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Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Basic Customization
- Custom Linetypes
- Custom Hatch Patterns
- User Interface Customization
- DIESEL
- Command Scripts
- Introduction to Programming Interfaces
- Shapes and Shape Fonts
- Overview of Shape Files
- Create Shape Definition Files
- Shape Descriptions
- Vector Length and Direction Code
- Special Codes
- Use Special Codes
- Codes 0, 1, and 2: End of Shape and Draw Mode Control
- Codes 3 and 4: Size Control
- Codes 5 and 6: Location Save/Restore
- Code 7: Subshape
- Codes 8 and 9: X-Y Displacements
- Code 00A: Octant Arc
- Code 00B: Fractional Arc
- Codes 00C and 00D: Bulge-Specified Arcs
- Code 00E: Flag Vertical Text Command
- Text Font Descriptions
- Sample Files
- Big Font Descriptions
- Unicode Font Descriptions
- Superscripts and Subscripts in SHX Files
- Index
Tools are not the only interactions that you will interact on the Tool Sets
palette. When the cursor is positioned over a tool group, a disclosure triangle
might appear that indicates the tool group can be expanded. Click the
disclosure triangle to expand the panel to access additional tools. After a tool
group is expanded, click the Lock icon to keep the tool group from collapsing.
See also:
Customize Commands (page 36)
Create and Manage Tool Sets
Tool sets are created to organize tool groups on the Tool Sets palette. AutoCAD
comes with three tool sets that are used to organize drafting, annotation, and
modeling tools. You create and manage tool sets on the Tool Sets tab of the
Customize dialog box. After a tool set is created, you click the Tool Sets button
near the top of the Tool Sets palette to set it current and use the commands
and flyouts (drop-downs) assigned to it.
Tool Groups
Tool sets are often made up of multiple tool groups which are used to organize
commands and flyouts (drop-downs). Each tool group is divided into two
different parts, commands that are displayed by default and those that are
displayed when the tool group is expanded.
You insert a separator to divide a tool group into the two parts, by default a
tool group is not divided. Tools above the separator are those displayed by
default. When using the Tool Sets palette, click the disclosure triangle to
expand a tool group so you can access the tools that are hidden by default.
Click the Lock icon when the tool group is expanded to keep the tool group
from collapsing.
The order tool groups are displayed on the Tool Sets palette are controlled by
the Customize dialog box. Drag a tool set up or down on the Tool Sets tab to
change the order it appears on the Tool Sets palette.
Flyouts and Separators
Flyouts (or drop-downs) are used to help reduce the amount of space that
related commands take up. Commands on a flyout are displayed by pressing
and holding the button to display a menu with all the commands assigned
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