Customizing Design Center?

[drolfe]

I have recreated my own folder structure under the Custom heading and would like to link DC to quickkeys and pulldown bars. However I cannot seem to determine how they have created their "Custom Folder Definitions" so that when you pick a heading in the Pulldown it knows where to go to get the symbol by category.

As I have changed all the folders and obviously have different file names, I need to find out how to "reset" the categories that the pulldown references.

Anyone have any experience in this area?

Thanks
Derek Rolfe

[Anonymous]

Derek -

(Assuming that you are using ADT3.3 here??)

I don't think that you can redefine the folder definitions, but you can navigate to where ever you want as long as you know the
folder structure using the adccustomnavigate function.

Something like

(command "adccustomnavigate" "Architectural Desktop/Imperial/Documentation/Break Marks")

should work.
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"drolfe" wrote in message news:f0ca29f.-1@WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> I have recreated my own folder structure under the Custom heading and would like to link DC to quickkeys and pulldown bars.
However I cannot seem to determine how they have created their "Custom Folder Definitions" so that when you pick a heading in the
Pulldown it knows where to go to get the symbol by category.
> As I have changed all the folders and obviously have different file names, I need to find out how to "reset" the categories that
the pulldown references.
>
> Anyone have any experience in this area?
>
> Thanks
> Derek Rolfe
>
>

[drolfe]

Thanks Jason!
That's exactly what I was looking for 🙂
I'm still using ADT3.0 actually...

Is there a source to look for commands like that? I've been digging all day looking for it and obviously haven't had any luck.

This will work great. I can now target the pulldown with the "navigate" command and follow it with the Aec commands necessary to insert the block.
I realize it would be much easier to just insert it from DC, but I have lots of users who won't give up their "pulldowns" so I try and open things
up. Either way I wanted the Symbols and such linked to quickkeys for rapid insert and at the same time take advantage of alot of the Custom command
features of DC.

Thanks again
Derek

[Anonymous]

May I ask why you undertook such a
task?

Custom folder navigation is defined within the
AecArchx.lsp file

Example:

;;(defun
C:AecDCSetImpAppliances()       
(F:AecDCSetPalette 0) (princ))

What you would need to do is redefine the ;;(defun
C:AecDCSetImpAppliances() to open your custom path like so (as jason
noted):

(defun c:AecDcSetImpAppliances()
  (command
"AdcCustomNAvigate" "Architectural
Desktop\\Imperial\\Design\\MyAppliances")
  (princ)
 
)

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I
have recreated my own folder structure under the Custom heading and would like
to link DC to quickkeys and pulldown bars. However I cannot seem to determine
how they have created their "Custom Folder Definitions" so that when you pick
a heading in the Pulldown it knows where to go to get the symbol by category.

As I have changed all the folders and obviously have different file names,
I need to find out how to "reset" the categories that the pulldown references.

Anyone have any experience in this area?

Thanks
Derek Rolfe

[drolfe]

Sure. We didn't want the extra folders for Imperial and Metric as we don't work in Metric and thought it would be cleaner to have just one stage below ADT. I noticed teh AECARCX.lsp, but honestly I didn't understand exactly what they were doing in it. Your example helps alot.

We've also added a 1000+ file Detail Library that is organized via the Uniformat naming structure, within DC as well. Other categories like Titleblocks, and Scripts have been added into the mix. The best assest of DC is the ease of combining quickviewing with custom programming. I was just having problems linking the menus and the DC...

thanks again
Derek