Workspaces – Bricsys Support and Help Center

The Workspace command sets the current workspace and lets you create, modify and save workspaces.

The WsSave command saves the current workspace under a different name, thus creating a new workspace.

Workspaces define settings and preferences regarding a specific working environment.

The following workspaces are available:

Drafting
Drafting (toolbars)
Modeling
Modeling (toolbars)
Mechanical
BIM

The name of the workspace is stored in the WSCURRENT system variable of the current User Profile.

If the GETSTARTED system variable is ON, the BricsCAD Launcher dialog box displays on startup. Here you can select workspace to use.

Managing workspaces

Workspaces are defined in the Workspace tab page on the Customize dialog.

Do one of the following:

Open the Customize dialog, then select the Workspace tab.
Right click the Current Workspace field in the Status Bar, then choose Customize... in the context menu.

A workspace definition is composed of:

Menus : defines which menus are available.
Toolbars : defines which toolbars display by default.
Panels: controls the visibility of dockable panels.

Right click a palette then choose an option in the context menu:
- Show:
- Hide:
- Don't change:
Ribbon : defines the available ribbon tabs.
Quad Tabs: defines the order and availability of the Quad tabs.
On Switch : defines the system variables and user preferences to be set and the commands to be executed when switching to the workspace.

Setting the current workspace

Do one of the following:

Right click the Current Workspace field in the Status Bar, then select a workspace in the context menu.
Choose a workspace in the Workspaces toolbar.
Type wscurrent at the command prompt.
You are prompted: New value for WSCURRENT, or . for none/<"2d DRAFTING">:
Type the name of the new current workspace, then press enter.

NOTES

If the WSAUTOSAVE system variable is On, upon switching to another workspace, the toolbar positions of the current workspace are saved in the CUI file. The default value for WSAUTOSAVE is ON.
It is not recommended to alter the workspace if the name of the user profile refers to a workspace.

Creating a workspace

Right click the Current Workspace field in the Status Bar, then choose Customize... in the context menu.
Do one of the following:
- Select Workspaces , then right click and choose Append Workspace in the context menu.
- Select an existing workspace, then right click and choose Insert Workspace in the context menu.
Type a name for the new workspace, then click the OK button.

When appending a workspace, the new workspace is created below the last existing workspace.

When inserting a workspace, the new workspace is created above the selected workspace.

A newly created workspace contains the following items:

A standard menu set
A standard toolbar set
All palettes set to Don't change
An empty ribbon
A default set of Quad tabs
An empty On Switch sequence

Editing a workspace

Right click the Current Workspace field in the Status Bar, then choose Customize... in the context menu.
Click the Expand button (+) of the workspace.
Edit the menu set:
- Change the order: Drag a menu to another location.
- Delete a menu: select the menu, then right click and choose Remove in the context menu.
- Insert a menu:
  - Right click a menu in the list and choose Insert menu in the context menu.
    The File menu is inserted by default.
  - In the Workspace Menu grid, select the ID field and select the desired menu in the list.
Edit the toolbar set:
- Change the order: Drag a toolbar to another location.
- Delete a toolbar: select the toolbar, then right click and choose Remove in the context menu.
- Insert a toolbar:
  - Right click a toolbar in the list, and choose Insert toolbar in the context menu.
    The Standard toolbar is inserted by default.
  - In the Workspace Toolbar grid, select the ID field and select the desired toolbar in the list.
Edit the visibility of the palettes:
- Select the palette.
- Click the Display property in the Workspace Palette grid, then set the desired 'on switch' behavior: Show , Hide or Don't change .
Edit the composition of the ribbon:
- To add a tab: right click an existing tab, then choose Insert tab in the context menu and select the tab in the Select Ribbon Tab dialog.
- To remove a tab: right click the tab and choose Remove in the context menu.
- To change the position of a tab: press and hold the left mouse button, then drag the tab to the desired place.
Edit the Quad settings:
- To change the order of the Quad command groups: press and hold the left mouse button, then drag a command group to its new position.
- Right click a Quad command group, then choose Switch off in the context menu to remove the command group from the Quad cursor menu.
- Right click a currently switched off Quad command group then choose Switch on in the context menu to add the command group to the Quad cursor menu.
Edit the On Switch procedure:
To add a command to the On Switch sequence: select the command in the available commands pane and drag it to the On Switch node.

NOTE

See To create a new tool if you want to add a custom tool to the On Switch sequence.

Deleting a workspace

Right click the Current Workspace field in the Status Bar, then choose Customize Workspaces... in the context menu.
Right click the workspace, then choose Delete in the context menu.
A Confirm dialog box displays:
Press the Yes button to delete the selected workspace.

Note: Do not delete default workspaces, as they are used in the BricsCAD Launcher. When one of the default workspaces is deleted, use the Importing a Workspace procedure below to restore the missing workspace from Default.cui in the .../UserDataCache\Support\en_US subfolder of the BricsCAD installation folder.

Importing a workspace

The option in the File menu on the Customize dialog box can import workspaces from another CUI file into the current main CUI.

Open the Customize dialog.
In the File menu choose Import Workspace(s)...
The Choose a Customization File dialog displays.
Browse to the folder where the CUI file, you want to import the workspace from, is saved.
By default BricsCAD saves CUI files in the Support folder of the Roamable Root folder.
e.g. C:\Users\<user_name>\AppData\Roaming\Bricsys\Bricscad\Vxx\en_US\Support\
Select the CUI file.
A dialog box, listing all workspaces in the selected CUI file, displays:
Select the workspace to import in the list, then click the OK button.
Press and hold the Ctrl-button to select multiple workspaces.