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AutoCAD Contextual Ribbon Tab

December 9, 2009 by Edwin Prakoso Leave a Comment

I tried to find about this in AutoCAD documentation, and can’t find any. Not even in new features workshop. Too bad, because I kind of like it. This feature is introduced in AutoCAD 2010.

So what’s the contextual ribbon do? Remember when we create/edit a table then we will see the floating toolbar above the table?

floating table bar 

You still see it if you use classic interface.

We can see the floating toolbar too when working on multiline text.

floating text toolbar

And when we are working in in block editor, we need to open the block authoring palettes.

block authoring palletes

No more floating toolbar or authoring palettes with ribbon interface. Well, you still can open the palettes. But I think having them all in ribbon is nice. Contextual tab only appears when we activate some tools.

block editor

About Edwin Prakoso

I work as a Sr. Consultant in PT Cipta Satria Informatika. I've been using AutoCAD since R14 and Revit since Revit Building 9. I occasionally write for AUGIWorld magazine and I am also active in Autodesk discussion forum. I'm a member of Autodesk Expert Elite, an appreciation for individuals who give contributions to the Autodesk community.
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