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AutoCAD Architecture/MEP 2010
Common Features
§New User Interface
§Ribbon
§Part of AutoCAD CUI
§No AEC specific APIs
§Old menus still available
§Contextual tabs
§Property palettes
We have a common feature stack for ACA and AME that is being promoted. With the new user interface throughout the company, the big part of that would be the ribbon. For desktop products, the customization has been consolidated through the AutoCAD CUI mechanism. ACA is not exposing anything specific for ribbon customization. Thus, all UI customization will be using basic AutoCAD APIs.

In the UI, the File menu will be switched off by default. It can be turned back on, and same goes for toolbars.  In the ribbon, there is some overlap with AutoCAD menus like lines, layers, etc. In the Building Panel of the ribbon, we have the ACA specific controls. We have contextual tabs – when we select an element, the ribbon changes to reflect that context. Properties palette will still be imp since at the time of creation, ribbon context does not change. And we can use the property palette to input the properties of the element we are creating.