Introduction to the AutoCAD 2009 Ribbon

by Donnie Gladfelter on February 13, 2008

in AutoCAD 2009,AutoCAD 2009,Videos

Last Tuesday MSNBC, CNN, and every other American news outlet dubbed February 5, 2008 as “Super Tuesday”.  Seeing that Virginia (where I live) wasn’t included in the Super Tuesday primaries; Super Tuesday wasn’t much different than any other Tuesday.  Fast-forward a week to February 12, 2008, and you get what I call a Super Tuesday!  Autodesk had some pretty exciting announcements to make.  No Carl Bass (Autodesk CEO) isn’t running for president.  Instead, what Autodesk is about to do is release their line of 2009 products, and you know what that means.  An all new AutoCAD, Civil 3D, and the many other Autodesk products!

So what can we expect in AutoCAD 2009?  Well the list is somewhat long.  If you would like to see the complete list, hop over to Shaan Hurley’s Between The Lines Blog, and check out his The 2009 Products Including AutoCAD 2009 post.  Stay tuned here at The CAD Geek Blog for some indepth looks at the new features within both AutoCAD 2009 and AutoCAD Civil 3D 2009.

The most notable of the scary new features is the all-new Ribbon.  Microsoft Office 2007 was the first mainstream product to employ this new GUI.  Autodesk in their 2009 release of AutoCAD have followed suit with their version of the Ribbon.  At the end of the day, the Ribbon is really nothing more than the new Dashboard, but with some twists.  Below you will find a quick video introducing how to use the new Ribbon in AutoCAD 2009.


Tagged as: AutoCAD 2009, features, Video

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  • rchurch6

    I am having to load the ribbon everytime I open autocad 2009. I open a new drawing and I have to type “ribbon” in the command line in order to see it. Very frustrating. I am not using the classic workspace so I don’t get why the ribbon won’t load on its own. Can you help?

  • rchurch6

    I am having to load the ribbon everytime I open autocad 2009. I open a new drawing and I have to type “ribbon” in the command line in order to see it. Very frustrating. I am not using the classic workspace so I don’t get why the ribbon won’t load on its own. Can you help?

  • http://N/A Narcarsiss

    Where i work usin CNC tools and routers alongside with VX cad Cam i think auto cad 2009 will be a lot better than previous versions mainly due to added support for gps and the way it interacts with these programs and being a vivid user of office 2007 with the tabs i found it incredabilly easy to pick up and use but i will agree with an earlyer post it is a lot slower on out servers but all in all i would recomend the upgrade but not for the people that like using the old version and dont require any of the new features and looks.

  • Anonymous

    Where i work usin CNC tools and routers alongside with VX cad Cam i think auto cad 2009 will be a lot better than previous versions mainly due to added support for gps and the way it interacts with these programs and being a vivid user of office 2007 with the tabs i found it incredabilly easy to pick up and use but i will agree with an earlyer post it is a lot slower on out servers but all in all i would recomend the upgrade but not for the people that like using the old version and dont require any of the new features and looks.

  • Dante Paner

    Is it AutoCAD 2009 really cool…In our school we use AutoCAD 2008 and AutoCAD LT and i really amaze the environment…It’s fast and less hustle rathan the older versions. i think i should try this one before i put some comment about AutoCAD 2009..thanks for the information and it will help me for advance understanding about it..

  • Dante Paner

    Is it AutoCAD 2009 really cool…In our school we use AutoCAD 2008 and AutoCAD LT and i really amaze the environment…It’s fast and less hustle rathan the older versions. i think i should try this one before i put some comment about AutoCAD 2009..thanks for the information and it will help me for advance understanding about it..

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  • http://thecadgeek.com/ Donnie Gladfelter

    Larry – a blended AutoCAD 2006 & AutoCAD LT 2004 environment isn’t going to really be an issue as both versions use the same DWG file type. AutoCAD 2009 uses the AutoCAD 2007 file format, so if you want to have a blended environment you’ll need to be sure you save things in 2004, not 2007.

    Beyond that, I will mention that AutoCAD does ship with a “Classic” workspace that essentially uses the R13-2008 core windows interface.

  • http://www.thecadgeek.com Donnie Gladfelter

    Larry – a blended AutoCAD 2006 & AutoCAD LT 2004 environment isn’t going to really be an issue as both versions use the same DWG file type. AutoCAD 2009 uses the AutoCAD 2007 file format, so if you want to have a blended environment you’ll need to be sure you save things in 2004, not 2007.

    Beyond that, I will mention that AutoCAD does ship with a “Classic” workspace that essentially uses the R13-2008 core windows interface.

  • Larry Emmert

    I went to a Central Illinois AUGI session last night and we were discussing AutoCAD 2009. Some are still based in AutoCAD 2006 (myself included) and we discussed the different changes. The Ribbon was the main discussion point and that Office users should have no problem. My main concern is getting everyone up to speed were I work. Other desktops in my office have 2004 LT and the company is looking into upgrading but its a slow process.

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