You can use REDEFINE DSVIEWER to turn it back on, or just enter.

The DSVIEWER command appears to be gone, but it’s just hiding. Let’s assume you’ve made the decision to put your environment back to AutoCAD 2008 or earlier how do you do it? I’ve arranged these items in alphabetical order: At least, you have a choice in most cases. We should be grateful that in AutoCAD 2012 at least (unlike some Autodesk products), you do still have that choice. As I stated in my original post, I think you should give any new features a fighting chance before turning them off or ignoring them. One thing that’s regularly asked whenever a new AutoCAD release hits the streets is how to make it work like earlier releases. Much of this post is based on older versions, but there are many additions and differences in this year’s “keep off my lawn” post. As it seems many people find these posts useful, here’s an updated version for the latest release. This is followed by AutoCAD 2010 – Putting things back to “normal”, with AutoCAD 2011 – Putting things back to “normal” not too far behind. The most popular post on this blog, in terms of both hits and comments, is AutoCAD 2009 – Putting things back to “normal”.

I would suggest to add in the element contextual menu, the command snap option.Edit: If you’re running a more recent release of AutoCAD, have a look at the post AutoCAD 2017 – Putting things back to “normal” instead.

You need to zoom out constantly just to switch the snap command. (cut, copy, delete…)You have to be over empty space to have the good contextual menu… (paste, Object snap) This is not workable at all as you are most of the time over an element. MORE DEVELOPMENT: You can always access the command on the right click contextual menu but there is still a hitch with it: When you are over an element, the contextual menu is different. It’s like the feature is there but not functional yet…! But when I switch it from my mouse side button, the icon switch only when I use it, so there is still no way to monitor the switch action. I can switch on/off the command by simply click on the icon (great!) The icon switch gray when it’s off and green/red when it’s on. THX!ĭEVELOPMENT: I figure that you can put the snap icon in the top menu bar but it doesn’t works well with my shortcut. (Very useful) But in layout, there is no way I can see if this command is on or off… I would like a simple tiny little monitor somewhere, perhaps in the bottom menu bar. Just like in auto-cad, I shortcut the command on my side mouse button. I’m a big fan of switching constantly on/off the SNAP TO OBJECT in layout.

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