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Basic Customization
Your dealer can offer you independently developed applications that can further tailor
AutoCAD to your needs.
Overview of Customization
AutoCAD can be customized in simple ways. For example, you can change the
directory structure or move a button from one toolbar to another. If you want
to change the interface further, you can edit the CUIx file and use DIESEL code
to create customizations with your own commands.
You can also use a number of powerful application programming interfaces
(APIs) to add to and modify AutoCAD to suit your needs.
The list that follows is arranged from least to most complex:
Organize files. You can organize program, support, and drawing files. For
example, you can make a separate folder for each project that includes only
the support files that project needs.
Customize Tool Palettes. You can create a tool by dragging objects from
your drawing onto a tool palette. You can create a tool palette by
right-clicking on the Tool Palettes title bar and selecting New Palette. For
information about customizing tool palettes, see Customize Tool Palettes
in the User's Guide.
Create custom templates. Use templates to define common parameters when
you publish a drawing using the Publish to Web wizard.
Run external programs and utilities from within AutoCAD. You can, for
example, copy a disk or delete a file from within AutoCAD by adding the
appropriate external command to the program parameters (PGP) file,
acad.pgp.
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