AutoCAD scripts can be stored in a central location on your server. The Good – AutoCAD scripts can contain long lists of instructions for AutoCAD to follow. All you really need to automate AutoCAD is a good understanding of the sequence of commands that you need to complete to get the job done.
I hope to demonstrate that the process of writing a Macro is the same as that of writing a Script. A Macro usually lives within your CUI or on a Tool palette. An AutoCAD command Macro is also a list of instructions for AutoCAD to follow, but a Macro is run from the AutoCAD UI (A tool bar button, menu pull down or short cut key combination).SCR, that contains a number of instructions for AutoCAD to perform at the command line. An AutoCAD Script Is an ASCII text file, with the file extension.We will look at the difference between a Script and a Macro and discuss the possibilities of both. In this post we will look at another automation tool – the command Macro. In my last post for CAD Notes, I showed you how to take a task that you perform frequently, and automate it by turning it into an AutoCAD script.
