scattermaster Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Hello, I just found this site and looks like it may be a lot of help for me. I tried moving my tool bars around and then noticed that there was more zoom commands than I know what to do with! I began customizing and I think I made a mess of things. Can I reset to a default and start over? There are several duplicate zoom commands in the "customize user interface" and I don't know if I did that or not. Jim Autocad Lt. 2008 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 First. Using Windows Explorer, find the location of all .cui files. Write down the exact path to each. Also note the date and file size of each. Second. The next time you get the urge to start customizing the CUI make sure you've kept a copy of the original version. Report back here with your findings regarding the first step. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Per long time forum member rkmcswain re: location of .cui files comes this: "There is a virgin copy of this file in C:\Program Files\[product]\UserDataCache\Support." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scattermaster Posted December 30, 2008 Author Share Posted December 30, 2008 I must be doing something wrong. I have Vista Business and not used to it yet. Even in XP I never used explorer. I typed in .cui in the search at the bottom of the start menu and no results. I pulled up windows explorer but where should I look? recently... has lots of stuff but no .cui Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 The messed up acad.cui file is probably here: C:/Documents and Settings/[yourcomputernamehere]/Application Data/AutoDesk/AutoCAD LT 2008/r17.1/enu/support. The virgin copy should be here: C:/Program Files/AutoCAD LT 2008/UserDataCache/Support. My advice would be to find the messed up .cui and rename it something like acadBAD.cui and leave it just where it is for the moment. Then find the original version and copy it to the folder where acadBAD.cui resides. Restart AutoCAD and tell us what you see (or don't see). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scattermaster Posted December 30, 2008 Author Share Posted December 30, 2008 Remark, Thanks for the info but I have Vista Business and those locations don't seem to exist! Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Your folder/file structure should be very similar. Can you locate C:/Program Files/AutoCAD LT 2008? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scattermaster Posted December 30, 2008 Author Share Posted December 30, 2008 Yes but after AutoCad Lt/ there are many dll's and such but no "userdata cache" or "r17.1" or "support" or "enu" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 What folders are listed? Is there one named Support? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scattermaster Posted December 31, 2008 Author Share Posted December 31, 2008 There is no "support" listed. Hey, maybe I could make this easier. Here are all the zoom commands listed in Customize User Interface/ All Commands: 1 zoom 2 center 3 Dynamic 4 extents 5 extents 6 in 7 object 8 out 9 previous 10 realtime 11 realtime 12 scale 13 window 14 window 15 all 16 center 17 dynamic 18 in 19 object 20 out 21 previous 22 scale Is this list normal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 I repeat. What folders are listed under the main folder for the version of AutoCAD you are running? Also, what is the correct name of the main folder itself? Is it AutoCAD LT2008 or something similar? Do you have system and hidden files turned off (the default) in Explorer? Take a look under your Windows folder. Is there one named User? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scattermaster Posted December 31, 2008 Author Share Posted December 31, 2008 OK now I feel blind and dumb! I started listing the folders and right there in front of me was "Support"! Just in case: C/program files/AutoCad Lt 2008/: CER DRV en-US Fonts Help Plot Styles Plotters Sample Setup Support Template UPI Web Depot Web Services and many dll's Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 For a moment there I thought I had gone to the dentist (like pulling teeth). Now that we have that cleared up. Is there a acad.cui and custom.cui file listed under Support? If so, what is the file size and date on each? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scattermaster Posted December 31, 2008 Author Share Posted December 31, 2008 No, I don't see any files with .cui There is a "acadlt.slb" and the only things beginning with "c" are: cat--chroma---csy everything looks like .dct files Going to lunch. Be back later Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 Maybe AutoCAD treats the .cui file as a "hidden" file in which case the only way you would see it listed is if you changed a setting in Windows Explorer. Do you have any idea what I'm talking about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbroada Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 full acad uses a hidden folder under "Documents etc" in XP, "program data" in vista. - does LT do the same? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scattermaster Posted January 2, 2009 Author Share Posted January 2, 2009 I don't know if this is really worth all the trouble. How does the list I made on the first page compare with yours? I have the zoom commands that I know how to use. I just thought I messed up the list. Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 It's worth it from the point of view that you'll learn, once and for all, where one of the most important files in AutoCAD is located in case you ever need to actually find it. This is important if you are going to customize AutoCAD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dipali Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 The messed up acad.cui file is probably here: C:/Documents and Settings/[yourcomputernamehere]/Application Data/AutoDesk/AutoCAD LT 2008/r17.1/enu/support. The virgin copy should be here: C:/Program Files/AutoCAD LT 2008/UserDataCache/Support. I use autocad LT on vista & thought would try to look. I did search & found lots of cui files in C:/Documents and Settings/[yourcomputernamehere]/Application Data/AutoDesk/AutoCAD LT 2008/R13/enu/support. & I laos found the vergine copy in the folder mentioned above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dipali Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 There is no "support" listed.Hey, maybe I could make this easier. Here are all the zoom commands listed in Customize User Interface/ All Commands: 1 zoom 2 center 3 Dynamic 4 extents 5 extents 6 in 7 object 8 out 9 previous 10 realtime 11 realtime 12 scale 13 window 14 window 15 all 16 center 17 dynamic 18 in 19 object 20 out 21 previous 22 scale Is this list normal? I don't know if this is really worth all the trouble. How does the list I made on the first page compare with yours? I have the zoom commands that I know how to use. I just thought I messed up the list.Jim In Customise User Interface Under 'Zoom', I have only Zoom Window Zoom Dynamic Zoom Scale Zoom Centre Zoom Object Zoom In Zoom Out Zoom All Zoom Extent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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