

Both of my classes have sold out quickly so Thank you!Ĭlick the links below to learn more about my sessions which are both hands-on-labs this year. I will post about Autodesk University in more detail in the coming weeks. I hope you enjoyed this post and have a great weekend wherever in the World you may be. The SOLIDWORKS PDM toolbar for AutoCAD lets you access. Using the CUI (customizable user interface) you can create several QAT’s and attach those to different workspaces to help keep you productive in your workflow.Ĭheck out this Screencast (click Image) on how to add the layer combo control bar to your QAT and give it a longer length. Two toolbars manage drawings and xrefs stored in a SOLIDWORKS PDM vault. You can move the Quick Access Toolbar above and below the ribbon. Let’s review what I wrote and I have attached a video describing how you can create several different QAT’s linking those to alternate workspaces.

The Quick Access Toolbar is a customizable toolbar that contains a set of commands that are independent of the tab on the ribbon that is currently displayed. This bar can be customized per workspace and can be very helpful to you while you work in different disciplines. Seems like a long time ago but all of the principals still apply. If you have AutoCAD Mechanical or wish to enable all of the toolbars use the following method.Įnter –TOOLBAR into the command line and select ALL, and then SHOW.Let’s discuss the Quick Access Toolbar in AutoCAD or as many refer to it as the QAT. I had fun writing an article about the Quick Access Toolbar which can be found published in AUGIWorld November 2016. The default ticked items from the 2014 Classic Workspace are: Make sure you set the Workspace Settings to save changes:įinally turn on the toolbars. This will ensure you can always revert to the standard, if anything happens: Save your current workspace as, and give this a name (“Classic” for example). Visit for more tips & tricks like this, or subscribe to. As you all know the Classic Workspace has been removed since AutoCAD 2015 version. Customize your AutoCAD user interface to include both menus and toolbars, and if you prefer exclude the ribbon. Charl van der Merwe A customer phoned in to ask how he could add an old UCS2 toolbar added into his ribbon in AutoCAD 2016. Select Apply to add the toolbar in the AutoCAD workspace. Adding an old Classic Toolbar into AutoCAD’s ribbon. This blog guides you through how to restore a “Classic” style workspace. I run Autocad 2016 on Windows 10, and it works OK, displays properly with Quick Access Toolbar. With the newer releases of AutoCAD (2015 onwards), some users may have noticed the removal of the “AutoCAD Classic” Workspace.
