autocad lt for mac properties inspector upside down and backwards

LT2011 (AutoCAD 25 if you want to count from day one) is here.

If you are using LT2010 right now, this version is a good tweak to those things you find slightly unfinished.

If you are on LT2009, this is probably the one you want to get on to capture that DWG2010 format.

If you are in LT2008 or lower, buckle up my friend, this version is going to take some getting used to..

So Whats new Many core features have matured, customizations and screen presence are improved, and and a few niceties have been added that will excite the experienced user more than the casual one.

THE INTERFACE CHANGES The Display: they changed it After 20years of black (or white) backgrounds and contrasting little dots, they finally tweaked it to look like a drafting background.

No more dots, instead there is a faint grid that looks like an engineering graph paper: toggle it on and off with GRID command (or F7) as always.

The default background is a dark gray in modelspace (yes you can still change it, but give this one a try).

There is now an added cycle button at the end of the list of tabs that will present the ribbon in two formats or turn it off.

In addition to the traditional Ribbon look (cluttered with buttons), you can cycle to have them display as Panel Buttons (Ribbon-New), or minimized, or totally hidden of course.

Also on the Ribbon you will find some added content to the INSERT Tab (Design Center and Autodesk Seek, their online Library of DWG content), and the View Tab (access to the toolbars and User Interface added).

The CUI: Additional Ribbon Controls have been added that allow the Panel Tabs to re-size with your AutoCAD screen and try to keep as many of them visible as possible.

The QAT: Workspaces pulldown menu to display your current workspace as well as any additional workspaces are conveniently located out off the way right next to the big red A (they also managed to include Save and SaveAs commands too).

Yes, if you select the AutoCAD LT Classic Workspace LT2011 will look just like LT2008 or lower.

The Big Red A: Still there, you can still clutter it with all your favorites that it becomes unwieldy, like that back room closet youve been meaning to clean out but have not yet.

Navigation Bar: there is a floating Navigation Bar (see screenshot link at the top of this page) that has the 2D Steering Wheel, Pan and Zoom commands that may help a user that likes to click even more buttons.

THE GOOD STUFF Bad News first: if youve resisted using the right-click button for pop-ups, and are happy with it doing nothing more than or bring up Osnaps (shudder), stop reading now, click off, cancel your cell phone service and get a land line.

There is a sears catalog on its way to you in the mail that contains some real cool fab stuff Dude.

Isolate Objects: regardless of what layer they are on, if you select a few objects then right-click and select ISOLATE, all other objects are hidden from view.

Hide Objects: Similar to above, except the entities you select are hidden from view.

End Hide and Isolate Objects above by right-clicking and selecting End Object Isolation.

How would you know if objects are hidden A little icon appears at the Status line.

Select Similar: if you are an old AutoCAD user, this is the SSX command in LT just for you.

The command is simple: select an object (or more than one object), right-click and pick Select Similar (screenshot), and based on settings youve previously set, all other objects with similar settings are also included in the selection set (color, layer, linetype, linetype scale, lineweight, plot style, object style andor name).

Autocad Lt For Mac Properties Inspector Upside Down And Backwards