Microsoft has a lot to learn from Autodesk in this regard. One of the great things about AutoCAD is that we can still do this sort of thing. If you’ve allowed AutoCAD to migrate your settings (I never do), some of the above will already be done for you, but by no means all of it.

Going back further, there are command-line methods of doing the same thing: -Layer, -Xref, XAttach, -Image and ImageAttach. If you prefer not to leave the various new palettes on screen all the time, old versions of various commands are still available: ClassicLayer, ClassicXref and ClassicImage.

Right-click on a status bar button, turn off Use Icons and your text-based status bar buttons will return. When you’re done, pick Apply & Close, then OK. There is a Restore Classic Colors button, but that only takes you back to AutoCAD 2008. Uniform background) and choose the particular shade that takes your fancy. 2D model space), choose the appropriate background element (e.g. On the left, choose a context you want to change (e.g. Don’t be tempted to choose Color Scheme and set it to Dark, because that just changes the appearance of various user interface elements. Right-click on the drawing area and pick Options…, then pick the Display tab. Many of you will want a black background, of course. However, getting the contents exactly the way you want it usually involves using CUI, and that’s well outside the scope of this post. As before, you can right-click on things to change the various settings. Now you can place and size your Dashboard-like thing as you see fit. In the tab title row (the bar with the word Home in it), right-click and pick Undock. If the Ribbon is not visible (it won’t be if you just selected the AutoCAD Classic workspace), enter RIBBON to bring it back. The Dashboard is gone, but you can have a vertical Ribbon instead. Click on it and pick the item called AutoCAD Classic. In the bottom right corner there is a little button that looks like a gearwheel.

However, there’s an easier way just switch workspaces. You can turn menus on with MENUBAR 1, close the Ribbon with RIBBONCLOSE, and so on.

Let’s assume you’ve made the decision to go back to the future how do you do it? I think you should give any new features a fighting chance before turning them off or ignoring them, but that’s entirely your choice. One thing that’s regularly asked whenever a new AutoCAD release hits the streets is how to make it work like the last release. If you’re running a more recent release of AutoCAD, have a look at the post AutoCAD 2017 – Putting things back to “normal” instead. Note: there are updated versions of this post for AutoCAD 2010, 20.

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