Create New Toolbars - invoke CUI command, double-click on pull-down toolbar menu to make toolbars visible, select, rename new toolbar, create new command in AutoCAD, Maria Tzanetakou, Cadalyst, May 6, 2013

Get a Head Start with a Customized Template - use commands to creating, editing custom template, select template using application button in AutoCAD, Ellen Finkelstein, AutoCAD Tips Blog, Feb 20, 2013

Fix Problems with the Way AutoCAD Looks (the User Interface) - RIBBONCLOSE command to close ribbon, type commandline to display command line window, display/hide menu bar, Ellen Finkelstein, AutoCAD Tips Blog, Feb 14, 2013

How to Get Rid of the Welcome Window and Grid When You Start AutoCAD - uncheck 'display at startup' checkbox to cancel welcome window, press F7 to turn off grid in AutoCAD, Ellen Finkelstein, AutoCAD Tips Blog, Feb 4, 2013

Creating Custom AutoCAD Linetypes - adding definition of custom linetype to acad.lin file, using express tools to create custom linetypes, Maribel Pabalan, The CAD Masters, Jan 10, 2013

Customizing Double Click on Block Reference - modifying macro to invoke custom command 'mybedit' in AutoCAD, Balaji Ramamoorthy, AutoCAD DevBlog, Dec 9, 2012

Create a Custom Command and Add a Keyboard Shortcut for a Real Time Saver - use Shift+1 to execute command ^C^C_line \\; in AutoCAD, Ellen Finkelstein, AutoCAD Tips Blog, Nov 4, 2012

Editing the Rollover Tooltip - customizing rollover tips to display information for particular object type in AutoCAD, Michael Beall, AUGI Library, Nov 7, 2012

AutoCAD Customization - Set System Variables - using acad.lsp, acaddoc.lsp to set application variables, drawing variables, Envision CAD, Oct 8, 2012

AutoCAD: Using Initial Setup to Create a Customized Workspace - You Tube, Oct 2, 2012

Macro to Add Right-Click for Iso Views - customizing AutoCAD 2013, Steven Matchett, Cadalyst, Oct 1, 2012

Keeping Your Drawings Clean - adding script of commands to AutoCAD CUI as keyboard shortcut, Jarod Schultz, Sep 25, 2012

Icons or Text Drawing Tool Buttons in AutoCAD - right-click Drawing Tools buttons in status bar, then select right-click context menu option to use icons or text, Shaan Hurley, Between the Lines, Sep 25, 2012

Change the F1 Key to Escape - CUI command to assign shortcut keys to keyboard command in AutoCAD, Lynn Allen, Cadalyst, Sep 25, 2012

Add a Drop-Down List of Your Favorite Commands to the Quick Access Toolbar - AutoCAD customization tutorial, Lynn Allen, Cadalyst, Sep 11, 2012

Be Quicker - configuring quick access toolbar to access layout tabs, set layer to current, Michael Beall, CADTutor, Sep 2012

Automate Sheet Setup with Action Macros - create action macro in AutoCAD to generate new layout tabs per companies' standards, Donnie Gladfelter, The CAD Geek, Sep 8, 2012

Create Shapes to Insert Over and Over - differentiating between shapes, block, MKSHAPE command to code shape in AutoCAD, Ellen Finkelstein, AutoCAD Tips Blog, Aug 12, 2012

Easily Share Tool Palettes With Colleagues - exporting/importing tool palette or group to/from file, Ellen Finkelstein, AutoCAD Tips Blog, July 25, 2012

AutoCAD 2013 Express Tool Woes - verify if Express is listed in loaded cuix, Devin Brady, IMAGINiT Technologies Support Blog, July 2, 2012

Array Command in AutoCAD - creating custom command, modifying macro, adding command to toolbar, ribbon, Cherisse Biddulph, IMAGINiT Technologies Support Blog, May 29, 2012

Double-Click Dimension for DDEdit - AutoCAD customization tip to enable double-click editing of dimension text in AutoCAD, Leonid Nemirovsky, Cadalyst, May 21, 2012

