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#AUTOCAD CUSTOMIZE RIBBON PANEL HOW TO#
#AUTOCAD CUSTOMIZE RIBBON PANEL PLUS#

There is an arrow button on the bottom right corner of the dialog box that expand it. I do this by typing CUI at the command line, but there are other ways to fire up this command.

Start the Customize User Interface command.

I rename mine to original ACAD.cuix and leave it in the same folder for now.

Make a backup copy of the acad.cuix file so that if things go horribly wrong you can get back to a working version.

Go to the Options dialog box, and check where your main customization file is located:.

Number 1 Rule of Customizing – Back up your original file first!!! Then I will make it so AutoCAD uses my tab instead of the default one. First, I will create my own panels and Home ribbon tab. It is definitely possible to customize the Ribbon, but there are a couple of twists that you have to keep in mind. These folks are coming from the AutoCAD Classic workspace, and want to make to make the ribbons show their frequently used commands. Recently I’ve been asked by several customers how they can tweak their ribbons. Highlight your current workspace (or where you want the new tab/panel to appear).Posted on Jby Synergis Applications Consultant, Jim Swain Make sure the Workspaces section under the ACADLT menu is expanded. New ribbon tabs are not automatically added to a Workspace, so there’s one more step to being able to use your new tab and panel.Īnd, just like all the other steps we’ve learned so far, it’s easy too.

#AUTOCAD CUSTOMIZE RIBBON PANEL HOW TO#

You’ve just customized AutoCAD LT… and they said it couldn’t be done! How to Add a Ribbon Tab to a Workspace You’ll see your new panel show up under your new tab.Ĭongratulations. Open the Panels section of the Ribbon in the Customizations pane and find My Panel. Now, we just need to add our new panel to our new tab. (Sound familiar? It’s the same workflow as making a new ribbon panel. It will appear at the bottom of the list and a highlight to allow you to edit its name. It’s as easy as right clicking on the Tabs entry under Ribbon. Let’s make one and add our new panel to it. But we also want it to show up under our own, custom tab. Now, you have a custom ribbon panel complete with your favorite block commands. The CUI Editor will display an Indicator Bar to let you know where you’re placing your tool. Note: Changing the order of your tools in the panel is just a drag and drop operation. These last three we’ll make Small Without Text – ending up with a panel that looks like the one below. Again, it’s easy.įrom there, we’ll continue by adding in the Block Editor, making it the same size as Make Block, and then we’ll add Blocks Palette, Tool Palettes and DesignCenter. This is one of our most used block tools, so we may want to make it big. Once you do so, you’ll see a preview of your tool in the Panel Preview pane. Find the Make Block command, and simply drag it up to Row 1 in your new, My Panel. Use the Search box of the Command List pane, which is just below the Customizations pane. Now that we have a new, custom ribbon panel, we’ll want to populate it with our desired commands. Pretty easy so far, right? Remember, nothing takes effect until you click on the Apply button, so you can always fix a misspelling or just bail out if you’re not comfortable. We’ll change it to “My Panel.” How to Add Tools to the Ribbon Panel A new panel will appear at the bottom of the panels list, with its default name (Panel1) highlighted for you to change. Right click on Panels and select New Panel from the pop-up menu. When you do, it will expose Tabs, Panels, and Contextual Tab States.

#AUTOCAD CUSTOMIZE RIBBON PANEL PLUS#

Click on the plus sign in the box next to Ribbon to expand it. We’ll be working in the default ACADLT customization menu. Our starting place is the Customization panel in the upper left. You can just type in CUI on the Command Line, or you can find it in the Customization panel of the Manage tab of the ribbon. It all starts with the Customize User Interface (CUI) Editor. You can start with either, but for our example, let’s start with the new panel first. We’ll need both a new panel and a new tab to put it in.