions  Please set off or vibrate mode your  Blackberries  Blueberries  Strawberries  Raspberries

3. © 2011 Autodesk Painless Productivity Programming with the AutoCAD Action Recorder – Revealed! Course Agenda  The What and Why of the Action Recorder  Understanding the Action Recorder  Playing existing Action Macro Recording  Creating your own Action Macro  Types and uses of Action Macros  Secrets, Tips and Warnings  Alternate Uses

4. © 2011 Autodesk Painless Productivity Programming with the AutoCAD Action Recorder – Revealed! Introduction to the Action Recorder  What is the Action Recorder?  It is a programming tool that reduces repetitive steps and tasks into simple visual and intuitive macros  Create Geometry  Modify Geometry  Drawing Utilities

5. © 2011 Autodesk Painless Productivity Programming with the AutoCAD Action Recorder – Revealed! Introduction to the Action Recorder  Why use the Action Recorder?  Easy customization without programming knowledge  Recordings can be copied, renamed and edited  The Action Recorder can record MOST routine user actions  Add text messages and requests for user input  They will make you more productive by:  Maintaining standards  Need fewer clicks and picks

6. © 2011 Autodesk Painless Productivity Programming with the AutoCAD Action Recorder – Revealed! Introduction to the Action Recorder  Why you would NOT use Action Recorder?  If you already create custom programming  Think simple!

7. © 2011 Autodesk Painless Productivity Programming with the AutoCAD Action Recorder – Revealed!  Controlling the location of macro recordings  Action Macros are files -. ACTM  Recording path – ACTRECPATH  Playback path – ACTPATH  Set in Options… Understanding the Action Recorder

8. © 2011 Autodesk Painless Productivity Programming with the AutoCAD Action Recorder – Revealed!  Action Recorder Preferences  Action Tree  Coordinate Uses Play Back an Action Macro

9. © 2011 Autodesk Painless Productivity Programming with the AutoCAD Action Recorder – Revealed!  Action Recorder Essentially Records Anything  That appears at the command line  Action Recorder will NOT record  Opening and saving a file  Any selection within a dialog box Creating Your Own Action Macros

10. © 2011 Autodesk Painless Productivity Programming with the AutoCAD Action Recorder – Revealed!  Creating Geometry  Editing or Modifying Geometry  Drawing Setup, Maintenance and Utilities Types of Action Macros

11. © 2011 Autodesk Painless Productivity Programming with the AutoCAD Action Recorder – Revealed!  Editing the Action Tree  Requesting User Input  Insert User Message  Create a copy of the macro first! Editing an Action Macro

12. © 2011 Autodesk Painless Productivity Programming with the AutoCAD Action Recorder – Revealed!  Creating Geometry  Editing or Modifying Geometry  Drawing Setup, Maintenance and Utilities Types of Action Macros

13. © 2011 Autodesk Painless Productivity Programming with the AutoCAD Action Recorder – Revealed!  Use a dash (-) hyphen before the command name at the command line  -osnap  -layer or -la  -insert -- Suppress Dialog Boxes

14. © 2011 Autodesk Painless Productivity Programming with the AutoCAD Action Recorder – Revealed!  Creating Geometry  Editing or Modifying Geometry  Drawing Setup, Maintenance and Utilities Types of Action Macros

15. © 2011 Autodesk Painless Productivity Programming with the AutoCAD Action Recorder – Revealed!  Secret – Hidden Messages  Tip – Don’t take the “Default” value  Warning – Don’t name macros with Command Alias Names Final Secrets, Tips and Warnings

16. © 2011 Autodesk Painless Productivity Programming with the AutoCAD Action Recorder – Revealed! How to reach me: matt.murphy@CADLearning.com FREE TRAINING MATERIALS: http://cadlearning.com/aupromo Coupon Code: AUCERT2011 Thanks for attending my session and participating! Please complete the course evaluation. Good luck on your path to improved productivity!

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