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Customize User Interface - Customize tab

Customize User Interface - Customize tab

Use this tab to change settings for various user interface elements, including menus, toolbars, keyboard shortcuts, aliases, double-click actions, image tile menus, and quick properties. For progeCAD versions that have a ribbon, you can also customize the ribbon, contextual ribbon states, quick access toolbar and application buttons.

DIALOG BOX OPTIONS

Current Customization Displays user interface elements that can be customized. Expand either a workspace or a customization file (for example, ICAD) to modify one of the following:

Select Quick Properties to customize quick properties that display for different entity types.

Save Click to save the current customization settings.

Restore From Click to choose whether to restore the default customization file that was installed with progeCAD, or reset the current customization to a daily, weekly, monthly, or annual, backup customization file.

Command List Displays the names of all commands and options available in the program and the source menu group they belong to. Start typing the name of a command to filter the list. To work with a command, select it and do one of the following:

  • Drag and drop the command to the Customization area. You can also drag and drop it outside the Customize User Interface dialog to the Tool Palettes pane.
  • Modify the command's button in the Button Image area.
  • Modify the command's properties in the Properties area.

For additional options, right-click a command.

Button Image Define the following button image options for the command that is selected in the Customization list or Command list:

  • Button Bitmaps Click the button image you want to change: Small or Large. Then select the desired image in Bitmap Images.
  • Browse Click to select one of the following:
    • .dll file External resource DLL file that contains bitmap resources. The bitmaps will be loaded in the Bitmap Images area.
    • .bmp or .png format file Bitmap or .png file for the bitmap image. The size must be 16x16 pixels for small icons and 32x32 pixels for large icons.
  • Default Click to reset the images that display in Bitmap Images to the images that were installed with progeCAD (displays only if you loaded a .dll, .bmp, or .png file).
  • File Name Displays the full path and filename of the .dll, .bmp, or .png file that was loaded when you clicked Browse.
  • Bitmap Images Displays the available images for the size and color you selected in Button Bitmaps. Select the desired image.

Properties Define the following properties for the selected command or menu item:

  • Name Enter the name of the command that is selected in the Customization list or Command list. This name displays in the user interface.
  • Command Name Contains the command carried out when the item is selected. May contain a macro (one or more commands and their options), such as:
    ^C^C^CZOOM;E;MSNAPSHOT
  • Style For commands selected on the ribbon, select the display style: large with text, small with text, or small with no text.
  • Description Type a one-sentence description of the item. The string appears on the status line for menu items and as a tooltip for toolbars and the ribbon.

  • Visibility Displays the visibility settings for the item. Click [...] to make your selections in the Visibility Options dialog box.

  • Entities Context Displays the entity context settings for the item. Click [...] to make your selections in the Entities Context dialog box.

  • Grayed-state variable Enter the system variable name and value that controls whether this command displays in the user interface as grayed out. When the specified system variable is on, the button is grayed-out or appears off. For example, the Zoom command’s grayed state variable is VIEWMODE = 1 (perspective view = on). Enter the system variable name, an ampersand, then the value, with no spaces. For example: "VIEWMODE&1".

  • Pressed-state variable Enter the system variable name and value that controls whether this command displays in the user interface as pressed in. When the specified system variable is on, the command’s button appears pressed in. For example, the Center command’s pressed state variable is OSMODE = 4 (center snap = on). Enter the system variable name, an ampersand, then the value, with no spaces. For example: "OSMODE&4".

  • Hidden-state variable Enter the system variable name that controls whether this command is hidden in the user interface. When the specified system variable is on, the item is hidden. For example, some commands that require an additional license have a hidden-state variable. Enter the system variable name, an ampersand, then the value, with no spaces.

  • Element ID Displays the unique ID of the item that identifies it in the .cui file. You can use the element ID to find the item manually in the .cui file.
  • Source Select the menu group the selected command belongs to when you add it to the user interface. This is helpful in special cases when batch transferring, copying, or removing elements using this dialog box or unloading elements using the Menu Unload command. (Displays for selected commands only.)
  • Images For each small and large button, enter the image ID, or click [...] to browse and select an image.
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