In past releases this had to be done through a text editor, such as Notepad. With the CUI Editor, you use the Transfer tab to browse and select your MNS/MNU, CUI, or CUIx file that contains your menu customization. Once the previous customization file has been selected, you drag the user interface elements between two CUIx files. See To transfer customizations for more information.

Commands are created and managed through the Command List pane located in the lower-left corner of the Customize tab of the CUI Editor. See To create a command for more information.

Once the command has been created, it can be added to or used to create a number of different user interface elements. To add the command to a menu for example, expand the menu under the Menus node in the Customizations In <file name> pane that you want to add the command to and then drag the command under the menu. See To create a pull-down menu for more information.

Workspaces are used to control the display of menus on the menu bar. See To display menus on the menu bar for more information.

Workspaces are used to control the positioning of menus on the menu bar. See To reposition menus on the menu bar for more information.

This happens because of the way menus are loaded into AutoCAD at startup. This problem only happens when partial and enterprise CUIx files are used. To resolve this problem, you can use the new /w command line switch. This causes AutoCAD 2011 to re-initialize the workspace upon startup and place the toolbars in their correct locations. See To restore a workspace with a command line switch for more information.

This happens because the images for the custom icons are not located in the AutoCAD support file paths. Locate the images using Windows Explorer and add the images location to the Support File Search Path node under the Files tab of the Options dialog box, or copy them into the folder:

(Windows XP) <drive>:\Documents and Settings\<user profile name>\Application Data\Autodesk\<product name>\<release number>\<language>\Support\Icons

(Windows Vista) <drive>:\Users\<user profile name>\AppData\Autodesk\<product name>\<release number>\<language>\Support\Icons

A flyout might not work for a few different reasons. There might not be any commands currently assigned to the toolbar that it is referencing or a control is part of the toolbar that is being referenced for the toolbar flyout. Launch the CUI Editor and verify that there are commands on the toolbar that is being referenced and if there are, make sure there are no controls on the toolbar such as the Layer list control.

The AutoCAD message box is displayed because the toolbar that is being referenced for the toolbar flyout is not found. AutoCAD can’t find the toolbar because it no longer exists, is not currently loaded because the partial CUIx file it is in is not loaded, or the alias for the toolbar has been changed.

Launch the CUI Editor and select the flyout on the toolbar that currently is not working properly. In the Properties pane look at the Source Toolbar property. Use the Find option to look for a toolbar element with an alias that matches the text string in the Source Toolbar property of the flyout that does not work. If one is not located, remove the flyout from the toolbar and drag the toolbar that you want to reference as a flyout on the toolbar. Close the CUI Editor. The flyout should now work correctly once again.

There are a few different reasons why when double-clicking on an object in the drawing nothing happens. The first and most common problem is with the system variable PICKFIRST is set to 0. PICKFIRST must be set to a value of 1 in order for double-click editing to work. The next possible solution is that double-click editing has been disabled. Double-click editing is controlled by the system variable DBLCLKEDIT. If it is set to 0 it is currently turned off. DBLCLKEDIT should be set to 1.

This happens because the workspace that you made changes to is not the current workspace. To resolve this problem, you need to set the workspace current and then when changes are applied they will appear. See To set a workspace current from the CUI Editor for more information.

An enterprise CUIx file can only be edited when it is loaded as the main CUIx file or as a partial CUIx file to the main CUIx file. It is recommended that you load it as the main CUIx file when you need to make edits. If you are creating a workspace that needs to include user interface elements from the CUIx file that is normally designated as the main CUIx file, load the main CUIx file as the enterprise CUIx file. Make edits to the enterprise CUIx file. See To modify an enterprise CUIx file for more information.