2012
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
■ Export and import tool palettes and tool palette groups
■ Copy custom or changed linetype (LIN), hatch pattern (PAT), or
command aliases (PGP) files
■ Import the MyMaterials library file
NOTE Migrate your custom settings and files as soon as possible after installing
a new product version to avoid overwriting new customization.
Migration Tools
Autodesk offers a range of tools to assist in migrating custom settings and
files.
Use the following tools to migrate custom settings from one release of AutoCAD
to another, or between like releases on different workstations.
Migrate Between Different Releases
The following tools can be used to migrate customization between different
releases:
■ Migrate Custom Settings Dialog Box. Migrates user profiles, CUI and CUIx
files, tool palette (ATC) files, AutoCAD and user-defined linetype (LIN)
files, hatch pattern (PAT) files, and the acad.pgp file, which contains
command aliases. For more information about the Migrate Custom Settings
dialog box, see
Migrate Custom Settings on page 551.
■ Customize User Interface (CUI) Editor. Transfer settings between different
releases or between like releases on different workstations. The CUI Editor
converts legacy menu (MNU and MNS) and CUI files to the CUIx format,
while leaving the original file unchanged. For more information about the
CUIx file format and how to migrate menu and CUI files, see
User Interface
Customization
on page 87.
Transfer Settings Between Workstations
The following tools can be used to transfer customization between different
workstations with the same release:
■ Export/Import AutoCAD 2012 Settings. Provides the simplest way to create
a transfer package of all your custom settings to import to another
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