Customizing the Ribbon in CAM2

Overview

CAM2 allows you to fully customise the Ribbon interface to match your preferred workflow. You can rearrange tabs, command groups, and individual commands, as well as show or hide tabs, create or remove command groups, and add, reorder, or delete commands within a tab. This flexibility enables you to tailor the workspace to your specific needs and improve efficiency when using the software.

Availability: This feature is available in CAM2 2018 and later versions.

As review, at the top of your screen are your Default Tabs or Pages containing the basic commands that you will regularly use.

1. File
2. Home
3. Devices
4. View
5. Measure
6. SmartTools
7. Extract
8. Pick from CAD
9. Key-in
10. Construct
11. Alignments
12. GD&T
13. Automation
14. RPM

Quick Steps

1. Right-click the ribbon and select Customize Ribbon.
   
   
   
   You will be presented with the Ribbon Customization window:
   
   
   
   The left side of the Ribbon Customization window contains a list of all available commands.
   
   
   
   Note: it is not possible to select and use existing Groups when customizing a ribbon, only individual commands are available.
   
   The right side of the window contains a view of all existing tabs and the command groups for each tab. 
   
   
2. Highlight Default category or command, and click New > New Page to create a new (empty) tab.
   
   
   
   or
   Highlight a tab and select New > New Group to add a new (empty) command group to the tab.
   
   
   Alternatively, you can right click to add a new page or new group, as well as other functions, such as Renaming or Removing a page or group.|
   
    
    
3. Next, use the arrows in the middle to add, remove and rearrange commands.
   
   Highlight a command on the left side of the window, such as Polyline and click the right arrow button to add the command to a group, My Project, on the right side.
   
   
   
   OR
   
   Highlight a command on the right side of the window and click the left arrow button to remove the command from a group.
   
    
4. Click the up and down arrow buttons to reorder a highlighted command within a tab.
   
   

See Also

For a video tutorial on this, see this article.