Two Monitors - One for Toolbars.

[therock005]

I just had an idea, and i want to pursuit it to see if its worth it. IT seems that AUtoCAD and the vertical programs in particular take up a lot of space using toolbars panels and vista. IS there a way to work in a two monitor environment where on one Monitor you have pure drawing Space and on the secondary you arrange the toolbars?

[lpseifert]

Pretty much... you can drag your toolbars , toolpalettes and other dialog boxes (e.g. Properties) to a secondary monitor and leave the Main drawing window on the primary, but the menu pulldowns will stay with the drawing window.

[rkmcswain]

What pulldown menus? :wink:

 

Yes, I know you can turn them back on, but keep in mind that the Ribbon is just another palette and it can be stored on the second monitor too.

[therock005]

Wow then that's great. I was thinking of getting a 30inch 2560x1600 Monitor but these things are damn expensive! Wouldnt it be better if i go for 2x 1920x1200 monitors instead?

 

What do you guys say?

[lpseifert]

I use a 24" and a 20" LCD, I'd have a hard time going to anything less. 2- 24" will give you a sore neck by days end.

[Jack_O'neill]

right now, I have 2 19" monitors. one is a widescreen format, the other is a standard format. As I posted in a different thread yesterday, it depends on what I'm doing as to how I make use of them. If I'm going to be working on with 2 or more drawings at the same time, I stretch the program across both monitors and then tile the drawing windows. If I'm mostly concentrating on one drawing, I put AutoCAD on the wide screen monitor, and drag the toolbars, palettes and browsers to the small one. I usually have the onscreen calculator on that screen too, as well as outlook, all neatly arranged around the picture of my granddaughter in the middle.

[Tankman]

I have one 36" LCD monitor. The monitor will do picture by picture or picture in picture.

 

Guess I could open up two ACAD screens on one monitor?

Never tried it however, monitor is large enough for all my toolbars.

 

The monitor is wall mounted, tilt 'n swivel, saves desktop real estate.

Of course, bottom of the monitor is decorated with numerous post 'm notes.

[Noahma]

What pulldown menus? :wink:

 

Yes, I know you can turn them back on, but keep in mind that the Ribbon is just another palette and it can be stored on the second monitor too.

 

I was thinking the same thing....

 

I have two monitors, one is a 20" wide screen, the other a standard 20" CRT (at home)

I have ribbons, tool palettes on the right, properties, xref and quickcalc on the left. My layer properties on the top and that is it, everything else is run by keyboard entry.

 

[Tankman]

On my wish list is this new Thinkpad™.

 

Smaller screen slides out for work, back in for travel.

[The Buzzard]

I am using a three monitor setup and planning to get a fourth monitor.

It makes life so much easier. You can do alot without bothering to minimize and maximize a single screen. I highly recommend it.

 

The Buzzard

[tzframpton]

Personally I would go with the 30" if you can. I am a fan of one monitor for design work if its large. I have dual screens at work and honestly I hate it. I hate switching my sight from one to the next.