topic Re: Design Center? in AutoCAD for Mac Forum

Design Center?

KeithSWD — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 09:21:59 GMT

I am used to 'Design Center' in full Autocad, but am now using Autocad LT 2023. I need to copy a set of layouts between drawings and would normally use DC for this but I cannot find it.

Ctrl-2 - brings up the Blocks palette (this is not the DC I know...)

AdCenter - unknow..

I have seen articles relating to Autocad LT suggesting I find it under Menu - View - Palettes (no such menu entry)

I have looked at the Tools and Window menu lists and it's not there either.

I just looked at Autocad LT 2022 and it's also missing in that version.

Has it been dropped from the product? Any other ways to get a set of layouts from one drawings to another?

thanks

Re: Design Center?

h_s_walker — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 09:59:43 GMT

I doubt designcenter has been removed.

Have you tried at the command line just typing ADC and then pressing return?

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cadffm — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 10:00:05 GMT

Sorry, but you are not running AutoCAD LT 2023, you are running AutoCAD LT 2023 FOR MAC

ACAD MAC Forum is over here https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-for-mac/ct-p/4051

You can try command LAYOUT to import your Layouts (untested, I am not a MAC User)

https://help.autodesk.com/view/ACDMAC/2020/ENU/?guid=GUID-A6D40A6B-D65C-4368-9650-476CAD3DA0C3

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KeithSWD — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 10:02:36 GMT

doh - sorry of course I am...

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cadffm — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 10:05:00 GMT

it#s okay, but still *for MAC version don't have the DesignCenter 😕 Try command LAYOUT

[command+2 opens the Content window = Blocks]

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KeithSWD — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 13:50:20 GMT

LAYOUT just offers layout options (new,, rename etc.). It seems MAC version really doesn't have DesignCenter, sadly.

Its manual copy-paste content for me! Thankfully just the one drawing (but with 20 layouts 🙄)

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maxim_k — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 13:54:41 GMT

@KeithSWD wrote:

LAYOUT just offers layout options (new,, rename etc.). It seems MAC version really doesn't have DesignCenter, sadly.

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Hi @KeithSWD ,

Try to use "Template" option inside LAYOUT command, it allows to create a new layout based on an existing layout in a template (DWT), drawing (DWG), or drawing interchange (DXF) file.

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KeithSWD — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 14:01:10 GMT

Hi Maxim - thanks for the suggestion, my situation is that I have received a drawing exported from Vectorworks (ie a mess), it has 20 or so layout tabs. I have imported the model space geometry into our standard DWG to pick up styles etc. and I was hoping to import the Layouts with DC as I have done before with Autocad /Windows. But I don't think anything like that is possible with LT for MAC.

Re: Design Center?

pendean — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 14:29:43 GMT

@KeithSWD

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad-for-mac/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2021/ENU/AutoCAD-MAC-Core/files/GUID-BCE3AD90-9DE0-488C-9CA4-5FDB9401DCE0-htm.html

Re: Design Center?

KeithSWD — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 14:46:39 GMT

Thanks Maxim - I hadn't gone far enough with the Template option to see you could import multiple sheets from a DWG file. Not quite as user friendly as the DC but it works. Or at least it might do when I get the ghastly mess VW export has made of this file!!

Keith