SubscribeWeek 3 of the Experience Tour is over and we get a week off before week 4 kicks off in Denver. This past week we hit Detroit and Toronto - where we had our largest crowd yet! A very nice young man named Jorge took a picture with me in Toronto (below) and was kind enough to send it to me.
I signed many of my AutoCAD Tips and Tricks booklets (I'll send you all checks later for asking) and did my best to answer the many AutoCAD questions that people came up afterward and asked.
In Atlanta I spoke at an AUGI CAD Camp where I had a chance to catch up with the wonderful Matt Murphy, David Cohn and Robert Green (all three are top rated speakers at Autodesk University). And finally I took a late flight back home to San Francisco where the United Airlines pilot decided to abort the landing at the last minute (Yikes!). After two different explanations from the pilot (and of course they cut off the channel from the cockpit) we were told there was a warning light on and they were trying to fix it...Ok...Call me crazy - but I don't think you are supposed to fix warning lights...I think you are suppose to try and fix what the light is warning about! After circling for an extra hour and a few frayed nerves later we finally landed...we all kissed the ground on the way off the plane (alright...slight exaggeration...but I definitely considered it!).
Did you get a chance to catch my latest Cadalyst Tips and Tricks last week on Toolbars 101?
An AutoCAD Hip Tip on Putting the Lockdown on your Toolbars:
Once you get your toolbars all set into place it can be so irritating when you accidentally move them so be sure to lock them down. You'll find the handy toolbar locking tool on the far right side of the status bar. If you have AutoCAD 2008 or AutoCAD 2009 you'll actually see two lock icons on the status bar. The left most lock is used to lock/unlock viewports and the one on the far right is to lock/unlock your toolbars.
Select the far right lock tool and you'll see the following options:
- You can choose to lock your floating toolbars (or any of the new ribbon panels you've chosen to tear off and float)
- You can choose to lock your docked toolbars (or the new ribbon panels that are docked)
- You can choose to lock/unlock your floating windows or your docked windows (palettes such as Properties).
If you are in a release prior to AutoCAD 2009 you won't see the Panels option.
So enjoy this little Hip Tip - be sure to check out the Toolbars 101 video if you want to see it in action!