Newbie to CUIx. How to auto-load ribbon panel into workspace...

[cvaughn]

I created a custom CUIX file and want to roll it out to the others in the firm. When I load the CUIX as the "Enterprise" menu, I'd love for it to automatically go ahead and place the Ribbon Panel on the ribbon above. I know you can get it to show by loading the CUI editor and editing the Workspace...

Is the only way to do this to go into the CUI editor? Is there a way to do this programatically with Lisp?

Thanks, Craig

[dgorsman]

Not with LISP. Even dotNET is proving a moderate nuisance.

Lets make sure we're talking about the same thing, as "tab" and "panel" have specific meanings in the context of the Ribbon. If you create a tab within the Enterprise CUIx (or within a partial CUIx to the Enterprise), it won't necessarily be added to a workspace that is defined in the Main CUIx (per user, presumably). The tab contains references to panels, which may or may not be defined in the Enterprise CUIx (the panels could come from a partial CUIx). As with tabs, panels which are not referenced by a tab which is part of a workspace which isn't defined in the Enterprise will not be shown automatically.

From the other direction: if you define a panel, and reference it in a tab, and have that tab as part of a workspace which is defined in the Enterprise, then a user who selects that workspace will see that tab automatically.

[cvaughn]

I think I see. All I need to do is create a "Custom" workspace in my custom CUIX, then activate it in AutoCAD using . I'll try that.