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Chapter 3 – Customizing the AutoCAD Interface

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

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Chapter 3 – Customizing the AutoCAD Interface

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

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

  3. 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  14. 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

  15. The CUI • Creating a New Toolbar 15

  16. The CUI • Adding Commands to Toolbar 16

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

  18. The CUI • Creating New Command 18

  19. The CUI • Pull-Down Menus 19

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

  21. Linetypes • ACAD.lin or ACADISO.lin 21

  22. 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

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

  24. Complex Linetypes - Shapes • Express Tools • MKSHAPE • MKLTYPE 24

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

  26. Complex Linetypes - Shapes • Use Linetype 26

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