New Territory (for me) - programming a button

I insert a certain block lots and lots of times.

It's called "detbub" and it's a detail bubble. It has two attributes.

I want to insert it, scale it to the current dimscale, don't ask me for a
rotation, just give me command line prompts for the two attributes.

I can *almost* do this with a script file (except the sizing part).

Would someone tell me the steps for the whole procedure?

I will understand if the consensus is RTFM.

Thanks,

Bill

 

(defun c:det (/)
(command "insert" "<name_path_etc>" pause (getvar"dimscale") "" "" pause
pause)
(princ)
)

 

Thanks, Rudy.

I'm assuming this is a lisp routine.

My next question is what do I do with it? Remember, I barely know how to
create a new button.

Thanks,

Bill

 

^C^C^Pdet in the button detail should work (otherwise ^C^C^P(command
"det"))

Probably Overkill with the C's & P's...

 

Just put that code into a file with a .lsp extension and put the file in
your acad search path. Then in the button properties enter the following
for the macro:

^C^C(IF (not c:det)(load "det"));det;


Hope this helps,
LT