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2 Check Status Bar to activate the Status Vector Views. See “Color On/Off” on
Bar at the bottom of the main program page 202.
window. See “The Status Bar” on page 43. • Menus - Check Show Icons to display
• Check Show Screen Redraw Time to tool icons next to items in the menus.
display the number of seconds it takes to • Color Off is - Specify whether views
redraw the current view. appear in Black and White or Grayscale
• Check Show Coordinates to display the when color is toggled off. Does not apply
coordinates of your cursor at all times on to any 3D views aside from Vector Views.
the right side of the Status Bar. See “Vector View” on page 1106.
The coordinates’ number style is controlled 5 Specify whether Dialog Previews use
in the Number Style/Angle Style dialog. the Standard or Vector View
See “Dialog Number/Angle Style Dialog” on Rendering Technique by default. See “Dialog
page 137. Preview Panes” on page 42.
3 Specify the on-screen display of Line 6 Specify how Toolbars present child
Weights. See “Line Weights” on page tools when a parent button is clicked.
1331. • Choose Parent-Child to display child
• Check Show Line Weights to represent tools as buttons at the end of the toolbar
line weights on-screen. Depending on where the parent button resides.
your zoom factor and your monitor’s res- • Choose Drop Down to display child tools
olution, lines may appear to be wider on when the drop-down arrow to the right of
screen than when they are printed. Zoom- the parent button is clicked.
ing closer may reflect a more accurate
idea of the actual line width. • Uncheck Scale Toolbar Icons for High
DPI to prevent toolbar icons from becom-
• Specify the Minimum Display Weight, ing larger on systems running Windows 7
in Pixels. This is the lowest line weight or 8 and using high DPI resolution. When
possible on screen, regardless of how far checked, toolbar buttons will increase in
you zoom out. A Minimum Display size when high DPI is used. Not available
Weight of 0 is the same as 1. This setting in the Mac version of the software.
is ignored when printing or when Print
Preview is enabled. 7 Uncheck Side Window Drag Docking
to prevent undocked side windows
4 Display - from docking when moved using the mouse.
A side window can still be docked to its last
docked location by double-clicking its title
• Images and Pictures - Check Display in
Color when Possible to display pictures bar. See “View and Side Windows” on page
36.
and images in color even when Color
is toggled off. Does not affect the display • Top/Bottom Docking - Check the box
of images in any 3D views aside from beside a side window’s name to allow it to
dock on the top and bottom edges of the

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