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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
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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
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Tool Palettes (TP or Ctrl+3)
• All Blocks on Tool Palette– Right-click drawing name
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Tool Palettes (TP or Ctrl+3)
• Customize Palettes
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Tool Palettes (TP or Ctrl+3)
• Create New Palette Group
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Tool Palettes (TP or Ctrl+3)
• Add Tool Palette to Group
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Tool Palettes (TP or Ctrl+3)
• Turn Off Tool Palette Groups
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Tool Palettes (TP or Ctrl+3)
• Change Properties of Tools
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Tool Palettes (TP or Ctrl+3)
• Place Other Tools on Palette
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Tool Palettes (TP or Ctrl+3)
• Tool Palette Flyouts
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Tool Palettes (TP or Ctrl+3)
• Command Tools, Copy, and Modify
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The CUI
• XML Files Not Edited Directly– Use CUI command– Backup ACAD.cui
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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
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The CUI
• Creating a New Toolbar
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The CUI
• Adding Commands to Toolbar
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The CUI
• New Toolbar
• Existing buttons, control windows, custom button, flyout
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The CUI
• Creating New Command
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The CUI
• Pull-Down Menus
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The CUI
• Keyboard Shortcut F1^C^C^C(sssetfirst nil)
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Linetypes
• ACAD.lin or ACADISO.lin
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Linetypes
• ACAD.lin or ACADISO.lin
• Basic Linetypes0 Represents a dot
-value Represents length of space
+value Represents length of line
• Complex Linetypes– Contain text– Contain shapes
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Complex Linetypes - Text
• Copy Existing and Edit– Hot water exists– Cold water doesn't
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Complex Linetypes - Shapes
• Express Tools– MKSHAPE– MKLTYPE
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Complex Linetypes - Shapes
• MKSHAPE– Create geometry and insert with
SHAPE command
• MKLTYPE– Use inserted shape
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Complex Linetypes - Shapes
• Use Linetype
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