Palettes Reference
Palettes are areas that manage drawing entities, properties, and resources.
For information about working with palettes, see the Palettes topic.
The following palettes are provided with the application:
- Properties Palette. Lets you view and change drawing entity properties.
- Trinity Block Library. Lets you search blocks from predefined libraries and insert them into your drawing.
- Block Structure. Lets you find and insert blocks.
- Online Help. Displays the online help.
- Sheet Set Manager. Lets you organize, and manage drawing sheets using drawing sheet sets.
- Smart Calculator. Lets you perform mathematical, scientific, trigonometric computations, and measurement conversions at any time.
- Layers Manager Palette. Controls layers and layer properties and lets you apply layer group or property filters.
- 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.
- Drawing Recovery Manager Palette. Lets you recover drawings after unexpected system failures.
- Drawing Compare Palette. Lets you visually compare two drawings and identify changes that occurred from one version of the drawing to another.
- Version Manager Palette. Lets you compare the current drawing with previously saved versions maintained by a supported Cloud Storage.
- 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.
- Tool Palettes. Groups all tools for creating and managing custom palettes.
- Parameters. Lets you view and modify Dimensional Constraints parameters.
- Plugins Palette. Lets you manage application plugins provided by third-party vendors.
- Home Palette. Contains centralized links to online and web tutorials and webinars, community resources and support, and the latest CAD news.
If your license includes BIM solution, the following palettes are available:
- BIM Navigator. Groups all tools necessary to import the BIM files and control the visibility of BIM entities in the graphics area.
- BIM Material Mapper. Lets you map BIM material names to the material available in the BIM Drawings Materials Styles Library.
- BIM Label Library. Lets you specify a default label for each category of BIM entities and displays labels available in the software, grouped according to their category.
If your license includes the cloud-based solution, the following palettes are available:
- Cloud Storage. Groups the functionalities for accessing the drawings stored on the Cloud Storage.
- Comments. Lets you add, edit, and delete comments and markups.