Customization for IntelliCAD 5 Users upFront.eZine Publishing updates e-book for IntelliCAD 5 with emphasis on customization and programming.

upFront.eZine Publishing, Ltd. announces Tailoring IntelliCAD 5, the only e-book for IntelliCAD customers using the new version 5. The 200-page e-book contains step-by-step tutorials for learning how to customize the popular computer-aided software.

Tailoring IntelliCAD 5 is written by Ralph Grabowski, and is available in PDF format through email or on CD. (The free Acrobat Reader is required to view and print the e-book.) In addition, the e-book is being bundled with the CADopia IntelliCAD 5 Professional and Bricscad 5 Pro software packages.

The e-book covers these tutorial subjects:

• Customizing the IntelliCAD user interface.
• Modifying toolbars and menus.
• Creating keyboard shortcuts and command aliases.
• Designing linetypes and hatch patterns.
• Defining shapes and fonts.
• Writing scripts and LISP programs.
• Exclusive: undocumented support file formats.
• Dozens of time-saver tips.

New subjects include:

• Updated for IntelliCAD 5.
• Expanded history of IntelliCAD.
• Understanding the DXF format.

Source: upFront.eZine Publishing Ltd., Nov. 5, 2004