Customization options for workspaces include
creating a workspace using the Customize User Interface (CUI) Editor,
changing the properties of a workspace, and displaying a toolbar
in all workspaces.
Create or Modify a Workspace
Outside the Customize User Interface Editor
The easiest way to create
or modify user interface elements in a workspace is by customizing
them in the application window. From the application window, you
can control the display and appearance of several of the most commonly
used user interface elements.
Once you customize the
workspace, you can save the changes to an existing or new workspace
using the WSSAVE command.
Once saved, you can access the workspace any time you need to draw
within that workspace environment. For more information about customizing
workspaces without the Customize User Interface Editor, see
Control User Interface Elements Outside the CUI Editor.
Create or Modify a Workspace
Using the Customize User Interface Editor
In the Customize User Interface (CUI) Editor,
you can create or modify workspaces with precise properties associated
with the application and drawing windows, and user interface elements
(Quick Access toolbar, toolbars, menus, ribbon tabs, and palettes).
You customize a workspace
by selecting a workspace from the Workspaces node in the Customizations
In pane. The Workspace Contents and Properties panes are displayed.
To modify a workspace, you click the Customize Workspace button
in the Workspace Contents pane.
After you click Customize
Workspace in the Workspace Contents pane, the Customizations In <file
name> pane lists the user interface elements that
can be added to the workspace that is currently being modified.
Check boxes are displayed next to each user interface element in
the loaded CUIx files. You use the check boxes to add or remove
user interface elements from a workspace.
Change the Properties of
a Workspace
In
the Customize User Interface (CUI) Editor, you can define workspace
properties, such as the workspace name, description, whether the
Model or layout tab is displayed or not, and so on. The following
table shows the AutoCAD Classic workspace properties as they
appear in the Properties pane.
Properties for the AutoCAD Classic Workspace
Properties Pane Item
Description
Example
Name
String displayed in the drop-down box on the Workspaces
toolbar, at the command prompt for the WORKSPACE command, under
the Workspaces menu item in the Tools menu, and in the CUI Editor.
AutoCAD Classic
Description
Text that describes the workspace; does not
appear in the user interface.
Start On
Determines if the Model tab, last active layout
tab, or the current active tab in the drawing is displayed when the
workspace is restored or set current.
Model
Menu bars
Determines if the menu
bar is displayed or not when the workspace is restored or set current.
On
Status bars
Determines if the status
bars for the drawing window or application are displayed or not
when the workspace is restored or set current. The available options
are Application Only, All Off, All On, or Drawing Status Bar Only.
Application only
Model/Layout tabs
Determines if the Model/layout tabs are visible
or not in the drawing window when the workspace is restored or set
current.
On
Screen menus
Determines if the Screen menu is visible or
not when the workspace is restored or set current.
Off
Scroll bars
Determines if the scroll bars are visible or
not when the workspace is restored or set current.
On
Import a Workspace to a
Main CUIx File
You can import a workspace to the main CUIx
file using the Transfer tab of the Customize User Interface (CUI)
Editor. Workspaces in partially loaded CUIx files must be transferred
to the main CUIx file if you want to set that workspace current.
Set the Default Workspace
Workspaces in a CUIx
file can be marked as default. This identifies which workspace in
the CUIx file should be restored when the CUIx file is loaded into
the program the first time, or after the CUIx file has been loaded
with the CUILOAD command.
Set a Workspace Current
Once a workspace is created or modified,
it must be set current before the workspace can be used to control
the current display of the user interface. You set workspaces current
through the user interface or the Customize User Interface (CUI)
Editor. From the user interface, you can set a workspace current
with the Workspaces toolbar, Workspace Switching button on the status bar,
Tools menu on the menu bar, and the WORKSPACE command.
You can also use the
/w command line switch to set a workspace current when you double-click
the desktop shortcut to start AutoCAD. For more information about
command line switches, see Customize Startup in the User’s
Guide.
Show Me: Create a Workspace
The following animation
shows how to create a workspace. The animation covers the creation
of the workspace, and how to control the display of toolbars, menus
and palettes.
Click Manage
tab Customization
panel User
Interface. At the command prompt,
enter cui.
In the Customize User Interface Editor,
Customize tab, in the Customizations In <file name> pane,
right-click the Workspaces tree node, and select New Workspace.
A new, empty workspace (named Workspace1) is
placed at the bottom of the Workspaces tree node.
Do one of the following to rename the
workspace:
Enter a new name over the default name
Workspace1.
Right-click Workspace1. Click Rename.
Then, enter a new workspace name.
Click Workspace1, wait, and click again
over the workspace’s name again to edit its name in-place.
In the Workspace Contents pane, click
Customize Workspace.
In the Customizations In <file
name> pane, click the plus sign (+) next to the tree
nodes to expand them.
NoteThe Quick Access
toolbars, ribbon tabs, toolbars, menus, and partial CUIx file nodes
now display check boxes next to them so you can easily add elements
to the workspace.
Click the check box next to each user
interface element that you want to add to the workspace.
The selected user interface elements are added
to the workspace.
In the Workspace Contents pane, click
Done.
Click Apply.
