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Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Basic Customization
- Overview of Customization
- Organize Program and Support Files
- Customize a Publish to Web Template
- Define Custom Commands
- Record and Modify Action Macros
- Custom Linetypes
- Custom Hatch Patterns
- User Interface Customization
- Understand User Interface Customization
- Work with the Customize User Interface (CUI) Editor
- Create and Manage Customization Files
- Customize Commands
- Overview of Commands
- Create, Edit, and Reuse Commands
- Create Macros
- Overview of Macros
- Use Special Control Characters in Macros
- Pause for User Input in Macros
- Provide International Support in Macros
- Use Built-in Commands in Macros
- Repeat Commands in Macros
- Use Single Object Selection Mode in Macros
- Use Macros to Swap User Interface Elements
- Use Conditional Expressions in Macros
- Use AutoLISP in Macros
- Control the Display of Command Items
- Assign Search Tags
- Create Tooltips and Extended Help for Commands
- Create Status Line Help Messages
- Assign, Create, and Manage Images for Commands
- Customize User Interface Elements
- Load an AutoLISP File
- Customize Workspaces
- Transfer and Migrate Customization
- Customize User Interface (CUI) Editor FAQs
- DIESEL
- Slides and 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
Why do my icons on a toolbar display as a cloud with a question mark after
I migrate them using the Transfer tab in the CUI Editor?
This happens because the images for the custom icons are not located in the
AutoCAD support file paths. Locate the images using Windows Explorer and
add the images location to the Support File Search Path node under the Files
tab of the Options dialog box, or copy them into the folder:
(Windows XP) <drive>:\Documents and Settings\<user profile name>\Application
Data\Autodesk\<product name>\<release number>\<language>\Support\Icons
(Windows Vista) <drive>:\Users\<user profile name>\AppData\Autodesk\<product
name>\<release number>\<language>\Support\Icons
Why does my toolbar flyout not work?
A flyout might not work for a few different reasons. There might not be any
commands currently assigned to the toolbar that it is referencing or a control
is part of the toolbar that is being referenced for the toolbar flyout. Launch
the CUI Editor and verify that there are commands on the toolbar that is being
referenced and if there are, make sure there are no controls on the toolbar
such as the Layer list control.
Why do I get an AutoCAD message box when I try to use a toolbar flyout?
The AutoCAD message box is displayed because the toolbar that is being
referenced for the toolbar flyout is not found. AutoCAD can’t find the toolbar
because it no longer exists, is not currently loaded because the partial CUIx
file it is in is not loaded, or the alias for the toolbar has been changed.
Launch the CUI Editor and select the flyout on the toolbar that currently is
not working properly. In the Properties pane look at the Source Toolbar
property. Use the Find option to look for a toolbar element with an alias that
matches the text string in the Source Toolbar property of the flyout that does
not work. If one is not located, remove the flyout from the toolbar and drag
the toolbar that you want to reference as a flyout on the toolbar. Close the
CUI Editor. The flyout should now work correctly once again.
Double Click Actions
When I double-click an object nothing happens. Why is this happening?
There are a few different reasons why when double-clicking on an object in
the drawing nothing happens. The first and most common problem is with
the system variable PICKFIRST is set to 0. PICKFIRST must be set to a value of
1 in order for double-click editing to work. The next possible solution is that
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