Reducing The Unwanted Portion Of Object Properties Toolbar.
(Two proposals:- Altering .mns file and creating partial menu.)
Topic: Object Property toolbar
Message: 1 of 7
From: danny
Date: Sep/29/01 - 04:16 (GMT)
Can I split up or modify the object property toolbar?
I need to eliminate those unwanted toolbars.
I just need the layout, current layer & thelayer scroll down box.
How do I remove the rest of the function like the
linetype, colour by layer.........scroll down box?
Message: 2 of 7
From: Tim Skene
Date: Sep/29/01 - 04:53 (GMT)
Edit the ACAD.MNS file and in the toolbars section remove the
following items from the Object Properties toolbar:
ID_CtrlColor [_Control(_Color)]
[--]
ID_CtrlLinet [_Control(_Linetype)]
[--]
ID_CtrlLineW [_Control(_Lineweight)]
[--] ID_CtrlPStyl [_Control(_PlotStyle)]
The product below has a wide toolbar like the Standard toolbar
but with the layer drop-down list, and also all the drop-downs as
separate toolbars, if you want to see how to do it.
-- Tim Skene
PRO Menu -The Productivity Toolbox for AutoCAD
www.multicim.com/pmenu.html
Message: 3 of 7
From: danny
Date: Sep/29/01 - 07:06 (GMT)
Thanks Tim,
Can I reinstate to the original once I edit it?
Message: 4 of 7
From: Tim Skene
Date: Sep/29/01 - 14:44 (GMT)
Keep a backup of the original ACAD.MNS to go back to.
To load the revised acad.mns file use the customize > menus
in the tools menu and pick "replace all'.
You can also just type "menu" on the command line.
To go back to the original master menu, load ACAD.MNU.
This will wipe out any customized toolbars you may have made.
-- Tim Skene
PRO Menu - The Productivity Toolbox for AutoCAD
www.multicim.com/pmenu.html
Message: 5 of 7
From: Dave Jones
Date: Sep/30/01 - 15:18 (GMT)
Danny,
It would be easier to load a small partial menu using MENULOAD
containing an altered OBJ PROP toolbar definition. Like this:
//
//
//
***MENUGROUP=MYPARTIALMENU
***TOOLBARS
**TB_OBJECT_PROPERTIES
ID_TbObjectP [_Toolbar("Object Properties", _Top, _Show, 0, 1, 1)]
ID_Ai_molc [_Button("Make Object's Layer Current", "ICON_16_MOLC",
"ICON_16_MOLC")]^C^C_ai_molc
ID_Layer [_Button("Layers", "ICON_16_LAYERS",
"ICON_16_LAYERS")]'_layer
[_Control(_Layer)]
ID_LayerP [_Button("Layer Previous", "ICON_16_LAYERP",
"ICON_16_LAYERP")]^C^C_LayerP
//
//
//
(watch the word wrap, every line should start with ID)
Just copy/paste this to a text editor and save as MYPARTIALMENU.mns and
put it in a custom folder which you have added to your acad search path.
This eliminates fiddling with the standard acad menus, keeping backup copies,etc.
You can then just turn off the acad standard OBJ PROP toolbar and turnon the
customized toolbar with View/Toolbars and pick the appropriate menuin the
Menu Groups dropdown on the Toolbar tab. If you want to customize more of
your toolbars, drop down menus etc you would use this or another partial menu
instead of altering the standard acad menus as the time savedin re-installs and
upgrading is well worth the small amount of time to prepare the partial menus.
My motto is "Never Fiddle With Standard Acad Files!" (no offense meant to Tim)
:)
Dave
Message: 6 of 7
From: danny
Date: Sep/30/01 - 17:16 (GMT)
Dave,
Thanks for you help, I try to add that in.
Message: 7 of 7
From: danny
Date: Oct/01/01 - 02:05 (GMT)
Dave, one last question, everytime I open autocad, I have to reload this
menu.
Anyway of making it load automatically once autocad starts?
Sorry, got to ask this question. Even though I've used autocad since R10, I
did little
to explore it further. Perhaps it's hightime to do it.
Thanks,
danny
(aj -It appears the advisors decided to end the thread here!)
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