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You can control the display order of your saved workspaces and other options
in the Workspace Settings dialog box.
NOTE For more information about creating or modifying workspaces, and how
toolbars and menus interact with workspaces, see Customize Workspaces in the
Customization Guide.
Select a Sample Workspace
You can experiment with the sample workspace included with the product.
This predefined workspace demonstrates how you might use a workspace to
streamline your work tasks.
You can find the sample workspace in the following location:
<drive>:\Documents and Settings\<user name>\Application Data\Autodesk\AutoCAD
2012\<release>\<product language>\Support\acadSampleWorkspaces.cuix
To use the sample workspace, you must first transfer it to your main
customization (CUIx) file. To learn more about transferring a workspace, see
Transfer and Migrate Customization in the Customization Guide.
Workspaces and Profiles
Workspaces work with and complement the control over your drawing
environment that profiles provide.
Workspaces control the display of menus, toolbars, and palettes in the drawing
area. When you use or switch a workspace, you change the display of your
drawing area. You manage your workspaces from the Customize User Interface
dialog box.
Profiles save environment settings including many of your user options, drafting
settings, paths, and other values. Profiles are updated each time you make a
change to an option, setting, or other value. You can manage your profiles
from the Options dialog box.
NOTE When you make changes to the drawing display, the changes are stored
in your profile and are displayed the next time you launch the program, regardless
of your workspace settings. The profile changes are not automatically saved to a
workspace unless you select the Automatically Save Workspace Changes option
in the Workspace Settings dialog box. To preserve profile settings in a workspace,
click Save Current As from the shortcut menu of the workspace icon on the status
bar.
For more information about profiles, see
Save and Restore Interface Settings
(Profiles)
on page 193.
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