cui read only?

[hazardman]

just installed 2006lt at home and loaded some custom *.cui files as partial menues...a few of them are marked as read-only so i am unable to make any alterations to them...how can i change this?..

[Cad64]

From what I understand, in order to do any edits, you must temporarily set your custom CUI as your main CUI.

This is from the Autocad Help files:

To modify an enterprise CUI file

1. Click Tools menu » Options.
2. In the Options dialog box, Files tab, click the plus sign (+) next to Customization Files to expand the list.
3. Click the plus sign next to Main Customization File to expand it. Take note of the current main CUI file’s name and location as you will need to restore it later.
4. Select the item below Main Customization Files and click Browse. In the Select a File dialog box, browse to the location of the enterprise customization file. Click Open.
5. Click the plus sign next to Enterprise Customization File to expand it. Take note of the current enterprise CUI file’s name and location as you will need to restore it later.
6. Select the item below Enterprise Customization Files and click Browse. In the Select a File dialog box, browse to the location of the main customization file. Click Open.
7. In the Options dialog box, click OK to save the changes.
8. Click Tools menu » Customize » Interface.
9. In the Customize User Interface editor, Customize tab, in the Commands List pane, create new commands and user interface elements as necessary.
10. Once done adding new commands and user interface elements, click OK. Switch the file names of the main and enterprise values around in the Options dialog box. The main and enterprise CUI files should now resemble the original configuration prior to making the changes.

Tip: You can create two different profiles that are used to switch between your main and enterprise CUI files. One profile will have the CUI files in a normal configuration that is used by your drafters, and the other profile has the main and enterprise CUI files switched around.

[hazardman]

well, you got me scratching my head on this one since i don't have an "enterprise customization file"...i simply went ahead and rebuilt my partial menus from my 2002 *.mns files...

i guess i'll have to do some more digging to figure out this customization file stuff for future reference...

thanks for the notes!