Status Bar

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

It is divided into the following areas:

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.

Drafting Settings

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

• Snap (Snap Grid)
• Grid (Grid Display)
• Ortho (Ortho Mode)
• Polar (Polar Guides)
• ESnap (Entity Snaps)
• ETrack (ETrack Guides)

For all of these options, right-click to specify Settings.

Other Options

• QInput. Turns on and off QuickInput.
• Cycling Selection. Turns on and off Cycling Selection.
• LWeight. Turns on and off LineWeights display.
• MODEL / SHEET. When the Model tab is active, this option switches to the most recently used layout Sheet. When a layout Sheet is active, this option switches between the Sheet workspace and the Model workspace of the most recently used Viewport.
• Dynamic CCS. Turns on and off the Dynamic Custom Coordinate System (Dynamic CCS).
• Viewport Lock. Locks and unlocks the display of the specified view ports. The button appears on the status bar only when you select a viewport in the graphics area.
• AMonitor. Turns on and off the Annotation Monitor.
• Annotation. Lets you select the current annotative scale.

Coordinate Display

Next to the option buttons the status bar shows the X-, Y-, and Z-coordinates of the pointer.

Notification Area

The notification area of the status bar displays a balloon to indicate that an external reference drawing has changed and needs reloading.

Right-clicking the Reference icon () displays a menu:

• References. Displays the References palette.
• Reload References. Drawings that contain referenced drawings are displayed in their current states.