Summary

In this chapter you have used DIESEL, the string expression language embedded inside AutoCAD, to compose a customized status line, thereby providing a more informative, dynamic user interface. The chapter’s examples and exercises provide you with the basic principles of how DIESEL can be used to extract useful information and to display it in a convenient manner. Using these examples, you can build customized status line displays that can make your particular AutoCAD interface work more efficiently.

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