AutoCAD CIvil 3D Ribbon Presets

[Anonymous]

Hello, 

I'm trying to change the different presets of the ribbon in Civil 3D to allow me to quickly switch between the Civil 3D ribbon layout and the standard AutoCAD layout.

I've attached some photos to show what I mean.

The first shows the standard Civil 3D ribbon.

The second shows the drop down that has the 3D modelling option

The third is the standard AutoCAD 3D modelling ribbon. When I click on 3D modelling in Civil 3D, I want the ribbon to change to this.

[Karsten.Saenger]

Hi @Anonymous

I don't fully understand what your goal is, could you please explain it again?

You are showing the Civil 3D standard user interface and the user interface after switching to 3D modeling (AutoCAD).

Regards,

Karsten.

[Civil3DReminders_com]

Here is a lisp routine that will toggle the workspaces: 

(defun c:tws ( / d )
	(if (/= (getvar 'WSCURRENT) "Civil 3D")
		(setvar 'WSCURRENT "Civil 3D")
		(setvar 'WSCURRENT "3D Modeling")
	)
)

Save it as text file with a file extension of .lsp and then use Appload to load the file. You can also put it in the briefcase (on the Appload dialog) to always load it.

[andrewpuller3811]

Civil 3d is setup to show the autocad 3d modelling ribbon setup when you change the workspace to 3d modelling out of the box.

That would only change if someone has saved over the workspace 3d modelling or some weird software glitch.

Attached is the ribbon from the Civil 3d (2017) installed on my machine, after having changed to the 3d modelling workspace.

[Anonymous]

That's exactly what I'm looking for.

How would I go about resetting to the default ribbons?

[Anonymous]

Hello, 

The best way to reset the whole settings to the new workspace is to simply go Start - Autodesk - Autodesk Civil 3D 20XX - Change back to the default setting button.

I hope you solve the problem!

[andrewpuller3811 · Accepted solution]

Or if you have made some changes you want to keep you can copy the civil.cuix file from the default storage location to your user support folder.

Close civil 3d.

Make a copy of you c3d.cuix file that is located in in you user support folder located here -

C:\Users\<Your Username>\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\C3D 2018\enu\Support

A copy of the original c3d.cuix file is located in the folder below on my machine for civil 3d 2018.

C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD 2018\C3D\UserDataCache\Support

Now copy the c3d.cuix file from the folder C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD 2018\C3D\UserDataCache\Support to your user support folder C:\Users\<Your Username>\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\C3D 2018\enu\Support

This will set the workspaces (and ui components) back to the original settings.

[Anonymous]

Thanks! That's sorted it now.