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Customizing the Interface

In this Section:

• Preferences Menu Summary 504
• Setting Palette and Shelf Layout 505
• Editing Marking Menus 507
• Setting Colors for Your Alias Interface 511
• Saving Your Settings 517
• Retrieving Previously Saved Settings 518
• Setting Performance Options 519
• Controlling the Number of Choices in Menus 527
• Changing Interface Options 528
• Editing Alias Preferences 532
• Setting Up Your Own Menus and Hot Keys 547
• Switching to Single Hotkeys Mode 562
• Creating Custom Shelves and Menus 564
• Stepping Forward through the Command Stepper 571
• Stepping Backward through the Command Stepper 573
• Restarting the Command Sequence 575

Preferences Menu Summary

The Preferences menu provides tools for setting your own default values for Alias option boxes and for customizing the general user interface.

Preferences >	For information...
Short menus	Controlling the Number of Choices in Menus on page 527
Long menus	Controlling the Number of Choices in Menus on page 527
Tgl single hotkeys mode	Switching to Single Hotkeys Mode on page 562
Performance options	Setting Performance Options on page 519
Interface > Hotkeys / Menus	Setting Up Your Own Menus and Hot Keys on page 547
Interface > Marking menus	Editing Marking Menus on page 507
Interface > User colors	Setting Colors for Your Alias Interface on page 511
Interface > Interface options	Changing Interface Options on page 528
Interface > Palette/Shelves layout	Setting Palette and Shelf Layout on page 505
Interface > Tgl Control Panel	Using the Direct Modeling Control Panel in NURBS Modeling
User Options > Retrieve options	Retrieving Previously Saved Settings on page 518
User Options > Save options	Saving Your Settings on page 517
User Options > Alias preferences	Editing Alias Preferences on page 532
Command stepper	Creating Custom Shelves and Menus on page 564, and then: Stepping Forward through the Command Stepper on page 571 Stepping Backward through the Command Stepper on page 573 Restarting the Command Sequence on page 575
Construction options	Setting Options for Modeling in NURBS Modeling in Alias