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User Interface Customization When you work in the program, you use a variety of ribbon panels, menus, toolbars, shortcut keys, and other user interface elements to help you accomplish your tasks efficiently. You can also streamline your environment by customizing these elements. Understand User Interface Customization Using the customization tools of AutoCAD LT, you can tailor your drawing environment to suit your needs. Customization capabilities, including the customize (CUIx) file format and the Customize User Interface (CUI) Editor, help you to easily create and modify customized content. Overview of the Customization Customization of the user interface is done by modifying the XML-based CUIx file with the Customize User Interface (CUI) Editor. The XML-based CUIx file replaces the customization and menu files from releases prior to AutoCAD LT 2011. Instead of using a text editor to customize menu files (MNU and MNS files) used in release prior to AutoCAD 2006, you customize the user interface from within AutoCAD LT. You can ■ Add or change toolbars, menus, and ribbon panels (including shortcut menus, image tile menus, and tablet menus) ■ Add and modify the commands on the Quick Access toolbar ■ Create or change workspaces ■ Assign commands to various user interface elements 4 39
Page 1 and 2: AutoCAD LT 2011 Customization Guide
Page 3 and 4: Contents Chapter 1 Basic Customizat
Page 5 and 6: Create Tooltips and Extended Help f
Page 7 and 8: Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Page 9 and 10: Basic Customization Your dealer can
Page 11 and 12: Quick Reference Commands CUI Manage
Page 13 and 14: Command Search Procedure When you e
Page 15 and 16: See also: ■ “Customize Startup
Page 17 and 18: If roaming profiles are allowed on
Page 19 and 20: 2 Click application menu ➤ Option
Page 21 and 22: To find the default location of the
Page 23 and 24: ■ Text ■ Hyperlinks ■ Color
Page 25 and 26: The template file contains comments
Page 27 and 28: Custom Linetypes AutoCAD LT ® prov
Page 29 and 30: Linetype Name The linetype name fie
Page 31 and 32: 6 At the Enter Pattern prompt, spec
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Page 35 and 36: Custom Hatch Patterns AutoCAD LT ®
Page 37 and 38: of hatch lines is generated paralle
Page 39 and 40: the segments in circular fashion. A
Page 41 and 42: Quick Reference Commands ADCENTER M
Page 43 and 44: .5,.5 for the first instance of the
Page 45: HPDOUBLE Specifies hatch pattern do
Page 51 and 52: Customize the user interface to mak
Page 55 and 56: Based on the item selected, one or
Page 57 and 58: means that you can view a CUIx file
Page 59 and 60: For a more detailed comparison, fol
Page 61 and 62: Dynamic Help Dynamic Help is a feat
Page 63 and 64: CUIx files in the program. In relea
Page 65 and 66: CUIIMPORT Imports customized settin
Page 67 and 68: Control how the command and its nam
Page 69 and 70: Customize the Ribbon Ribbon customi
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Page 73 and 74: Add a flyout on page 203 Create a n
Page 75 and 76: Set a workspace current on page 289
Page 77 and 78: about double click action customiza
Page 79 and 80: Save the workspace on page 285 Crea
Page 81 and 82: Create and Manage Customization Fil
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Page 85 and 86: To reset a standard customization f
Page 87 and 88: Commands and user interface element
Page 89 and 90: 3 In the tree view of the main CUIx
Page 91 and 92: file so you make edits to all of th
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3 In the Find and Replace dialog bo
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4 Click Close. 5 In the Customize U
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The following table shows the prope
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To create a command 1 Click Manage
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To edit a command 1 Click Manage ta
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To copy and paste a command 1 Click
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NOTE The key combination Ctrl+D can
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Terminate Macros Some macros requir
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Macros use the special characters l
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NOTE LAYER normally prompts for ano
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Quick Reference Commands CUI Manage
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NOTE Swapping can lead to some stra
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System Variables FILLMODE Specifies
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Ribbon button items only support th
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4 In the Properties pane, in the Na
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2 In the Customize User Interface E
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Control the Display of Tooltips You
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4 Click Apply. The next time the cu
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2 Save the file as ASCII text (TXT
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4 Click Apply. The next time you us
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Assign a standard image ■ In the
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To create or edit a button image 1
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To import a custom image to the ima
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4 In the Import Images dialog box,
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4 In the Custom Images list, select
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NOTE The key combination Ctrl+C can
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To create a Quick Access toolbar 1
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A splitter bar is displayed to indi
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To add a drop-down to a Quick Acces
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Ribbon Panels Ribbon tabs can be di
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3 Right-click Panels. Click New Pan
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9 Click Apply. To remove a ribbon p
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6 Click Apply. Quick Reference Comm
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Properties for the Line Command on
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■ To reposition a command on a ri
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6 Click Apply. To reposition a row
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8 Click Apply. To set the size of a
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Properties for the Arc Drop-down on
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Controls available for ribbon panel
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5 Click the plus sign (+) next to t
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From the Workspace Contents pane, y
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■ In the Workspace Behavior box,
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WARNING There is no way to undo the
