Advance Steel custom commands-share your ideas

[acbsdesign]

Hello,

It will be nice to learn more about custom commands / combination of Autocad and Advance Steel commands improving productivity. 

To colleagues willing to share-Thank you.

Here is a tiny example:

"Hide parts with identical numbers"-used when parts are detailed using drawings styles.

^C^C_AstM5equalpartsMarkSame \;AstM4CommSelectMarkedObjects ;_AstM4SwitchReprMode off

And another one:

"Hide Similar Advance Steel Objects":

^C^C_SelectSimilar \;_AstM4SwitchReprMode off

Regards, 

Ilko Dimitrov

ACBS

[CHRIS_ASDL]

Hi Dave,

The Autodesk help file isn't very clear at all. @Sebastian_Eiche produced a very good screen cast on custom commands. Like with everything in AS, once you have created a couple its relatively straight forward.

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/advance-steel/learn-explore/caas/screencast/Main/Details/da09...

[acbsdesign]

Hi Dave,

Type CUI

On the upper left corner-click on SHORTCUT MENUS

DEFAULT menu is your right click when no command is active (devs and more experienced users, please excuse my vocabulary if it is incorrect)

Now we have to create the custom command and drag it to this menu.

On the left side down-right click over commands, NEW COMMAND

Add new command

Type the name, and the menu on the right-macro- copy and paste:   ^C^C_qsave;close

Name and description-per your preferences, may be Save and Close

Choose a toolbar-EDIT

IMPORT-  from C:\Users\  PC NAME \AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\Advance Steel 2019\R23.0\enu\Support\Icons

I did create there my BMP files (copied by Autodesk and modified)

When the command is created, it is dragged to the default menu (or edit menu for other commands), and save the CUI file. 

Advance steel cui file is located here in case you need to back it up:

C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\Advance Steel 2019\USA\Steel\Support\Toolbars

Regards,

Ilko Dimitrov

ACBS

[acbsdesign]

Also-You can drag the new commands to Autocad tool palette.

I find this very useful, I have created all my blocks in one dwg that is always located on the desktop, and uploaded them to the tool palette by right click + drag. This works for dynamic blocks too.

[dave_conibear]

Hi Chris

.........thanks for that...........much appreciated

I'll put it to good use

cheers

Dave

[dave_conibear]

Hi Ilko

..............that is absolutely what I wanted..........and easy to follow

thank you for posting that........really much appreciated

cheers

Dave

[acbsdesign]

When searching for lost in the universe welds and bolts:

Select plate or beam, command selects connection object, searches and points them with the red arrows:

“Mark connection objects and show marking” 

^C^C_AstM4CommMarkConnMeans \;_AstM4CommShowMarkings

This is my toolbar for it, it has to be concerted to .bmp if used:

Cheers

Ilko Dimitrov

ACBS

[acbsdesign]

A tiny one helping extending two lines to their intersection point:

Fillet with radius 0

^C^C _fillet ;r ;0

[Anonymous]

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@acbsdesign wrote:

A tiny one helping extending two lines to their intersection point:

Fillet with radius 0

^C^C _fillet ;r ;0

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That seems fantastic, huge time and click saver!

One quick question, I decided to go the whole hog with this one and add it to my ribbon and right-click edit menu using the cui editor. Even made an icon. But the command doesn't work. I think it's because of the ;r ;0 modifier at the end. How can these be included in the macro in the cui editor? Or can they not?

[Anonymous]

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@Anonymous wrote:

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@acbsdesign wrote:

A tiny one helping extending two lines to their intersection point:

Fillet with radius 0

^C^C _fillet ;r ;0

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That seems fantastic, huge time and click saver!

One quick question, I decided to go the whole hog with this one and add it to my ribbon and right-click edit menu using the cui editor. Even made an icon. But the command doesn't work. I think it's because of the ;r ;0 modifier at the end. How can these be included in the macro in the cui editor? Or can they not?

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False alarm, sorted it.

You just don't use the spaces between the semi-colons (^C^C _fillet;r;0).

Works like a charm!

Thanks

[AleckGiles]

HI,

Remember, in all such command strings for buttons any space or semi-colon ";" counts as pressing return on the keyboard. I always use ";" in the command strings because you can see them unlike spaces. Naturally you must make sure you get the right simulated key sequence including returns.

[Anonymous]

Ah, that explains it.

Good tip. I always use spaces but, like you say, they are invisible. I'll switch to ;

Thanks Aleck

[acbsdesign]

I do not have the spaces in my command line, strange spaces were copied, but anyway, Thank you, @AleckGiles  for the info. 

[acbsdesign]

@AleckGiles 

Can you write a macro for command "Hide detailed parts"-Any SP or MP that is placed on a drawing to be hidden? 

SP or MP to be dependent on the current MP, SP, Preliminary Number selection.

Or "Hide detailed SP" as a separate command, and another one "Hide detailed MP"

Please send me a quote if you would like to do it.

Thank you.

Ilko Dimitrov

ACBS

[alickomay]

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[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Small update to the Fillet0 command, this is the command string you should use to add it to the CUI

^C^C_fillet;r;0;;

Icon also attached, I added it to the fillet/chamfer/blended curves drop-down menu

[acbsdesign]

@Anonymous  

I will use the bmp file.

Thank you.

[acbsdesign · Accepted solution]

Rotate and Align with a base point, a huge time saver for repetitive bridge work.

^C^C_rotate \r;\\\;;

https://autode.sk/2tTJWFp

Link for an example of put to good use.

[Anonymous]

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@acbsdesign wrote:

Rotate and Align with a base point, a huge time saver for repetitive bridge work.

^C^C_rotate \r;\\\;;

https://autode.sk/2tTJWFp

Link for an example of put to good use.

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Another cracker! I like it.

Keep them coming 

[Anonymous]

^C^C_ASTM4COMMROTATEUCS;X;

rotate UCS around X axis, accordingly change X to Y or Z for simillar outcome 😉 usefull when detailing etc.

[Sebastian_Eiche]

you mean like this commands