Missing Menu Madness - AutoCAD's handling of partial menus causes problems with 3rd party developers, Owen Wengerd, Outside The Box, Dec 22, 2008

Purge 'Registered Applications' to Speed Up AutoCAD - delete objects containing XData to reduce file size, Josh Jones, Lazy Drafter, Dec 15, 2008

Speed Up AutoCAD - using IMAGEQUALITY, IMAGEHLT, GRIPOBJLIMIT, SAVEPERCENT, VTOPTIONS, Josh Jones, Lazy Drafter, Nov 18, 2008

Where is My 3DSOUT Command? - utility brings back missing 3DSOUT command to AutoCAD, other programs, Orhan Toker, Daily AutoCAD, Nov 24, 2008

Lazy System Variable: ATTDIA - turn on, off dialog box when inserting attributed block into drawings using AutoCAD, Josh Jones, Lazy Drafter, Nov 12, 2008

Changing Display Colors in AutoCAD - setting background color using various options, Brian Benton, CAD-a-blog, Nov 5, 2008

Object Properties at Your Fingertips - customizing quick properties, roll-over tooltips to reduce repetitive tasks using AutoCAD 2009, Lynn Allen, Cadalyst, Nov 1, 2008

How to be More Efficient in AutoCAD - Part 8 - tips on customization, Brian Benton, CAD-a-blog, Oct 27, 2008

Custom Tool Palettes: Hatch Patterns - video shows way to add hatch pattern to personal AutoCAD tool palette, Lynn Allen, Cadalyst, Sep 24, 2008

Make Your UI Your Own - AutoCAD 2009 - video shows exploring task-based ribbon, quick access toolbar, customizing menu of shortcuts, Lynn Allen, Cadalyst, Sep 16, 2008

Record Macros With the Action Recorder - macros save time with repetitive tasks in AutoCAD 2009 but have limitations, Ellen Finkelstein.com, Sep 14, 2008

Create Your Own AutoCAD Commands - video shows creating customized commands, toolbars for easy use and saving time, Lynn Allen, Cadalyst, Sep 11, 2008

What is Loaded at AutoCAD Startup, and When? - first CUI files, then acad*.* files, MNL and LSP files are loaded, Steve Johnson, Blog Nauseam, Sep 1, 2008 

AutoCAD 2009 Quick Access Toolbar - customizing toolbar, viewing old menus, turning on toolbars, CommTech CAD Cafe, Aug 18, 2008

Cleaning Up After Yourself: How and When to Dispose of AutoCAD Objects in .NET - working with IDisposable objects inside AutoCAD, 3 scenarios to look in and good practice to explicitly dispose it manually or automatically, Through the Interface, Kean Walmsley, June 16, 2008

Customizing AutoCAD 2009 Quick Properties Window - view and edit properties of selected object in AutoCAD 2009, simple customization options, more, Orhan Toker, Daily AutoCAD, Jun 24, 2008

Define Your Own Toolbar in AutoCAD - customizing shortcuts in AutoCAD 2004, Eren Pala, Daily AutoCAD, May 21, 2008

Add a Button to the Ribbon in AutoCAD 2009 - Ellen Finkelstein.com, May 10, 2008

AutoCAD 2009 - Customize the Ribbon - Brian Benton, CAD-a-Blog, Apr 10, 2008

Create Your Own AutoCAD Commands - customizing AutoCAD commands to avoid repetition and save time, Lynn Allen, Cadalyst, Mar 1, 2008

Unraveling AutoCAD's CUI, Part 2 - customizing toolbar, Lynn Allen, Cadalyst, Feb 1, 2008

Optimize Your Environment: Visual Studio Code Snippets - creating and editing Snippet in AutoCAD, Josh Johnson.com, Jan 30, 2008

Quick Tips for Customizing the CUI - use right-click menu for copying command in AutoCAD, Heidi Hewett, AutoCAD Insider, Jan 24, 2008

An AutoCAD Hip Tip on Creating Extra Smart Double-Clicks - customizing double-clicks using CUI command, Lynn Allen's Blog, Nov 15, 2007

Customize the Dashboard - customizing user interface in AutoCAD 2008, LuAnn Sims, CommTech CAD Cafe, Aug 22, 2007

Material Basics for AutoCAD Architectural Users - creating AEC material dialog, changing a material definition style, accessing a lost file, ARCHIdigm, July 2007

AutoCAD: Customizing the Interface - multimedia tutorial on customizing toolbars, tool panels, menus in AutoCAD 2008, Avatech, July 24, 2007

