Skip to Content
Mastering AutoCAD 2017 and AutoCAD LT 2017
book

Mastering AutoCAD 2017 and AutoCAD LT 2017

by George Omura, Brian C. Benton
May 2016
Intermediate to advanced
1080 pages
33h 29m
English
Sybex
Content preview from Mastering AutoCAD 2017 and AutoCAD LT 2017

Chapter 24 Customizing Toolbars, Menus, Linetypes, and Hatch Patterns

AutoCAD® 2017 software offers a high degree of flexibility and customization, enabling you to tailor the software’s look and feel to your requirements. In this chapter, you’ll see how to customize AutoCAD so that it integrates more smoothly into your workgroup and office environment.

The first part of the chapter shows you how to adapt AutoCAD to fit your particular needs. You’ll learn how to customize AutoCAD by modifying its menus, and you’ll learn how to create custom macros for commands that your workgroup uses frequently.

In this chapter, you will learn to

  • Use workspaces
  • Customize the user interface
  • Create macros in tools and menus
  • Edit keyboard shortcuts
  • Save, load, ...
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.

Read now

Unlock full access

More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly

AirBnbBlueOriginElectronic ArtsHomeDepotNasdaqRakutenTata Consultancy Services

QuotationMarkO’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.
Julian F.
Head of Cybersecurity
QuotationMarkI wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.
Addison B.
Field Engineer
QuotationMarkI’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.
Amir M.
Data Platform Tech Lead
QuotationMarkI'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
Mark W.
Embedded Software Engineer

You might also like

AutoCAD 2017 and AutoCAD LT 2017 Essentials

AutoCAD 2017 and AutoCAD LT 2017 Essentials

Scott Onstott
Mastering AutoCAD 2018 and AutoCAD LT 2018

Mastering AutoCAD 2018 and AutoCAD LT 2018

George Omura, Brian C. Benton
Mastering AutoCAD 2013 and AutoCAD LT 2013

Mastering AutoCAD 2013 and AutoCAD LT 2013

George Omura, Brian C. Benton

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781119240051Purchase book