Top 10 AutoCAD Customizations Everyone Should Be Using

The default AutoCAD interface is pretty good - but it could be a lot better. There are 10 AutoCAD customizations that I think are critical for almost all AutoCAD users. Regardless of your level of experience, or type of work that you do.
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:05 Docking the Command Line
2:25 Displaying the Coordinates
4:03 Close the Navigation Bar
5:00 Hide Unused Panels
7:09 Layer Manager Fun
7:55 Auto Hide Palettes
8:47 Save Your Changes
9:45 Why Custom Command Aliases
11:43 Aliases for AutoCAD LT
13:32 Aliases for Full AutoCAD
14:36 Change Right-Click
15:51 Final Thoughts
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[@Boppsta712]

You had me at "Read the Command Line"

[@ATCCAD]

😂 It's definitely Rule #1! Just barely beating out Rule #2 : Undo is your friend

[@viniciusbraga5846]

100% useful! Thanks for sharing this

[@ATCCAD]

Thank you!

[@TheModelmaker123]

The right click mouse was great. I've resisted using the direct entry because to the need to take my hand off the mouse.

[@ATCCAD]

Ha! Another convert (why isn't there an evil laugh emoji?) You can also use the spacebar if you're a left hand on the keyboard kind of person

[@fadisoueidi4127]

I am loving these tutorials. I have a long way to go though... 😂

[@ATCCAD]

Thank you! If it makes you feel better, I've been using AutoCAD for 30 years, and I still learn new things about it!

[@Alexp9508]

Do you have a video on your changing autocad to look like microstation? I have a company of 50 employees currently making the switch from microstation to civil3d, some of them have been working in MS for 30 years. I have been trying to get everyone trained up but I am a novice myself. This may be more helpful for the older employees. Thanks

[@ATCCAD]

I have done something similar for a client in the past. They were moving several hundred users from Microstation J to AutoCAD 200(something). So making regular AutoCAD look like regular Microstation is definitely possible.
I'm not sure if the same could be done to make Civil 3D look like Inroads. The Civil 3D toolbox isn't nearly as customizable as the AutoCAD ribbon (and the workflows will still be very different).
I do not have a video for this process. Mainly because it would be a 27 hour video of me doing pixel art!
Out of curiosity, what version of Microstation are you trying to reproduce?