Side panel opened "Industry Model Explorer"

[ssmallwood]

One of my employees was typing commands in the command box (yes, we are old-school here) in regular AutoCAD 2018.  While typing a side panel popped up with the title Industry Model Explorer, and we cannot get rid of it. There isn't a close 'x' or anyway to drag it anywhere, when she puts the cursor on it there is just a red circle with the line through it.

This thing takes up a few inches of her screen and we really want it gone, any ideas?

[dmfrazier]

That appears to be a feature of AutoCAD Map 3D.

Perhaps searching that forum (or moving the post there) would yield a solution.

[ssmallwood]

This is the puzzling part....we don't own Map 3d. This is happening in just regular AutoCAD.

[dmfrazier]

Can you post a screenshot?

I think this "thing" is essentially a palette. If you use the CUI command, do you see it listed in the Palettes group?

[dmfrazier · Accepted solution]

I can't explain how you have a Map 3D interface element....

But I suspect, also, that the user interface (workspace) is locked:

AutoCAD 2018 Help: About Setting the Behavior of Dockable Windows, Palettes, and Toolbars

http://help.autodesk.com/view/ACD/2018/ENU/?guid=GUID-6EF21814-B9FB-4F2A-897E-852B25679D17

[ssmallwood]

ok thank you.  I will get her to check this.

[ssmallwood]

Fixed, thank you very much!