topic HOW CAN I CREATE A DROP DOWN LIST IN AUTO CAD? in AutoCAD Forum

HOW CAN I CREATE A DROP DOWN LIST IN AUTO CAD?

Anonymous — Thu, 29 Aug 2019 14:25:58 GMT

I am not sure if this is possible with AutoCad, but i am creating an order form using AutoCad and for some of the form feilds i need to have a couple options for customers to choose from - can anyone help me with how to create a dropdown list so that they can choose the option they want?

Thanks!

Re: HOW CAN I CREATE A DROP DOWN LIST IN AUTO CAD?

vinodkl — Thu, 29 Aug 2019 14:38:47 GMT

Hi,

You can do that with dynamic block.

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Re: HOW CAN I CREATE A DROP DOWN LIST IN AUTO CAD?

scot-65 — Thu, 29 Aug 2019 22:19:12 GMT

Perhaps you might want to create a dialog interface instead?

Example:

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Re: HOW CAN I CREATE A DROP DOWN LIST IN AUTO CAD?

TheCADnoob — Fri, 30 Aug 2019 00:51:48 GMT

When your customers fill out the form is it going to be in a DWG format?

If you are planning on having it as a dwg you cant really control the form that well. If you are planning on sending it to them as a pdf, you can probably add the dropdowns in Adobe (or some other PDF software).

The biggest question is how are the end users going to interface with your form.

Re: HOW CAN I CREATE A DROP DOWN LIST IN AUTO CAD?

Anonymous — Fri, 30 Aug 2019 16:28:54 GMT

For an order form, unless you need that form to directly generate AutoCAD content, my opinion is that you would be much better off using either Excel or a pdf creator like Adobe Acrobat. While you can create custom user-forms in VBA within AutoCAD, and run basically any sequence of AutoCAD commands based on what options are selected and butttons are pushed, there is quite a learning curve involved. Also, unless your end-users (customers?) have AutoCAD installed, using the form would be difficult, if not impossible (not sure if any freeware or low-cost dwg alternatives support custom content like VBA, forms, etc or not....)