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.
• 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.
• Home Palette. Contains centralized links to online and web tutorials and webinars, community resources and support, and the latest CAD news.

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