Opening or Closing the Toolspace Window

2012-03-14

Product Documentation

Intermediate

You can control whether or not the Toolspace window is visible in the AutoCAD Civil 3D session.

If...	Then do this...
You cannot see the Toolspace window.	Click Home or View tab Palettes panel Toolspace. Note At least one Toolspace tab must be in the “open” state or the Toolspace button on the ribbon is grayed out. In this case, click one of the tab display buttons such as Prospector to open the tab.
The tab you want to use is not open in the Toolspace window.	Use the buttons on the Palettes panel (on the Home or View ribbon tab) to open the Toolspace tabs. The buttons are used to both open and close the tabs. When the Toolspace tabs are in the “open” state, the ribbon buttons have a blue background. When the Toolspace tabs are in the “closed” state, the ribbon buttons have a white background.
Only the Toolspace title bar is displayed.	Move the cursor over the title bar to display the full Toolspace window. To disable Auto-hide, right-click the Toolspace title bar and click Auto-hide to remove the check mark next to it.
The contents of a tab are out of date.	Right-click in the window and click Refresh.
You want to close the Toolspace window.	Click in the Toolspace window or click the Toolspace button on the ribbon.

To open or close the Toolspace window

Click Home or View tab Palettes panel Toolspace.

Note
At least one Toolspace tab must be in the “open” state or the Toolspace button is grayed out. In this case, click one of the tab display buttons on the ribbon to open the tab.
If the tabs you want to use are not open in the Toolspace window, use the following ribbon buttons to open them:
- Prospector
- Settings
- Survey
- Toolbox
Best Practice
Closing the Toolspace window can help improve overall performance as well as save memory, so it is recommended to close the Toolspace window when it is not necessary to have it open. Likewise, it is recommended to close the Toolspace tabs (Prospector, Settings, Survey, or Toolbox) which you do not need to have open.

Ribbon

Home or View tab Palettes panel Toolspace

Command Line

Toolspace