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AutoCAD Classic Menu

 To return to the ACAD classic menu, select the menu “Tools \ Workspaces” and then “AutoCAD Clasic”. 

Classic Menu Bar

To display the classic menu bar

  • Right-click on the Quick Access toolbar, and click Show Menu Bar. 
     

  • Command entry:  MENUBAR and set it to 1 

Ribbon

  • To close the ribbon, enter ribbonclose at the Command prompt.
     

  • To re-open the ribbon, enter ribbon at the Command prompt. Be patient, this will take a little time. 

ACAD Variables

Dyntooltips       Turn dynamic on from the bottom toolbar. Under Dyn, select settings and turn the dynamic input off. 

 Command entry:  DYNMODE and set it to 0 to turn all dynamic prompts off. 

AcadLspAsDoc  Controls whether the acad.lsp file is loaded into every drawing or just the first drawing opened in a session. 

0

Loads acad.lsp into just the first drawing opened in a session

1

Loads acad.lsp into every drawing opened

Tooltips  Controls the display of tooltips on toolbars.

0

Turns off the display of toolbar tooltips

1

Turns on the display of toolbar tooltips

Dynmode  Turns Dynamic Input features on and off.

0

All Dynamic Input features, including dynamic prompts, off

1

Pointer input on

2 Dimensional input on
3 Both pointer input and dimensional input on

Qpmode  Sets the on or off state of Quick Properties palette.

0

Turns off the display of the Quick Properties palette for all objects. When turned back on by clicking Quick Properties on the status bar, QPMODE is set to 1

1

Turns on the display of the Quick Properties palette for all objects

2 Turns on the display of Quick Properties palette only for objects that are defined in the Customize User Interface (CUI) Editor to display properties
Note:  When this system variable is set to a negative number, the feature is turned off but the value is retained.

 

   

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