AutoCAD Architecture

[#1]

installed ACA 2011- first priority- get rid of ribbon..

typed "classic" in help/search..

results:
"To display the classic menu bar-
On the Quick Access toolbar, click the
Customization drop-down menu "Show Menu Bar"

THIS DOES NOT GET RID OF THE RIBBON..

????????????

[#2]

There is no such feature in ACA since 2010. Ribbon all the time.

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Dean Saadallah
http://LTisACAD.blogspot.com
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[#3]

There is no "classic" option in ACA. Never was. That refers to the vanilla
AutoCAD setup.

To close the ribbon, type "RIBBONCLOSE". But then you have no other
interface input options because there are no drop-down menus or toolbars
defined in the ACA.CUIx.

Unless you transfer them yourself from another version - like 2009, because
2010 didn't have them either - in the CUIEditor.

[#4]

Edited by
Discussion_Admin

> {quote:title=Guest wrote:}{quote}
> There is no "classic" option in ACA. Never was.



not to mention the ACA 2011 help
tries to tell you how to get the classic
menu and even shows you a picture of
it..

see image..

[#5]

Dean-

i read everything on your blog about
AutoCAD LT..

do you think it's possible that AutoCAD LT
and AutoCAD Civil might have a future?

i know ADT was great at one time- but
there are far more advanced programs
for architecture than ACA- which seems
to me to be a bloated dog that is dying..

what is your opinion of AutoCAD LT for
the near future? like for architectural
detailing work?

[#6]

Set MENUBAR to 1

The ribbon is pretty efficient, although once you get a hang of the commands, using any buttons becomes slower than just typing in a command. 

[#7]

how is typing in a string of words faster than clicking a single button?

[#8]

Because you have to find the button

[#9]

Granted, there are some commands that are much longer than they need to be (which you can change in the acad.pgp file) most are easily and quickly moved into muscle memory, where very little thinking is needed when creating the model.  Searching for buttons takes time, clicking tabs or clicking pull down menus takes time, and taking the mouse cursor of the area of the drawing you  are drawing in takes time.  It is only a very small fraction of time, but it adds up very quickly over the course of the day and the project.  

[#10]

Ok, try this: in options, PROFILES rollout, Available profiles: set in AutoCAD (AutoCAD Architecture Metric/Imperial is on default), then Set Current and apply, now you can switch to AutoCAD Classic from Workspace Switching. I notice that menu Express not appear in menu bar. I hope this help you. Sorry for my english.

Autocad 2011 Classic View