Sometimes people have trouble displaying a toolbar that isn’t visible, or a toolbar seems to disappear for no apparent reason. Here are some tips for displaying toolbars.
1st method
The easiest way to display a toolbar is to right-click any visible toolbar. This displays the list of all your toolbars, as you see here on the right. Just pick the one you want to make it visible.
However, certain custom toolbars, and the Express Toolbars aren’t listed. To find them, right-click any blank (gray) area next to a toolbar. Click ACAD to find the same toolbars you’d get by right-clicking a displayed toolbar.
2nd method
If you know the name of the toolbar, another option is to use the command line form of the TOOLBAR command, by typing -toolbar. At the resulting prompt, enter the name of the toolbar. Then, at the Enter an option: prompt, press Enter to show the default option, which is Show. Here’s what it looks like:
Command: -toolbar
Enter toolbar name or [ALL]: dimension
Enter an option [Show/Hide/Left/Right/Top/Bottom/Float] <Show>:
3rd method
An alternative is to choose View> Toolbars. Starting with AutoCAD 2006, this opens the Customize User Interface (CUI) dialog box.
As you can see, the On By Default value is Hide. Click to reveal a drop-down arrow, and choose Show to display that toolbar by default.
4th method
An excellent way to control the display of toolbars is with workspaces. You can create a workspace that displays any set of menus, toolbars, and palettes (called dockable windows in the CUI dialog box). You can do this in 2 ways.
Display the toolbars that you want. In the Workspaces toolbar, choose Save Current As from the drop-down list. Enter a name and choose Save. Now, you can choose that workspace any time you want it from the Workspace toolbar (assuming you can find the Workspace toolbar!).
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my layer toolbar is lost how can i do it back
Have you tried the technique described in the tip?
i have lost all of my toolbars. i mean all of them. i don’t even have the file dropdown list. i used the right click to go to options, but when i right click now, there is nothing. there are no toolbars or dropdown list at all. i went to look at cui and the default dropdown lists are there but it has no properites to it. i don’t know what i did if i did anything.
Try the MENULOAD command to reload the menu. Also, try changing the workspace to see if it’s just a problem with the workspace. Just some suggestions….
thanks a lot….MENULOAD solved my issue.
When Save command is used the Command Line sometimes produces 3 lines in quick succession:
Line 1 = Save
Line 2 = Nil
Line 3 = Nil.
Then when I go to ‘File’and drop down menu to ‘Close’ the drawing it asks whether I wish to save the drawing file.
Is there a patch to rectify this problem on Lt 2010?
Stan
I can’t show Auto CAD 2011 menu bar. How I show it .please inform me.
Two ways, that I can think of. Choose Classic as the workspace. Or, to keep both the menus and the ribbon, set the menubar system variable to 1.
Type menubar on the command line and press Enter. Then type 1 and press Enter.
Hi Ellen,
My autocad2009 does’t have any tool bar appeard with workspace.Is there any way to get the tool bars in 2009? or I have to run any add-ons..Please let me know your reply.
Thanks
I don’t remember that far back. Try choosing the Classic workspace. What do you see? Or from the menu, try View>Toolbars and choose one.
Hi Ellen,
Great post thanks. Is there a way to lock the menubar in Autocad 2012? I use it often but have to reload it everytime I open Autocad which is a pain!
Thanks
Luke
screen is looking white gride how it is solved
I’m not exactly sure what you mean.
Here’s a tip on the grid: http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com/acadblog/get-rid-of-the-default-grid-in-autocad/
Here’s a tip on changing the screen color: http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com/acadblog/change-the-color-of-the-screen-and-other-elements/
Try resetting your profile by using tool menu. then go to options. there is a reset button in the profile tab.
i am using the 2012 autocad, architecture version. All of my menus have disapeared. i tried all the thing you listed above but nothin will turn them back on. Pleeeeeease help
i have a hge assignment due tomorrow and i have wasted two hours so far trying to figure it out and nothing works.
Have you tried MENULOAD, reloading the acad menu?