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AutoCAD 2010 Sticky Ribbon Panels

September 28, 2009 in AutoCAD, CAD, Revit

sticky ribbon panels I found about this earlier today on Shaan blog. Now we can tear off ribbon panel and floats in your drawing area. Similar to toolbars.

Having ribbon interface sometimes so annoying when we have to move to different tabs frequently. So I can just tear off some panels I use frequently, and stick to home tab.

This feature is also available in Revit Architecture 2010, and I believe all Autodesk product 2010.

How to tear it off? Just click on panel title, hold and drag it to your drawing area.

panel title

There are some options available in this ribbon panel:

ribbon panel options

  1. Click on your ribbon tab title will expand and show all tools available in that panel.
  2. Return panel to ribbon
  3. Toggle orientation. By default the panel orientation is horizontal, you can change it to vertical by clicking this button.

You can also drag and drop the panel to return it to ribbon. This panel will be placed back to where it belongs. For example, palettes panel will be placed on view tab, no matter what tab is active. We can’t move a panel from one tab to another with this trick. You have to do it through CUI if you want to do that.


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Source: CAD Notes – AutoCAD 2010 Sticky Ribbon Panels
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Secret Spy Photos within SolidWorks Headquarters

August 13, 2009 in CAD, SolidWorks

Several fellow bloggers and I were recently fortunate enough to be taken on a tour of the SolidWorks headquarters in Concord, MA.  Not many have the clearance for such an honor.  (That last of such tours was conducted on April 1, 2005.)  The onsite DNA analysis required samples that I now regret giving up.  The [...]

Source: SolidWorks Legion – Secret Spy Photos within SolidWorks Headquarters
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Vermont Puts Land Surveying Maps Online

August 11, 2009 in AutoCAD, CAD

I think that one area of concern for Professional Land Surveyors, Lawyers, Title Examiners and land owners, alike, is the historical journey they take in researching land records. And no, I’m not talking about the thrill of diving into old records and land surveying maps and plats, which I certainly do enjoy, but instead, I’m [...]


Source: Eric D. Colburn, Professional Land Surveyor – Vermont Puts Land Surveying Maps Online
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Boundary Management in CAD

July 23, 2009 in AutoCAD, CAD

I have used a method of management in many areas of my career that defines not the target, but the boundary limits of a successful task or function.  When I started looking on the internet for supporting documents to what I thought was fairly commonly used, I found very little.  What I did find was [...]

Source: All About CAD – Boundary Management in CAD
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