Modifying Entities Using the Heads-Up Display Toolbar

You can use a Heads-up Display toolbar that appears when you select entities in the graphics area:

Using Heads-up Display, you can quickly zoom to the specified entities, change the entities Layer, LineStyle, and LineWeight, dimension entities, or create a Block from the entities.

You can turn the Heads-up Display on and off.

The toolbar is dragable. If you do not click an option, it disappears shortly thereafter. To redisplay it, specify an entity that you already selected. You can set the display duration of the toolbar.

To turn the Heads-up Display toolbar on and off:

  1. Click Tools > Options (or type Options).
  2. In the dialog box, expand User Preferences > Drafting Options > Heads-Up Display.
  3. Do one of the following:
    • Click Enable heads-up toolbar to display the Heads-up Display toolbar automatically when you select entities.
    • Clear Enable heads-up toolbar to prevent the display of the Heads-up Display toolbar.
  4. In Heads-up toolbar display time, set a time (in milliseconds) before the Heads-up toolbar disappears from display.
  5. Click OK.

To modify entities using the Heads-up Display toolbar:

  1. In the graphics area, specify one or more entities.

    The Heads-up Display toolbar appears near the pointer.

  2. Select an option:

    Option Button Description See also
    Zoom to Selection Zooms to the bounding box of the selected entities. Zoom to Selected Entities
    LineStyle Sets the LineStyle for the selected entities. To load LineStyles, use the LineStyle command. Loading and Setting LineStyles
    LineWeight Sets the LineWeight for the selected entities. Setting the Active LineWeight
    Layers Manager Displays the Layers Manager dialog box. You can create or modify Layers. Managing Layers
    Entity to Active Layer Changes the Layer of the selected entities to the active Layer. Changing Entities to the Active Layer
    Change Entity Layer Changes the Layer of the selected entities to match a destination Layer. Specify an entity on the destination Layer or specify the Layer Name option and select a Layer in the Choose New Layer dialog box. Matching Layers
    SmartDimension Creates a linear, radial, or diameter Dimension depending on the entity you selected. This option invokes the SmartDimension command. Using SmartDimensions
    Make Block Creates a Block from the selected entities. This option invokes the MakeBlock command. Defining Blocks