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Quick Reference Commands CUI Manages the customized user interface elements in the product. How Customization Has Changed Although the basic customization techniques remain the same as in previous versions of the product, the environment that you use to customize the product was changed starting with AutoCAD 2006. All of the previous customization options are still available. You are still able to create, edit, and delete interface elements; you can create partial customization files; you can use macros and DIESEL expressions. However, you no longer perform customization tasks by creating or editing MNU or MNS text files by hand. All customizations are done through the program interface, in the Customize User Interface (CUI) Editor. Menu Files Versus Customization Files In releases prior to AutoCAD 2006, you customized the user interface by editing an MNU or MNS file in an ASCII text editor such as Notepad. You manually entered and verified customization data in the text file, which could be a tedious and error-prone process. As a result, a simple syntax error (such as mismatched parentheses) in the text file could invalidate the entire menu file, leading you back to the text file to investigate where you made the error. With the Customize User Interface (CUI) Editor, you drag a command to a menu or toolbar or right-click to add, delete, or modify a user interface element. The Customize User Interface (CUI) Editor displays element properties and a list of options to choose from. This prevents you from creating syntax errors or spelling mistakes that may have occurred when you manually entered text in an MNU or MNS file. The MNU and MNS files used in the past have been replaced with just one file type, the XML-based CUIx file. CUIx is the successor to the CUI file format which was introduced in AutoCAD 2006. The XML-based format of the CUIx file allows the product to track customizations. When upgrading to a future version of the program, all of your customizations are automatically integrated into the new release. The XML format also supports a backward-compatible customization file. This 48 | Chapter 4 User Interface Customization
means that you can view a CUIx file from a future version in the previous release while preserving the customization data from the future version. However, you cannot modify the future version's CUIx file in the previous release. For more information about migrating customization data, see Transfer and Migrate Customization on page 316. The following table lists the menu files that previously shipped with the product and shows how those files are mapped to AutoCAD LT 2011. Menu files mapped to CUIx files Menu file MNU MNS MNC Description ASCII text file. In previous releases, defined most user interface elements. The main MNU file, aclt.mnu, was automatically loaded when you started the product. Partial MNU files could be loaded or unloaded as you needed them during a drawing session. Source menu file. Was the same as the MNU ASCII text file but did not contain com- In Auto- CAD LT 2011 CUIx CUIx Description of change An XML file that defines most user interface elements. The main CUIx file, acadlt.cuix, is automatically loaded when you start the product. Partial CUIx files can be loaded or unloaded as you need them during a drawing session. An XML file that defines most user interface elements. The main CUIx file, ments or special formatting. acadlt.cuix, is automatically loaded when you start the product. Partial CUIx files can be loaded or unloaded as you need them during a drawing session. Compiled ASCII text file. Contained command strings and syntax that defined the CUI x An XML file that defines most user interface elements. The main CUIx file, functionality and appearance acadlt.cuix, is automatically of user interface elements. loaded when you start the product. Partial CUIx files can be loaded or unloaded as you How Customization Has Changed | 49
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AutoCAD LT 2011 Customization Guide
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Contents Chapter 1 Basic Customizat
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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
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Page 21 and 22: To find the default location of the
Page 23 and 24: ■ Text ■ Hyperlinks ■ Color
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Page 27 and 28: Custom Linetypes AutoCAD LT ® prov
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Page 48 and 49: ■ Create or change macros ■ Def
Page 50 and 51: Overview of the Customize User Inte
Page 52 and 53: CUIIMPORT Imports customized settin
Page 54 and 55: ■ Custom Commands. Displays the u
Page 58 and 59: Menu files mapped to CUIx files Men
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Page 62 and 63: ■ Create an Enterprise CUIx File
Page 64 and 65: Macro A series of commands that are
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Page 68 and 69: Create User Interface Elements User
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Page 100 and 101: 4 Click Close. 5 In the Customize U
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■ In the Extended Help File box,
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NOTE The key combination Ctrl+C can
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For example, the macro ^C^C_circle
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To assign or modify a command macro
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Special characters used in macros C
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NOTE When command input comes from
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Quick Reference Commands CUI Manage
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The format is: $M=expression Introd
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Following is the resulting Copy Lin
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Simultaneously Disable and Mark Com
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4 In the Properties pane, in the Na
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3 In the Properties pane, select th
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The tag is removed. 5 Click OK. 6 I
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of the extended help topics in the
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6 Click Apply. When the command is
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System Variables TOOLTIPS Controls
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When a command is added to a ribbon
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4 Click Apply. Quick Reference Comm
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NOTE Click Import to import a BMP f
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4 In the Export Image File dialog b
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4 In the Custom Images list, select
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See also: To copy and paste a user
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4 Click Apply. To add a command or
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5 Click Apply. To add and remove co
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A visual indicator bar is displayed
