jt6572 Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 (edited) hi all, I am returning to autocad after about 10 years, so getting back into the swing of things but once again a noob! my question is regarding the tool palette layout in 2016: I have them set up as I want right now, and have saved a "*.svf" file so I can reload it (if this is the correct thing to do?!). I have my ".arg" profile saved and can load that no worries as well. in particular, I like to have the layer section of the Home ribbon always visible, so I detach it from the ribbon and offset it so it doesn't lock back. but when I restart CAD it returns to its natural habitat and is back in the Home ribbon again. how can I keep it on screen but separate from that ribbon? is there a variable in Options that I need to repath? it seems to be remembering my basic profile setting, but the tool palette thing always reverts.... thank you. Edited July 16, 2015 by jt6572 resolved Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt6572 Posted July 16, 2015 Author Share Posted July 16, 2015 it was an issue with the desktop shortcut icon. I had the Target Location pointing at my saved ".arg" file in the shortcut properties, whereas now I have reverted it to "C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD 2016\acad.exe" /ld "C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD 2016\\AecBase.dbx" /p ">" /product "C3D" it is remembering the workspace changes I make. just for future reference, what is the setting to ensure it remembers or finds the correct workspace or sysvar configuration? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 Changes made to workspaces must be SAVED otherwise the next time you start AutoCAD you'll have to make those changes all over again. So click on the Workspace button in your System Tray and use the "Save current as" option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt6572 Posted July 17, 2015 Author Share Posted July 17, 2015 (edited) that's awesome. exactly what I was looking for ReMark. thanks very much! okay, so this is the "*.cuix" file? getting myself into a little trouble messing around with these (but not too much! ) but its helping me understand the cuix can be a set of workspace settings, right? Edited July 17, 2015 by jt6572 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 From AutoCAD Help: The Customize User Interface (CUI) Editor provides a wide range of options to create and modify all the content that can be displayed with a workspace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGAL Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 My suggestion is don't play to much inside the default Cui but make your own Partial menu's and add them to the CUI, I have taken 2 default pull down menus and joined them together they were short, turned off original in Cui and added my new menu this gave me 1 extra pull down slot for another menu. Same with toolbars do you really use all 15 items in that toolbar, maybe only 3. Use "MENULOAD" ***MENUGROUP=ALANSTOOLBAR ***TOOLBARS **ALANSTOOLS ID_ALAN_0 [_Toolbar("Alans1", _Right, _Show, 0, 0, 1)] AECC_ShowTS [_Button("Show Toolspace", RCDATA_16_IMAGE, RCDATA_16_IMAGE)]^C^C^C^P_ShowTS ID_Matchprop [_Button("Match