Civil 3D Tip: Expand Categories in Toolspace

January 23, 2025

There are times when you want to see all of the contents in a category or even the entire drawing.

To easily do this without clicking the Expand button for each category, simply click the category you want to expand (or the drawing name) and press CTRL + SHIFT + right arrow key. To collapse a category, press CTRL + SHIFT + left arrow key.

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Geoff Ashworth

Geoff has been working in the civil/survey industry since 2000 as a survey crew chief and civil designer. He has worked on a variety of projects from survey field to finish surveys, DOT plans, lead grading on landfills and site plans. Geoff has experience working in both MicroStation and Civil 3D and has led the transition to Civil 3D from previous design softwares at several engineering firms.