Comments on: Conversation with a Customizer http://www.caddmanager.com/CMB Practical, proven insight into CADD Management from Mark W. Kiker Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:07:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: CADDManager http://www.caddmanager.com/CMB/journals/cmj-march-2008/conversation-with-a-customizer/comment-page-1/#comment-348 CADDManager Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:27:18 +0000 http://www.caddmanager.com/CMB/journals/cmj-march-2008/conversation-with-a-customizer/#comment-348 As a rule, CADDManager.com does not share third party developed LISP. Each developer/customizer may provide a location for tools that they have developed. At this time Jesse does not have such a site. All his development is for internal use and has not been tested outside his environment. As a rule, CADDManager.com does not share third party developed LISP. Each developer/customizer may provide a location for tools that they have developed. At this time Jesse does not have such a site. All his development is for internal use and has not been tested outside his environment.

]]> By: Justo Santos http://www.caddmanager.com/CMB/journals/cmj-march-2008/conversation-with-a-customizer/comment-page-1/#comment-345 Justo Santos Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:50:41 +0000 http://www.caddmanager.com/CMB/journals/cmj-march-2008/conversation-with-a-customizer/#comment-345 Mr. Jesse, Would you be kind enough to share your lisp? I am just a user and not good at these LISP. It would be of great help to use particulary the layer creator (QW) Mr. Jesse,

Would you be kind enough to share your lisp? I am just a user and not good at these LISP. It would be of great help to use particulary the layer creator (QW)

]]> By: Jesse Wheat (aka CadDog) http://www.caddmanager.com/CMB/journals/cmj-march-2008/conversation-with-a-customizer/comment-page-1/#comment-264 Jesse Wheat (aka CadDog) Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:40:44 +0000 http://www.caddmanager.com/CMB/journals/cmj-march-2008/conversation-with-a-customizer/#comment-264 Glen, First of all, thanks for your input it is more then welcome and I sure there are others out there that will benefit from your knowage. As for me, I just don't have the time anymore like I use to for creating and working in menus or cui. I have created three programs which together do about 90% of what I need. The first program I created was one I created for MicroStation years ago for setting standard Text height. In AutoCAD I took that idea ever farther by adding: - Creating ViewPort for the Scale select. - Creating Dimstyle based on the Scale select. - Noting and checking these setting each and everytime anyone opens or move from ps to ms and back. - Lastly, Creating Text style base for the company standards... and all this is done with a couple of clicks. The next Program I created but was Opp (lisp) and now is called POP and was rewritten in VBA by a good friend of owns. It is a fast and easy way to plot and a lot more... The Last program I created and use everyday I call QW. This is a simple layer creator program base on the company standard layers. Long with those three program I use a lot of small Lisp programs which I can write in minutes as I or others need them. I also have many quick keys to, again, help make me and others faster at what we do. For everything else I use the pattele menus: - standard symbols - small lisp programs Again, Glen thanks for your relay. I am sure you, like me, have a handle on what you do and it is working great you and that is what it should be. Keep on creating and I hope to hear more from you and other soon. Jesse Wheat (aka CadDog)... :) Glen,

First of all, thanks for your input it is more then welcome and I sure there are others out there that will benefit from your knowage. As for me, I just don’t have the time anymore like I use to for creating and working in menus or cui.

I have created three programs which together do about 90% of what I need. The first program I created was one I created for MicroStation years ago for setting standard Text height. In AutoCAD I took that idea ever farther by adding:
- Creating ViewPort for the Scale select.
- Creating Dimstyle based on the Scale select.
- Noting and checking these setting each and everytime anyone opens or move from ps to ms and back.
- Lastly, Creating Text style base for the company standards…
and all this is done with a couple of clicks.

The next Program I created but was Opp (lisp) and now is called POP and was rewritten in VBA by a good friend of owns. It is a fast and easy way to plot and a lot more…

The Last program I created and use everyday I call QW. This is a simple layer creator program base on the company standard layers.

Long with those three program I use a lot of small Lisp programs which I can write in minutes as I or others need them. I also have many quick keys to, again, help make me and others faster at what we do.

For everything else I use the pattele menus:
- standard symbols
- small lisp programs

Again, Glen thanks for your relay. I am sure you, like me, have a handle on what you do and it is working great you and that is what it should be. Keep on creating and I hope to hear more from you and other soon.

Jesse Wheat (aka CadDog)… :)

]]> By: Glen Sullivan http://www.caddmanager.com/CMB/journals/cmj-march-2008/conversation-with-a-customizer/comment-page-1/#comment-247 Glen Sullivan Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:02:05 +0000 http://www.caddmanager.com/CMB/journals/cmj-march-2008/conversation-with-a-customizer/#comment-247 Jesse, you definitely sound like a long time AutoCAD user and customizer. I feel your frustration with the new CUI, but once you learn its little quirks it is much easier then the old MNU. As far as upgrading from one version to another is to use the enterprise menu system that AutoCAD has as a partial menu that just has your customizations. I also setup a user partial menu that is stored in a use location on the server. The main menu just becomes AutoCAD's standard menu, so when you update that file can change with the new version. I have been using and customizing since AutoCAD R10 and love doing it. I first learned of AutoCAD's easy customization as a necessity and once I saw the potential I learned as much as I could. I think one very important point you made was in regards to how you approach creating a new tool. You wrote "I then start building a simple structure and testing each and every step." I have found that sometimes I try and make the tools I develop to complicated and it makes them harder to develop. Starting with something simple allows you to get a quick solution that can always be improved over time. Thanks for the information. I really enjoyed the interview. Jesse, you definitely sound like a long time AutoCAD user and customizer. I feel your frustration with the new CUI, but once you learn its little quirks it is much easier then the old MNU. As far as upgrading from one version to another is to use the enterprise menu system that AutoCAD has as a partial menu that just has your customizations. I also setup a user partial menu that is stored in a use location on the server. The main menu just becomes AutoCAD’s standard menu, so when you update that file can change with the new version.

I have been using and customizing since AutoCAD R10 and love doing it. I first learned of AutoCAD’s easy customization as a necessity and once I saw the potential I learned as much as I could. I think one very important point you made was in regards to how you approach creating a new tool. You wrote “I then start building a simple structure and testing each and every step.” I have found that sometimes I try and make the tools I develop to complicated and it makes them harder to develop. Starting with something simple allows you to get a quick solution that can always be improved over time.

Thanks for the information. I really enjoyed the interview.

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