- In this chapter, we're going to take a quick look
at some other tools that you can use in AutoCAD
to work with your drawings more effectively.
You'll recognize the floor plan
we've been working on it for various videos
in various chapters.
And you can see that we've got things like
our new tables that we created
and the outdoor space with the tables
and the little bike bays at the end
of the landscaped area there.
Now, one of the things that is really, really useful
in AutoCAD is your file tabs.
Now, at the moment, we've only got the one drawing open
which is our ground floor plan REV3.DWG.
Now the nice thing is AutoCAD tells you that
but it also tells you if you've got any other drawings open.
So for example, I could potentially go up here to the
new button on the quick access toolbar.
And I might open up a new drawing from a template
something like ACADISO.DWT like that, click on open.
And there's a new drawing there as well.
Now the nice thing is I've got the tabs up here.
I can click on the tabs
and just jump between the drawings like that.
That's one of the really useful features of the file tabs.
The other really useful feature is the ability to
plot and publish,
and also jump between model and paper space too.
So let's go back to the ground floor plan REV3 tab.
One it's a bit more interesting cause it's got content.
And two, it allows me to jump between
some preset views that are already there.
So if I now just hover over that tab
you can see there, I've got Model, ISO A1 Landscape
and Layout2.
Layout2 is just a default layout,
I haven't made any changes to it.
The ISO A1 Landscape you'll recognize though,
there's those view ports that we created
from the named views.
Now the good thing is I can plot any of these,
you'll notice I've got a little plot icon there.
I've also got a little publish icon there,
so I can publish multiple layout tabs
from this little file tab at the top of the drawing.
And you'll have to excuse the really long file path there,
that's just the way I work
when I'm saving the files for you when I'm creating content.
But you can see there that I can jump to each of these.
And if I click on the ISO A1 Landscape
it takes me to that layout tab.
It's really rather useful.
So I just hover like so, and I can jump to Layout2
and then I can just hover again
and jump back to the model tab, quick and easy.
So there's some really nice features there
on the file tabs at the top of the screen.
Now you don't have to have them at the top of the screen.
If you don't want them,
you can go into your AutoCAD options, dialogue box
and switch them off, if you wish.
Personally, I've never turned them off.
And I find them incredibly useful
when I've got multiple drawings open
in a session of AutoCAD.
So that's your file tabs,
just another little useful tool that you can use
when you're working in your AutoCAD drawings.