How do you use AutoCAD?

[ReMark]

I'd post an image but it would be completely blank. Clean screen and nothing else. It's all in my cerebral cortex or whatever passes for a brain in a machine. Oh, yeah...the CPU. What was I thinking?

[Alex Moiceanu]

Sorry for no pics, if you're really interested I can put one up.

One picture can do more than 1000 words.

[JD Mather]

I like to hear other ideas of how you improve the workspace.

I noticed this morning that you posted a thread about the differences between Inventor Fusion and Inventor.

In the Inventor products you don't need toolbars or type commands - you can use gestures.
In the attached image you see context sensitive commands, but if I just right drag to where I know for example the Line command will be relative to my cursor - the icons don't even come up as I've already started my desired command. Over time you develop "muscle memory" similar to your typing in command aliases without even thinking about it - but with a simple mouse gesture. That along with a 3D Connexion device and it can look like the model is appearing by magic in skilled hands.

You would never actually see this or other context senstive screens once you become proficient in gesture modeling.

[ReMark]

Are you sure you aren't David Copperfield? Sounds like magic to me.

[DANIEL]

I'd post an image but it would be completely blank. Clean screen and nothing else. It's all in my cerebral cortex or whatever passes for a brain in a machine. Oh, yeah...the CPU. What was I thinking?

a screen? I though your eyeball had a HUD!

[SLW210]

I am trying to use the ribbon, I just make it smaller. I see a lot keep the old layer toolbars. I have properties, design center, tool palettes etc. docked as icons on the right. I use right-click and keyboard for often used commands, but forcing myself to use the ribbon more and more for that, I need to set up more Workspaces tailored for specific jobs I work on. Being a lot of my time is spent designing, high speed is not a necessity. I am actually using the viewcube a lot these days.


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[DANIEL]

I am actually using the viewcube a lot these days.

I hated that thing when i first install 2012, especially when i couldnt figure out out to get rid of it but I'm glad i couldnt because I too have begun finding it quite convenient.

[BlackBox]

FWIW -

Accessing commands and menus through "gestures" has been around for decade(s?); I was first introduced to this functionality while at college for computer animation back in the early 2000's. Then we used Alias|Wavefront Maya Unlimited (now owned by Autodesk), and this functionality is called the "HotBox" (see attached pic).

The HotBox is fully customizable, and is displayed (at least in Maya) when the user presses (and holds) the spacebar. This feature is contextual, meaning you can have a completely different set of menus display for the various modes (i.e., NURBS Modeling, Poly. Modeling, Texturing, Character Rigging, Animating, Rendering, etc.).

This is one of many features that has been culled from Maya (probably the one I miss using the most) and incorporated into other Autodesk products, others include the View Cube, etc.

[BlackBox]

a screen? I though your eyeball had a HUD!

No silly... that's just his AH (in lieu of AI) kicking in... You know, Artificial Humor.

** Edit - "Ha. Ha. Ha. Ha." *Robot laughs awkwardly*

[DANIEL]

That screen gives me a headache renderman lol

PS. ALL MY HUMOR IS ARTIFICIAL ......

pss. I cap locked you fools!