Create Cutting Planes - customizing AutoCAD command macros to quickly set views in model space, Steven Matchett, Cadalyst, May 21, 2012

AutoCAD Quick Tip - How to Edit Command Aliases - adding custom command aliases to PGP file, Brian Benton, CAD-a-Blog, May 10, 2012

Keep Blocks Accessible So You Can Insert Them in Any Drawing, Pt 4: A Block Library - create block library, use INSERT command to insert blocks from library, Ellen Finkelstein, AutoCAD Tips Blog, Apr 22, 2012

All-in-One CAD Tip #1: AutoCAD Ribbon, Civil 3D, CAD Management - customize AutoCAD ribbon, share Civil 3D data, Curt Moreno, Cadalyst, Apr 16, 2012

Keep Blocks Accessible So You Can Insert Them in Any Drawing, Pt 3: Content Explorer - inserting block from content explorer in AutoCAD, Ellen Finkelstein, AutoCAD Tips Blog, Apr 15, 2012

More on Customization Sync - disabling/enabling customization sync in AutoCAD 2013, Kate Morrical, AutoCAD Insider, Apr 10, 2012

Keep Blocks Accessible So You Can Insert Them in Any Drawing, Pt 2: DesignCenter - insert block from DesignCenter, choose scale, rotation, Ellen Finkelstein, AutoCAD Tips Blog, Apr 8, 2012

Customization Sync in AutoCAD 2013 - sync AutoCAD settings with cloud, access on other system using Autodesk 360, Kate Morrical, AutoCAD Insider, Apr 5, 2012

Keep Blocks Accessible So You Can Insert Them in Any Drawing, Pt 1: Tool Palettes - create tool palettes tab, import blocks using DesignCenter, add block from current AutoCAD drawing, insert blocks from tool palettes window, Ellen Finkelstein, AutoCAD Tips Blog, Apr 3, 2012

Exploring AutoCAD CUI: 5 More Things You Can Do With CUI, Pt 5 - rollover tooltips, quick properties, keyboard shortcuts, double click actions, loading LISP file, Edwin Prakoso, CAD Notes, Mar 21, 2012

Exploring AutoCAD CUI: Working with Toolbar and Menu - creating new toolbar, placing commands to it, loading manually, arranging menu in workspace, Edwin Prakoso, CAD Notes, Mar 12, 2012

Exploring AutoCAD CUI: Working with Ribbon, Pt 3 - adding custom commands, creating row below panel, arranging commands in different rows, Edwin Prakoso, CAD Notes, Mar 5, 2012

Exploring AutoCAD CUI: Creating a Command, Pt 2 - change active customization file, create, configure, place command, create panel, ribbon tab, define workplace, Edwin Prakoso, CAD Notes, Feb 20, 2012

Exploring AutoCAD CUI: Introduction, Pt 1 - customizing UI dialog box, creating custom CUIx, Edwin Prakoso, CAD Notes, Feb 16, 2012

AutoCAD - Color Change - Why? - changing background color from display tab, Brian Benton, CAD-a-Blog, Feb 1, 2012

Mix Up Your AutoCAD Ribbon Panels - detach/reattach panel, create floating toolbar, Micro Concepts, Jan 31, 2012

Open AutoCAD with a Specific Template - command line switch helps in launching AutoCAD with new template, executing/customizing statement using switches, Ellen Finkelstein, AutoCAD Tips Blog, Jan 11, 2012

Workspaces - customizing, switching between AutoCAD workspaces, Micro Concepts, Dec 20, 2011

Get Rid of the Default Grid in AutoCAD - turning default grid off permanently, Ellen Finkelstein, AutoCAD Tips Blog, Dec 8, 2011

Managing Customization Files - benefits of using main, enterprise, partial CUI files in AutoCAD, creating central network location for all company customizations, Matt Worland, AUGI Library, Nov 28, 2011

Activate the Old Menu Bar in AutoCAD - using quick access toolbar from ribbon interface, Micro Concepts, Nov 16, 2011

Using AutoCAD Customization - working with command alias, CUI, programming, Edwin Prakoso, CAD Notes, Sep 2011