Managing Your AutoCAD User Interface - Toolpalette Swapping - creating toolpalette swap toolbar in AutoCAD, John Benstead, CADit, June 6, 2007

Managing Your AutoCAD User Interface - Tool Palettes - enterprise tool palettes on the network in AutoCAD, John Benstead, CADit, June 3, 2007

Managing Your AutoCAD User Interface - Managing an Enterprise CUI - setting up a company-wide CUI and using a custom toolbar setup to manage the tool palettes, John Benstead, CADit, June 3, 2007

The Disappearing CUI - keyboard shortcut to move the CUI dialog box, Donnie Gladfelter, The CAD Geek Blog, May 29, 2007

On to an AutoCAD Hip Tip on Right Click Customizing - customizing right mouse button for a short click to enter and a longer click to display shortcut menu, Lynn Allen's Blog, May 23, 2007

Digging Deeper into Materials - customizing materials from the Materials Library to give it a desired look in AutoCAD 2007, Lynn Allen, Cadalyst, March 1, 2007

Customized AutoCAD Opening for Your Own - customizing and creating a shortcut for your own profile in AutoCAD, Orhan Toker, Daily AutoCAD, March 14, 2007

Create a Custom Workspace in AutoCAD 2006 and Later - customizing AutoCAD Classic workspace to get more screen space, Ellen Finkelstein.com, February 16, 2007

AUTOCAD 2006/7 Roll-over Highlighting - customizing the roll-over highlighting feature, Jim Rogers, Hagerman & Company, Inc., January 2007

Customization Methods in AutoCAD - understanding the methods: AutoLISP macros, VBA macros and OBJECT ARX DBX modules, M. Mazhar Basa, Daily AutoCAD, January 22, 2007

CUI Madness - setting mgr_C3D.arg and civil_C3D.arg profiles and then CUI in AutoCAD 2007, Stephanie, C3D Investigation, December 11, 2006

How to Switch Your AutoCAD Tool Palettes Dynamically - create a custom toolbar using the *_Toolpalettepath variable, Rohit Arora, AECbytes.com, November 20, 2006

Tracing Our Origins, Part 5 - understanding base point option available in AutoCAD, Chris Lindner, AUGI, November 2006 (requires free registration)

Customize User Interface - customize toolbars and commands, add workspaces, create macros, and more with CUI in AutoCAD, Jim Rogers of CADreps, Hagerman & Company, Inc., October 2006

Display the Area of an Enclosed Figure - using fields to create a leader displaying the area of a tub in AutoCAD, CADdigest.com, October 16, 2006

Tracing Our Origins, Part 4 - learn about hatch origins in AutoCAD, Chris Lindner, AUGI, October 2006 (requires free registration)

When Sharing a CUI File, Why do the Icons Not Appear Correctly? - give only the file name and extension or relative path to images when assigning icons to custom commands, Lee Ambrosius, Hyperpics, August 18, 2006

Custom Tool Palette Icons (Part 1) - customizing the icon created in AutoCAD while dragging a block onto a tool palette, Barry Ralph, BazzaCAD, August 16, 2006

Using Icon Switches with AutoCAD 2007 - customizing AutoCAD using command line switches, Lee Ambrosius, Hyperpics, August 11, 2006

What is Wrong with My Hatch? - HPORIGIN and HPORIGINMODE system variables control the hatch origin point settings in AutoCAD 2006, Rick Ellis, Cadapult Software Solutions, Inc., July 2006

QuickTips - customizing AutoCAD commands by editing the .pgp file, Michelle DeGroot, AUGI, July 2006 (may require free registration)

AutoCAD Customization - Setup and Migration - save your custom files in a single directory and add it to the top of the support file search path, CAD Panacea, July 2, 2006

Customizing Your Editing Environment - customizing double-click edit commands in CUI and viewport to display Properties command in AutoCAD 2007, Lynn Allen, Cadalyst, June 9, 2006

In the Beginning was the Template - creating AutoCAD templates and setting the defaults, Bill Fane, Cadalyst Management, April 12, 2006

Customizing the Double-Click -  customize your double click on AutoCAD image action to turn on the TFRAMES system variable, Jason Hickey, Beneath The Lines, April 24, 2006

Reindeer, the Lapland and an AutoCAD Tip! - assign F4 key as shortcut to 3DORBIT command in AutoCAD 2007 using CUI, Lynn Allen, Lynn Allen's Blog, March 22, 2006

Create a Custom Keyboard Shortcut - create keyboard shortcut for your favorite commands using CUI in AutoCAD, Ellen Finkelstein, Ellen Finkelstein.com, March 20, 2006