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Properties for the Home 2D - Draw R
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3 Right-click the toolbar that you
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To assign a command to the Panel Di
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command. For more information about
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Properties for the Line Command on
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5 Create a new row for the sub-pane
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6 Drag a command from the Command L
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7 Click Apply. To change the displa
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8 Click Apply. To set the button an
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The following table describes the p
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A new drop-down (named New Drop-dow
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Controls available for ribbon panel
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The Command List pane displays the
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7 Click Apply. Quick Reference Comm
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Display Ribbon Tabs from a Partial
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To add a ribbon panel to a ribbon t
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6 Once the splitter bar is in the p
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5 Right-click the ribbon tab under
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Toolbars Toolbar customization can
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that is displayed in the tooltip wh
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5 In the Command List pane, drag th
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3 Select the toolbar you want to ad
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While dragging the command or contr
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To remove a command or control from
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A new flyout toolbar (named Toolbar
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5 Click Apply. To create a flyout t
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Control elements for toolbars Contr
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To create a pull-down menu 1 Click
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NOTE You can change the name of a c
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Program aliases for shortcut menus
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In many cases, you can enter a hyph
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In the Customize User Interface Edi
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The new shortcut menu (named Shortc
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NOTE You can change the name of a c
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Special characters for submenus Cha
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Absolute Referencing of Pull-Down a
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Main label or alias You can also in
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that are set to display properties
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in the drawing window. Clear the ch
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checked, the attributes for a block
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To synchronize Quick Properties wit
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Overrides. However, after applying
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3 In the Objects pane, select an ob
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Keyboard Shortcuts Shortcut Keys Sh
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■ To modify a shortcut key, selec
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3 In the Shortcuts pane, filter the
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Shortcut Key Assignments Shortcut K
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Overview of Temporary Override Keys
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■ In the Macro 1 (Key Down) box,
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3 In the Shortcuts pane, filter the
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Temporary Override Key Assignments
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■ Right-click DoubleClick1. Click
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DXF Names for Commonly Used Objects
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Mouse Buttons NOTE Double click act
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input when the button is clicked. T
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To clear a tablet menu assignment 1
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You define an image tile menu in th
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To view an image tile slide 1 At th
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Change the Properties of a Workspac
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4 Click Save to create or modify th
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A duplicate of the workspace (named
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4 Click Apply. To restore the “cl
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3 In the Open dialog box, locate an
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The Customize button displays a men
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■ On the menu bar, click Tools me
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Control the Display of Menus on the
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NOTE Make sure to set the workspace
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NOTE The Tool Palettes window must
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5 Select the palette you want to di
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Properties for the Tool Palettes wi
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Transfer and Migrate Customization
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To transfer customizations 1 Click
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for example, expand the menu under
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Enterprise CUIx Files How do I edit
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SETVAR or by entering modemacro at
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two adjacent quotation marks. In th
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(division) = (equal to) Quick Refer
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Quick Reference System Variables ME
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eval fix getenv Passes the string s
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index nth Returns the specified mem
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Quick Reference Commands REDRAW Ref
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Create Command Scripts A script is
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3 Click OK. AutoCAD LT opens the dr
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defined 56 importing 282 properties
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