DesignCAD User
Interface
The DesignCAD drawing screen is shown below.
Descriptions of the components follow. For
details on how to maximize, minimize, open, and
close windows, refer to your Windows
documentation.
Command Menu: Contains the drop-down
menu selections. From the Command Menu you
can pick every available DesignCAD command.
Coordinate Bar: Displays the cursor's location
in 2D or 3D space depending on whether 2D
Mode is active or not. If you are executing a
drawing command, it displays the distance moved
from the last point set as DX, DY, and DZ (DZ is
not displayed in 2D Mode).
Main Toolbox: Contains graphic icons for the
most frequently used drawing commands.
Scroll Bars: Let you pan across a drawing that is
larger than the screen size.
Snap Toolbox: Contains commands to set points
at specific locations in the drawing, such as
midpoints and intersections.
Status Bar: Displays quick help on using the
current command. The Status Bar may be
replaced with a progress bar for certain
commands, such as the Shading command.
Toolboxes: Contains a number of icons to speed
the selection of frequently used commands and
functions.
Units of Measurement
Menu: Options / Units of Measurement
Lets you specify the base units of measurement
for three sets of circumstances:
Units for Current Drawing: Sets (or changes)
the default base units for the current drawing.
Changing the current drawing's base units does
not affect the numeric value of the distance
between two points - in other words, if you switch
from inches to miles, the length of what was
