The application is operated from the Add-Ins tab, and Color Tabs panel. To turn the tab colorization, simply click the “Color Tabs” button. Tabs are immediately colorized based on which project they belong to.

The “Opened projects” button reveals the status bar below the Ribbon. All open projects are listed on this bar. Users can close any project including all the open tabs of said project by simply closing the project from the status bar.

The “Setup” button opens the settings dialogue. Users can adjust styles of tab coloring – change the color of the tab background and set the color and thickness of the tab border. Project and family tab color styles are set independently of each other. Users are not limited in the number of styles they can create and use.

Installation is performed by running the install file. Standard install procedure follows. After the first start of the plugin, the Holixa license login has to be completed. Choose “Web Licence” fill in credentials and confirm with “Connect”. For the trial version choose “Web Licence” and then “Start trial version”.

To uninstall this plug-in, exit the Autodesk product if you are currently running it, click Control Panel > Programs > Programs and Features, and uninstall as you would any other application from your system.

In the case of a forgotten password to the Holixa license, the user can reset the password by clicking the „Forgot your password?“ button on the Holixa License Management Site.

The complete user documentation is available on the Color Tabs documentation page.