AutoCAD: Secrets Every User Should Know Chapter 3 – Customizing the AutoCAD Interface

Tool Palettes (TP or Ctrl+3) Tools on Palettes Can Be –Links to block references in saved drawings –AutoCAD commands –Macros –AutoLISP programs 2

Tool Palettes (TP or Ctrl+3) Blocks –Add by dragging from open drawing –Add individually from DesignCenter –Add all blocks from a saved drawing using DesignCenter 3

Tool Palettes (TP or Ctrl+3) All Blocks on Tool Palette –Right-click drawing name 4

Tool Palettes (TP or Ctrl+3) Customize Palettes 5

Tool Palettes (TP or Ctrl+3) Create New Palette Group 6

Tool Palettes (TP or Ctrl+3) Add Tool Palette to Group 7

Tool Palettes (TP or Ctrl+3) Turn Off Tool Palette Groups 8

Tool Palettes (TP or Ctrl+3) Change Properties of Tools 9

Tool Palettes (TP or Ctrl+3) Place Other Tools on Palette 10

Tool Palettes (TP or Ctrl+3) Tool Palette Flyouts 11

Tool Palettes (TP or Ctrl+3) Command Tools, Copy, and Modify 12

The CUI XML Files Not Edited Directly –Use CUI command –Backup ACAD.cui 13

The CUI Enterprise CUI –Company standards, not modified by users Partial CUI –Third-party menus or custom menus Main CUI (ACAD.cui) –Modified by each user 14

The CUI Creating a New Toolbar 15

The CUI Adding Commands to Toolbar 16

The CUI New Toolbar Existing buttons, control windows, custom button, flyout 17

The CUI Creating New Command 18

The CUI Pull-Down Menus 19

The CUI Keyboard Shortcut F1 ^C^C^C(sssetfirst nil) 20

Linetypes ACAD.lin or ACADISO.lin 21

Linetypes ACAD.lin or ACADISO.lin Basic Linetypes 0 Represents a dot -value Represents length of space +value Represents length of line Complex Linetypes –Contain text –Contain shapes 22

Complex Linetypes - Text Copy Existing and Edit –Hot water exists –Cold water doesn't 23

Complex Linetypes - Shapes Express Tools –MKSHAPE –MKLTYPE 24

Complex Linetypes - Shapes MKSHAPE –Create geometry and insert with SHAPE command MKLTYPE –Use inserted shape 25

Complex Linetypes - Shapes Use Linetype 26