Customize

File

Displays a menu:

• Load main  CUI file...: See the CuiLoad command.
• Save main CUI file as...: Saves the current main CUI file under a different name, thus copying the main CUI file.
• Load Partial CUI file...: See To load a partial CUI file.
• Create new partial CUI file...: Creates an empty CUI file.
• Import workspace(s)...: Loads one or more workspaces from another CUI file.
  • Displays a File dialog to let you select a CUI file.
    Select CUI, then click the Open button.
  • Displays a dialog box:
    
    
    Select the workspaces to be imported (press an hold the Ctrl key to select multiple workspaces), then click the OK button.

Main Customization File

Specifies the CUI file that defines customization of the menu, toolbar, and other elements of the user interface.

Press the Browse () button to load a different main CUI file.

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:

• Added: Items you have created display in green.
• Modified: Items you have modified display in blue.
• Removed: Items you have removed display in red

Do one of the following:

• Uncheck the checkbox of a customized item(s) to remove the customization(s).
• Click the Retain customizations button to keep all customized items
• Click the Revert to defaults button to remove all customizations.

Click the OK button to confirm.

Menus Tab

To add a new menu item:

1. Select a command in the right hand pane

2. 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 Menus

Right click a menu

Right-click a submenu:

Right-click a menu item:

Choose an option:

• Insert main menu - inserts a main menu.
• Append ... - adds a submenu, menu item or separator below the last item.
• Insert ... - adds an submenu, item or separator above the selected item.
• Delete ... - deletes the menu, submenu, item or separator.

Menu Item

Specifies the name displayed by the menu item.

Prefix a letter with & to create an Alt-key shortcut, such as &Line.

Specifies the Diesel code to be employed by the menu item.

Identifies the menu item to other elements in the CUI file. (The Tool ID is assigned by BricsCAD.)

Specifies the help string displayed on the status bar.

Specifies the command(s) or macros.

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

Names the toolbar button; displayed by the tooltip.

Specifies the Diesel code to be employed with the button.

Identifies the toolbar item to other elements in the CUI file. (The Tool ID is assigned by BricsCAD.)

Specifies the help string displayed on the status bar.

Specifies the command(s) or macros.

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.

• 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 tab:
  Select a command in the right and pane, then drag the command to the Quad tab in the left hand pane.
• To move a command:
  Drag the command to its new location.

Shortcut Menus

Right click the CUI name (BRICSCAD)

• Append quad tab: Adds a new Quad tab at the bottom of the tab list.
  
  
  Specify the Label and Title for the new Quad tab and click the OK button.

Right-click a Quad tab:

• Insert quad tab: Inserts a new Quad tab above the selected Quad tab
  
  
  Specify the Label and Title for the new Quad tab and click the OK button.
• Insert copy: Inserts a copy of the selected Quad tab.
  Specify the Label and Title for the new Quad tab and click the OK button.
• Delete quad tab: deletes the selected Quad tab.
• Append quad button: Adds a new Quad tab at the bottom of the tab list.
  Specify the Label and Title for the new Quad tab and click the OK button

Right-click a Quad button

• Insert: Inserts a new Quad button above the selected button.
• Delete: Deletes the selected Quad button.

Insert quad tab

• 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 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.

Workspaces 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 Tool 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.

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:

• 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.