Advanced AutoCAD 2014. Cheryl R. Shrock

      5.Select your printer from the drop down list or “Default windows system printer.pc3” Note: If your printer is not shown in the list you should configure your printer within AutoCAD. This is not difficult. Refer to Appendix-A for step by step instructions.

      6.Select the Paper size: Letter

      7.Select the Plot Area: Extents

      8.Select the Plot Offset: Center the Plot

      9.Select Plot Scale: 1:1

      10.Select the Plot Style table: Monochrome.ctb (for all black) Acad.ctb (for color)

      11.If the following dialog box appears, select Yes

      12.Select the Preview button.

      Does your display appear as shown below?

      If yes, press <enter> and proceed to 13. If not, recheck 1 through 11.

      13.Select the Apply to Layout button.

      14.Select the OK button to send the drawing to the printer or select Cancel if you do not want to print the drawing at this time. The Page Setup will still be saved.

      15.Save the entire drawing again. The Plot settings will be saved to the drawing.

      LEARNING OBJECTIVES

       After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

      1.Customize the Workspace

      2.Customize the Ribbon

      3.Customize the Status Bar

      4.Select, Export, Import and Delete a Workspace

      5.Customize the Quick Access Toolbar

LESSON 2

Customizing the Workspace

      At this stage of your AutoCAD education you are probably not too interested in customizing AutoCAD. But I would like to at least introduce you to the Custom User Interface to familiarize you with a few of the customizing options that are available. It is relatively easy to use and sometimes helpful. If you find it intriguing you may explore further using the AutoCAD “Help” system discussed in Lesson 1 in the Beginning workbook.

      Start by opening the Customize User Interface dialog box using one of the following:

       RIBBON = MANAGE TAB / CUSTOMIZATION PANEL /

       KEYBOARD = CUI

       The following dialog box should appear.

Creating a New Workspace

      Have you found yourself wishing that you could move some of the commands from one Ribbon Panel to another? Or possibly Add, Remove or Move the Tabs. Well you can. You can create a Workspace all of your own very easily.

      Important: Before you begin customizing your workspace it is important to create a Duplicate Workspace rather than modify an existing workspace. This will allow you to revert back to the original AutoCAD default workspace appearance.

      Don’t be afraid to experiment. I will also show you how to easily return to the AutoCAD default workspace.

      1.Open the Customize User Interface dialog box as shown on the previous page.

      2.Duplicate the Drafting & Annotation workspace as follows:

      A.Right click on Drafting & Annotation and select Duplicate.

      3.Rename the duplicate workspace as follows:

      A.Right click on Copy of Drafting & Annotation 1 and select Rename.

      4.Enter the New Workspace name Class Workspace Demo <enter>

5.Right Click on the New Workspace Class Workspace Demo and select Set current.

      6.The New Workspace should now be displayed as shown below.

      7.Select Apply and OK buttons located at the bottom of the CUI dialog box.

       Now you have a workspace to customize. The following pages will guide you through:

       1. Creating a new Ribbon tab.

       2. Adding a new Ribbon Panel to the new tab.

       3. Adding Commands to the new Panel.

Create a Ribbon tab

      1.Open the Customize User Interface dialog box (Refer to page 2-2)

      2.Select Class Workspace Demo

      3.Click on the [+ ] beside Ribbon to expand.

      4.Right Click on Tabs

      5.Select New Tab

      6.Enter a name for the new tab and press <enter>. (Note: I entered Class Tab)

      7.Select the Apply and then OK button at the bottom of the Customize User Interface box.

       Note:

       New Tabs are not automatically added to the workspace.

       You must tell AutoCAD that you want to display this new tab in your workspace.