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Working with Workspaces

Available in the Windows version only

While working on different stages of your projects, you might use some tools more frequently than oher tools. For such situations, you can group the most used toolbars and palettes into workspaces which you may use any time for similar tasks.

The software provides the following workspaces:

  • Drafting and Annotations
  • Classic
  • 3D Modeling

Each workspace has its own set of toolbars and palettes, with the specified set of tools.

You can modify existing workspaces or create your own workspace using the following methods:

  • Add or modify menus, toolbars, and palettes and then save the current workspace.
  • Use the Customize dialog box for advance settings for user interface elements such as menus, toolbars, ribbon tabs and panels, quick access toolbar.

All workspaces are available on the Quick Access Toolbar. You can switch the current workspace to a different one.

To display the Workspace drop-down list:

  1. On the Quick Access toolbar, click Customize Quick Access Toolbar .
  2. Select Workspace from the list.

    The Workspace drop-down list lets you change the current workspace.

To switch workspaces:

  • On the Quick Access Toolbar, from the Workspace drop-down list, select the workspace to use.

To save the current workspace:

  1. On the Quick Access Toolbar, from the Workspace drop-down list, select Save current space.
  2. In the Save workspace dialog box, type the name of the workspace or select a name from the drop-down list.
  3. Click Save.

    The workspace appears in the Workspace drop-down list.



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