Alright...so I have a fabulous excuse for not being a good blogger...I was in the Cayman Islands getting married! My new hubbie (Craig) and I took our families on a cruise, and were married on Grand Cayman. Our good friend Jerry Behm (another Autodesker) took some pictures and was kind enough to post them up on a site for those of you who want to see the events of the day - it was a beautiful wedding overlooking the water. It rained for days before we got there but the wedding gods smiled kindly upon us and the rain let up for the day. It was VERY warm and quite windy (you'll notice that we all look a tad windblown) but that's to be expected when you are on an island. Feel free to peruse some pictures of the day at Wedding Pictures. (Thank you so much Jerry!). My daughter Ashley was the Maid of Honor and my son Joshua gave me away. Craig's three sons were the groomsmen. Jerry and his wife Jo were our witnesses.
OK...enough of that wedding stuff (but let's remember that I am female and that "stuff" is important to me!). Let's get back on the AutoCAD Band Wagon...
Adding those 2D Tools to the Dashboard in AutoCAD 2007:
You don't have to settle for just the 3D Tools in the new 3D Dashboard. There's an additional 2D control panel that can easily be added in so you have all your tools available (one stop shop!). Simply right click on the dashboard and select Control Panels from the shortcut menu. Here you'll find the top secret 2D control panel lurking and waiting for you to activate it as seen below.
After turning on the 2D Draw tools, you'll get the following control panel added to your Dashboard.
You can, of course, turn off any of the other control panels you don't plan on using by using the same technique...this allows you to focus on those tools you really do use.
So let's say you don't even use any 3D - why not turn off all the 3D control panels leaving only the 2D Draw panel? Here you'll find your onestop shop for everything 2D (including plenty of cool editing commands). So much better than using the Draw and Modify toolbars! Below I've turned off all the other control panels and stretched out the 2D Draw control panel to display all the commands. Then you can easily tuck it over to the side by anchoring it...Fabulous!
So there's a couple of cool Dashboard Tips for you...I'll leave you with a picture of the entire wedding clan all dressed up the night of the wedding. My son is on the far right and the other three boys are Craig's sons. And of course, the only other girl in the picture is Ashley - my daughter!
And here is one nice shot from the wedding that afternoon...ahhh...it was so romantic...
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