About ToolBars and Macros
AutoCAD allows you to customize many aspects of toolbars. You can change their position by dragging them, docking them at the edge of the AutoCAD window, or letting them float anywhere on your computer's screen.
Toolbar macros are best suited for the quick customization of AutoCAD. They have some drawbacs, however, such as being limited to a maximum 05 255 characters. Writing creative macros is limited compared to the possibilities offered by AutoCAD's programming languages, AutoLISP, Visual LISP, and ObjectARx. Despite that, programming the toolbar is the fastest and most convenient way to increase efficiency in AutoCAD by minimizing keystrokes and mouse clicks.
Anatomy of toolbars
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You can create new toolbars, and add and remove buttons. You can change the icons associated with buttons, and create new icons. you can write macros (short programming code) for each buttons, as well as change the help text that appears in tooltips and on the status line.
Note: if you find toolbar buttons too small, you can make them 50% larger, as folloes:
1. Enter the CUSTOMIZE command, and then select the Toolbars tab.
2. Select Large Buttons. Notice that toolbar buttons immediately become larger.
3. Click Close to dismiss the dialog box.
To make the buttons smaller, uncheck the Large Buttons option.
