PGP problem

[jimbir]

I have no problem when I enter DIMSCALE on the command line.

I've added the following command to my PGP file, saved the file, and ran the REINIT command on the PGP file. When I Enter DMS On the command line, I get the "unknown command" message. Could someone help me with this problem?

Jim Birke

DMS,   *DIMSCALE

[imadHabash]

Hi,

while you editing your pgp file from AutoCAD make sure that you press Apply button and confirm changes , make sure that your aliasedit dialog is closed not minimized . 

[chriscowgill7373]

DIMSCALE is a variable, not a command, so you cannot shortcut it using the pgp file.  You would probably have to have some sort of short lisp routine or something that would prompt the user as though they were entering the data for DIMSCALE, and then feed it to the variable.

(defun c:dms (/ rscale)
(setq rscale (getreal "\nEnter new value for DIMSCALE:"))
(setvar "DIMSCALE" rscale)
)

[Moshe-A]

@chriscowgill7373  hi

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DIMSCALE is a variable, not a command, so you cannot shortcut it using the pgp file. 

DIMSCALE is a system variable and it's also a command like any other commands and can be added to acad.pgp to be invoke by a shortcut - give it a try 😀

@jimbir 

instead of directly changing the dimscale better use an appropriate dimstyle.

Moshe

[imadHabash]

it's work fine from my Aliasedit command .

[chriscowgill7373]

I've learned something new, so I guess I can go to the office now, since I'm already at home?

If REINIT didnt work, can you confirm that you edited the correct pgp file?

(startapp "notepad" (findfile "acad.pgp"))  should open the pgp file that AutoCAD is using.

It should be in the bottom section of your code.

If you edited the correct one, and it isnt working after REINIT, did you try restarting AutoCAD completely?  That should force a reread.

[jimbir]

Thanks for the quick reply. Can you show me how to add that to the PGP file

[jimbir]

Thanks for the quick reply. When I enter Notepad on the command line it asks me the name of the file I want to open. I type PGP and note pad tells me it can't find the file. The location of the file I am editing is located in
C:\Users\JLB\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\AutoCAD 2004\R16.0\enu\support
jim

[Alfred.NESWADBA]

Hi,

>> Can you show me how to add that to the PGP file

Please find >>>this AKN article<<< showing how to edit ACAD.PGP.

- alfred -

[Moshe-A]

@jimbir 

key-in ALIASEDIT command.

[chriscowgill7373 · Accepted solution]

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@jimbir wrote:

Thanks for the quick reply. When I enter Notepad on the command line it asks me the name of the file I want to open. I type PGP and note pad tells me it can't find the file. The location of the file I am editing is located in
C:\Users\JLB\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\AutoCAD 2004\R16.0\enu\support
jim

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if you copy this:

(startapp "notepad" (findfile "acad.pgp"))

including all the () and paste it at your command line, it will open the pgp file that AutoCAD is using.

[pendean]

OR try this LISP and skip trying to remember to run REINIT command after esditing the PGP file

;;Edit PGP file then REINIT
(defun c:editpgp(/ pgpfile);command alias editing
(setq pgpfile (strcat "notepad " (findfile "acad.pgp")))
(setvar "re-init" 16)
(prompt "\nACAD.PGP...reinitialized. ")
(princ)
) ;end

[jimbir]

I don't have the aliasedit In my 2004 version of autocad.

[chriscowgill7373]

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@jimbir wrote:

I don't have the aliasedit In my 2004 version of autocad.

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I believe ALIASEDIT was added as part of the express tools in AutoCAD 2014.

You saved the file, when you reopen it is it still in the file?  Did you reboot AutoCAD?

[Moshe-A]

@jimbir 

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@jimbir wrote:

I don't have the aliasedit In my 2004 version of autocad.

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aliasedit is not exist cause the express tools is not installed.

go to tools\Customize\edit program parameters (acad.pgp) this a little shorter then manually opening the file in notepad.

Moshe

[jimbir · Accepted solution]

The PGP file that command opened contained shortcut DSC which works. In an effort to find its location I tried the save as command in notebook. At the top of the next window this was listed.

C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoCAD 2004

And not the one in:

C:\Users\JLB\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\AutoCAD 2004\R16.0\enu\support

I now know everything, I think...
Thanks for your help
Jim

[jimbir]

Chriscowgill7373 Put me on the right track. By following his instructions in post number 11, I determined that I was editing the PGP file stored in my appdata folder and not the one in C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoCAD 2004 Which was the one auto CAD was using. Problem solved.