AutoCAD 2014 - Keeping Tabs on your drawing files

In earlier version of Autocad, switching between drawings required you to use Ctrl+Tab keys or switch your Ribbon to the View tab and use the Switch Windows drop-down menu. In Autocad 2014 we now have drawing file tabs.

You will find them just below the Ribbon. There are several tasks that you can perform from this area.

• Switch between open drawings             
• Reorder the drawing file tabs
• Access layouts of open drawings         
•  Open an existing drawing
• Create a new drawing                            
• Close all drawings, one drawing, or all except one drawing
• Save a drawing, Saveas, and save all open drawings
• Copy the file path to the clipboard
• Open Windows Explorer at the location of the drawing

I used Ctrl+Tab but I had to keep hitting it until the drawing that I wanted was on top. I can now just go to the tab of the desired drawing and click just once to access it!

Till next time.

Bob