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    Unhappy Ribbon icon size flexibility GONE in 2010!

    My firm has nearly 300 custom Ribbon commands in AutoCAD 2009, including a custom bitmap icon for each command. Although you won't find it in any documentation, 2009 allowed you to make your ribbon icons just about any size (not just 16x16 or 32x32 pixels). So we made all bitmaps 20x20 pixels for three reasons:
    1. Good size..not too small, not too big
    2. Could add more detail to icons than 16x16 would allow
    3. Ribbon drop-downs would display same 20x20 icon; no need for two sizes of same icon

    Unfortunately, AutoCAD 2010 displays all of our 20x20 icons at 16x16 and therefore they are blurry. And it displays them at 32x32 in drop downs, again blurry.

    Don't understand why Autodesk had to eliminate the icon size flexibility that existed in 2009.

    Before I start remaking 300 icons, does anyone have any suggestions?

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    Default Re: Ribbon icon size flexibility GONE in 2010!

    Hello,

    My company also put a lot of time and effort into creating additional tabs for the ribbon.
    We used icons of various height/width at 21, 30 and 47 pixels.
    We were able to make the buttons and pulldowns fit very nicely on the panels.
    Now in 2010 we too have lost this ability.
    The mandatory 16x16 pixel icon size is too small to effectively communicate what
    is behind some buttons. There is a SR open on this issue. # 1-6437604030.
    I do worry that they may not completely understand our problem.
    The initial response was that Autodesk seemed unaware of us being able to create
    and use custom icons in varying sizes. Feel free to add your 2 cents to this SR.
    I'd wait until the first service pack comes out and see if they will restore our ability.
    Attached is a JPG of one of my custom ribbon tabs. Notice how nicely the buttons
    and flyouts nest within the panel.

    Regards,
    Steve
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