#Autocad customize ribbon how to

Choose any tools you want to.Ĭheck the preview and close CUI dialog by clicking OK. If you do it right, you should see Row 2, not Row 4.Īdd more viewport tools to that row. About slideout panel itemsĭo you notice the item in your panel? Do you know what it’s for? You may want to play a little bit more by yourself about this arrangement. So our all of our custom commands are now on the sub panel, and the create viewports drop-down on main panel. The final arrangement should be like this: Leave the large button on the main panel.Īfter the rows are empty, you can delete them.

Move all custom commands from main panel rows to this sub panel. You should see a sub panel is added, with one row. Right click above Row 1 and choose New Sub-Panel from drop down menu. A sub panel lets you to define the placement just like in different panel. We need to separate the commands in a sub panel. The other commands should be on its right.

The large button should be on the left, using all three rows’ height. So change the button style to large with text.īut wait! This doesn’t look right. So we want to make it standout from the crowd. Here is the thing: the create viewport drop-down is the common command that we will use often. To control it further, type viewport in search field.ĭrag create viewports drop-down to your panel. This will allow you to access all commands from all CUI files.Ĭhange command filter to ribbon control elements. To add this button, in CUI dialog switch to all customization files. It will allow us to create different shapes of viewport, only with one button. I consider to add this viewport dropdown control. There are some default viewport commands we can add here. Change the button style to other style, then choose small with text again.ĭo the same thing with the last row. You may not see the changes immediately on preview panel. But the text is too long, now it’s become longer than other rows.Ĭhange display name to VPort Fit to make it shorter. You can see at the panel preview now the button is wider. Select it under your panel tree.Ĭhange button style to Small With Text. But this time, let’s adjust the appearance by change the command button width. You can add more commands or move them to different row to make it looks neat. It’s because they don’t have the same commands number on each row. It looks better, but you can see that there are empty spaces at row 1 and 3. You can see on the right pane the preview of your ribbon panel now. You can place similar commands on the same row. Drag and drop your commands to those rows. We will discuss about slide out later in this article. This will create ‘Row 2’ below your panel. Right click above your panel title, and choose new row from context menu. We are still working with our own customization file.įind your panel below ribbon category. We still have plenty of space above and below it. OK, the panel shows all command in one row, just like the old AutoCAD toolbar. The ribbon panel should appears similar like below. You might want to click OK, close the CUI dialog to see the changes. The top to bottom commands will show in panel from left to right.

In the real job, create custom icons for them!ĭrag all the commands to our viewport panel. Of course, as you can see, the circular viewport is the same with draw circle icon. I’m too lazy to create proper icons for each command, so I just use default icons. You can refer to those macros or create your own if necessary. I created several commands from Paul Munford’s macro like below. If you haven’t got any custom command, you can follow our previous tutorial or just continue with default commands. We will add several more commands there, custom and AutoCAD default commands.

#Autocad customize ribbon how to

How to make our panel looks as we expected. In this article, we will cover more details about arranging our tools in a panel and tab by working with their properties. We covered how you can create your own AutoCAD customization file and add your own commands, panel and ribbon tab there.