Confusion of the Button Editor

[hyposmurf]

I managed to find some old menu files and icons for these menu buttons that an ex employee left behind.This would be a big bonus if I can associate these icons with the right menu buttons ,so I could have a set of toolbars customised to my companies needs.But thats a task in itself :( ,none of the icons names tie with the menu buttons!I understand you can edit the properties of a toolbar by bringing up the toolbar selection box-customise,then right click your toolbar.It's possible to change the toolbar button icon ,but how do I bring one of the icons I have saved and apply this to the toolbar button I'm editing?I can open the icons in this button editor,but where would I save it to? :?

[Mr T]

Right click a toolbar button - choose customize

Scroll down to USER DEFINED

Drag the USER DEFINED word up to a menu. Then right click
that toolbar (blank)

Right click it and choose PROPERTIES.

Now you have to associate the MACRO with it and an image.

:cry: I have just made a simple plotting button for A4 and A3 printing
using a window for my classroom. Not done anything else for this stuff.

Good luck ! :lol:

Nick :wink:

[hyposmurf]

Cheers if I can sort out all these menu buttons then I'll be a great deal further ahead and able to work faster.I've been doing the majority of CAD drawings for the small subdivision of my company over the past two years, rather than sub the work out to the main CAD department of our company.Found CAD to be something I enjoy rather than my current career ,so I completed a C&G and am determined to change careers. I'm gradually increasing my knowledge and speed,but as I'm not doing CAD from 9-5,have to cram as much in when I can and also pick up how the other CAD draughtsman work.Seems quite daunting at times,I think Im ready to move on and assume my knowledge isn't bad,then something comes and kicks me up the butt :shock: .Must be the sheer complexity of AutoCAD I guess :).Soz if I went off a tangent :D a bit!

[Mr T]

Well if the menu(s) will speed up repetitive tasks then it's worth the tweaking.

I would say that just setting up templates, custom layout templates, layers/linetypes, custom menu layouts using only the stock menus and knowing the options/switchs within a command eg fillet and setting it to zero radius to trim two lines together, makes life a lot easier.

Exploring the command OPTIONS can unravel a huge set of settings to make life easier and suitable for your specifics.

Nick

[hyposmurf]

Thanks :D ,when you stay stock menus,do you mean taking off any menu buttons you dont use that frequently,so you have a reduced menu size?Yeh looked at the options area before,you can change such things as save times and default svae locations etc.How would I have my point style set to a cross eg X whenever I open a new drawing?

[Mr T]

Commands in Caps.

Stock menus

Nearly every command has a tool button and Icon, already within acad. It's just amatter of dragging up to dock wherever you want it. The dimension flyout and the shademode flyout are ones I use.

Point size template

I have just set PDMODE 9type PDMODE) to 3 and saved as a template and it loaded with the same setting (cross) again (retained its setting).

Most system variables are retained in a template. DIMSTYLEs and TEXTSTYLEs are important ones to setup and save within a template too.

Post for more help.

Nick

PS Delve into the command HELP, type sysvariables

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PDSIZE

Type: Real
Saved in: Drawing
Initial value: 0.0000
Sets the display size for point objects.

0 Creates a point at 5 percent of the drawing area height
>0 Specifies an absolute size
<0 Specifies a percentage of the viewport size


PDMODE

Type: Integer
Saved in: Drawing
Initial value: 0
Controls how point objects are displayed. For information about values to enter, see thePOINT command.


POINT

Points can act as nodes to which you can snap objects. You can specify a full three-dimensional location for a point. The current elevation is assumed if you omit the Z coordinate value.

ThePDMODE andPDSIZE system variables control the appearance of point objects. PDMODE values 0, 2, 3, and 4 specify a figure to draw through the point. A value of 1 specifies that nothing is displayed.

Specifying the value 32, 64, or 96 selects a shape to draw around the point, in addition to the figure drawn through it:

PDSIZE controls the size of the point figures, except for PDMODE values 0 and 1. A setting of 0 generates the point at 5 percent of the drawing area height. A positive PDSIZE value specifies an absolute size for the point figures. A negative value is interpreted as a percentage of the viewport size. The size of all points is recalculated when the drawing is regenerated.

After you change PDMODE and PDSIZE, the appearance of existing points changes the next time AutoCAD regenerates the drawing.

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