The ribbon becomes grayed out when the acad.cuix is loaded at the same time than the aca.cuix.

To enable the icons, unload the acad.cuix. Follow these steps:

1. Type MENULOAD at the command line.
2. In the Load/Unload Customizations dialog box, select ACAD in the list.
3. Click Unload.
4. Click Close to close the Load/Unload Customizations dialog box.

If you want to use ribbons, menus from the acad.cuix file, use the Transfer tab from the Customize User Interface (CUI).

If you have a customer that does not have the software need to open a .dwg; simply send the the file as a .dwfx and they can open the file in Internet Explorer without the need to download any additional software.

A nice new feature. You are not allowed to attach emails that exceed your message limit (defined in exchange). This should elimiate the huge problems that exchange can have when sending large emails.

Project Butterfly is an Autodesk Technology Preview that enables AutoCAD® users to edit and collaborate on AutoCAD drawings through a Web browser. With Project Butterfly, AutoCAD users can share and work on DWGTM files with colleagues and clients from any computer with an Internet connection.

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I’m sure most of you draw your objects with great precision. But sometimes even the most precise among us may want to make a quick and dirty move or copy of some drawing objects and are not too bothered about the exact place they end up. Text, for example.

As always in AutoCAD, there are many ways of doing this. Long-termers like me may automatically gravitate towards the short-form commands for Move and Copy, but there are various alternatives.

In this post I’m going to cover the click-and-drag method. This isn’t grip editing; although you will see grips appear when you select the objects, you’re not going to use them. To move an object this way requires just two clicks and no commands. Admittedly, one of the clicks is a long one and you also need to move the mouse and then release one of the clicks, but it’s still pretty efficient.

Move
1. Left-click the objects to preselect them.
2. Long left-click on one of the selected objects (not on a grip) to initiate the drag process.
3. Move the cursor to the desired location and release the left button to drop the objects there.

Copy
1. Left-click the objects to preselect them.
2. Long left-click on one of the selected objects (not on a grip) to initiate the drag process.
3. Once you have the little rectangle glyph on the cursor, hold down Ctrl to change the mode from move to copy. A little [+] symbol will be added to the cursor.
4. Move the cursor to the desired location and release the left button to drop the objects there. Release the Ctrl key.

Alternative method
1. Left-click the objects to preselect them.
2. Long right-click on one of the selected objects (not on a grip) to initiate the drag process.
3. Move the cursor to the desired location and release the right button to drop the objects there.
4. Left-click Copy here or Move here on the cursor menu that appears.