Status Bar

Show Notifications

Click to display the Notifications window. The number of new notifications is displayed in a red box.

Scale

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

Cursor coordinates

DRAW only:
Indicate the cursor position within the 2D sheet.

User Messages

As actions are carried out, user messages relating to these actions display on the status bar. For example, errors or warnings.

Click to display the User Messages window which records all the user messages issued in a session.

Click again to close the User Messages window.

Grid (F7)

Turns the grid and ruler display on or off. Functionality is available to define the display of the grid. See Object Snap Settings for further information.

Grid Snap (F9)

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 (F10)

Turns the display of polar coordinates on or off.

Orthogonal Lock (F8)

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 (F12)

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

Additional Grips

Model only: Turns on the additional Chamfer and Fillet grips.

DRAW only:
Turns on the additional Line Dimension, Outline and Section Plane grips.

Distance Snap

Turns distance snapping on or off. The distance is set using the Object Snapping Settings window. See Object Snap Settings for further information.

Projected Start / End

Turns projected snap mode on or off.

If projected snap mode is on, the cursor snaps to the connection node of a GENSEC or to the item start/end point if not connected.

Midpoint snapping is measured between the midpoint of the connection nodes if a GENSEC is connected or the item start/end points if not connected.

Significant Snaps

Turns significant snap mode on or off.

If significant snap mode is on, the cursor snaps to the connection node of a GENSEC.

Midpoint snapping is measured between the midpoint of the connection nodes of a GENSEC.

Project Snaps onto LCS

Specifies if object snaps are projected to the working plane.

Object Snapping (F3)

Turns object snapping on or off.

Functionality is available to define the object snap settings. See Object Snap Settings for further information.

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

Open object snap options

Click to define the default object snap settings, P-line filter settings and grid settings. See Object Snap Settings for further information.

Linked grips on/off

DRAW only:
Turns linked grips mode on or off.

If linked grips mode is on, you can modify a number of selected objects using a single grip.

In-canvas line weights

DRAW only:
Turns the display of line weights on or off.

Automatic update design

DRAW only:
Turns automatic design updating on or off. If this is set, database and settings changes are applied automatically. If it is not set, such changes must be applied manually.

Grey out entities from owners other than the current owner

DRAW only:
When a view is selected, you can grey out other parts of a drawing that are not owned by you. Refer to Create and Modify Views for further information.

Canvas background gradient

DRAW only:
Turns the canvas background gradient on or off.

Date and Time

To display the date and time, on the status bar, right-click and select Display Date or Display Time from the drop-down list. Repeat the command to remove the date and time from the status bar.