Use Fields for Titleblock Text - use AutoCAD fields to automate the insertion of titleblock text or any other annotation in a drawing, Ellen Finkelstein, CADdigest.com, March 15, 2006

Super Speedy Selection Sets - AutoCAD offers 17 options for selecting objects, Lynn Allen, Cadalyst Management, February 13, 2006

Stop Typing 0,0 - AutoCAD macro to copy objects to origin, Barry Ralph, BAZZACAD Clog, February 27, 2006

Search for Templates in Multiple Folders - create shortcut to a folder of AutoCAD templates in the Template folder, Ellen Finkelstein, Ellen Finkelstein.com, February 27, 2006

Create a Custom Toolbar in AutoCAD 2006 - using CUI to create the customized toolbar, Ellen Finkelstein, Ellen Finkelstein.com, February 17, 2006

Update Commands in the CUI Dialog - find out which menu items use a command using find and replace dialog box in AutoCAD, Greg Wesner of Autodesk, Autodesk, February 16, 2006

The CUI and Macro Madness - create your own macros using CUI in AutoCAD 2006, Lynn Allen, Cadalyst Management, January 12, 2006

Resolve to Learn Some New Stuff! - making a custom toolbar and creating a custom button for adding it to a tool palette in AutoCAD 2006, Michael Beall, michael's corner, January 2006

Creating Menu Flyouts in AutoCAD 2006 CUI - customization becomes easier with every AutoCAD release, Bud Schroeder of Autodesk, Between the Lines, January 13, 2006

The CUI Saga Continues - customizing shortcut menus using AutoCAD's customization user interface, Lynn Allen, Cadalyst Management, December 15, 2005

Command Your Space - create a Workspace using user interface or CUI editor in AutoCAD 2006, Lee Ambrosius, AUGI, December 2005 (may require free registration)

Taking CUI One Step Further - customizing CUI for mouse buttons, keyboard commands and functional keys in AutoCAD 2006, Lynn Allen, Cadalyst Management, November 15, 2005

How to Remove "Erase" from the Right-Click Edit Menu? - delete the ERASE command in ACAD.MNS file in AutoCAD, CAD Forum, November 2005 

Toolbars, Part 2 - creating flyouts using UI and locking toolbars in AutoCAD 2006, Lee Ambrosius, AUGI, November 2005 (may require free registration)

So Where Else Can I Use Short-Cuts? - give access to AutoCAD plotting files .CTB, .STB, and .PC3 to users with short cuts, Barry Ralph, BAZZACAD Clog, November 2, 2005

Custom Express Tools: Layer Isolate & Layer Unisolate - AutoCAD's undocumented 'LAYUNISO' express tool 'unisolates' layers, David Hardin, AutoCAD Tutorials, October 13, 2005

Customizing the Size and Colors of the User Interface - you can change the font size and background color of AutoCAD UI by changing appearances in desktop properties, Lynn Allen, Lynn Allen's Blog, October 25, 2005

Get to Your .DWG Files Even Quicker - code to add shortcuts to your most recent projects in AutoCAD, Barry Ralph, BAZZACAD Clog, October 25, 2005

AutoCAD 2006 White Papers - Networking, Migration, and Dynamic Blocks - links to articles on planning a network installation, installing the network license manager, creating deployments, benefits of network licensing, network licensing Q&A, customizing the AutoCAD 2006 interface, dynamic blocks overview and quick start tutorial, Shaan Hurley, Between the Lines, June 3, 2005

Introduction to the CUI Editor - AutoCAD 2006 has a new interface to handle all customizing files, 8 minute video tutorial, Shawn Gilmour, Autodesk, May 10, 2005

Creating a Toolbar with CUI Editor - step by step instruction in how to create a new toolbar with AutoCAD 2006, 8 minute video tutorial, Shawn Gilmour, Autodesk, May 10, 2005

Introduction to Workspaces - AutoCAD 2006 helps manage different configurations of toolbars, 4 minute video tutorial, Shawn Gilmour, Autodesk, May 10, 2005

Dynamic Block Hatches - you can use AutoCAD 2006's new dynamic blocks to make custom hatches that would be hard with the old custom hatch tools, Mark Douglas, In the Dynamic Interface, April 5, 2005

What Are Scripts? - scripts can be used in AutoCAD for anything from setting dimension styles to creating new commands, Tommy Huckabee, AUGIWorld, March 31, 2005, pp. 24, 25, 26, high res (PDF)

Creating Custom Tool Bars  - how to use the toolbar dialog box to create a toolbar, Elise Moss, Moss Designs, March 27, 2005 (pdf)

