For those of you who have given into the ribbon and are trying your best to learn where all the commands are, I commend you. But there are just some commands that were on the toolbars that are not on the ribbon or just cannot be found. I have written up an outline on how you will go about making a new ribbon tab or adding an old command to the ribbon. These instructions work for ACAD, ACAD Architecture, and ACAD MEP 2011, 2012, and 2013.
You will do all the work inside the Customize User Interface (CUI) editor. Type CUI at the command line
Expand Ribbon, you will see Tabs and Panels. Here is where you need to decide if you want to just add your command to an existing tab/panel or if you would like to create a new tab/panel.
For this example I am going to create a new tab and a new panel for the OSNAP commands. You however can use these steps to add any custom commands you have created or any of the out of box commands.
Expand Tabs > you will see a list of all the tabs available in your software. To make a new Tabs, right click on Tabs and select New Tab.
You will see the new tab and you will be able to instantly start typing your tabs name. But if you accidentally clicked somewhere else and deselect it, you can simply select on the new tab > right click and rename it.
Now create a new Panel to go under your new tab. This is similar steps that you did to create a new tab.
Expand Panels >right click on Panels and select on New Panel
You will see the new panel and you will be able to instantly start typing your panel name. But if you accidentally clicked somewhere else and deselect it, you can simply select on the new panel> right click and rename it. You will notice that with the new panel you created you will see under it Panel Dialog Box Launcher, Row 1 and <SLIDEOUT>. To break it down for you quickly, Row 1 is similar to a toolbar and always horizontal. You can keep adding additional rows and you will see the icons/commands that you add to the rows in the preview panel in the CUI dialog box. The slideout is the black arrow that you see at the bottom of the panel that fly out when you click on it.
Now you need to add all the SNAP commands to the Panel by searching for them in the Command list. You can use your shift key to select as many commands as you want, then right click > copy then go to your panel and right click on Row 1 and paste.
You will see when you select on your panel name that in the panel preview pane what your panel will look like. If you want to get rid of a command just right click on it and select Remove.
Now You need to copy your panel will all your snap commands to your new tab by right clicking on that the panel and select on copy. Find your tab, select on it and right click to paste.
Click the Apply button. You will now want to verify that it has been added to your workspace so stay in the CUI editor.
Scroll up to workspaces and select on your current and default workspace then click on Customize Workspace button.
From the Customizations in All Files pane, expand Ribbons and then expand Tabs and put a check mark next to the new tab you created. Under the workspace Contents you can expand Ribbon Tabs and drag your tabs in the order you would like them to be. Click on the Done button on the Workspace Contents pane and then click apply and OK.
Now back to your interface you will see your new tab and what you have placed on the panel. Personally I think it could be broken up into a couple of rows but this is completely up to you.
Thanks very much. Very easy guide to follow. I've been wanting to do this for ages.
Posted by: Michael | 02/19/2013 at 03:23 PM