Create a custom workspace:
- Set up the AutoCAD interface exactly as desired.
- Type CUI in the command line
- A window pops up. Select the node "Workspace" and choose from context menu "New Workspace". Enter a name (e.g. WSusername)
- Click at the top right the button "Customize Workspace..."
- Click the +-sign of the node "Tool bars". Now you see all available tool bars
- Check each needed tool bar
- Optional: You can check also ribbons or menus which you need. If menus are selected you have to set the system variable MENUBAR to 1 to see them
- Click "Done" at the top right. Afterwards click Ok
- Move the tool bars to the wished places
- Click the gear-wheel in the status bar and select in the menu "Save as...". Replace the new created workspace
For example, a customized workspace was created within AutoCAD 2013, and you would like to migrate this workspace to another workstation or to AutoCAD 2016…
Migrating a custom workspace:
- Determine the location of the CUIx file where the customized workspace is located
- For instance, this may be the ACAD.cuix file which for AutoCAD 2016 is located by default here:?C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\AutoCAD 2016\R20.1\enu\Support
- Open AutoCAD 2016
- If migrating to a different workstation, copy the CUIx file to the default location for that AutoCAD installation
- Type?CUI?into the command line and press Enter
- Click the "Transfer" tab
- Under the "Customizations in New File" header, click "Open", and select the CUIx file in question
- Expand the Workspaces" header
- Left-click and drag the workspace(s) to the menu under "Customizations in Main File" header
- Click Apply and OK to close the dialog box
For example, you?want?to transfer a workspace from one?computer to another without having?to transfer the entire CUI file.