size checkboxes with drop down menu

[lpservice]

in autocad 2004 it was possible to change the size of the check box with drop-down menu, and to widen it as desired, for the various possible uses (layer, quota, text etc.). in the new autocads I no longer find the way of lighthouse, and it would be very useful, in the classic interface: without this possibility, it turns out very uncomfortable because it cuts the text and it is difficult to distinguish between similar types (use a prefix to group, for example, types of quota designed for the same factor of print scale).

thanks for the attention.

 

[Tristan]

Tell me you're using autocad like you used 30 years ago without telling me you're using autocad like you used 30 years ago... jokes aside, I don't think you can. the classic interface is no longer supported and in a few years you will see that they remove it. if you knew how to use the annotative styles and annotation scales you would no longer need to "regroup types of quotas designed for the same print scale factor" through a myriad of unnecessarily duplicated styles

 

[lpservice]

autocad use since there was version 11, which worked from dos, until today 2023, so I saw them a little all - and over time they took things, according to me very useful, like being able to group the objects automatically after the creation of a classic series, thus allowing to modify them individually while keeping them together - what not possible with the associative series where it is forced to explode . in the time you lose looking for a command in the various sections, with the classic one (customized according to the needs) you have already launched 30 commands without having to jump continuously from one bar and the other: I find the ribbon a thing of neophytes or lazy, however unprofessional, in my opinion. the annotative quotation in autocad, is not developed and deprived of all those parameters that could make it effective: If I mold a design with double scale, e.g., I don't necessarily need the size of the quotas to be halved, but on the contrary I need a proper relationship between the size of the annotations and the graphs (also based on the amount of information I have to insert): text and quotas suitable for drawings in scale 1:100, using the annotative function and printing in scale 1:50 are, then, too small compared to the extension of the field of view in relation to the drawing. Of course I talk about specific relative needs, such as structural detail drawings with a huge amount of information to manage.

 

[Tristan]

I also use autocad from version 11 on dos but doing the trainer for almost 20 years (and not only on autocad) I had to evolve.
first of all the classic series did not remove it, just launch the classical command; and anyway you do not need to explode the new parametric series, just know how to select and change the individual elements without exploding anything, and I assure you that you can do.
second thing: the ribbon is customizable as a menu and toolbar, so you can pack the interface as you prefer, even here you need to know where to put your hands.
third thing: if you print double scale drawings you obviously don't know how to use the layouts.
the very useful commands you say they removed, they simply made them smarter, but you have to know how to use them. it is as if I provided you with electric toothbrush and you use it as you use the manual...time a few days the electric toothbrush ends in the box from where it came from

 

[lpservice]

I know that the classic series is there, but no longer has the option to group everything (group and not block - I need the first); with the associative series if you change an element, you change them all while I need to diversify them; I can customize the ribbon, but it occupies half the screen that I need empty instead to have more space to see the drawing (as well as having to change the board every two seconds), of course she is an engineer and I a technical designer, so I can assure you that we have very different needs; by "double scale" I mean exactly the scale factor of the layout windows: I do not want the annotative option to double or halve depending on that; Unfortunately I didn't find a way to set something different.

I never have to waste time jumping from one tab to another of the tape, here I have everything I need, including the classic menu, text, downhill, which includes all the commands.

 

[Tristan]

I know that the classic series is there, but no longer has the option to group everything (group and not block - I need the first); with the associative series if you change an element, change them all while I need to diversify them

it is not so, but it is necessary to understand well what your needs are

by "double scale" I mean exactly the scale factor of the layout windows: I do not want the annotative option to double or halve depending on that; Unfortunately I didn't find a way to set something different.

the layout window has three different values for scales, so you can vary the display scale regardless of the annotation scale

I never have to waste time jumping from one tab to another of the tape, here I have everything I need, including the classic menu, text, downhill, which includes all the commands.

hope only that they never remove the classic interface then (which I doubt strongly. . . )

 

[Cristallo]

tristan, I understand that as var ties to the norms of the mother house, but personally I agree with ipservice, with which I share the use of soft (except the version: I started with 2.5). who has been using autocad for a long time doesn't really need ribbons, because 95% of the commands give them as a keyboard (both by alias, or by writing the command for extended).
ribbons occupy vital space on screen, in my way to see uselessly.
I prefer (one tantum when needed) to write massprop, rather than look where it is.
l; pl; h; c; m; t; s; xp; dl; ro; quard how many commands with max 2 keyboard letters. with ribbons it would take half screen. . .
I believe that those who use autocad in an "intensive" way, with ribbons lose us. then tastes are tastes. I could extinguish both the classic and the ribbons and draw the same. I only need the command line. . .

 

[Tristan]

I understand it very well, coming as a carcad on dos, but in addition to the fact that you get used to it (and sooner or later it's up to it, I'm afraid, because to the passage to .net <numero a="" caso,="" futuro="" in="" lontano="" meno="" o="" più="" un=""> could disappear the bees used by menu and toolbar) on 27" monitors and 4k resolution you have all the space you want. However, I repeat, the issue " ribbon interface" I understand very well.</numero>

 

[rpor66]

the ribbons, completely customizable, even in the size of the panels, you can move them outside the autocad window, activating and leaving only the toolbars you feel useful.

 

[Legs]

@lpservice stairs: I'm sorry, but the speech you make on the annotative scales is exactly contrary to what allows you to do. to avoid all the problems you have highlighted.
In my opinion they should have introduced it from version 1 because it solves several errors of autocad neophytes.
but you want to make independent the annotative scale from the actual scale of the design.
you can do (in the sense that you can see the writings at 50 in the printed drawing at 100 so much to make an example). simply select (usually it is a low right casellin) the display option for different scales from the actual one. and the game is done.
I prefer to keep the annotative use that binds the scale of my window to what I draw. Not to mention that the scale setting automatically becomes if you enter the window or double-click it on its edge. I have no idea what there might be.

series: Actually, you can make changes to the series like moving or deleting one or more of the items by simply selecting it with the control button. the series continues to remain one object.

ribbon: I am also of the idea that from a certain point of view it was an unhappy choice but it still has the merit to organize in orderly and logical way the commands of the program that are really many. I agree on the use of the keyboard. for the most frequently used commands it is worth to beat them directly. if you use the right button like me you also have the advantage that the last ten commands remain in sight and usable on the flight (I strongly recommend leaving the panel opening with the right button and do not turn it into sending. for that there is always the space bar).
However, you can still customize the interface by placing your favorite commands in the ribbon in the order you prefer.