I have a drawing with 30 different layouts plus Model-tab, so 31 "Tabs" at the bottom
I often have to switch between the sheets e.g. switch from sheet 1 to 30 however because i have so many, I have to first scroll the tabs across to the right to find layout 30 before clicking on it to see the layout.
Is there a way to somehow add an extra row(s) of layout tabs so that all 30 are visible, all the time? Or do I have to keep scrolling left/right to find the tab I want to click on/open?
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Thanks for your tip! Having many layouts to access has been slowing me down and your suggestion worked great!
Although I can see from your screenshot you have already done this, it may help others who are unsure of this feature in AutoCAD.
Right click on one of the layout tabs and then select 'Dock above status bar' from the right click menu. This shall then move the layout tabs onto a separate line above the rest of the status bar information. Whilst this may not allow the full list of layout tabs to be seen at once, it will certainly extend the quantity of visible layout tabs.
Hope this helps someone.
You have a hundred drawings relying on a single file. A single corrupt DWG and you've lost 100 drawings. For us that two man-years of work lost. Maybe your drawings are simple with not a lot of data in in each and they can be replicated in a few minutes, but for us, each sheet (drawn-checked and issued) represents 30-50 hours of design work. Tying that much information 100 times in one file is asking for a catastrophic failure, not to mention that results in a HUGE file, increasing the odds of that failure.
Randall,
That's one of the things I like about AutoCad. There are different ways to accomplish the desired result. If I had 30-50 hours in each layout, I would not consider having over 100 layouts in a single drawing.
In my case, I have one rather large model with many simple layouts that take maybe a half hour each to create. Having many layouts in the same drawing, is actually a more efficient and more secure way to meet my needs, rather than trying to keep tabs on 100 plus drawings.
Thanks for the input.
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