Best-selling book updated for AutoCAD 2006 - 2007!
The 64-page e-book is contains tutorials for learning AutoCAD’s new user interface customization system. Covers AutoCAD 2006 - 2007 (2008 coming soon)
Learn AutoCAD CUI
Tailoring AutoCAD CUI for AutoCAD 2006. Tailoring AutoCAD CUI is the second is our new series of “mini” e-books.
• Guided tour of CUI.
• CUI Commands & Sys Vars
• Covers toolbars & menus
• Learn about icon editor
• Customization Tutorials.
• Dozens of tips!
As with all of our e-books:
• All illustrations in full color.
• Formatted for printing on standard 8.5×11 paper.
• Margins designed for three-hole punching.
table of contents: Tailoring AutoCAD CUI
chapter 1 — introduction to CUI for AutoCAD 2006
About CUI. About Cui Files. Collection of CUI Commands. Related System Variables
chapter 2 — touring the CUI user interface
Customizations Pane. Reducing the Infoglut. Command List Pane. Properties Pane.
chapter 3 -customizing toolbars & icons
Stage 1: Create New Toolbar. Toolbar Properties. General Properties. Appearance Properties. Advanced Properties.
Stage 2: Add Buttons to Toolbars. Toolbar Button Properties. General Properties. Macros. Images. Creating Flyouts.
Stage 3: Writing Toolbar Macros. Basic Macros. Including Options. Adding New Commands. Using System Variables. Including Hidden Options. Additional Metacharacters. Advanced Macros. Adding Separator Lines.
Stage 4: Edit Icons. Leave Icon As-is. Borrow Icons from Other Commands. Import Images as Icons. Create Custom Icons.
Stage 5: Testing and Debugging. Testing Toolbar Buttons. Testing Toolbar Flyouts.
chapter 4 - menus & shortcut menus
Stage 1: Create Menus. Menu Properties. General Properties. Advanced Properties.
Stage 2: Add Commands to Menus. Menu Item Properties. General Properties. Macro Properties. Images Properties.
Stage 3: Write Macros. Basic Menu Macros. Including Options. Metacharacters - Including Coordinates and User Input - . Providing Input to Users: ^H. Submenus. Separator Lines: —. Shortcuts - &. Shortcut Keystrokes . Grayed-out Text - ~. Check Mark Toggles
Stage 4: Edit Icons.
Stage 5: Test and Debug.
Shortcut Menus.
chapter 5 - shortcut keys & overrides
Shortcut Keystrokes. Stage 1: Drag Commands. Stage 2: Edit Properties. Stage 3: Test and Debug.
Temporary Override Keys.
chapter 6 - mouse buttons
Stage 1: Add Buttons. Stage 2: Modify Properties. Stage 3: Test and Debug.
chapter 7 - lisp files
Stage 1: Select .lsp Files.
chapter 8 - workspaces
Stage 1: Create New Workspaces. Workspace Properties. General Properties. Display Properties.
Stage 2: Make Changes. Stage 3: Save and Test.
chapter 9 — legacy customization
No appendices
About the author:
Ralph Grabowski has authored and coauthored 80+ books on CAD management, ArchiCAD, AutoCAD, Generic CADD, IntelliCAD, MicroStation, TurboCAD, VDraft, Visio, HTML, and VRML. He is the editor of two e-newsletters, upFront.eZine and IMAGINiT.eZine, and maintains a Weblog.
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