Properties", RCDATA_16_MATCH, RCDATA_16_MATCH)]^C^C_matchprop ID_Erase [_Button("Erase", RCDATA_16_ERASE, RCDATA_32_ERASE)]^C^C_erase ID_Copy [_Button("Copy", RCDATA_16_COPYOB, RCDATA_32_COPYOB)]$M=$(if,$(eq,$(substr,$(getvar,cmdnames),1,4),GRIP),_copy,^C^C_copy) ID_Mirror [_Button("Mirror", RCDATA_16_MIRROR, RCDATA_32_MIRROR)]$M=$(if,$(eq,$(substr,$(getvar,cmdnames),1,4),GRIP),_mirror,^C^C_mirror) ID_Offset [_Button("Offset", RCDATA_16_OFFSET, RCDATA_32_OFFSET)]^C^C_offset ID_Array [_Button("Array...", RCDATA_16_ARRREC, RCDATA_32_ARRREC)]^C^C_array ID_Move [_Button("Move", RCDATA_16_MOVE, RCDATA_32_MOVE)]$M=$(if,$(eq,$(substr,$(getvar,cmdnames),1,4),GRIP),_move,^C^C_move) ID_Rotate [_Button("Rotate", RCDATA_16_ROTATE, RCDATA_32_ROTATE)]$M=$(if,$(eq,$(substr,$(getvar,cmdnames),1,4),GRIP),_rotate,^C^C_rotate) ID_Scale [_Button("Scale", RCDATA_16_SCALE, RCDATA_32_SCALE)]$M=$(if,$(eq,$(substr,$(getvar,cmdnames),1,4),GRIP),_scale,^C^C_scale) ID_Stretch [_Button("Stretch", RCDATA_16_STRETC, RCDATA_32_STRETC)]$M=$(if,$(eq,$(substr,$(getvar,cmdnames),1,4),GRIP),_stretch,^C^C_stretch) ID_Trim [_Button("Trim", RCDATA_16_TRIM, RCDATA_32_TRIM)]^C^C_trim ID_Extend [_Button("Extend", RCDATA_16_EXTEND, RCDATA_32_EXTEND)]^C^C_extend ID_BreakSele [_Button("Break at Point", RCDATA_16_BREAKATPT, RCDATA_32_BREAKATPT)]^C^C_break \_f \@ ID_Break [_Button("Break", RCDATA_16_BRE2PT, RCDATA_32_BRE2PT)]^C^C_break ID_Join [_Button("Join", RCDATA_16_JOIN, RCDATA_32_JOIN)]^C^C_join ID_Chamfer [_Button("Chamfer", RCDATA_16_CHAMFE, RCDATA_32_CHAMFE)]^C^C_chamfer ID_Fillet [_Button("Fillet", RCDATA_16_FILLET, RCDATA_32_FILLET)]^C^C_fillet ID_Explode [_Button("Explode", RCDATA_16_EXPLODE, RCDATA_32_EXPLODE)]^C^C_explode ID_LAYFRZ [_Button("Layer, Layer Freeze", RCDATA_16_FRZLAY, RCDATA_32_FRZLAY)]^C^C_layfrz ID_LAYOFF [_Button("Layer Off", RCDATA_16_OFFLAY, RCDATA_32_OFFLAY)]^C^C_layoff ID_LAYISO [_Button("Layer Isolate", RCDATA_16_LAYISO,RCDATA_32_LAYISO)]^C^C_layiso MM_LAYUNISO [_Button("Layer Unisolate", RCDATA_16_LAYUNISO, RCDATA_32_LAYUNISO)]^C^C_Layuniso ID_LAYDEL [_Button("Layer, Layer Delete", RCDATA_16_LAYER_DELETE,RCDATA_32_LAYER_DELETE)]^C^C_laydel ID_Line [_Button("Line", RCDATA_16_LINE,RCDATA_32_LINE)]^C^C_line MM_1608 [_Button("Circle", RCDATA_16_CIRRAD,RCDATA_32_CIRRAD)]^C^C_circle MM_1607 [_Button("Arc", RCDATA_16_ARC3PT,RCDATA_32_ARC3PT)]^C^C_arc ID_Pline [_Button("Polyline", RCDATA_16_PLINE,RCDATA_32_PLINE)]^C^C_pline ID_Pedit [_Button("Polyline Edit", RCDATA_16_PEDIT, RCDATA_32_PEDIT)]^C^C_pedit ID_DrawordeB [_Button("Draw Order, Send to Back", RCDATA_16_SN2BCK,RCDATA_32_SN2BCK)]^C^C^P_ai_draworder _Back ^P ID_Appload [_Button("Load Application...", RCDATA_16_LOAD_APPLICATIONS,RCDATA_16_LOAD_APPLICATIONS)]^C^C_appload **ALANSTOOLS2 ID_ALAN_1 [_Toolbar("Alans2", _LEFT, _Show, 50,50, 1)] CL [_Button("Draw Cl", COGGCL.BMP, COGGCL.BMP)]^C^C^C-la s Design-Cl line; Lip [_Button("Draw Lip", COGGLIP.BMP, COGGLIP.BMP)]^C^C^C-la s Design-Lip line; Bok [_Button("Draw Bok", COGGBOK.BMP, COGGBOK.BMP)]^C^C^C-la s Design-Bok line; Conc [_Button("Draw Design Line", "S:\AutoDESK\ICONS\COGGCONC.BMP", "S:\AutoDESK\ICONS\COGGCONC.BMP")]^C^C^C-la s Design-General line; Drive [_Button("Draw Driveway", RCDATA_16_THICKEN, RCDATA_32_THICKEN)]^C^C^C-la