AutoCAD Architecture has two main designations for CUIx files, main and enterprise by default the main CUIx file is loaded. AutoCAD® Architecture comes with several different CUIx files that can be tailored to your work environment. If you are interested in learning AutoCAD CUI, you can read more about it here: AutoCAD customization: 5 articles to learn about CUI.Back November 23rd, 2016 Inside the Customize User Interface (CUI)Ĭustomization (CUIx) files define elements that make up the user interface and are edited using the Customize User Interface (CUI) Editor. You may want to move it below the ribbon, add more tools, remove some default tools, or create different QAT for each workspace. Now you know it can be done easily!ĭo you like Quick Access Toolbar? What tools did you add there? QAT is an excellent tool to help you accessing frequently used tools. Try to switch between the two workspaces and see if the QAT is updated. Because you can only use 1 QAT, the QAT 1 is unchecked now.Ĭlick OK when you are finished. You can see a check box next to the Quick Access Toolbar 1 and 2. Select the 3D Modeling Workspace. On the right panel, click Customize Workspace. Drag and drop the tool below the new QAT. You can add tools from the ribbon later, but now let’s add it from CUI.įind the tool in the command list. We will use the 1st QAT for drafting and the 2nd for 3D modeling. Right click on QAT group, then select New Quick Access Toolbar. There is Quick Access Toolbar 1 as the default toolbar. In the CUI dialog box, find and expand Quick Access Toolbar. However, if you use different workspaces, you can create a specific QAT for each workspace. It allows you to have more space than above the ribbon. The menu is particularly helpful if you have a lot of tools in QAT. Show Below the Ribbon will move the QAT below the ribbon. Show Menu Bar is to show the old AutoCAD menu If you want to find a tool by the command name or you want to add multiple tools at once, you can use this menu. More Commands… allows you to add a command from a list. When you click it, you will see a list of default tools to show in QAT. However, it doesn’t mean you can’t add a tool that’s not listed. Select Remove from Quick Access Toolbar.Īt the right most of the QAT, you can see a small arrow. To remove a tool from QAT, right click on a tool in QAT. In the context menu, select Add to Quick Access Toolbar. Find the tool that you want to add to QAT, right click on the tool.
Adding a New Tool to QATĪdding a new tool from QAT is pretty straight forward. The easiest thing to do it by selecting the tools from the Ribbon Panel. The basic customization certainly is adding and removing tools. Let’s see what customization that we can do with QAT. We usually add most frequently tools here, so you can access them regardless which ribbon tab is active. You can see the default tools as in the image above. You can add your preferred tools to this QAT to use a command quickly. The QAT is a small toolbar at the left top of the title bar, next to the big A logo.
All Microsoft compliant software that uses ribbon has it, including AutoCAD. Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) is a toolbar that is survived when Microsoft introduced the ribbon interface.