Customize – BricsCAD Help Center

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
Main Customization File	Specifies the CUI file that defines customization of the menu, toolbar, and other elements of the user interface. 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; see below.

Menus Tab Options	Description
Menus Tab	To add a new menu item: Select a command in the right hand pane Drag the command to the menu in the left hand pane To move a menu item: Drag the item to its new location in the menu structure
Shortcut Menu	Right-click a menu item: Choose an option: Insert Item - adds an item to the menu from the Available Tools list Insert Submenu - adds a submenu to the menu Insert Separator - inserts a separator line between menu items Delete - erases the selected menu item
Insert Item	Adds an item to the menu.
Insert Submenu	Adds a submenu to the menu.
Insert Separator	Inserts a separator line between menu items.
Delete	Erases the selected menu item.
Menu Item
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	To add a new toolbar item: Select a command in the right and pane, then drag the command to the toolbar in the left hand pane. To move a toolbar item: Drag the item to its new location.
Shortcut Menu	Right-click a toolbar item:
Insert Tool	Inserts a new button in the selected toolbar.
Insert Control	Inserts a control (droplist).
Insert Flyout	Inserts a flyout (sub-toolbar).
Insert Separator	Inserts a separator line.
Delete	Erases the selected toolbar button.
Toolbar Button
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
Ribbon tabs	To add a new ribbon tab: Right click the Ribbon tabs node and click Append ribbon tab in the context menu to add a new tab at the bottom of the list. Right click an existing tab and choose Insert ribbon tab in the context menu to add a new tab above the selected tab. Drag a tab to modify the order. To add a panel to a tab: Right click the tab name and choose Append panel in the context menu to add a panel at the bottom of the list. Right click an existing panel and choose Insert panel in the context menu to ad a panel above the selected panel. Drag a panel to modify the order.
Ribbon panels	See the Ribbon item in the BricsCAD User Guide.

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:
Select Available Tool	Assigns an existing command to the keyboard shortcut.
Create New Tool	Assigns a new command/macro to the shortcut.
Toolbox	Specifies the toolbox to which to add the new command; click the droplist, and then choose a toolbox.
Title	Names the new tool.
Help	Specifies the help text.
Command	Specifies the command(s) or macros.
Image	Specifies the name of the image file; click ... to access the file dialog box.
Delete Shortcut	Erases the selected shortcut.
Keyboard Shortcut
Key	Specifies the keyboard shortcut.
Tool ID	Identifies the keyboard shortcut to other elements in the CUI file. (The Tool ID is assigned by BricsCAD.)
Help	Specifies the text of the help string, even though help strings are not displayed by keyboard shortcuts.
Command	Specifies the command(s) to associate with the keyboard shortcut.
Image	Specifies the image to associate with the command, even though images are not used with keyboard shortcuts.

Mouse Tab

Tablet Tab

Quad Tab	To add a command to a Quad cursor menu group: Select a command in the right and pane, then drag the command to the Quad menu group in the left hand pane. To move a command: Drag the command to its new location.
Shortcut Menu	Right-click a keyboard shortcut:
Insert quad item group	On all entities : the Quad item group is available for all entity types. On specific entities : the Quad item group is available for one or more entity types only. Click the Add Entity Type(s)... button to specify one or more default entity types. Click the Add Custom... button to add custom entity types. Group name : type a name in the name field.
Delete quad item group	Select the Quad item group you want to delete.
Append item	Adds a new menu item.

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
Menus	Controls the display of menus in the menu bar. To modify the order: drag the menu. To control the display of a menu: click the State field and select On or Off .
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. Right click a tab in the list, then choose Insert tab in the context menu.
Quad Groups	Controls the display and the order of the Quad item groups. To modify the order: drag the Quad item groups. To control the display of a Quad item group: click the State field and select On or Off .
On Switch	Sets the commands to be executed when switching to the workspace. To ad a command, do one of the following: Right click, then choose Append Too l in the context menu. Drag a command from the right hand pane to the On Switch command list.
Context Menu
Insert workspace	Creates a new workspace.
Insert separator	Inserts a separator before the selected workspace.
Delete	Deletes the selected workspace.

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
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: Don't Wait - BricsCAD immediately returns to the command prompt without waiting for the application to finish. Minimized - the application runs minimized. Hidden - the application does not appear on the screen. Quotes - the shell command uses quotations when the command string uses spaces, such as "C:\cad programs\file name.exe".
Edit	Edits the selected shell command.
Delete	Removes the selected shell command.