Status Bar

The status bar is located at the bottom of the application window.

It is divided into three areas: tooltips, drafting settings, and coordinate display.

Tooltips

The left side of the status bar displays tooltips. If you move the pointer over toolbar icons or menu items, a description of the command or function displays in the tooltips area.

Sheets Manager

The flyout () in the bottom-left corner provides access to the Sheets Manager.

Model and Sheet Navigation

When the Model tab is active, this switches to the most recently used layout Sheet. When a layout Sheet is active, this switches between the Sheet workspace and the Model workspace of the most recently used Viewport.

You can navigate between multiple sheets using the Sheets Manager or the arrow buttons () on the status bar.

Palette Display

The flyout () in the middle of the status bar lets you display or hide palettes and the command window.

Snap Settings

The flyout () in the middle of the status bar lets you control the entity snap modes for drawing and editing.

Shaded View

The flyout () in the middle of the status bar lets you control the appearance of 3D models.

Drafting Settings

The middle of the status bar contains buttons to turn on and off drafting options. These are:

Other Options

Coordinate Display

The right side of the status bar shows the X-, Y-, and Z-coordinates of the pointer.

Parent Topic

Drawing Editor User Interface