Status Bar

Description

Display the status bar to view the current state of the application and the project settings.
Access

View / Show / Status Bar
Controls
Control Description
Status Bar Select the box to view the status bar.
Status Bar

The status bar displays below the work area. The following items display:

Item Description
Status Message The current state of the application or instruction on actions required.
Prompt Display notification or prompts in the bottom left corner of the screen. Use the prompts when creating cad objects in a CAD drawing.
Zoom When in a CAD drawing, select the zoom level to view the sheet at real world size.
Mouse Pointer Coordinates The coordinates of the mouse pointer.
Coordinate System The projects coordinate system.
Linear Unit The projects linear unit (abbreviated) or when a drawing view is active the drawings linear unit.
Angular Unit The projects angular unit (abbreviated).
Area Unit The projects area unit (abbreviated) or when a drawing view is active the drawings area unit.
Direction Type The projects direction type.
If the direction type is 'Local Plane' the name of the local rotation is displayed in parentheses.
Distance Type The projects distance type.
If the distance type is 'Local Plane' the name of the local scale is displayed in parentheses.
Notes
  • Right click the status bar to configure the items that display in the status bar.
  • The active view tab will also determine the items that display in the status bar.
  • Name the local rotation with the rotation value to view the local rotation value in the status bar.
  • Name the local scale with the scale value to view the local scale value in the status bar.
  • A maximum of 5 Local Plane distance types and 5 Local Plane direction types display in the list.
  • Since all screen resolutions vary, selecting a 100% zoom to display a CAD drawing, may display objects slightly smaller or larger than the real world size. You can calibrate your screen using the MonitorScaleFactor in the Options category in the registry.
    1. Create a braced rectangle object of known length in your drawing or drawing viewport.
    2. Select a zoom of 100% in the status bar.
    3. Compare the known horizontal, vertical an diagonal lengths with the measured screen values.
    4. Compute a scale to account for any differences, then type the value in the registry setting.
    5. Close and reopen the application to view the changes, then compare your lines with new measurements to check your scale.
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