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I am just curious. Why change the default UI without the users ever using it?
I find the default UI is super simple to use.
I always tell my users to not make changes to a new UI for at least 2 to 3 weeks before adding or changing anything on it. This allows them to learn it first before they decide they don't like something. I had some users that wanted to move the Display Toolbar to a different location from the start. I told them to wait 2 weeks and they all ended up leaving it at the top of the graphics area once they used it for 2 weeks and agreed that the default location was the best.
If users decided to change something in the UI, I discourage changing it drastically. This is important for Collaboration as users sometimes work together looking over each others shoulders on a project. A drastically customized UI will cause issues when users are trying to work together on a project or when I am trying to support them with issues. If I can't tell where any of the commands are and the toolbars are all different, It will waste a lot of my time in trying to help them.
Lastly, I don't force my users into using the UI the way I feel is best for them. I let them use and learn the default UI which is great for 99% of the users and allow them to make the small changes they like to their own UI.
"Too many people walk around like Clark Kent, because they don't realize they can Fly like Superman"
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For some reason I was thinking that you removed tabs, added your own custom tabs, changed icons, etc.
Mapkeys are different and provide a major advantage for repetitive task but I just did not think about them when talking about customizing the UI.
My fault. 🙂
So now my next question is this. Do you create a new Tab with all the Mapkey operations in it? This sounds like it would be a nice way of doing it.
Thanks
"Too many people walk around like Clark Kent, because they don't realize they can Fly like Superman"
Brilliant.
I need to consider doing this myself.
Thanks for sharing.
In Reply to Brian Toussaint:
I'm creating a new Tab with our company name and then adding Groups to that based on mapkey functions.
Brian Toussaint
CAD Administrator
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