AutoCAD Customization - non-programming, programming customization, reasons to customize AutoCAD, CADDsoft Solutions, Aug 2011

Create a Custom Keyboard Shortcut - AutoCAD customization tutorial, Ellen Finkelstein, AutoCAD Tips Blog, July 4, 2011

Change Your View - But Not the UCS - adding command ucs,v to menu lines in AutoCAD, Ed Galicki, Cadalyst, June 26, 2011

Shut It Down - AutoCAD macro to finish drawings with zoom extents, send all hatching to back, purge all, audit drawing, save, Tim Girard, Cadalyst, June 26, 2011

How to Make Ctrl+C Perform a Cancel - assign CopyClip action to another key, then create shortcut key for 'cancel' action in AutoCAD, Steve Johnson, blog nauseam, May 27, 2011

Customizing Ribbon Menu - composing new panel, dropping it on existing tabs in AutoCAD, Orhan Toker, Daily AutoCAD, May 17, 2011

Create Custom AutoCAD Commands and Toolbars - Emilio Valentin, Cadalyst, Apr 6, 2011

Customized AutoCAD Opening For Your Own - create profile, customize AutoCAD, create shortcut for profile, Orhan Toker, Daily AutoCAD, Mar 30, 2011

Access Related Files with the Support File Search Path - accessing default support file search path, specifying search paths for xrefs, Ellen Finkelstein, AutoCAD Tips Blog, Mar 7, 2011

Selecting Annotative Objects - switching off display, setting SELECTIONANNODISPLAY to 0, Dan Scales, Without a Net, Sep 17, 2010

Create Custom Toolbars or Commands In AutoCAD - add custom LISP routines, create CUIX file, tool bars, ribbons, scroll down partial customize files in tree then load, Emilio Valentin, Feb 22, 2010

In Box: System Variable Editor - write list of system variables using SYSVDLG in AutoCAD, file written using AutoLISP function, Tom Stoeckel, Without a Net, Feb 1, 2011

Accessing Autodesk Knowledge Base from AutoCAD - dealing with AI_PRODUCT_SUPPORT command, 2 versions, not customized for all products, Tom Stoeckel, Without A Net, Jan 28, 2011

Masking with AutoCAD Hatch - wipeout for masking object, activating hatch, creating proper white balance, Edwin Prakoso, CAD Notes, Dec 27, 2010

Create a Custom Function in AutoCAD's Calculator - QuickCalc solves complex coordinate problems, use LINE command, generate custom functions, EllenFinkelstein.com, Dec 15, 2010

How Can We Protect AutoCAD Tool Palettes? - prevent other users from modifying the tool palette, Edwin Prakoso, CAD Notes, Dec 20, 2010

Add Mirror to Your Right-Click Shortcut Menu - short easy example to modify AutoCAD menu, Michael Beall, CAD Tutor, Dec 2010

Showing Common AutoCAD Information in Title Block - use attribute values to fill in project name, number, client name, Edwin Prakoso, CAD Notes, Dec 11, 2010

Export Your Workspace or Ribbon Tab via the CUI - AutoCAD tutorial, moving sets of menus, toolbars, palettes, ribbon control panels to new computer, Michael Beall, CADTutor, Nov 2010

Setting Your Workspace in AutoCAD 2011 - change AutoCAD user interface to better access 3D modeling tools, Heidi Hewett, Nov 12, 2010

How to Force Text on Two Rows on Ribbon Buttons - customizing Ribbon with CUI in AutoCAD, entering '\n', JTB World, Aug 30, 2010

Change Objects to Bylayer - layer manager, Bycolor, typing SetByLayer in AutoCAD 2011, Narinder Sharma, Cadalyst, Aug 15, 2010

Is Drawing Regen Slow? - several layers in drawing, setting SHOWLAYERUSAGE to 0, AUDIT, RECOVER, RECOVERALL, Indydrafter, Aug 18, 2010

Hatching in 2011 - expanding options panel in AutoCAD HATCH/BHATCH command, Island detection drop down list, David Koch, The Architect's Desktop, Aug 14, 2010

