Action Recorder

[Anonymous]

Hello, all

AutoCAD 2017

I am trying to use the action recorder. We frequently receive files from outside vendors, and they never lock their viewports. I am trying to create an action macro:

Mview

Lock

On

All

(enter to end command)

(2) questions:

1. Works fine in current session - saves action macro to

C:\Users\(myname)\appdata\roaming\autodesk\autocad mechanical 2017\r21.0\enu\support\actions

which is where I gather this should properly live.

When I trigger the action recorder, the action is in the list, and I can use it.

However, if I close Autocad and start it again, the action is no longer available??? How do I make it "stick"?

2. Once I get it to stick, how do I make it a command so I can add it to my quick access toolbar?

I did all this on my machine at work - it seems the action recorder should be saving the action as an ACAD command, which I can then drag into the quick access toolbar after designing a bmp icon in the CUI dialog - but it is not showing up as an ACAD command on this machine, but is shown as an ACAD command on my work machine.

Is there an option in the action recorder I am missing? Is there a hotfix out there?

Please help.

Thanks

[imadHabash]

Hi,

i suggest to try this great .vlx file. >> Click <<

regards,

[Alfred.NESWADBA · Accepted solution]

Hi,

no action recorder necessary, just create a new menu command and add this command to the quick access toolbar.

This video shows the simpliest way to do that. But in case you create more commands and menu customizations please create a new partial menu for your customizations so you can easily use the same CUIX in newer versions of AutoCAD.

- alfred -

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the replies. I finally remembered, as your video demonstrates, that I had to create a custom ACAD command in the CUI dialog and then customize the icon. See screen shot below, This procedure lets me add the icon to the quick access toolbar - there must be a defined ACAD command and icon to do this. You can also create a custom palette command w/out icon, but it is text only,

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