digilizing tablet menus

[pdbqpdbq]

(excuses for my bad english,)

does enyone know how i could manage to replace the tablet-menus within acad.mnu with my own? , whitout making a new file (.MNU),

We have created our own version of autocad (legali ofcourse) it's could tecnocad sinds our compony's name is Technosoft. We use our own tablet-menus, verry different from those load in acad.mnu.

But what we want to acomplish now, is to load the acad.MNU and our ts_tablet.MNU. And use our own tablet-configuration in aotocad (so not the regulair tablet-config.),

I've tried somethings like:
Command: (menucmd "T1=TS_TABLET.TABLET1")
Command: (menucmd "T1=TS_TABLET.TABLET2")

??? Help

 

[borgunit]

AutoCAD is pretty good about how to customize itself. Look in the help file.

 

[cadpe]

For years I have been using a Hitachi tablet with a 16-button puck. I usually don't edit the TABLET section of the menu. I prefer to use the SCREEN menu. I have found that editing for any customization is done in the acad.mns file. You should be able to find the sections in the acad.mns file labeled ***TABLET1, ***TABLET2, ***TABLET3, and ***TABLET3. If your dizitizer has a puck, you will be able to customize the puck buttons following the ***BUTTONS1 label.

In the acad.mns file, under the label ***SCREEN, I have the following line [Custom]$S=ACAD.WILL. By clicking on Custom it directs AutoCAD to the area labeled **WILL 2. You can do something similar with your custom specfic names.

 

[pdbqpdbq]

thanx for replies,

I figured it out myself. I wanted to use my own tablet-menus, without changing anything on the acad.MNS/MNU/MNL etc. So now (by swapping) i load acad.mnu and my own ts_tablet thanx to swapping. My own ts_tablet.MNL now looks like this:

;;;=== Tablet Swap Functions ===

(defun ai_tab1 ()
(setq T_Menu (read (ai_popmenucfg "T_Menu")))
(if (= (logand 1 T_Menu) 1)
(progn
(ai_putmenucfg "T_Menu" (itoa (setq T_Menu (- T_Menu 1))))
(if (< (getvar "EXPERT") 4)
(princ ;|ACAD_MNL_4|;"\nAlternate tablet area 1 unloaded.")
)
(menucmd "T1=TS_TABLET.TABLET1")
(if (< (getvar "EXPERT") 1)
(princ ;|ACAD_MNL_5|;"\nThis area is for your personal applications and menu items.\n")
)
)
(progn
(ai_putmenucfg "T_Menu" (itoa (setq T_Menu (+ T_Menu 1))))
(if (< (getvar "EXPERT") 4)
(princ ;|ACAD_MNL_6|;"\nAlternate tablet area 1 loaded. ")
)
(menucmd "T1=TS_TABLET.TABLET1ALT")
(if (< (getvar "EXPERT") 1)
(princ ;|ACAD_MNL_7|;"\nThis area is for your personal applications and menu items.\n")
)
)
)
(princ)
)
and for Tablet 2/3 and four.


And my command-line looks like this (when i start AutoCAD

Regenerating model.
Loading dialog-box C:\ts\tca20\tcaapps.DCL......Ready!
Tekening aangemaakt met release 20.16
Tekeningeenheid : MM
Hoofdschaal : 1:20.0
Actuele schaal : 1:20.0
Laatste wijziging op : 30-05-1996
AutoCAD menu utilities loaded.
AutoCAD menu utilities
Loading the Technocad library .....
De TechnoCAD 20 bibliotheek wordt geladen ...
Alternate tablet area 1 loaded.
This area is for your personal applications and menu items.
Alternate tablet area 1 unloaded.
This area is for your personal applications and menu items.
Alternate tablet area 2 loaded.
Zoom and other commands issue CTRL-C's: VPOINT and DVIEW in current UCS mode.
Alternate tablet area 2 unloaded.
Commands operate transparently: VPOINT and DVIEW in Worldview mode.
Alternate tablet area 3 loaded.
Select Metric units from the Numeric menu.
Alternate tablet area 3 unloaded.
Select Imperial units from the Numeric menu.
Alternate tablet area 4 loaded.
Object snap modes issue running modes: commands repeat.
Alternate tablet area 4 unloaded.
Object snap modes issue overrides: commands do NOT repeat.
Command:
_HELP

But thnx for trying to help.