Subject: Creating toolbars that you can share as files

With CADdirect, the easiest way to share toolbars is to export them to a file and share that file with other CADdirect users. You can also manually create toolbars that you can share.

Toolbars can also be customized manually using .cui files.
For more details, see Customizing the main window using a .cui file.

To save the current toolbars to a file

   1   Do one of the following to choose Customize ():

•   On the ribbon, choose Tools > Customize (in Manage).

•   On the menu, choose Tools > Customize.

•   Type customize and then press Enter.

   2   Click the Toolbars tab.

   3   Click Export.

   4   In the Select Toolbar dialog box, select the toolbars you want to export.

   5   In the Select Toolbar File dialog box, specify the directory and file name you want to use to save the menu file.

   6   In the Files Of Type list, select the desired format.

   7   Click Save.

   8   Click Close.

To manually create a toolbar that you can share

   1   Open any ASCII or Unicode text editor.

   2   Use the following toolbar syntax to type the toolbar definitions:

***MENUGROUP=group_name

***TOOLBARS
**toolbar_name
ID_toolbar_name [_Toolbar ("toolbar_name", orient, visible, xval, yval, rows)]
ID_button_name [_Button ("button_name", id_small, id_large)]command

***HELPSTRINGS
ID_button_name [help_string]

   3   Save the file to the CADdirect folder with a *.mnu extension.

Example Toolbar File Contents

***MENUGROUP=example

***TOOLBARS
**NewDraw
ID_ NewDraw [_Toolbar("NewDraw ", _Bottom, _Show, 200, 200, 1)]
ID_Line_0 [_Button("Line", Iline.bmp, IL_line.bmp)]^C^C_line
ID_Hatch [_Button("Hatch", Ihatch.bmp, IL_hatch.bmp)]^C^C_hatch
ID_Dtext [_Button("Dtext", Idtext.bmp, IL_dtext.bmp)]^C^C_dtext
ID__0 [_Button("Circle Rad", Icirad.bmp, IL_cirad.bmp)]^C^Ccircle;
ID_Erase [_Button("Erase", Ierase.bmp, IL_erase.bmp)]^C^Cerase;

***HELPSTRINGS
ID_Line_0 [Creates straight line segments]
ID_Hatch [Fills an enclosed area with a nonassociative hatch pattern]
ID_Dtext [Displays text on screen as it is entered]
ID__0 [Allows user to draw a circle with a radius value]
ID_Erase [Removes objects from a drawing]

To copy an existing toolbar

   1   Make sure the toolbar you want to copy is visible.

   2   Do one of the following to choose Customize ():

•   On the ribbon, choose Tools > Customize (in Manage).

•   On the menu, choose Tools > Customize.

•   Type customize and press Enter.

   3   Click the Toolbars tab.

   4   Go outside the Customize dialog box and select a tool on the existing toolbar that you want to copy.

   5   Copy the information from the ToolTip, Help String, and Command boxes and paste it into the corresponding lines in the text file.

   6   Save the file to the CADdirect folder with a *.mnu extension.

To open the toolbar file on another computer

   1   Copy the toolbar (MNU) file and all related custom bitmap (*.bmp) files to the CADdirect folder on the other computer.

   2   Open CADdirect.

   3   Do one of the following to choose Customize ():

•   On the ribbon, choose Tools > Customize (in Manage).

•   On the menu, choose Tools > Customize.

•   Type customize and press Enter.

   4   Click the Toolbars tab.

   5   Click Import.

   6   Select the new toolbar file.

   7   Select the Append To Current Menu check box, and then click Open.

If you don’t select this box, the custom shortcut menu deletes all current menus.

   8   Click Close.

To restore the toolbar defaults

   1   Do one of the following to choose Customize ():

•   On the ribbon, choose Tools > Customize (in Manage).

•   On the menu, choose Tools > Customize.

•   Type customize and press Enter.

   2   Click Reset.