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kruuger

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Replicate status bar TEXT not icons - autocad 2015/2016
« on: May 08, 2015, 05:39:41 AM »
hello
how many of you are piss...angry because of annoying icons on status bar at autocad 15/16.

is someone interesting to wrote a small dialog with buttons or images to switch status ? image attached.
not sure how many can be replicate but neeeeed to try. new interface was totally broken with stupid "improvements".

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Re: Replicate status bar TEXT not icons - autocad 2015/2016
« Reply #1 on: May 08, 2015, 07:08:00 AM »
regular buttons and dcl.
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Re: Replicate status bar TEXT not icons - autocad 2015/2016
« Reply #2 on: May 08, 2015, 09:57:34 AM »
Maybe it is possible to create a CUIx?

A dialog can be always on top but if you switch to Word or another application the dialog is still visible.

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Re: Replicate status bar TEXT not icons - autocad 2015/2016
« Reply #3 on: May 08, 2015, 10:03:25 AM »
Meh.  I've  got much more difficult things to deal with than pictures vs. text.  Gotta be flexible, no telling what the software is going to look like in a couple of years or which other software will be required to use.

Make a CUIx with command definitions.  Then you can dump those to toolbar, menu, or my first preference - a Ribbon panel.  Tear off the panel and use it as a super-toolbar.  Problem solved, on to the next.
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Re: Replicate status bar TEXT not icons - autocad 2015/2016
« Reply #4 on: May 08, 2015, 10:06:29 AM »
Maybe it is possible to create a CUIx?

A dialog can be always on top but if you switch to Word or another application the dialog is still visible.
not sure what do you mean ? in cuix we create toolbar with icons. that's not what i want.
dialog will be always closed. with simple shortcut we open DCL, set buttons as require and close dialog.
OpenDcl can deal with dock pallete.
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Re: Replicate status bar TEXT not icons - autocad 2015/2016
« Reply #5 on: May 08, 2015, 10:08:23 AM »
Meh.  I've  got much more difficult things to deal with than pictures vs. text.  Gotta be flexible, no telling what the software is going to look like in a couple of years or which other software will be required to use.

Make a CUIx with command definitions.  Then you can dump those to toolbar, menu, or my first preference - a Ribbon panel.  Tear off the panel and use it as a super-toolbar.  Problem solved, on to the next.
ribbon is crap, not efficient for me.
how you can indicate let say ortho status on toolbar ? it is again icon.
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Re: Replicate status bar TEXT not icons - autocad 2015/2016
« Reply #6 on: May 08, 2015, 10:09:54 AM »
ribbon is crap

Respectfully disagree.
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Re: Replicate status bar TEXT not icons - autocad 2015/2016
« Reply #7 on: May 08, 2015, 10:11:28 AM »
You can refresh the toolbar images but the toolbar is effectively being killed off after AutoCAD started shipping with toolbar - "0" system variable along with the menubar - "0" system variable. I love the ribbon, the contextual aspect of it has been exponentially beneficial.

Whats the issue with the status bar?


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Re: Replicate status bar TEXT not icons - autocad 2015/2016
« Reply #9 on: May 08, 2015, 10:51:51 AM »
A tool bar or DCL wouldn't be a proper fix as toolbars can only be docked to the 4 borders of the drawing window.

A good fix would be to learn the keyboard shortcuts of each status bar button and set statusbar variable to 0

Lee Mac

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Re: Replicate status bar TEXT not icons - autocad 2015/2016
« Reply #10 on: May 08, 2015, 12:00:58 PM »
You could use a keyboard overlay with the text variants.  :-D

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Re: Replicate status bar TEXT not icons - autocad 2015/2016
« Reply #11 on: May 08, 2015, 06:55:20 PM »
 
A good fix would be to learn the keyboard shortcuts of each status bar button and set statusbar variable to 0
i know most of them. I prefer keyb shortcuts.
I don't want to use this to switch them but rather to visually check (with quick glance) if all of them are with correct state when autocad going crazy.
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Re: Replicate status bar TEXT not icons - autocad 2015/2016
« Reply #12 on: May 08, 2015, 06:56:45 PM »
You could use a keyboard overlay with the text variants.  :-D
It will holds on monitor over the icons??  :-D
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Re: Replicate status bar TEXT not icons - autocad 2015/2016
« Reply #13 on: May 08, 2015, 07:11:51 PM »
An alternative solution:

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(setvar 'modemacro "$(if,$(=,$(getvar,gridmode),1),\"GRID | \",\"\")$(if,$(<,$(getvar,osmode),16384),\"OSNAP | \",\"\")$(if,$(=,$(getvar,orthomode),1),\"ORTHO | \",\"\")")

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Re: Replicate status bar TEXT not icons - autocad 2015/2016
« Reply #14 on: May 08, 2015, 07:45:11 PM »
You could look at AcadStatButton.zip in the freebies section at manusoft.com.  Not sure if it works with the latest Autocad but I used it successfully with Autocad before I switched to Bricscad a few years ago. 
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