Status Bar

Scale

Drawings only:

Displays the current scale. If there is no value to display -:- is displayed.

Cursor coordinates

Drawings only:

Indicates the cursor position on the drawing canvas.

Selected Record(s)

Engineer grids only:

Displays the total number of selected grid records.

Show Notifications

Engineer only:

Displays the notifications window.

Messages

As actions are carried out, messages relating to these actions display on the status bar. For example, claiming or releasing records.

Session Defaults

Engineer only:

Default values for new records can be defined for a session. These values automatically populate fields in the Create element information window which is used to create a record.

Grid (Ctrl+F7)

Drawings only:

Turns the grid and ruler display on or off.

Functionality is available to define the display of the grid using the Grid Settings window.

Open Grid Settings

Drawings only:

Defines the grid settings. The grid settings are defined using the Grid Settings window.

Grid Snap (Ctrl+F9)

Drawings only:

Turns grid snapping on or off.

To temporarily override the current snap to grid setting, hold down the Shift key when manipulating an element.

Polar Tracking (Ctrl+F10)

Drawings only:

Turns the display of polar coordinates on or off.

If polar tracking drawing mode is on, objects can only be manipulated using angle and distance coordinates.

Orthogonal Lock (Ctrl+F8)

Drawings only:

Turns orthogonal drawing mode on or off.

If orthogonal drawing mode is on, objects can only be manipulated in a horizontal or vertical direction.

To temporarily override the current orthogonal drawing mode setting, hold down the Shift key when manipulating an object.

Dynamic Hints (Ctrl+F12)

Drawings only:

Turns the display of non-coordinate related information on or off.

Alignment Snapping

Drawings only:

Turns object snapping using alignment guides on or off.

Alignment guides are used to align an object with another object. When the two objects are aligned, the alignment guides are displayed on the drawing canvas.

Nearest create to grid snapping

Drawings only:

Turns nearest create object snapping on or off using grid spacing.

The nearest create snaps are displayed at the intersection of objects and the grid.

The functionality is only available when Grid Snap is turned on. Functionality is available to define the display of the grid using the Grid Settings window.

Nearest create to locked coordination snapping

Drawings only:

Turns nearest create object snapping on or off when locked coordinates are specified in the context editor.

The nearest create snaps are displayed as crosshairs on objects along the locked coordinate axis.

Graphical snaps attachment creation with new connection point

Drawings only:

Turns graphical snaps attachment creation with new connection point on or off. If a valid connection is available, a connection point is created at the snap point.

Functionality is available to define the object snap settings using Open Object Snap Options.

Additional Grips

Drawings only:

Turns the display of additional line dimension, connector, outline and section plane grips on or off.

Connector orthogonal mode

Drawings only:

Turns orthogonal connector mode on or off.

If orthogonal connector mode is on, connectors can only be manipulated in a horizontal or vertical direction.

This also applies to validation and regeneration of connectors when attached elements are modified. For example, after moving an attached symbol, the connector is validated with orthogonal/routing mode and updated if not valid.

Connection Point Routing

Drawings only:

Turns connection point routing mode on or off.

If connection point routing mode is on, the connector is routed to match the connection point direction of the first/last segment, for example:

Connections can still be made using the symbol position (if the symbol has no connection point).

If connection point routing mode is off, no routing segment is created on the connector, for example:

This also applies to validation and regeneration of connectors when attached elements are modified. For example, after moving an attached symbol, the connector is validated with orthogonal/routing mode and updated if not valid.

Connection full generation on first / last vertex stretch.

Drawings only:

Turns full connection generation on or off when the first or last vertex of a connector is stretched.

If full connection generation is on, the connector is completely regenerated when the first or last vertex is stretched.

If full connection generation is off, only adjacent connector segments are regenerated when the first or last vertex is stretched.

Regeneration is not always full (from first to last vertex), if there is an inside reference position, full regeneration applies from the stretched first/last vertex to the reference position.

In-canvas line weights

Drawings only:

Turns the display of line weights on or off.

Object Snapping (Ctrl+F3)

Turns object snapping on or off.

To temporarily override the current object snap setting, hold down the Shift key and right click the mouse button.

Functionality is available to define the object snap settings using Open Object Snap Options.

Open Object Snap Options

Drawings only:

Click to modify the object snap settings.