{"id":12038,"date":"2021-11-09T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-09T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/?p=12038"},"modified":"2021-11-04T11:50:53","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T18:50:53","slug":"have-you-tried-putting-the-action-into-macros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/have-you-tried-putting-the-action-into-macros\/","title":{"rendered":"Have You Tried: Putting the Action Into Macros"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We have an amazing time-saver for you this month: action macros. If you use AutoCAD commands and system variables, you can record action macros. And the best part about using action macros is there\u2019s no programming knowledge needed. 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