Drawing Tabs / Manager for ACAD 2005-2008

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Please note, we are having problems working with Microsoft Vista and XP 64 and do not support these versions at this time.  Drawing Tabs will  install within the Vista operating system, but has video problems and causes the screen to flicker. It will not load into XP 64. To give the new version a try, download the file and install it.

Drawing Tabs/Manager place navigation tabs and the Drawing Manager at the bottom of the ACAD edit window as displayed below for the Drawing Tabs.

The tabs are present whenever you have a drawing open in ACAD. To navigate from one drawing to another when multiple drawings are open, all you have to do is select the appropriate tab.

This is a free utility. Drawing Tabs were originally developed for incorporation into the Dwg Manager. This has been accomplished with the latest version. The two are now integrated with the drawing manager placed on the same line as the drawing tabs. To activate or modify the options available for the drawing manager and the drawing tabs, place the cursor over the drawing tabs and press the secondary mouse button. The options will be displayed in a pop-up menu.  CAE-Link Corporation has elected to provide this utility without license as a completely free utility for the ACAD community. This is a utility that should have been a part of ACAD years ago.

Download - Version 2008                 DwgMan_08.exe (updated 1-28-08)

Installation

1. Select DwgMan_08.exe above.

2. When requested, select Save and respond to the prompts that follow

3. The system is installed.

Once installed, Drawing Manager will automatically load when you start AutoCAD as long as you have the automatic load feature selected within the Options.

Remove:  To remove the the Drawing Manager utility from ACAD, secondary click on the tab bar and select "Remove" from the pop-up menu. You will be prompted by a verification dialog to insure this is the option you want to execute.

Options:  To set the Drawing Manager options, secondary click on the tab bar and select "Options..." from the pop-up menu.  The options provide the ability to display the tabs at the top or bottom of the drawing editor and to display the file icon in the tab. Default settings will display the tabs at the bottom of the window with the icons off.

This is a free utility. We hope you enjoy using it and will let us know how it works for you, or what we can do to improve it for you. Your input is very important to us for future development effort. Thank you your support.