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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
new release of the product, use the Customize dialog box to import the
tool palettes and tool palette groups exported from the previous release.
Migrate Custom Settings
If you install AutoCAD on a computer where a previous release of the product
is installed, you can migrate some custom settings from the previous release
to the new version.
Migration can be done manually or with the assistance of the Migrate Custom
Settings dialog box. For information on which options you can migrate, or
how to manually migrate your custom settings and files from a previous release,
see
Determine How to Migrate Custom Settings on page 549.
The Migrate Custom Settings dialog box includes the following options:
User Profiles
User profiles contains the settings for the drawing environment. These settings
include the drawing window color, cursor size, command line window font,
and the dictionary to use for checking spelling.
User profiles also include the folders in which AutoCAD searches for support,
driver, customization, and other files. If you customized files in a location
other than the default AutoCAD location, the path to the location is migrated.
The files themselves in those locations do not get migrated.
NOTE If you have made changes to partial plotter configuration (PC3) files that
are located in a custom folder, those files are migrated to the AutoCAD PC3 folder,
which is located under your custom PC3 folder. PC3 files are migrated to a separate
folder to maintain backward compatibility with previous AutoCAD releases.
CUI Files The data from these files defines how the user interface elements
in AutoCAD 2006 and later were arranged. These elements include: palettes,
ribbon panels and tabs, menus, toolbars, and many others. Based on the release
from which you are migrating, the Migrate Custom Settings dialog box will
be looking for CUI or CUIx files.
NOTE User Profiles must be selected for migration in order to migrate CUI files.
MNU/MNS Files The data from these files defines the user interface elements
in AutoCAD 2005 and earlier. These elements include: toolbars, pull-down
and image tile menus, and many others. The Migrate Custom Settings dialog
box looks for MNS files first, and then MNU files.
NOTE User Profiles must be selected for migration in order to migrate MNU/MNS
files.
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