Managing Visual Styles in AutoCAD 2007 - DASHBOARD command, using different settings, Erhan Toker, Daily AutoCAD, July 21, 2010

Adding Toolbars with the Ribbon: AutoCAD- quick access toolbar, show menu bar, Mark Flayler, IMAGINiT Manufacturing Solutions Blog, July 14, 2010

AutoCAD Layout Background Color to Solid Black or Other Color- accessing options>display, checking 1st 4 layout elements, changing AutoCAD UI element colors, Sheet Layout, Uniform Background, selecting color to apply, Shaan Hurley, Between the Lines, July 14, 2010

Saving Files as an Image (bmp, jpg, png, tiff, gif) - SaveAsBitmap method, input/output file types hard-coded within program, Brian Ekins, Mod the Machine, July 12, 2010

Take Control of Your Display with the NAVSWHEEL Tool - improves control over on-screen operations, ORBIT command, using NAVSWHEEL command from menus, Orhan Toker, Daily AutoCAD, July 7, 2010

Creating Title Block From AutoCAD Sheet - preparing/importing DWG file, adding labels, creating family, Edwin Prakoso, CAD Notes, July 4, 2010

How to Bring Back the Lost Command Line - stuck right under window, moving upwards by using mouse, selecting Move by pressing visible location in command line, Orhan Toker, Daily AutoCAD, July 1, 2010

·         Future Plug In of the Month to Embed QR Codes in AutoCAD Drawings - author wonders if there a need to embed QR Codes in AutoCAD drawings, Kean Walmsley, Through the Interface, June 30, 2010

Script Usage (to Edit Multiple Drawings Quickly) - having to edit 300 blocks made easier by having Windows create list of file names, using them in AutoCAD script, Orhan Toker, Daily AutoCAD, Jun 21, 2010

AutoCAD eTransmit Secret Ninja Trick- the Text Template - pre-populating custom notes in eTransmit transmittal package, converting DWG files to specific DWG version, creating etransmit.txt in support directory, View Report option, Shaan Hurley, Between the Lines, Jun 15, 2010

Custom Right Click Shortcut Menus - stored in CUI editor, fixing Mirror, adding Mirror to existing command group, Kate Morrical, LT Unlimited, Jun 14, 2010

AutoCAD Data Extraction: Take Your Drawing to the Next Level - generating drawing information in table, generating set out points for land surveyor, implementation different for each industry, Shaan Hurley, Between the Lines, Jun 8, 2010

How to Plot Multiple LAYOUTs At the Same Time - right clicking on the layout tab, Orhan Toker, Daily AutoCAD, Jun 7, 2010

Adjusting HATCH Scale to Fit Drawing Scale - no scale set for Annotation Objects, running BHATCH command, exploding hatch, Orhan Toker, Daily AutoCAD, Jun 7, 2010

Ribbon Problem Solutions for AutoCAD - running WSCURRENT, CUI, using Restore ACAD.CUIX, JTB World, May 25, 2010

Programming for CAD Managers, Pt 2 - getting started with customization, including title blok insertion with field/attributes, Robert Green, Cadalyst, Apr 28, 2010

Programming for CAD Managers, Pt 1 - customized solutions will improve users' jobs and help safeguard CAD manager job, Robert Green, Cadalyst, Apr 14, 2010

Line Type Scale - a new broken line type may appear continuous if scale is not set,  Erhan Toker, Daily AutoCAD, Apr 27, 2010

A Working Enterprise CUI in Front of Your Eyes exclusive - determining files, locations used for main, enterprise CUI, customizing elements of CUI, including ribbon, Robert Bell, Autodesk University 2009

Customizing the Quick Access Toolbar - AutoCAD 2010 tip, Rick Ellis, Cadapult, Feb 2010

The ABC's of the AutoCAD CUI exclusive - modifying pull-down menus, toolbars, creating ribbon panel, adding it to ribbon, assigning shortcut keys, temporary overrides, R Robert Bell, Autodesk University 2009

Setup Wizard - setting UI, generating workspace in AutoCAD 2010, Brian Benton, AUGI, Nov 2009 (may require free registration)