To save or create a workspace
from the user interface
Do one of the following:
To save a workspace from
the Workspaces toolbar
Right-click over one of the visible toolbars
that is currently displayed in the user interface and click Workspaces.
A check mark is displayed
to the left of any toolbar that is currently displayed.
On the Workspaces toolbar, click the
drop-down list and select Save Current As.
In the Save Workspace dialog box, Name
box, enter a name to create a new workspace or select an existing
workspace from the drop-down list to overwrite it.
Click Save to create or modify the workspace.
To save a workspace from
the status bar
On the status bar, click Workspace Switching.
Then click Save Current As.
In the Save Workspace dialog box, Name
box, enter a name to create a new workspace or select an existing
workspace from the drop-down list to overwrite it.
Click Save to create or modify the workspace.
NoteYou can also save
a workspace from the Quick Access toolbar.
To change the properties
of a workspace
Click Manage
tab Customization
panel User
Interface. At the command prompt,
enter cui.
In the Customize User Interface Editor,
Customize tab, in the Customizations In <file name> pane,
click the workspace whose properties you want to change.
In the Properties pane, do any of the
following:
In the Name box, enter a name for the
workspace.
In the Description box, enter a description.
In the Start On box, select an option
(Model, Layout, Do Not Change).
In the Menu Bar box, select an option
(Off, On).
In the Status Bar box, select an option
(Application Only, All Off, All On, Drawing Status Bar Only).
In the Model/Layout Tab box, select an
option (On, Off, Do Not Change).
In the Screen Menus
box, select an option (On, Off, Do Not Change).
In the Scroll Bars box, select an option
(On, Off, Do Not Change).
Click Apply.
To duplicate a workspace
Click Manage
tab Customization
panel User
Interface. At the command prompt,
enter cui.
In the Customize User Interface Editor,
Customize tab, in the Customizations In <file name> pane,
click the plus sign (+) next to Workspaces to expand it.
Right-click the workspace you want to
duplicate. Click Duplicate.
A duplicate of the workspace
(named Copy of <workspace name>) is placed at
the bottom of the Workspaces tree node).
Do one of the following to rename the
duplicate workspace:
Enter a new name over the default name
Copy Of <workspace name>.
Right-click Copy Of <workspace name>.
Click Rename. Enter a new name for the workspace.
Click Copy Of <workspace name>,
wait, and click again over the workspace’s name again to edit its
name in-place.
Modify the workspace as necessary.
Click Apply.
To set a workspace current
from the user interface
Do one of the following:
To set a workspace current
from the Workspaces toolbar
On the Workspaces toolbar, click the
drop-down list and select the workspace you want to set current.
If the Workspaces toolbar
is not displayed, right-click over one of the visible toolbars that
is currently displayed in the user interface and click Workspaces.
To set a workspace current
from the status bar
On the status bar, click Workspace Switching.
Then click the workspace you want to set current
NoteYou can also set
a workspace from the Quick Access toolbar.
To set a workspace current
from the Tools menu on the menu bar
On the menu bar, click Tools menu Workspaces select the workspace
you want to set current.
To set a workspace current
from the CUI Editor
Click Manage
tab Customization
panel User
Interface. At the command prompt,
enter cui.
In the Customize User Interface Editor,
Customize tab, in the Customizations In <file name> pane,
click the plus sign (+) next to Workspaces to expand it.
Right-click the workspace you want to
set current. Click Set Current.
Click Apply.
To restore the “classic”
workspace
From the status bar, click Workspace
Switching. Click AutoCAD Classic.
To set a workspace as default
Click Manage
tab Customization
panel User
Interface. At the command prompt,
enter cui.
In the Customize User Interface Editor,
Customize tab, in the Customizations In <file name> pane,
click the plus sign (+) next to Workspaces to expand it.
Right-click the workspace you want to
set as default. Click Set Default.
Click Apply.
NoteIn
the Network Deployment Wizard, the main and enterprise CUIx files can
be specified. If the main CUIx file has a default workspace set,
the default workspace will be set as the current workspace when
the file is loaded into AutoCAD the first time.
To restore a workspace
with a command line switch
Right-click the program icon on the Windows
desktop. Click Properties.
In the AutoCAD Properties dialog box,
Shortcut tab, in the Target box, edit the parameters for the switch
using the following syntax:
“drive:\pathname\acad.exe” [/switch “name”]
For Example, enter “d:\AutoCAD 2011\acad.exe” /w “MyWorkspace”
Click OK.
To import a workspace to
a main CUIx file
Click Manage
tab Customization
panel User
Interface. At the command prompt,
enter cui.
The Transfer tab is displayed,
with the main CUIx file displayed in the Customizations In <file
name> pane (left side).
In the Customize User Interface Editor,
Transfer tab, in the Customizations In <file name> pane
(right side), click the Open Customization File button.
In the Open dialog box, locate and select
the customization file that contains the workspace you want to add
to the main CUIx file.
In the Customizations In <file
name> pane (right side), drag the workspace from the
CUIx file to the Workspaces node of the main CUIx file in the Customizations
In <file name> pane (left side).
Show Me: Create a Workspace
