Customizing Toolbars

The following types of toolbars are available:

• Default toolbar
• Custom toolbar
• Dimension Properties toolbar

Default toolbar

The default toolbars come inbuilt in the software and are available when the first time the program starts. You can customize and restore default toolbars. The toolbar customization command can be selected in one of the following ways:

• From the toolbar context menu (which appears when you right-click in the gray area above the graphics area), select Customize.
• From the Tools menu, select Customize.

The Customize dialog box is displayed from which you can control the visualization, delete and reset the default toolbars provided by the program. The Toolbars and Commands tabs enable you to perform the following operations relevant to default toolbars:

• Resetting a default toolbar which you have modified
• Customizing a button on a default toolbar:
  • Changing the appearance of a button
  • Accessing the attributes of a button.

Custom toolbar

A custom toolbar is a user defined toolbar. You can create, customize and delete custom toolbars and use them in the same way as the program default toolbars. The toolbar customization command can be selected from the Customize dialog box by which you can do the following:

• Creating a new toolbar from a default toolbar
• Creating a new “empty” toolbar, and then add buttons to it later
• Deleting a custom toolbar
• Creating a tool button in a customized toolbar
• Deleting a tool button from a customized toolbar
• Copying/pasting a button in a customized toolbar

Some typical toolbar customization functions can be accessed by clicking the right mouse button. To see what these functions are, click here.

Dimension Properties toolbar

The Dimension Properties toolbar enables you to quickly edit or define a limited set of properties of dimensions and texts. The tool is designed to offer you a quick access to the most used dimension and text properties. The program comes with a default Dimension Properties toolbar, but it provides you with the tools to customize it and create new ones.

When you rest the cursor on the toolbar commands, the program displays a tooltip with a short description of the command.
At the bottom of customizable drop-down lists you find the Edit command that enables you to edit the list of values available. The program makes the changes immediately available to you and stores them permanently. The toolbar commands act differently when there are preselected entities and when there are not.

With preselection

When you preselect a dimension or text, the toolbar reflects the properties of the entity; when you select multiple entities, only common values are displayed, while the others are blanked. Non applicable properties are disabled.
When you change a property, all preselected entities are assigned the value you have specified.

Without preselection or while inserting entities

When no entity is selected, if you use one of the commands in the Dimension Properties toolbar to set a property to a certain value, the entities you then insert acquire the value you have specified until you reset it.

The New Toolbar Object command enables you to create new Dimension Properties toolbars and to customize the existing ones. When you start the command, the program displays a dialog box from which you can perform the following operations relevant to Dimension Properties toolbars:

• Creating a new Dimension Properties toolbar
• Customizing a Dimension Properties toolbar

Note that although the New Toolbar Object is the only tool that enables you to create a new Dimension Properties toolbar and add any dimension and text properties to it, you can add standard buttons to it as if it were a Custom toolbar.