Create Action Macro

Use Record button in the Action Recorder to begin creating an action macro

Launch commands, enter values, and select objects using familiar AutoCAD functionality

Record actions from:

1. Command line 

2. Toolbars

3. Ribbon panels

4. Pulldown menus

5. Properties palette

6. Layer Properties Manager,

7. Tool palettes

Action macro names cannot contain spaces, *, or /. They also cannot exceed 31 characters

Example

Working on a project that have to frequently create a rectangular array of holes for a punch pattern

An action macro that draws a circle, based on the input of center and radius, and then proceeds to draw the 10 x 10 rectangular array with a hole spacing of 6 units

This action macro reduces the number of steps from 11 to 3

Action Macro File Location

Each action macro saved as individual file with *.actm extension

Shared Action Macros

Local Machine: copy the macro file onto each computer where want to use it

Network: copy the macro file to a network location and specify the network location as one of the Additional Actions Reading File Locations

Lock Action Macros

Setting the file or directory attributes to read-only using Windows Explorer

Don't prevent from being modified on the local computer

But prevent it from being overwritten by a modified file