Reset a toolbar

[robert.1.hall72202]

I have removed some of the buttons from the standard dimensioning toolbar that I do not use (ex. jogged dimension). How would I go about resetting the toolbar to default?

[LanceMcHatton]

I have removed some of the buttons from the standard dimensioning toolbar that I do not use (ex. jogged dimension). How would I go about resetting the toolbar to default?
I'm assuming you have modified the .cui file that came with AutoCAD. If that's the case, you probably cannot get the original toolbar back unless you made a copy of the .cui file before editing it.

As far as know, AutoCAD does not "store" standard toolbars anywhere.

If you don't have an original copy, I could send you one.

[Steve Johnson]

You can copy the entire original ACAD.cui file from (default) C:\Program Files\AutoCAD 2006\UserDataCache\Support. Make sure you leave the original file untouched! Back up everything before attempting anything! Then you can try removing the modified toolbar in the CUI Customize pane, and transferring the untouched version to your menu using the Transfer tab.

Note: Although this should work in theory, I have never done it and can't vouch for its reliability. If it doesn't work, you're stuck with the fun job of editing the CUIs using Notepad.

Edit: I see this is the "cute kid" thread. :)

[robert.1.hall72202]

ahhhhh.....so it appears that through the new AutoCad cui, a user can do themselves some damage by making some changes they have no idea how to correct.
Oops there went half the toolbars and menus.

I bet there are many people that would have to do a reinstall after deleting some
of the toolbars. Autodesk should have locked the contents of the default toolbars.
A new custom toolbar can always be created in order to deviate from the standard toolbars.

[LanceMcHatton]

ahhhhh.....so it appears that through the new AutoCad cui, a user can do themselves some damage by making some changes they have no idea how to correct.
Oops there went half the toolbars and menus.

I bet there are many people that would have to do a reinstall after deleting some
of the toolbars. Autodesk should have locked the contents of the default toolbars.
A new custom toolbar can always be created in order to deviate from the standard toolbars.Not to argue, but it has always been very easy to do "damage" to the original AutoCAD menu file. The new CUI method just makes it a little easier for the layperson to make buttons, toolbars, etc. It is not any easier now to remove buttons than it was before.

No matter what version, users just need to keep in mind that when they remove or add a button to the toolbars that are already there, they're messing with the original menu files.

I have made my own menu files for each version I work with and simply copied or transferred the toolbars I wanted from the main ACAD menu and then edited them as I pleased. In fact, these days I don't have any ACAD toolbars showing at all. They're all mine.

MINE!! BWAHAHAHA!!


ps Cute kids rock!! :-D

[Mike.Perry]

ahhhhh.....so it appears that through the new AutoCad cui, a user can do themselves some damage by making some changes they have no idea how to correct.
Oops there went half the toolbars and menus.

I bet there are many people that would have to do a reinstall after deleting some
of the toolbars. Autodesk should have locked the contents of the default toolbars.
A new custom toolbar can always be created in order to deviate from the standard toolbars.Hi

Before doing any customization with AutoCAD, the number 1 golden rule has always been...

Back-up & Back-up & Back-up...

Have a good one, Mike

[robert.1.hall72202]

Hi

Before doing any customization with AutoCAD, the number 1 golden rule has always been...

Back-up & Back-up & Back-up...

Have a good one, Mike

I agree completely, I've got the entire support directory copied into a folder out on the company network.

I was thinking more along the lines of making AutoCad somewhat like Windows XP by having some things that the user cannot edit. In this case I think it would be a good idea to block the user from editing the standard toolbars.

[Steve Johnson]

No matter what version, users just need to keep in mind that when they remove or add a button to the toolbars that are already there, they're messing with the original menu files.
Actually, in earlier releases, they were usually messing with a copy (.mns) of the original (.mnu). Pre-CUI, people very often made menu mods without explicit backups and got away with it almost 100% of the time because:

1) The system was much more reliable;
2) The mnu/mns system meant a crude kind of backup was always handy;
3) Copying and pasting stuff from original to copy was more easily done; and
4) The menu file format was properly documented.

People have been operating without a safety net for a decade, and need to understand that the high wire just got higher, narrower, wobblier and covered in grease.


I was thinking more along the lines of making AutoCad somewhat like Windows XP by having some things that the user cannot edit. In this case I think it would be a good idea to block the user from editing the standard toolbars.
The Enterprise concept allows you to do exactly that. It's not like it by default, though, and that's probably considered a good thing by many users. Can you imagine the outcry if Autodesk shipped AutoCAD in a default state that doesn't allow people to modify the toolbars?

Me? I'll be making acad.cui a partial menu of the Enterprise menu. Users won't be capable of changing acad.cui by accident. But I think that decision is best left in the hands of the CAD manager, not Autodesk.