Quick Access Toolbar - Autodesk AUTOCAD 2010 - PREVIEW GUIDE Manual

AUTOCAD 2010 PREVIEW GUIDE
If you customized the Dashboard in AutoCAD 2008, you can easily convert your custom dashboard panels to
new ribbon panels using the Transfer tab in the Customize User Interface (CUI) Editor. The newly converted
panels are then displayed under the Ribbon Panels node in the same CUIx file as the dashboard panels. Once
converted, you can add the new panels to a tab or transfer them to another CUIx file.
Figure 7. Dashboard conversion
Enhanced ribbon functionality in AutoCAD 2010 enables you to customize contextual ribbon tab states which
control the display of ribbon tabs and panels based on either the type of object selected in the drawing window
or the active command. You can display a ribbon tab that is assigned to a ribbon contextual tab state either on
its own tab or with its panels merged onto each of the ribbon tabs in the current workspace. To add a ribbon
tab, drag it from the Tabs node in the Customizations In pane to the contextual tab state. For example, if you
want the Home tab to become active whenever you select an Arc object, drag the Home-2D ribbon tab to the
Arc selected node under the Contextual Tab States. Select it and modify its display type to indicate if it should
be displayed as its own tab or merged onto each ribbon tab.
Figure 8. Ribbon Contextual Tab States

Quick Access Toolbar

The Quick Access toolbar has been enhanced with more functionality and to ensure consistency with other
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Windows applications. The Undo and Redo tools include history support and the right-click menu includes new
options that enable you to easily remove tools from the toolbar, add separators between tools, and display the
Quick Access toolbar above or below the ribbon.
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