The ability to quickly set a current layer or adjust layer states without going back and forth between Ribbon tabs has saved me time and made drafting much more efficient. Since the Layers panel in the Ribbon is on the Home tab by default, you have to switch back and forth between Ribbon tabs if you are working with Annotation or Insert and other non-Home tab based tools. I have been loading the Layers and Layers II toolbars into my workspace for a while now, and that allows me quick access to the layer controls, regardless of the Ribbon tab I am on. Quick Access to Layers Controls from Any Ribbon Tab For example, the MText Editor, Hatch Creation, and Array command are all now part of contextual Ribbon tabs that appear when those commands are used. That being said, there’s no reason you can’t have the best of both worlds. Using the AutoCAD Classic workspace is no longer recommended because of the updated features and functions that are now built into the Ribbon. While reviewing some of our recent technical support cases, I came across a request for the “AutoCAD Classic” workspace. Although the workspace has officially been removed from the AutoCAD program since the 2015 release, the elements that make up that workspace are still available to those who know how to find them.

Quick Access to Layers Controls from Any Ribbon TabĪutoCAD Classic Workspace and the Ribbon – Get the best of both worlds.

AutoCAD Classic Workspace and the Ribbon – Get the Best of Both Worlds.

If your taskbar isn’t hiding at the bottom of the screen, try moving the mouse to the right, left, and top edges, looking for the double-arrow. Put the mouse pointer on the bottom border of your screen. The taskbar may be hiding at the bottom of the screen after being accidentally resized. To set drawing preferences: Select Setup/Preferences from the Ribbon toolbar. To set these preferences, use the AutoCAD layerstate command instead.

Save the settings: To save the settings and keep working in the dialog box, click Apply.

In the Options dialog box, click a tab and set options as desired.

just for the record Control+R will jump from viewport to viewport. If your stuck in the viewport then you should be able to do as above and type PS then hit enter to get out of it. On the left side, expand the Toolbars list and put checks in front of the desired toolbars.

On the right side, click the “Customize Workspace” button.

Under the Customize tab, below All Customization Files, select the workspace to edit. On the command line in AutoCAD, enter CUI. Product-specific navigation tools are unique to a product. Unified navigation tools are those that can be found across many Autodesk products. The navigation bar is a user interface element where you can access both unified and product-specific navigation tools.

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