Customizing Bricscad

UPDATED FOR V16 CUSTOMIZING BRICSCAD Ralph Grabowski upFront.eZine Publishing, Ltd. BRICSYS This book is covered by copyright. As the owner of the copyright, upFront.eZine Publishing, Ltd. gives you permission to make one print copy. You may not make any electronic copies, and you may not claim authorship or ownership of the text or fgures herein. PAYMENT INFORMATION By Email Acrobat PDF format: $40.00 Allow for a 17MB download. PayPal Check or Money Order To pay by PayPal, send payment to the account We can accept checks from the following of [email protected] at www.paypal.com. regions of the world: • US funds drawn on a bank with address in the USA. PayPal accepts funds in US, Euro, Yen, • Canadian funds drawn on a bank with a Canadian Canadian, and 100+ other currencies. address (includes GST). • British funds drawn on a bank in Great Britain. • Euro funds drawn on a bank located in the EU. Make cheque payable to ‘upFront.eZine Publishing’ Please mail your payment to: “Customizing BricsCAD V16” upFront.eZine Publishing, Ltd. 34486 Donlyn Avenue Abbotsford BC V2S 4W7 Canada Visit the Customizing BricsCAD Web site at www.upfrontezine.com/b4a. At this Web page, you will fnd editions of this book for BricsCAD V8 through to V16. Purchasing an ebook published by upFront.eZine Publishing, Ltd. entitles you to receive the upFront.eZine newsletter weekly. To subscribe to this “The Business of CAD” newsletter separately, send an email to [email protected]. COPYRIGHT INFORMATION Copyright © 2015 by upFront.eZine Publishing, Ltd. All rights reserved worldwide. Eighth edition based on BricsCAD V16 27 March 2015 Technical Writer Ralph Grabowski All brand names and product names mentioned in This book is sold as is, without warranty of any kind, either this book are trademarks or service marks of their express or implied, respecting the contents of this book and respective companies. Any omission or misuse (of any any disks or programs that may accompany it, including but not kind) of service marks or trademarks should not be limited to implied warranties for the book’s quality, performance, regarded as intent to infringe on the property of oth- merchantability, or ftness for any particular purpose. Neither ers. The publisher recognizes and respects all marks the publisher, authors, staff, or distributors shall be liable to the used by companies, manufacturers, and developers as purchaser or any other person or entity with respect to any a means to distinguish their products. liability, loss, or damage caused or alleged to have been caused directly or indirectly by this book. Table of Contents Part I — Customizing the BricsCAD Environment 1. Introduction to Customizing BricsCAD . 3 The Many Ways to Customizing ....................................4 Which Customization? .............................................. 5 Versions of BricsCAD ............................................... 6 58 Tips for BricsCAD Users ........................................7 For Further Reference ...........................................17 Tutorial Books ................................................... 17 BricsCAD API References ........................................... 17 DWG, DXF, and DWF References .................................... 17 2. Adjusting BricsCAD’s Settings . .19 Touring the Settings Dialog Box ...................................20 Settings Dialog Box: Toolbar ........................................ 21 Categorized/Alphabetic Sorting ..................................... 21 Export Settings .................................................... 21 Exporting Variables ................................................ 23 Drawing/Dimensions/Program Options ............................... 24 Finding Variables .................................................. 25 Accessing and Changing Values ..................................... 26 Variables Specifc to Windows ....................................... 27 Changing Variables at the Command Prompt ........................27 3. Changing BricsCAD’s Environment . 29 Starting BricsCAD ..............................................30 Command Line Options ............................................ 30 Command Line Switches ........................................... 33 b Switch - Script Files .............................................. 33 l Switch - No Logo ................................................. 33 ld Switch - Application Loading ..................................... 34 s Switch - Support Paths ............................................ 34 p Switch - User Profles ............................................. 34 pl Switch - Batch Plots ............................................. 34 t Switch - Template Files ............................................ 35 Regserver and Unregserver Switches .................................. 35 SETTINGS AT THE COMMAND LINE ...................................... 35 Changing the Colors of the User Interface ..........................36 Background Color ................................................ 36 Changing the Cursor’s Color and Size ................................. 37 DISPLAY SETTINGS ................................................... 38 Snap Marker Options .............................................. 40 Hyperlink Cursor Options .......................................... 41 Dynamic Dimension Options ........................................ 42 Support File Paths ..............................................42 Files Settings. 45 Files Section ...................................................... 45 Projects Section ................................................... 46 Printer Support Section ............................................. 46 Templates Section ................................................. 46 Tool Palettes Section ............................................... 47 Dictionaries Section. 47 Log Files Section .................................................. 47 File Dialogs Section ................................................ 47 Reusing User Preferences ........................................48 Launching the User Profle Manager .................................. 49 Using the Profle Manager .......................................... 49 iv Customizing BricsCAD V16 4. Adapting the User Interface . .51 Customizing Drawing Tabs .......................................52 Related System Variables ........................................... 52 Customizing the Look From Control ...............................53 LookFrom Command .............................................. 54 Related System Variables ........................................... 55 Customizing the Command Bar ...................................56 Benefts of Multiple Monitors ....................................... 57 Related System Variables ........................................... 59 Customizing the Ribbon .........................................62 Related System Variables ........................................... 63 Part II — Working with the Customizing Dialog Box 5. Introduction to the Customize Dialog Box . .67 Touring the Customize Dialog Box ................................68 ABOUT MAIN AND PARTIAL CUSTOMIZATION ............................. 68 Customize’s Menu Bar ............................................. 70 ABOUT CUI FILES .................................................... 71 CUI Customization Files ............................................ 72 Search Field ..................................................... 74 Customize Dialog Box’s Tabs ........................................ 74 Shortcut Menus .................................................. 75 Apply and OK Buttons ............................................. 75 The Nuclear Option ................................................ 76 Using Partial Menus to Customize BricsCAD Correctly .................77 Setting Up a New Partial Menu ...................................... 77 Sharing Customizations ............................................ 79 Removing Partial CUI Files .......................................... 81 Table of Contents v 6. Customizing the Menu Bar and Context Menus . .83 QUICK SUMMARY OF MENU PARAMETERS ................................ 84 Modifying the Menu Bar .........................................85 Understanding Menu Title Conventions ............................... 87 Keyboard Shortcut - & ............................................. 87 Dialog Box - ... .................................................... 88 Menu Titles ....................................................... 88 Editing Macros ................................................... 88 Cancel - ^c ....................................................... 89 Transparent - ' .................................................... 89 Internationalize - _ ................................................ 89 Enter - ; .......................................................... 89 Pause - \ ......................................................... 90 Editing the Help String. 90 Adding Menu Items .............................................91 Deleting Menu Items .............................................. 93 Adding New Tools ..............................................94 Context Menus ................................................96 Sharing Menus ................................................101 Importing AutoCAD Menus ........................................ 102 7. Customizing Toolbars and Button Icons . 103 QUICK SUMMARY OF TOOLBAR PARAMETERS ............................ 104 Customizing the

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