Menu Examples
Preserving User Toolbars
To retain a user’s custom toolbars (prior to AutoCAD’s 2006 CUI file) you’ll need to obtain a copy of their .MNS menu file. The .MNS file is a source code version of the AutoCAD menu file that can be edited in a normal text based editor like Notepad to obtain the toolbar codes you’ll need.
First step
After opening the MNS file in an editor search for the TOOLBARS section which will look like this:
//
// Begin AutoCAD Toolbars
//
***TOOLBARS
**TB_DIMENSION
ID_TbDimensi [_Toolbar(”Dimension”, … etc.
Next step
Now scroll down to the IMAGES section while holding down the SHIFT key to select all the toolbar menu segments. When you reach the IMAGE section you should see this:
//
// Begin AutoCAD Image Menus
//***image
Next step
Now copy the text from the user’s old MNS file to their new MNS file and you’ll preserve all the user’s toolbar menus. You’ll also overwrite the previously existing toolbars but those should be standard.
The only word of warning here is not to copy R14 toolbars over the ACAD 2000 series toolbars. In that case you’ll want to copy only the user defined toolbars.
Last step
From AutoCAD reload the MNS file using the MENU command and all the toolbars should recompile.
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I know its a pain, but nobody said being a CAD manager was easy!