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The Chief Architect Environment

Menus

Toolbars
Tabbed
Side
Windows
Tool
Palette
Library
Browser

Selected
Object Library
Preview
Temporary Panes
Dimension
Interface
Toggles
Edit
Toolbar Reference Crosshair Pointer Status Bar
Grid Lines Lines

Interface Toggles Default Behavior. See “Defaults, Prefer-
ences, and Edit Behaviors” on page 208.
A number of useful drawing and editing
behaviors, as well as the display of important When a setting is turned on, its icon will
elements in the interface, can be easily display a small checkmark at its lower right
enabled and disabled using the menus and corner and have a border around it in both the
toolbars. For example: toolbars and the menu.
• Object Snaps, Angle Snaps, and Grid Object Snaps is disabled
Snaps can be toggled on or off as needed.
Individual Object Snaps and Extension
Snaps can be toggled as well. See “Snap
Behaviors” on page 167.
Angle Snaps is enabled
• Display Elements like Print Preview,
Show Line Weights, and the Reference Many of these interface elements are global
Display can be turned on when needed Preferences while others are file-specific
and then toggled off. default settings. See “Default Settings vs
• Special Edit Behaviors can be enabled for Preferences” on page 86.
particular tasks, then replaced by the

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