Status Bar

From left to right in the image above, the blue Status Bar shows the following:

Status message

Displays messages and progress information about your actions in the current tool. You can also view these messages in the top left of the Design window by selecting Show status messages in window in the Popular options.

You can hover over status icons in the message window to see tool tips.

The number of objects affected is included in status messages.
Quick measurement Displays simple measurements of the selected object(s), such as the distance between two objects or the X, Y, Z coordinate of a point. See Quick measurements. Use the Measure tool for other types of measurements, such as volume and mass. You can select the text that appears here for copy and paste operations.
Error, warning and information messages Displays messages as they occur. Click the icon to display all the messages currently relevant to your design. Click a message to highlight the object referenced by the message. Double-click a message to select the object(s) referenced by the message. Enable the Zoom option to zoom into the affected objects in the Design window when you double-click the message.
Selection list Shows you a list of objects you currently have selected. Hover over the list area on the status bar to see a complete list. When Pattern is selected in the Structure tree, the selection list updates to display the number of patterns included in the design.
Select Parents or Select Children
Depending on the selection, you can select the parents (up arrow) of the currently selected objects or the children (down arrow) of the currently selected objects.
Revert selection Reverts your selection to your previous selection.
Selection Filter

Allows you to choose what can be selected in the Design window. A label in the status bar displays the currently selected object.

Enable or disable the Smart selection check box for additional control over filtering:

  • Enable Smart to collapse the Selection Filter. In this case, only the Box Selection options are selectable.

  • Disable Smart to expand the Selection Filter to show all choices. See Filtering the Selection for details.
Selection mode Choose Box, Lasso, or Paint.
View controls

Use these controls to spin, pan, zoom, and switch to previous or next views. You can also change your view using the tools found in the Orient group, which is found on most tabs.

When spinning, you can also select one of the following from the Spin pull-up menu:

  • On Center to spin around the center of your design
  • On Cursor to spin around the cursor location
  • Rotate 90 Clockwise to rotate your design 90° in a clockwise direction
  • Rotate 90 Counterclockwise to rotate your design 90° in a counterclockwise direction

When zooming, you can also select one of the following from the Zoom pull-up menu:

  • Zoom Extents to zoom the selection so that it fills the Design window
  • Zoom Box In to zoom into a selected area
  • Zoom In to zoom into the view
  • Zoom Out to zoom out from the view