The AutoCAD ribbon has been a contentious
subject since it was introduced some ten years ago.
Discussions still continue as to whether
the ribbon is an improvement or not. Seasoned users of AutoCAD tend not to like
the ribbon, even these seasoned users are divided into those that want the
old-style menus back and the ones that are fully command line users.
For me the ribbon in AutoCAD is exceptionally good. I’m a seasoned user and have used
AutoCAD since 1986. The combination of ribbon and my long-time command line use
gives me what I think is the best of both interfaces
.
On a recent demo session, on AutoCAD Plant
3D, I dragged the layer menu into the workspace as I moved to another tab on
the ribbon. I then had my layers available whilst working with the insert tab
active. The client said wait a moment what did you just do? He did not know
this was possible.
I thought I might look at this as a tip for
the AutoCAD users that like placement of toolbars.
The below image is how we see the layers
menu in the home tab on the ribbon.
We can simply click and drag out the menu
into the workspace
The menu is now in the workspace and can be
positioned where it is required. The beauty of this is that I have my layers
menu available while I change to use features of the insert tab.