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You use the same ribbon tabs that y
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Properties for the Standard toolbar
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A new toolbar (named Toolbar1) is p
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4 Update the workspace as desired t
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You can control the location of the
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The Customize User Interface (CUI)
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5 In the Customize User Interface (
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Properties for the Zoom flyout on t
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6 Click Apply. To create a flyout t
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6 Reposition the new flyout on the
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To switch a control in a toolbar 1
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NOTE When you create a pull-down or
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5 In the Command List pane, drag th
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Object names specific to insert obj
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number, based on the number of shor
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h Continue adding commands until th
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h Continue adding commands until th
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6 In the Command List pane, drag th
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eferencing. Using this method, you
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■ You can swap customization elem
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3 In the Objects pane, click Edit O
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Clear the check mark next to a prop
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5 Click Apply. To restore the defau
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DSETTINGS Sets grid and snap, polar
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4 In the Edit Object Type List dial
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3 In the Properties pane, select th
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4 Click Apply Quick Properties Sett
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Properties for the Save Shortcut Ke
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■ Ctrl+Shift+letter, Ctrl+Shift+n
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The following table lists the defau
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Shortcut Key Assignments Shortcut K
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To create a temporary override key
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■ In the Key(s) box, click the [
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Examples of Temporary Override Keys
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table shows the definition of the A
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DXF Names for Commonly Used Objects
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NOTE If more than one object is sel
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3 In the Customizations In pane, c
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to the left-most selection box in t
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NOTE It is important to test your b
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Properties of the Four: Equal tile
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windows, and user interface element
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CUIx files must be transferred to t
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8 Click Apply. To save or create a
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3 In the Properties pane, do any of
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■ To set a workspace current from
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2 In the AutoCAD LT Properties dial
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CUILOAD Loads a CUIx file. CUIUNLOA
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■ To control the display of ribbo
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elements for the application and dr
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■ To reposition menus on the menu
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To display ribbon tabs from the CUI
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6 Once the splitter bar is in the p
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4 In the Workspace Contents pane, c
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In the Workspace Contents pane, the
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NOTE Make sure to set the workspace
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The following table shows the prope
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■ In the Orientation box, select
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Migrate Customization As you make c
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Why does my toolbar flyout not work
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System Variables WSCURRENT Returns
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DIESEL You can use DIESEL (Direct I
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to the function's definition. DIESE
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This menu item uses the DIESEL expr
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Catalog of DIESEL Functions + (addi
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(less than) If the number val1 is l
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and angtos Returns the bitwise logi
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eq Enter the entire AM/PM phrase as
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getvar if Quick Reference System Va
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or rtos strlen Returns the bitwise
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xor Returns the bitwise logical XOR
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Slides and Command Scripts Slides a
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Quick Reference Commands MSLIDE Cre
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As an example: CD “c:\slides” 5
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'DELAY Provides a timed pause withi
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NOTE VBA and AutoLISP ® scripts th
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To create a script that preloads sl
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VSLIDE Displays an image slide file
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Index A absolute menu referencing 2
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partial CUIx files 78 structure 50
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getvar DIESEL function 339 graphics
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nodes interface customization 56 no
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switches running scripts and 353 sw
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