Menu and toolbar customization
product: Bricscad
version: V8 or higher
operating system: All Operating Systems
last reviewed: 2010-02-24
Symptoms
How to customize menu and toolbar?
Resolution
Bricscad V8 uses AutoCAD compatible CUI files to describe menus and toolbars. There is one main CUI file, which contains the main menu and toolbars. Normally this is 'default.cui' and it is usually located in :
C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Bricsys\Bricscad\V8\en_US\support
and on Vista :
C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Bricsys\Bricscad\V8\en_US\support
In the customization dialog you can edit menus and toolbars, or browse to another CUI file. This replaces the main cui file (this means all menus, toolbars, image menus, and accelerators) by the CUI file you select. Another way to replace everything by a new cui file, is by using the 'menu' command.
However, it is recommended to use a separate CUI file that contains only your additions, and load it into Bricscad V8 using the 'menuload' command. Once loaded, Bricscad V8 keeps track of these so called partial cui files, and will load them every time when starting up.
The .cui file format is the same as AutoCAD uses. Below is a small CUI file containing one menu with one item. Note that Bricscad V8 supports MNU files as well. These are silently converted to a CUI file with the same name.
Note: Color RGB(236,233,216) is the transparent color in menu and toolbar bitmaps in Bricscad versions V8-V9.2. Starting from version V9.3.9, RGB(192,192,192) is treated as transparent.
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More information
See also Import custom aliases, toolbars and shortcuts from older Bricscad versions.
See also Customize right-click behaviour.
See 'Creating Custom Tools' under Bricscad / User Guide / Customizing Bricscad in the Bricscad Help.
Click here to watch the 'Customize Bricscad' movie.