Palettes

Palettes are areas that manage drawing entities, properties, and resources.

The following palettes are provided with the application:

• Properties Palette. Lets you view and change drawing entity properties.
• References Palette. Lists and manages drawings and images that are referenced in a drawing.
• Design Resources Palette. Lets you access resources and contents from other drawings on your computer or network places.
• Lighting Palette. Lists and controls the lights inserted into the drawing to create realistic renderings.
• Tool Matrix Palette. Lets you collect and arrange toolbars on a panel.
• Layers Palette. Lets you filter the layers on the drawing.
• References Palette. Lists and manages drawings and images that are referenced in a drawing.

To save space in the graphic area, you can colapse palettes. You can expand them at any time.

To display a palette:

• On the status bar, click and select the palette to display:
  • Properties. Displays the Properties palette.
  • References. Displays the References palette.
  • Layers. Displays the Layers palette.

To colapse the palete:

• Click .

To expand the palette:

• Click .

Parent Topic

Drawing Editor User Interface