Customization Revisited - editing existing workspace, creating new tab, add row to panel in AutoCAD 2010, Brian Benton, AUGI, Oct 2009 (may require free registration)

CUIs Demystified - defining CUI components, macro, popdown, toolbar basics, working with multiple CUIs, enterprise CUIs, Robert Green, Autodesk University 2008

The ABC's of CUI in AutoCAD - modifying pull-down menus and toolbars, creating ribbon panel, adding to ribbon tab, assigning shortcut keys, temporary overrides, R Robert Bell, Autodesk University 2008

AutoCAD 2010 Customization - Hatch Pattern, Pt 2 - creating hatch pattern type ATP171, Sunith Babu, CAD Professor, Apr 15, 2009

AutoCAD 2010 Customization - Hatch Pattern - creating square, hatching with line type ATP171, Sunith Babu, CAD Professor, Apr 8, 2009

AutoCAD 2010 Customization - LINETYPE - II - creating linetypes using text editor or by directly saving file in acad.lin file from command prompt, Sunith Babu, CAD Professor, Apr 7, 2009

AutoCAD 2010 Customization - LINETYPE - accessing all linetypes, definition, Sunith Babu, CAD Professor, Apr 4, 2009

Creating Custom Hatch Patterns - rules of hatch-pattern definitions in AutoCAD, examples, Ellen Finkelstein.com, Mar 22, 2009

AutoCAD Tips and Tricks for User Customization - demonstrating tricks to support plotting, using Acad.lsp and AcadDoc.lsp to empower user yet maintaining control, Robert Bell, Autodesk University 2008

Managing the AutoCAD CUI and Empowering the Users - differentiating main, enterprise, and partial CUI files, customizing elements of CUI, constructing workspaces, Robert Bell, Autodesk University 2008

How to Get the Most Out of the Action Recorder - AutoCAD macro recorder for non-programmers to automate repetitive tasks, practical tips, pausing playback, providing input; object selection; relative coordinates; macro management, Tom Stoeckel,  Autodesk University 2008

Keep It Inside AutoCAD: Data Extraction Direct to AutoCAD Tables - extract attribute data directly to AutoCAD tables which will update automatically when changes occur, perform calculations on table data, link AutoCAD and Excel data into a single table, David Cohn, Autodesk University 2008

Use Tool Palettes to Save Time - using AutoCAD feature to organize blocks, details, repetitive tasks, Ron Lohan, Cadalyst, Mar 8, 2009

InitCommandVersion and ^R Control Sequence Explained - using newest version of command macro in AutoCAD, Jimmy Bergmark, JTB World, Mar 6, 2009

Customizing AutoCAD to Fit Your Needs - complications and benefits of adding custom tools, tool pallets, toolbar, ribbon, Brian Benton, CAD-a-Blog, Feb 2, 2009

An AutoCAD Hip Tip on Optimizing your File Dialogs - customizing, personalizing frequently required directories, folders, Lynn Allen's Blog, Jan 27, 2009

Set Delete and Double-Click - working with AutoCAD system variables DBLCLKEDIT, PICKFIRST, David Drane, Cadalyst, Jan 25, 2009

Bringing Excel Spreadsheets Into AutoCAD - creating table with data copied from Excel, Rick Ellis, Cadapult, Jan 25, 2009

Customize AutoCAD File Settings - video shows file dialog box and FILEDIA system variable to manage files, Lynn Allen, Cadalyst, Jan 22, 2009

Edit System Variables Easily with Express Tools _SYSVDLG Command - using AutoCAD, Erhan Toker, Daily AutoCAD, Jan 21, 2009

Understanding Workspaces in AutoCAD - setting, customizing UI to suit needs and habits of users, Orhan Toker, Daily AutoCAD, Jan 20, 2009

Using the Action Recorder Without the Ribbon - editing macro not possible in AutoCAD 2009 without ribbon, Brian Benton, CAD-a-Blog, Jan 19, 2009

Send Hatch Patterns to Back - setting BHATCH dialog box, HPDRAWORDER command in AutoCAD, Josh Jones, Lazy Drafter, Jan 15, 2009

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