Using AutoCAD's customization tools, you can tailor your drawing environment to suit your needs.
Customization capabilities, including the CUI (Customize User Interface) file format and the Customize User Interface (CUI) Editor, help you to easily create and modify customized content. The XML-based CUI file replaces the menu files used in releases prior to AutoCAD 2006. Instead of using a text editor to customize menu files (MNU and MNS files), you customize the user interface from within AutoCAD. You can
- Add or change toolbars, menus, and ribbon panels (including shortcut menus, image tile menus, and tablet menus)
- Add and modify the commands on the Quick Access toolbar
- Create or change workspaces
- Assign commands to various user interface elements
- Create or change macros
- Define DIESEL strings
- Create or change aliases
- Add descriptive text for command tooltips
- Control the properties displayed when using rollover tooltips
Topics in this section
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Important Customization Terms
You should know several terms for customizing AutoCAD 2009.
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How Customization Has Changed
Although the basic customization techniques remain the same as in previous versions of the product, the environment that you use to customize the product was changed starting with AutoCAD 2006.
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Overview of the Customize User Interface Editor
The Customize User Interface (CUI) Editor is used to modify customization that is in the XML-based CUI file.