There are many other commands that might be relevant depending on the AutoCAD version you are used to but commands as above gets the newer AutoCADs to look and feel very similar to the older ones. To set the cursor to display its crosshairs across the screen you can type the command ‘cursorsize’ and set it to 100. You can also change the Rightclick to be enter by typing the command ‘shortcutmenu’ and set it to 0. To turn of simply press F12 on the keyboard once. As with all performance tests, results may vary based on machine, operating system, filters and even source material. The one is to turn off the Dynamic Input or Heads up display when drawing line for instance. In this study, the Electrical toolset boosted productivity by up to 95, bringing dramatic time savings to common AutoCAD® electrical design tasks. Share your building plans and ideas with architects, clients or contractors using Dropbox®, Google Drive, OneDrive®, and SharePoint®.
Now that you have set up the look to be similar two more settings I’ll set to make AutoCAD work like in the past. CAD Pro helps you plan and complete any type of commercial building plans with intuitive smart floor plan tools and remodeling design symbols.
Give it a name like: Classic so that you can access it later on. Once you have the look you want you can save the UI by clicking on the gear icon on the bottom right of your screen and Saving your workspace. You can also dock the command line by clicking and dragging the command line to the bottom of the screen so that it docks. Position them around the User Interface as you need them. Now Right mouse click (RMC) on an open area on the draw toolbar, select AutoCAD and open up the other toolbars you need. Then type ‘draw’ and select ‘Show” as option. Remember to add the dash or minus sign before the command as that allows you to execute the command via the keyboard. Now to get the toolbars to show type ‘-toolbar’ and enter. Now to get the menubar open you’ll type the command ‘menubar’ and enter. Now type the command ‘filetabclose’ and enter to close the tabs at the top of the drawing area showing the files that are open. You will now see an empty AutoCAD with no ribbon visible. Type the command ‘ribbonclose’ and enter to close the Ribbon. This is frustrating for some users but here is a way to set up AutoCAD’s User interface so that it looks like he old classic Mode.įirst, open AutoCAD and a new drawing. Since AutoCAD version 2015 the Classic mode workspace as a preset has been taken away.