Complex Line Types With Shapes in AutoCAD - tutorial, Jos Van Doorn, Digital CAD, March 9, 2005

Startup Switches Take the Tedium Out of Starting Up - advice on how to customize your AutoCAD environment so it looks and acts the way you want even before you see the Command line, Lynn Allen, Cadalyst, January 15, 2005

Using AutoCAD's Powerful Tool Palettes to Your Fullest Advantage, Part 2 - how to create basic macros and share them with other users, Lynn Allen, Cadalyst, December 15, 2004

That Fantastic Tool Palette! - tips on customizing AutoCAD's Tool Palette, Lynn Allen, Cadalyst, November 15, 2004

Creating Leaders with Custom Arrows - AutoCAD tutorial, CCAD Inc., October 25, 2004 (pdf)

Creating a Calculator Tool for AutoCAD - tutorial shows how to create your own calculator tool to bring up a calculator, Elise Moss, CADzette, January 16, 2004 (pdf)

Customizing the Default Right-Click Menu - AutoCAD tip explores several context-sensitive right-click menus introduced in AutoCAD 2000, CCAD Tip Sheet, December 2003

Automating AutoCAD 2 - AutoCAD tutorial shows how to create your own tool, button image included, Michael Beall, CADTutor, November 2003

AutoCAD Menus: Assigning Commands to Mouse Buttons - Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, July 21, 2003

AutoCAD Menus: Image Tile Menus - tutorial illustrates how to insert a block, show a slideshow, invoke an AutoCAD command and an AutoLISP command with an Image Tile menu, Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, July 18, 2003

AutoCAD Menus: Building a Menu Template, Part 5 - tutorial shows you how to enhance menu macros with the help of special characters and/or DIESEL expressions, Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, July 17, 2003

AutoCAD Menus: Building a Menu Template, Part 4 - tutorial will show you how to use AutoLISP statements in menu macros, Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, July 16, 2003

AutoCAD Menus: Building a Menu Template, Part 3 - how to add toolbars, toolbar buttons and flyouts to a menu file, Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, July 15, 2003

AutoCAD Menus: Building a Menu Template, Part 2 - how to make a complex menu template by adding separator lines and cascading menus, Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, July 14, 2003

AutoCAD Menus: Building a Menu Template, Part 1 - learn how to build a simple menu template, Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, July 11, 2003

AutoCAD Menus: Shortcut Keys - explores the CUSTOMIZE command, which enables you to define or redefine shortcut keys thus affecting the associated menu files, Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, July 10, 2003

AutoCAD Menus: User-Defined Flyouts - define a new toolbar and then add it as a flyout to an existing toolbar, Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, July 9, 2003

AutoCAD Menus: Standard Flyouts - explains how to add flyouts to a new toolbar, Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, July 8, 2003

AutoCAD Menus: User-Defined Toolbar Buttons - learn how to create toolbar buttons, Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, July 7, 2003

AutoCAD Menus: Defining Toolbars - using the CUSTOMIZE command to define a new toolbar and add or remove buttons, Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, July 3, 2003

AutoCAD Menus: Partial Menus - learn how to add a new menu to gain extra tools, Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, July 2, 2003

AutoCAD Menus: The Base Menu - tutorial on how to load the base menu in AutoCAD 2004, Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, July 1, 2003

AutoCAD 2004 Customization Tutorial: Status Bar Manager - learn how to use an application called STABMAN to customize the AutoCAD status bar, Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, June 30, 2003

AutoCAD 2004 Customization Tutorial: Dynamic Text on Status Bar - using DIESEL expressions to add dynamic text to the status bar, Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, June 27, 2003

AutoCAD 2004 Customization Tutorial: Adding Text to Status Bar - explains how to add permanent text to the status bar using the MODEMACRO system variable, Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, June 26, 200

AutoCAD 2004 Customization Tutorial: Custom Hatch Patterns, Part 2 - learn how to define a hatch pattern that consists of 12 line families, Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, June 25, 2003

AutoCAD 2004 Customization Tutorial: Custom Hatch Patterns, Part 1 - Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, June 24, 2003

AutoCAD 2004 Customization Tutorial: Shape Linetypes - Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, June 19, 2003

AutoCAD 2004 Customization Tutorial: String Linetypes - Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, June 18, 2003

AutoCAD 2004 Customization Tutorial: Simple Linetypes - learn how to define and use a simple linetype, Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, June 17, 2003

AutoCAD 2004 Customization Tutorial: Adding Arcs to Shapes - learn some simple methods to add arcs to shapes, Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, June 13, 2003

