Command bar won't stay put

[Anonymous]

I'm using Civil 3D 2017 on a windows 10 os.  I have multiple monitors and like to put the command bar on a monitor separate from the drawing area.  I've saved the work space and profile, my profile is current, yet the command bar won't stay where I put it.  Is there a fix for this?

[RGIBSONUSS4Q]

That was the right method to solve this problem for C3D 2020, with one exception: After selecting your workspace on the left, you need to click on Customize Workspace on the right side, then proceed with the remaining instructions.  Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Jeff, This worked! There were about 10 Tool folders that I deleted. I saved the changes, exited the xml editor and fired up Civil 3D 2020. I reconfigured my workspace, set my LOCKUI variable to 15 and then exited Civil. Restarted my system and Civil and things stayed in place! Thanks!

- Jeff

[demus72]

The company I work for upgraded to Civil 3D 2020 and I'm having the age old issue of my command line not staying where I like it on my second monitor. Every morning when I launch Civil 3D 2020, my command line is comes up at the bottom middle of my main monitor one line high. I move it to the bottom of my second monitor, expand it to the full width of the screen, expand it up so I have 5 lines, and then change the transparency from 70 to 100% Opacity and I'm good to go for the day. The next morning, same routine.

I've saved my workspace many times. I've locked my user interface. I scrapped my custom profile and am using the C3D_Imperial profile. After reading JonnyMaun's thread, I got to the part about opening the profile with an xml editor. Here's what my CommandLineControl looks like:

I don't see nearly as many lines of data as yours has, could this be my problem, a corrupt profile?

Thanks

[DOUGSLAGER3003]

This all sounded like way too much work. I believe I found a workaround.

With C3d2020 open, I went to the following 2 folders:

C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\C3D 2020\enu\Support\Profiles\C3D_Imperial

C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\C3D 2020\enu\Support\Profiles

There is a file named profile.aws in the first one and fixedprofile.aws in the 2nd folder.

I renamed them both to *profileold.aws.

After fixing the command line in C3d, I closed it and re-opened it and the command line stayed where I put it because C3d made 2 new profile.aws files.

I thought it was easy, anyway, compared to the other solutions.

[demus72]

Thanks for the suggestion DOUGSLAGER3003. I tried it twice but no luck. The first time I opened Civil 3D, renamed the profiles to OLD, moved my command line to the bottom of my second monitor and set it up the way I like it, locked my user interface, exited, restarted Civil 3D and the command line came up at the bottom middle of my first monitor. I thought maybe locking my user interface interfered with the process so I tried it again without lockui and it comes up just the same, bottom middle of my first monitor. See attached image.

Any other suggestions?

Thanks

[DOUGSLAGER3003]

No other suggestions. It worked a couple of times for me but I regret
posting it because now it went right back to the old messy way.

I'm just going to have to live with it 😞

[wfberry]

I don't think this was mentioned previously in this "series".

This works for me.

Bill

https://blogs.rand.com/support/2019/09/command-line-will-not-stay-docked.html

[elucas_KWS]

This works for Civil 3d 2022 too

Thank you