Edit Command Aliases and add new ones

[Larry D]

1. I did a standard installation and it went into C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD LT 2011\UserDataCache\Support
So I just tried Manage, Edit Aliases then added a new one at the end, then restarted autocad ( I guess I could have invoked Reinit) and that worked perfectly

2.True enough so that's a bad example but you still need to use a lisp file to create ZP (Zoom Previous), or ZE,ZD.
I tried the procedure described by some one else in exact detail, copying the actual code and it didn't work. Ugh!

[tedg]

1. I did a standard installation and it went into C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD LT 2011\UserDataCache\Support
So I just tried Manage, Edit Aliases then added a new one at the end, then restarted autocad ( I guess I could have invoked Reinit) and that worked perfectly

2.True enough so that's a bad example but you still need to use a lisp file to create ZP (Zoom Previous), or ZE,ZD.
I tried the procedure described by some one else in exact detail, copying the actual code and it didn't work. Ugh!

Are you using AutoCAD LT? (if so you didn't mention that before)
LISP will not work in LT

[rkmcswain]

1. I did a standard installation and it went into C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD LT 2011\UserDataCache\Support

That is not the correct version of the file you should be editing.

To make all of this SO much simpler, two steps:

1. Create a folder (something like C:\CADSTUFF) and put your "acad.pgp" in there.
2. Add this folder to the TOP of your support file search path.

Done.

Now you won't have any questions as to what file to edit, no permissions problems, and you know exactly where to find the things to save when you are moving to a new machine, etc.

[Larry D]

OK. Thanks.

[lma100]

Great idea. Changing C to mean copy is the first thing I do when I sit down to a new AutoCAD. I still work on an older version. Can't you still just edit the acad.pgp file with Notepad from Windows? By the way you should know, AutoCAD reads the pgp file from the top. It executes the first C it finds even if the old C is still there below. (Since I mainly do architectural-type drawings I could never understand why they chose C for circle.)

[lma100]

One other thing. It is a good idea to save the original acad.pgp unaltered under a different name so you can quickly restore it if need be. (Like other users use your computer, a tech support person comes, etc.)

[rkmcswain]

By the way you should know, AutoCAD reads the pgp file from the top. It executes the first C it finds even if the old C is still there below.

That is false.

AutoCAD reads the entire file into memory once at startup (and again if you run the ReInit command).
The last read definition is the one that sticks.
That is why the USER section is at the bottom of this file.

[Larry D]

At the end of the .pgp file there is a place for user defined command aliases. And a note that states users should make all new aliases below that note because it will read it first. I didn't change or remove any of the aliases above that area and it worked correctly.

[mjsmith.217899]

Aliasedit Command.
Pick the C.
Click Edit.
Enter Copy as the AutoCAD Command.
Click Ok.

Hope this helps.

Mike S.

[Hammer.John.J]

This is my first post on AUGI. I am trying to create new command aliases: “c” for copy (instead of circle), “zw” for zoom window, and more. The instructions start by saying “Click Tools” and I’m already stymied. There is no “Tools” to click that I can see. Can anyone help on how to view a list command aliases and how to either modify or add new ones? Thanks much.

you don't need to make a command for this, do a quick search on "actions", you can record an action, save the action for yourself or others and then have all the recorded actions be incorporated into your search path for actions in the profile.aws