{"id":8279,"date":"2018-07-24T07:00:51","date_gmt":"2018-07-24T14:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/?p=8279"},"modified":"2020-04-07T14:51:24","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T21:51:24","slug":"have-you-tried-customizing-autocad-ui","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/have-you-tried-customizing-autocad-ui\/","title":{"rendered":"Have You Tried: Customizing the AutoCAD UI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The AutoCAD user interface, or UI for short, provides access to most of the commonly used tools, but not everyone uses AutoCAD the same way.<!--more--> If you find yourself wanting to hide the tools you don\u2019t use and to maximize the drawing area available to you, you\u2019re in luck. One of the best features in AutoCAD is the ability to customize the user interface.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"customizing-the-autocad-ui\">Customizing the AutoCAD UI<\/h2>\n<p>You can add, hide, and customize many of the tools found in the AutoCAD UI. Here are some of the tools you can customize:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Quick Access toolbar buttons and controls<\/li>\n<li>Ribbon panels and tabs along with buttons and controls<\/li>\n<li>Dockable palettes<\/li>\n<li>Status bar controls<\/li>\n<li>Drawing area elements (ViewCube, Navigation bar, and so on)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/help.autodesk.com\/view\/ACD\/2019\/ENU\/?contextId=HYT_Blog_July_2018_ACD_UI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8280 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/Article-11-1_tmvmyb.png\" alt=\"Have You Tried: Customizing the AutoCAD UI\" width=\"511\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/Article-11-1_tmvmyb.png 511w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/04\/Article-11-1_tmvmyb-300x191.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can explore some of the basic user interface customization methods by following the step-by-step examples in the <a href=\"https:\/\/help.autodesk.com\/view\/ACD\/2019\/ENU\/?contextId=HYT_Blog_July_2018_ACD_UI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Have<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/help.autodesk.com\/view\/ACD\/2019\/ENU\/?contextId=HYT_Blog_July_2018_ACD_UI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">You<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/help.autodesk.com\/view\/ACD\/2019\/ENU\/?contextId=HYT_Blog_July_2018_ACD_UI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tried:<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/help.autodesk.com\/view\/ACD\/2019\/ENU\/?contextId=HYT_Blog_July_2018_ACD_UI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Customizing<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/help.autodesk.com\/view\/ACD\/2019\/ENU\/?contextId=HYT_Blog_July_2018_ACD_UI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/help.autodesk.com\/view\/ACD\/2019\/ENU\/?contextId=HYT_Blog_July_2018_ACD_UI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AutoCAD<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/help.autodesk.com\/view\/ACD\/2019\/ENU\/?contextId=HYT_Blog_July_2018_ACD_UI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UI<\/a> topic.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"keep-the-feedback-coming\">Keep the Feedback Coming<\/h2>\n<p>Thanks for all the great feedback submitted so far. Because of the great feedback, we have been able to improve the topics in the AutoCAD Online Help system. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/autocad-help-updates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Updated<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/autocad-help-updates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Help<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/autocad-help-updates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Topics<\/a> contains a list of the most recently updated topics.<\/p>\n<p>The best way to submit feedback is by using the \u201cWas this helpful?\u201d section located at the bottom of every Help topic. Let us know what you like or don\u2019t like about a topic, or provide suggestions for other subjects that you\u2019d like to see covered in greater detail. The more specific your comments, the better.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The AutoCAD user interface, or UI for short, provides access to most of the commonly used tools, but not everyone uses AutoCAD the same way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":8281,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[893],"tags":[11,14,362,877,918,635],"class_list":["post-8279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-learning","tag-autocad","tag-autocad-lt","tag-customization","tag-customize-user-interface","tag-have-you-tried","tag-user-interface","dhig-theme--light"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Have You Tried: 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