In This Chapter

• Creating new toolbars

• Customizing toolbar button icons

• Writing toolbar macros

• Understanding workspaces

AutoCAD LT represents many of its commands through icons on buttons collected into toolbars. Click a button, and AutoCAD executes the underlying command (and sometimes two or more commands) known as a macro. When you pause the cursor over the button's icon, it displays a tooltip, which briefly explains the icon's purpose. At the same time, the status line displays a sentence-long description of the button's purpose.

AutoCAD LT lets you change just about anything related to the toolbars:

• The macros (commands) executed by buttons

• The look of buttons' icons

• The toolbars to which buttons belong

• The names of toolbars

• The tooltips displayed by the buttons

• The help text displayed on the status line

The CUI command does all this.

Changing Toolbar Properties

Tools Options

While the CUI command customizes toolbars, it is the Options command that changes the properties of toolbars. (Prior to AutoCAD LT 2006, these options were found in the Customize command.)

1. From the Tools menu, select Options. If necessary, select the Display tab.

   

2. In the upper-left corner is the Window Elements area.

   Three options apply to toolbars:

   Use large buttons for Toolbars when off, "normal" buttons are shown; when on, larger...