AutoCAD 2004 Customization Tutorial: Shapes with Straight Lines, Part 2 - more about defining straight line shapes, Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, June 12, 2003

AutoCAD 2004 Customization Tutorial: Shapes with Straight Lines, Part 1 - Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, June 11, 2003

AutoCAD 2004 Customization Tutorial: Using Shapes - learn how to load and compile an existing shape file, Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, June 10, 2003

AutoCAD 2004 Customization Tutorial: Raster Images Slide Shows - how to create raster images with the RENDER command and then build a slide show, Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, June 9, 2003

AutoCAD 2004 Customization Tutorial: Slide Libraries - on using Slidelib, an external utility to create a slide library based on a list of slides, Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, June 6, 2003

AutoCAD 2004 Customization Tutorial: Slide Shows - how to create scripts for making slide shows in AutoCAD, Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, June 5, 2003

AutoCAD 2004 Customization Tutorial: Creating and Viewing Slides - Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, June 4, 2003

AutoCAD 2004 Customization Tutorial: Modifying Objects with Scripts - Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, June 3, 2003

AutoCAD 2004 Customization Tutorial: Setting Up a Drawing with a Script - Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, June 2, 2003

AutoCAD 2004 Customization Tutorial: Command Alias Editor - explores an application that can help you in modifying the AutoCAD Program Parameters (ACAD.PGP) file, Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, May 30, 2003

AutoCAD 2004 Customization Tutorial: Operating System Commands - how to edit the ACAD.PGP file to call external operating system commands through the AutoCAD command line, Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, May 29, 2003

AutoCAD 2004 Customization Tutorial: Defining a New Command Alias - learn how to open and modify the AutoCAD Program Parameters file to add a new command alias, Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, May 28, 2003 

AutoCAD 2004 Customization Tutorial: Handling Blocks in Tool Palettes - how to deal with problems resulting from changes in file locations, Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, May 27, 2003

AutoCAD 2004 Customization Tutorial: Managing Tool Palettes Content - explores some options available to manage the appearance of tools and their behavior, Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, May 23, 2003

 AutoCAD 2004 Customization Tutorial: Creating a New Tool Palette - explores methods to create tool palettes with favorite blocks and hatch patterns, Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, May 22, 2003

AutoCAD 2004 Customization Tutorial: Managing Tool Palettes - how to use the Tool Palettes to gain easy access to some of your favorite blocks and hatch patterns, Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com,  May 21, 2003

AutoCAD 2004 Customization Tutorial: Customizing UCS Icon - tips on managing and customizing the user coordinate system icon, Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, May 20, 2003

AutoCAD 2004 Customization Tutorial: Creating a New Material Library - explains how to create your own material library based on the materials created or loaded in the current drawing file, Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, May 19, 2003

AutoCAD 2004 Customization Tutorial: 3D Graphics Display (Part 2) - explores settings in the Options dialog box to control the quality of 3D models in the drawing area, Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, May 15, 2003

AutoCAD 2004 Customization Tutorial: 3D Graphics Display (Part 1) - how to control the quality of 3D graphics with the help of FACETRES and ISOLINES, Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, May 14, 2003

AutoCAD 2004 Customization Tutorial: Loading Applications - tutorial shows how to use the APPLOAD command to load VLISP, AutoLISP, VBA and ObjectARX applications, Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, May 13, 2003

AutoCAD 2004 Customization Tutorial: Command Line Switches - how to add command line switches to affect the startup of AutoCAD, Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, May 12, 2003

AutoCAD 2004 Customization Tutorial: Template File - explains how to create special types of drawing files with pre-established settings for creating new drawings, Alireza Parsai, May 9, 2003

AutoCAD 2004 Customization Tutorial: Options Profiles - shows how to define Options profiles to save time and make different settings permanent, Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, May 8, 2003

AutoCAD 2004 Customization Tutorial: Right-click Customization - tutorial explores using the OPTIONS command to customize AutoCAD behavior with a mouse right-click, Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, May 7, 2003

AutoCAD 2004 Customization Tutorial: Environment Variables - tutorial shows how, with the help of Windows environment variables, you can define shortcut names for AutoCAD search paths, Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, May 6, 2003

AutoCAD 2004 Customization Tutorial: Open and Save Settings - explores some of the useful tools and options of the Open and Save tab, Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, May 5, 2003

AutoCAD 2004 Customization Tutorial: Search Paths - tutorial illustrates how to  define or modify the AutoCAD Support File Search Path, Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, May 2, 2003

AutoCAD 2004 Customization Tutorial: Display Settings - tutorial shows how to use the OPTIONS command to assign different colors to drawing area elements and different fonts to the command window, Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, May 1, 2003

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