Now everything is locked down and you won’t accidently mess up your cool stuff!īut, what if you just need to budge that one Palette over just a little? You don’t need to unlock the UI, just hold down the control key to override the UI lock down and move or resize your controls.įind out more about locking the AutoCAD UI in this post I wrote for Ellen Finkelstein’s Blog.

The padlock is activated by checking the ‘Display locking’ option. If you don’t see the Padlock, click on the arrow at the extreme right hand end of the status bar to pop up a list of elements that you can add or remove. Once you have it all set up how you want it you can lock the UI by clicking on the padlock icon in the bottom right hand side of your screen. You can move any of the controls (Toolbars, Palettes, floating ribbon tabs) anywhere you like. The Autocad User Interface or ‘UI’ – is Unlocked by default. Your guess is right, if you press that particular number or letter, it will activate the tool (or tab). After a few moments (I’ve never give that moment before) you will see numbers on quick access toolbar, and letters under the ribbon tabs. Specific functionality may be lost when working with different software versions/operating system. I thought that this would make a good subject for a quick tip, and I cooked up this video to go with it – enjoy! ‘I just want it to stay how I set it!’ If you use any of Autodesk product with ribbon interface, try to press ALT. The Update WisDOT Civil 3D app automates the install of the standards package to an individual computer.

‘How do I lock the position of my toolbars?’

However it did prompt Steve to ask the question: Thankfully, Steve had saved his workspace, so no harm done. I was trying so show my colleague Steve some cool stuff today, when I accidentally moved one of his toolbars. Did you ever go to grab some AutoCAD geometry and accidently ‘Nudge’ a control instead?

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