English
2015
eISBN: 1118900448
eISBN-13: 9781118900444
ASIN: B00VYMRQWS
693 pages
PDF
Welcome to AutoCAD Platform Customization: VBA! Have you ever thought to yourself, why doesn’t the Autodesk® AutoCAD® program include every feature I need? Why isn’t it streamlined for the type of work I perform? If so, you are not alone. AutoCAD at its core is a drafting platform that, through programming, can be shaped and molded to more effi ciently complete the tasks you perform on a daily basis and enhance your company’s workfl ows. Take a deep breath. I did just mention programming, but programming isn’t something to fear. At fi rst, just the idea of programming makes many people want to run in the opposite direction—myself included. The productivity gains are what propelled me forward. Programming isn’t all that different from anything else you’ve tried doing for the fi rst time.
In many ways, learning to program is much like learning a foreign language. For many new to Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), the starting place is learning the basics: the syntax of the programming language and how to leverage commands and system variables. Executing commands and working with system variables using the SendCommand and PostCommand methods can be a quick way to get started and become comfortable with VBA. After you are comfortable with the syntax of VBA and the SendCommand and PostCommand functions, you can begin to learn how to access the AutoCAD Object library to develop more complex and robust programs.
About Th is Book
AutoCAD Platform Customization: VBA provides you with an understanding of the VBA
programming language and how it can be used in combination with the AutoCAD Object
library to improve your productivity. This book is designed to be more than just an introduction
to VBA and the AutoCAD Object library; it is a resource that can be used time and again when
developing VBA programs for use with AutoCAD. As you page through this book, you will
notice that it contains sample code and exercises that are based on real-world solutions.
This book is the third and fi nal book in a series that focuses on customizing and
programming AutoCAD. The three-book series as a whole is known as AutoCAD Platform
Customization: User Interface, AutoLISP, VBA, and Beyond, which will be available as a printed
book in 2015. Book 1 in the series, AutoCAD Platform Customization: User Interface and Beyond, was
published in early 2014 and focused on CAD standards and general customization of AutoCAD;
Book 2, AutoCAD Platform Customization: AutoLISP, was published in mid-2014 and covers the AutoLISP programming language.
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