Customizes the user interface of BricsCAD: menus, toolbars, keyboard shortcuts, mouse actions, tablet buttons and menus, Quad settings, properties, workspaces, aliases, and shell commands.
For details on using this command, see also "Customizing BricsCAD" in Help Center.
Accessing the Command
command bar: customize
alias: cui
menu bar: Tools | Customize
context menu: right-click any toolbar or ribbon, and then choose Customize
: customize
Displays a dialog box:
Create or modify a user interface elements, and then click OK. For details on using this dialog box, see the Customizing BricsCAD ebook.
Command Options
Options |
Description |
File |
Displays a menu:
|
Main Customization File |
Specifies the CUI file that defines customization of the menu, toolbar, and other elements of the user interface. Press the Browse ( Aliases and shell commands are defined in a PGP file. |
Search |
Searches the Available Tools list for command names. |
Manage Your Customizations |
Displays the Manage Customizations dialog box for confirming and reversing changes made to the user interface. Lists all customizeations:
Do one of the following:
Click the OK button to confirm. |
Menus Tab Options |
Description |
Menus Tab |
To add a new menu item:
To move a menu item:
|
Shortcut Menus |
Right click a menu Right-click a submenu: Right-click a menu item: Choose an option:
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Menu Item |
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Title |
Specifies the name displayed by the menu item. Prefix a letter with & to create an Alt-key shortcut, such as &Line. |
Diesel |
Specifies the Diesel code to be employed by the menu item. |
Tool ID |
Identifies the menu item to other elements in the CUI file. (The Tool ID is assigned by BricsCAD.) |
Help |
Specifies the help string displayed on the status bar. |
Command |
Specifies the command(s) or macros. |
Image |
Specifies the image to display next to the menu item; click ... to access the file dialog box. |
Toolbars Tab Options |
Description |
Toolbars Tab |
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Shortcut Menu |
Right-click a toolbar item:
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Toolbar Button |
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Title |
Names the toolbar button; displayed by the tooltip. |
Diesel |
Specifies the Diesel code to be employed with the button. |
Tool ID |
Identifies the toolbar item to other elements in the CUI file. (The Tool ID is assigned by BricsCAD.) |
Help |
Specifies the help string displayed on the status bar. |
Command |
Specifies the command(s) or macros. |
Image |
Specifies the image to use for the toolbar button; click ... to access the file dialog box. |
Ribbon Tab Options |
Description |
Ribbon Tab |
|
Ribbon tabs |
To add a new ribbon tab:
Drag a tab to modify the order. To add a panel to a tab:
Drag a panel to modify the order. |
Ribbon panels |
See the Ribbon item in the BricsCAD User Guide. |
Keyboard Tab Options |
Description |
Keyboard Tab |
To assign a different command to a keyboard shortcut, select a command in the right and pane, then drag the command to the keyboard shortcut in the left hand pane. |
Shortcut Menu |
Right-click a keyboard shortcut: |
Insert Shortcut |
Adds a new keyboard shortcut to the list; displays dialog box:
|
Keyboard Shortcut |
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Mouse Tab Options |
Description |
Mouse Tab |
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Tablet Tab Options |
Description |
Tablet Tab |
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Quad Tab Options |
Description |
Quad Tab |
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Shortcut Menus |
Right click the CUI name (BRICSCAD)
Right-click a Quad tab:
Right-click a Quad button
|
Insert quad tab |
Inserts a new quad tab:
|
Delete quad tab |
Select the Quad Tab you want to delete. |
Append quad button |
Adds a button in a tab. |
Properties Tab Options |
Description |
Properties Tab |
To specify which properties show when the ROLLOVERTIPS system variable is ON, select an entity in the left hand pane, then check the desired properties in the right hand pane. |
Workspace Tab Options | Description |
Workspaces Tab |
|
Menus |
Controls the display of menus in the menu bar. To modify the order: drag the menu.
|
Toolbars |
Lists the toolbars which are currently open in the workspace. |
Palettes |
Controls which tool panels are open in the workspace. |
Ribbon |
Controls which ribbon tabs are available in the workspace. Drag a tab to modify the order.
|
Quad Groups |
Controls the display and the order of the Quad item groups.
|
On Switch |
Sets the commands to be executed when switching to the workspace. To ad a command, do one of the following:
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Context Menu |
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Command Aliases Tab Options |
Description |
Command Aliases Tab |
|
Add |
Adds an alias; displays a dialog box: |
Alias |
Specifies the name of the alias, a command abbreviation. |
Command |
Specifies the command to which the alias is assigned. |
Edit |
Edits the selected alias. |
Delete |
Erases the selected alias. |
Shell Commands Tab Options |
Description |
Shell Commands Tab |
|
Add |
Adds a shell command; displays the following dialog box: Shell commands run programs external to BricsCAD. |
Alias |
Specifies the name of the shell command; this is the command you enter at the ' : ' prompt. |
Shell Command |
Specifies the operating system command to execute, or program to run. To run a program, use the Start prefix, as in Start Notepad.exe. |
Prompt |
Specifies the prompt to display in the command bar, such as "Enter file to edit:" |
Flags |
Determines how the shell command operates:
|
Edit |
Edits the selected shell command. |
Delete |
Removes the selected shell command. |
Related Commands
AddInMan - loads and unloads VBA functions through a dialog box.
AppLoad - selects external routines to load when BricsCAD starts.
Commands - lists the names of internal and external commands.
CuiLoad and CuiUnload - loads and unloads menu files.
MenuLoad and MenuUnload - loads and unloads menu files.
Netload - loads a .NET application.
ProfileManager - allows to set current, create, copy, delete, import and export user profiles through a dialog box.
ToolPalettes - opens the Tool Palettes bar.
VbaLoad and -VbaLoad - loads VBA projects.
VbaRun and -VbaRun - runs VBA macros.
VbaIde - opens the VBA integrated development environment.
VbaMan - manages VBA projects.
VbaUnload - unloads VBA projects.
Workspace - sets the current workspace and lets you create, modify and save workspaces.
WsSettings - opens the Customize Workspaces dialog box.