racerg43 Posted November 21, 2014 Posted November 21, 2014 Does anyone know how to convince the Windows taskbar to show the drawing names when multiple instances of AutoCAD are Open? Quote
ReMark Posted November 22, 2014 Posted November 22, 2014 Why would you have five instances of AutoCAD open? Quote
racerg43 Posted November 22, 2014 Author Posted November 22, 2014 I'm working on big files. If I have 2 or more drawings open in 1 session of Autocad the program crashes. Quote
Dana W Posted November 22, 2014 Posted November 22, 2014 I think we're gonna need a bigger boat. Quote
racerg43 Posted November 22, 2014 Author Posted November 22, 2014 Windows 7 professional 64 bit with 16gb of ram running autocad 2014. Quote
ReMark Posted November 22, 2014 Posted November 22, 2014 I've had as many as ten drawings opened in one session of AutoCAD and did not see a performance hit and I have only 12GB RAM. That's with Firefox, MS Office Access, Excel and Outlook open as well. What is the typical file size of each drawing? Quote
racerg43 Posted November 22, 2014 Author Posted November 22, 2014 The files are usually about 20 mb. I am using a proprietary program to detail ductwork that slows the computer down as well. Quote
Cad64 Posted November 22, 2014 Posted November 22, 2014 Windows 7 professional 64 bit with 16gb of ram running autocad 2014. I routinely have 5 or more drawings open at any given time without any problems. What are the rest of your computer specs? Processor? Video Card? Have you installed the 2014 service pack? Quote
ReMark Posted November 22, 2014 Posted November 22, 2014 20 megabytes? That's a large file. Have you run Overkill, -purged, and audited? Quote
racerg43 Posted November 22, 2014 Author Posted November 22, 2014 Yes. I ran all those commands. My post. Wasn't related to the performance of Autocad. I'm just trying to find out how to get the windows 7 task bar to show the drawing names instead of Autocad 2014. Any ideas? Quote
Patrick Hughes Posted November 24, 2014 Posted November 24, 2014 Are the drawing windows maximized? I'm on 2015 so maybe that works differently but when the drawing window (the multiple document window) is maximized the drawing name shows in the task bar. When the drawing window is sized down then it is just the "Autodesk AutoCAD 2015" Edit: I replied not having seen your screen shots - it looks like your drawing windows are maximized. Does the drawing name not show when you hover over the task bar? Quote
ReMark Posted November 24, 2014 Posted November 24, 2014 (edited) I'm curious about something. I opened five sessions of AutoCAD 2014, each accessing a different drawing, yet there is no indication across the bottom of my screen (Taskbar) confirming that fact. Can you tell me how you got it to display what you are seeing? Was that done through the Windows Taskbar > Properties feature itself? Never mind. I figured it out for myself. It is a feature of the Taskbar and has nothing to do with AutoCAD per se. After making the change to "Combine when Taskbar is full" I got the exact same thing displayed in my Taskbar as you have. Now, the only way it might show the name of each drawing that is opened in each session of AutoCAD would be through a tweak of some sort. For example, back in Windows 95 or 98 there was an unsupported Microsoft program called TweakUI that allowed the user much greater freedom over how Windows displayed many features and also allowed the user to tweak various settings. Maybe there is something similar for Windows 7. For anyone interested there is something called the Ultimate Windows Customizer (freeware) that claims to allow the user to tweak up to 70 different settings in Windows 7 and 8. Find it at The Windows Club... http://www.thewindowsclub.com/ultimate-windows-customizer Edited November 24, 2014 by ReMark Quote
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