Our firm just made the switch from AutoCAD 2008 to AutoCAD 2014. We are looking for a way to make the Ribbon behave more like Dashboards did. Specifically, a way to expand and contract the panels vertically (rather than horizontally). I found a blog here showing exactly what we would like to accomplish (but in AutoCAD 2009). Is this still possible in AutoCAD 2014? And if so, how do I achieve this?
Thank you so much for your help!
Elise
Hi,
you can dock the ribbon also left/right like shown >>>here<<<.
But I would not recommend that as it needs a lot of space more than on the top position.
- alfred -
Hi,
>> Side placement of the Ribbon actually makes a lot more sense.
Except of the mass of unused space ... there might be icons if you modify the complete menu-structure, but for default AutoCAD-menu it's unused space.
...and so everyone sees different pro's and con's 😉
- alfred -
I had forgotten about the dashboard! Was that like a one year thing?
@Bob_Zurunkle wrote:
I had forgotten about the dashboard! Was that like a one year thing?
Well, it was introduced in r2007.
GrantsPirate
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It is not so much being able to physically MOVE the Ribbon from the top to the side (I understand you can drag and drop it)....I am trying to figure out a way (once I've moved the Ribbon to the side of my screen) to have the panels slide down vertically instead of slide out horizontally when I click on them. It takes up valuable space within the drawing if everytime I click a panel it expands into my workspace. Here is the link to what I am trying to achieve.
Again, thank you so much for your patience and help!
Elise
@Anonymous wrote:It is not so much being able to physically MOVE the Ribbon from the top to the side (I understand you can drag and drop it)....I am trying to figure out a way (once I've moved the Ribbon to the side of my screen) to have the panels slide down vertically instead of slide out horizontally when I click on them. It takes up valuable space within the drawing if everytime I click a panel it expands into my workspace. Here is the link to what I am trying to achieve.
Again, thank you so much for your patience and help!
Elise
That's a pretty neat way to use the Ribbon. I never messed with the ribbon back in 2009, so I wasn't aware that it could have been used that way. I've always hated how the ribbon system works with being horizontal, even though screens aren't increasing vertically. If this could be achieved again with 2014 that'd be awesome!
I just moved to 2014 products... When I undock and drag to the left side and then minimize to panel titles/icons, my CAD freezes and I'm forced to end task (or it eventually crashes after 5 mins). Anybody else have this issue? (it happens in AutoCAD and Civil 3D)
I was really hoping for a stable release this time.. ugh!
GrantsPirate
Piping and Mech. Designer
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