s Design-Driveway line; Draincl [_Button("Draw Drain Cl", RCDATA_16_LINE, RCDATA_32_LINE)]^C^C^C-la s Design-Drainage-Cl line; Draininv [_Button("Draw Drain Inv", RCDATA_16_OSNPAR, RCDATA_32_OSNPAR)]^C^C^C-la s Design-Drainage-Invert line; Drainpit [_Button("Draw Drain Pit", RCDATA_16_EXTRACT_EDGES, RCDATA_32_EXTRACT_EDGES)]^C^C^C-la s Design-Drainage-Pits line; Housedrain [_Button("Draw House Drain", RCDATA_16_OSNNEA, RCDATA_32_OSNNEA)]^C^C^C-la s Design-Drainage-House-drain line; Linemark [_Button("Draw Linemarking", RCDATA_16_DIMARC, RCDATA_32_DIMARC)]^C^C^C-la s Design-Linemarkings line; Hatch [_Button("Draw Road hatch", RCDATA_16_MYWORKSPACE, RCDATA_32_MYWORKSPACE)]^C^C^C-la s Design-Hatch hatch; Pathatch [_Button("Draw Path hatch", RCDATA_16_WALK-THROUGH_SAVE, RCDATA_32_WALK-THROUGH_SAVE)]^C^C^C-la s Design-Hatch-path hatch; Nathatch [_Button("Draw Nature hatch", RCDATA_16_RECTAN, RCDATA_32_RECTAN)]^C^C^C-la s Design-Hatch-naturestrip hatch; Text [_Button("Draw Text 1", RCDATA_16_MTEXT, RCDATA_32_MTEXT)]^C^C^C-la s Text text; Text2 [_Button("Draw Text 2", RCDATA_16_SINGLE_DTEXT, RCDATA_32_SINGLE_DTEXT)]^C^C^C-la s Text text; MiddlePt [_Button("Middle 2 pts","COGGMTP.BMP","COGGMTP.BMP")]MTP; ZZZ [_Button("Command","COGGZZZ.BMP","COGGZZZ.BMP")]^c^cZZZ; Alloff [_Button("All Off","Alloff.BMP","alloff.BMP")]^c^c^c(setq surface "_COGG All Off")(load "vercheck")(load "listselect")(load "changecontours6") 50mm [_Button("50mm cont","50mm.bmp","50mm.bmp")]^c^c^c(setq surface "_COGG NS 0.05 Contours")(load "vercheck")(load "listselect")(load "changecontours6") 100mm [_Button("100mm cont","100mm.BMP","100mm.BMP")]^c^c^c(setq surface "_COGG NS 0.1 Contours")(load "vercheck")(load "listselect")(load "changecontours6") 200mm [_Button("200mm cont","200mm.BMP","200mm.BMP")]^c^c^c(setq surface "_COGG NS 0.2 Contours")(load "vercheck")(load "listselect")(load "changecontours6") 500mm [_Button("0.50m cont","500mm.BMP","500mm.BMP")]^c^c^c(setq surface "_COGG NS 0.5m Contours")(load "vercheck")(load "listselect")(load "changecontours6") 1m [_Button("1m cont","1m.BMP","1m.BMP")]^c^c^c(setq surface "_COGG NS 1m Contours" )(load "vercheck")(load "listselect")(load "changecontours6") Triangles [_Button("Triangles","TRI.BMP","TRI.BMP")]^c^c^c(setq surface "_COGG NS Triangles" )(load "vercheck")(load "listselect")(load "changecontours6") Slope [_Button("Slope","RCDATA_16_SM_EXTEND","RCDATA_32_SM_EXTEND")]^c^c^c(setq surface "_COGG Slope Arrows & Catchments" )(if (not AH:Vercheck)(load "vercheck"))(if (not AT:ListSelect)(load "listselect"))(if (not AH:Changecont)(load "changecontours6")) Delard [_Button("Delard","RCDATA_16_MAPRSREMOVE","RCDATA_32_MAPRSREMOVE")]^c^c^c(if (not XXX)(LOAD "del-ard") ) xxx ID_Ddim [_Button("Dim Style",RCDATA_16_DIMSTY,RCDATA_32_DIMSTY)]^c^c_dimstyle ID_Dimaligned[_Button("Dim align",RCDATA_16_DIMALI,RCDATA_32_DIMALI)]^c^c_dimaligned ID_Dimlinear [_Button("Dim Lin",RCDATA_16_DIMLIN,RCDATA_32_DIMLIN)]^C^C_dimlinear ID_Mleader_Style[_button("MLEADERSTYLE",RCDATA_16_ML_STYLE,RCDATA_32_ML_STYLE)]^c^c_mleaderst M2P [_Button("M2P","M2P.BMP","M2P.BMP")](command "M2P") Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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