Challenge of a Dual - Monitor Setup, That Is

[CEHill]

Hello AUGI members,

Having been recently blessed with a second Dell 24" flat screen:

I need a method to lock the position of my palettes and properties dialog to show on a particular monitor with the graphics screen and menu bar on the opposite one.

I must manually slide these around at startup. No big deal really (a nice prob to have!!!):Oops: ;

......just asking.

[Harold Pei Jr]

I'd save my workspace after moving around anything, and make sure that my profile that I load was the one that's using that workspace.

[ekubaskie]

Hello AUGI members,

Having been recently blessed with a second Dell 24" flat screen:

I need a method to lock the position of my palettes and properties dialog to show on a particular monitor with the graphics screen and menu bar on the opposite one.

I must manually slide these around at startup. No big deal really (a nice prob to have!!!):Oops: ;

......just asking.

You can also set "Automatically save workspace changes" in the workspace settings dialog. Wherever you move them will be remembered next time.

I feel your pain. I, too, have to struggle by with a pair of 24" widescreens. :lol:

There's so much room I don't even hate the ribbon.

[Harold Pei Jr]

I feel your pain. I, too, have to struggle by with a pair of 24" widescreens. :lol:

There's so much room I don't even hate the ribbon.

How horrible for you. If you want, I can help you out and take those 24" screens off your hands. :lol:

[Dermeee]

Clinton
I am just moving from ACA to Revit with 2 x monitors & would like to have a 3d view on my right screen & the screen that i am working on my left screen. But when I tile the screen I cannot drag one of the tiled (the 3d) to the right screen.
I am currently using my vid card for cloned screens I did not really want to go to spanning across the two screens.
I would appreciate any assistance.
Cheers Dermot

[robert.1.hall72202]

I would like to see autocad allow a floating window outside of the current session.
I could drag a drawing to the second screen. I know I can stretch the session across 2 monitors, however, I dislike how it moves the toolbars away from my main screen.

[Liamnacuac]

Clinton
I am just moving from ACA to Revit with 2 x monitors & would like to have a 3d view on my right screen & the screen that i am working on my left screen. But when I tile the screen I cannot drag one of the tiled (the 3d) to the right screen.
I am currently using my vid card for cloned screens I did not really want to go to spanning across the two screens.
I would appreciate any assistance.
Cheers Dermot

Dermot,

I thought Revit didn't support dual screens?

[seventwo]

Dermot,

I thought Revit didn't support dual screens?

Why would it not support dual screens? I use duals every day with no issues.

[Liamnacuac]

I wouldn't call that supporting dual screens, I call that stretching the view over two screens every time you open Revit ; )

I would rather have Revit open on two screens with possibly one with menus and the other full screen view, or similar to whay you have, two views open, but at least remember those settings.
Before Autodesk spends money and time on that, I'd rather they look into utilizing sytem resources better, and speed up this behemoth. Maybe then i could almost make some money with it.

[seventwo]

True, I stretch it across.

Maybe what youo're looking for is dockable palettes?

As far as the automatic spread across both monitors, you can probably use 3rd party software to do that (until Autodesk incorporates it).

I've used http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/ in the past, although not with Revit.