Now to get the menubar open you’ll type the command ‘menubar’ and enter. Now type the command ‘filetabclose’ and enter to close the tabs at the top of the drawing area showing the files that are open. You will now see an empty AutoCAD with no ribbon visible. Type the command ‘ribbonclose’ and enter to close the Ribbon. This is frustrating for some users but here is a way to set up AutoCAD’s User interface so that it looks like he old classic Mode.įirst, open AutoCAD and a new drawing. Since AutoCAD version 2015 the Classic mode workspace as a preset has been taken away.