You can show/hide some windows (Tree, Display, Mesh 2D Sketch, Properties) and icons of some menus (such as Select, Edit and View).

 

                    

 

To customize the toolbar, click Customize.... Then this dialog box appears:

In the Commands tab, all the commands are listed. Once one command is selected, there will be a simple Description about it. You can drag-and-drop a command to a toolbar.

 

In this toolbars tab, if you check one toolbar, it will be shown immediately. To add a new toolbar, click New... button. You can enter the name of the new toolbar.

When you click OK, you can notice the newly created toolbar.

 

Now you can drag and drop the icons on to the toolbar as shown below.

 

You may click Reset or Reset All to disregard all changes and return to the defaults. When you close and launch rapidformXO again, the toolbars will be initialized to the original state. To change the name of one toolbar, you may click the Rename... button. To delete one toolbar, click the Delete button. When Show text at bottom is checked, the name of one icon is displayed at the bottom.

 

In this Keyboard tab, you can bind some keys to a command as the shortcut. First you need to select a Category and a Command in it, then Press New Shortcut Key (for example, pressing Ctrl and X). Then if you click Assign, the shortcut key is bonded to the selected command. To take away the shortcut keys of one command, select it in the Current Keys box, and then click Remove. To return to the original state, click Reset All button.

 

Note

If the shortcut keys are already bonded to one command, you cannot assign it to another command.

 

In the Options tab, if Show ScreenTips on toolbars is checked, screen tips are displayed when mouse cursor is on one toolbar icon. If Show shortcut keys in ScreenTips is checked, the shortcut combination is also displayed in the screen tip. If Large Icon is checked, the icons in the toolbars will be twice the normal size. If Menus show recently used commands first is checked, only the recently used commands will be shown on the menu. If Show full menus after a short delay is checked, the full menu will be shown a short while after you click it. If Reset my usage data is clicked, the original setting will be restored.

 

When the above customize window is open, you can customize the buttons in the tool bar. Right click on any button in the tool bar. The following pop up menu appears in the view.

 

 

·   Reset to Default – If this option is selected, the button appearance is reset to the default appearance. Default appearance is the Text appearance.

·   Copy Button Image – If this option is selected, the selected tool button is copied to the clip board.

·   Delete – Deletes the selected button from the toolbar.

·   Button Appearance – If you select this option, the following dialog box appears in the view. You can select to display only image, only text or both. You can customize the button text.

·   Image – If this option is selected, only image is displayed for the button.

·   Text – If this option is selected, only text is displayed.

·   Image and Text – If this option is selected, both image and text for the button is displayed.

·   Start Group – If this option is selected, a group is started at that button.