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Special characters used in macros

Character Description

Turns command versioning on or off. Command versioning is required

for some commands to ensure command macros written in an older

release work properly in the latest release.

^R

^T Turns tablet on or off (equivalent to Ctrl+T)

^V Changes the current viewport

Null character that suppresses the automatic addition of SPACEBAR

at the end of a command

^Z

Quick Reference

Commands

CUI

Manages the customized user interface elements in the product.

TEXT

Creates a single-line text object.

Pause for User Input in Macros

To accept input from the keyboard or pointing device in the middle of a

command, place a backslash (\) in the macro at the point where you want

input.

circle\1

In the circle example, \1 pauses for the user to specify the center point and

then reads a radius of 1. Note that there is no space after the backslash.

-layeroff \;

In this example, the macro starts -LAYER at the command prompt, enters the

Off option (off), and then pauses for the user to enter a layer name (\). The

macro then turns that layer off and exits the -LAYER command (;).

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