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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
- 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
- Migrate and Transfer Custom Settings and Files
- Index
Take note of the current main CUIx file’s name and location as you will
need to restore it later.
4 Select the item below Main Customization Files and click Browse. In the
Select a File dialog box, browse to the location of the enterprise
customization file. Click Open.
5 Click the plus sign next to Enterprise Customization File to expand it.
Take note of the current enterprise CUIx file’s name and location as you
will need to restore it later.
6 Select the item below Enterprise Customization Files and click Browse.
In the Select a File dialog box, browse to the location of the main
customization file. Click Open.
7 In the Options dialog box, click OK to save the changes.
8 Click Manage tab ➤ Customization panel ➤ User Interface.
9 In the Customize User Interface Editor, Customize tab, create new
commands and user interface elements as necessary.
10 Once done adding new commands and user interface elements, click OK.
Switch the file names of the main and enterprise values around in the
Options dialog box.
The main and enterprise CUIx files should now resemble the original
configuration prior to making the changes.
TIP You can create two different profiles that can be used to switch between your
main and enterprise CUIx files. One profile will have the CUIx files in a normal
configuration that is used by your drafters, and the other profile has the main and
enterprise CUIx files switched around making the enterprise customization file
editable.
Quick Reference
Commands
CUI
Manages the customized user interface elements in the product.
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