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Select and play existing macros to automate drawing polygons.
Type:
Tutorial
Length:
2 min.
Transcript
00:04
Action macros allow you to automate repetitive tasks in AutoCAD without the need for programming skills.
00:10
These macros can be saved, replayed, and shared with others.
00:15
You access action macros from the ribbon, Manage tab, in the Action Recorder panel.
00:21
From here, you can record, edit, and play macros.
00:25
To play back an existing macro, expand the Action Macro drop-down and select a saved macro.
00:31
For this example, select Hexagon_Fillet_4in.
00:36
A selected macro does not automatically run until you click Play.
00:40
In this case, click Play, and you are prompted to select the center of the polygon.
00:46
When you do, the macro adds a 4-inch filleted hexagon to your drawing.
00:51
Then, a notification appears indicating that the playback of the action macro is complete.
00:57
Notice that you can also choose not to see this notification again.
01:01
Click Close.
01:04
Other macros can use the same tool—in this case, the polygon object—and do something different with it.
01:11
From the Action Macro drop-down, select Pentagon_4in, and then click Play.
01:16
In the drawing, specify a center point to add a 4-inch standard polygon with five sides.
01:23
Continue to select and play macros from the saved list.
01:26
For example, add another Hexagon_Fillet_4in polygon to your drawing.
01:32
The settings in the last macro that you used are retained by AutoCAD.
01:36
To illustrate this, from the Home tab, Draw panel, select the Polygon object.
01:43
Since a filleted hexagon was the last macro used,
01:46
the prompt is set for a 6-sided circumscribed polygon.
01:50
Press ESC to exit this command.
01:53
To reset the polygon settings to their defaults, return to the Manage tab, Action Recorder panel.
01:59
From the Action Macro drop-down, select Polygon_Reset, and then click Play.
02:05
The Playback Complete notification appears, and when you close it, nothing has visibly changed.
02:11
However, if you return to the Home tab, Draw panel, and select the Polygon object again,
02:17
you see that the prompt is now set to a default 4-sided inscribed polygon.
Video transcript
00:04
Action macros allow you to automate repetitive tasks in AutoCAD without the need for programming skills.
00:10
These macros can be saved, replayed, and shared with others.
00:15
You access action macros from the ribbon, Manage tab, in the Action Recorder panel.
00:21
From here, you can record, edit, and play macros.
00:25
To play back an existing macro, expand the Action Macro drop-down and select a saved macro.
00:31
For this example, select Hexagon_Fillet_4in.
00:36
A selected macro does not automatically run until you click Play.
00:40
In this case, click Play, and you are prompted to select the center of the polygon.
00:46
When you do, the macro adds a 4-inch filleted hexagon to your drawing.
00:51
Then, a notification appears indicating that the playback of the action macro is complete.
00:57
Notice that you can also choose not to see this notification again.
01:01
Click Close.
01:04
Other macros can use the same tool—in this case, the polygon object—and do something different with it.
01:11
From the Action Macro drop-down, select Pentagon_4in, and then click Play.
01:16
In the drawing, specify a center point to add a 4-inch standard polygon with five sides.
01:23
Continue to select and play macros from the saved list.
01:26
For example, add another Hexagon_Fillet_4in polygon to your drawing.
01:32
The settings in the last macro that you used are retained by AutoCAD.
01:36
To illustrate this, from the Home tab, Draw panel, select the Polygon object.
01:43
Since a filleted hexagon was the last macro used,
01:46
the prompt is set for a 6-sided circumscribed polygon.
01:50
Press ESC to exit this command.
01:53
To reset the polygon settings to their defaults, return to the Manage tab, Action Recorder panel.
01:59
From the Action Macro drop-down, select Polygon_Reset, and then click Play.
02:05
The Playback Complete notification appears, and when you close it, nothing has visibly changed.
02:11
However, if you return to the Home tab, Draw panel, and select the Polygon object again,
02:17
you see that the prompt is now set to a default 4-sided inscribed polygon.
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