AutoCAD VBA Programming

Name: AutoCAD VBA Programming
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Automate your tasks in AutoCAD

Created byAjay Anand

Last updated 5/2021

English

What you'll learn

Programming in AutoCAD
VBA for AutoCAD
Automation in AutoCAD
AutoCAD VBA Programming

Course content

5 sections • 16 lectures • 2h 26m total length

Intro2:07
Install VBA Module and Activate Visual Basic Editor of AutoCAD1:26

Create AutoCAD Circle using VBA12:32
How to create Circles using VBA for AutoCAD is explained in this video.
Create AutoCAD Points using VBA8:50
How to create Points using VBA for AutoCAD is explained in this video.
Create AutoCAD Text using VBA7:29
Following are the Macros explained in this video.
Create Text Objects in AutoCAD
Insert Current Date and Time into AutoCAD drawings
Create AutoCAD Lines, Polylines and 3DPolylines using VBA12:55
Macros for creating Line, Polyline and 3DPolylines are explained in this video.
Create a Triangle in AutoCAD using VBA6:06
Macros to create a Triangle from user input is explained in this video.

Extract Length and Coordinates of Polylines14:51
Macro to Extract the length and Coordinates of an AutoCAD Polyline is explained in this video.
Extract the X,Y, Z Coordinates and Layer name of AutoCAD Points12:10
Macro to Extract the X, Y, Z Coordinates and Layer Name of an AutoCAD Points is explained in this video.
Extract the X, Y, Z Coordinates and Content of Text Objects in AutoCAD11:33
Macro to Extract the X, Y, Z Coordinates and Content of Text objects in AutoCAD is explained in this video.
Extract the area of Polygons and print it into the same drawing14:01
Macro to extract the Area of polygons and print into the same drawing is explained in this video.
Extract area of Circles and print it into the same drawing9:51
Macro to extract the Area of Circles and print into the same drawing is explained in this video.
Extract the X, Y, Z Coordinates, Name and Layer Name of AutoCAD Blocks9:07
Macro to extract the X, Y, Z Coordinates of the insertion points of AutoCAD Blocks is explained in this video.

Requirements

Basic Knowledge of AutoCAD

Description

Visual Basic for Applications also called VBA is a programming environment created by Microsoft and is a part of many popular applications with the aim to facilitate automation.

AutoCAD software is also having this VBA interface that will enable you to customize this drafting software in seemingly unlimited ways. It provides tools that you can drag and drop to build a graphical user interface (GUI), and also a programming language that you can use to interact with AutoCAD objects. During the course, you’ll see how simple it is to Automate repetitive tasks in AutoCAD using its VBA interface.

This course is divided into 3 sections

Macros to create different types of AutoCAD objects like Line, Polyline, Circle, Triangle etc.
Macros for extracting details from AutoCAD drawings.
Userforms to collect data and trigger actions
Macro for exporting data from Excel to AutoCAD.

Requirements

All you need is knowledge of AutoCAD Software with basic understanding of commands and objects.

Who this course is for:

AutoCAD User
AutoCAD Designer
Draftsman
Draughtsman
Civil Engineer
Mechanical Engineer

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Course content

Introduction2 lectures • 4min

Create AutoCAD Objects using VBA5 lectures • 48min

Extract details from AutoCAD Drawings6 lectures • 1hr 12min

Userforms2 lectures • 14min

Export data from Excel to AutoCAD using VBA1 lecture • 9min

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