Changing the Control Panel Display

The entire control panel can be displayed or hidden by selecting "View/Control Panel" from the Main Menu. When the panel is hidden then re-displayed, the controls show will be remembered.

The width of the control panel can be changed by right-clicking down and dragging the right edge of the panel.

At the top of the control panel is a heading that applies to the entire panel. Each control in the panel also has a heading. Each heading has buttons to control the display of controls in the panel:

•  -  Add a control below the control containing the button pressed. A context menu will be displayed listing the available controls. Any controls currently displayed will be checked. If you select a currently displayed control, it will be deleted from its current position and inserted below the current control.
•  -  Close the control containing the button pressed. If this button is pressed for the top heading (the control panel heading) you will be asked if you wish to close the entire control panel.
•  -  This button only appears on controls that can be minimized and maximized. When a control is minimized, only the heading is displayed and a maximize button is displayed in place of the minimize button. Pressing the maximize button re-displays the full control. Some controls have a fixed size and don't display a minimize or maximize button.

For controls that DON'T have a fixed size and aren't minimized, the height of the control can be changed by right-clicking down on the bottom edge of the control and dragging it to the desired height.

Operating Individual Controls

The Control Panel Heading Control

This control is used to close the entire control panel and to add controls at the top of the panel. It has no other purpose.

The Bird's Eye View Control

This control displays a thumbnail image of the current drawing. The current view of the drawing is indicated by a blue rectangle. You can scroll the main window view by dragging the blue rectangle in the Bird's Eye control.

The Drawing List Control

This control displays a list of all the drawings for the current project. You can double-click on a drawing to display it. You can also put the focus on the list, navigate with the up and down arrow keys and press the Enter key to display a drawing. The image on the left of each drawing indicates the status of the drawing as described for the Current Drawing in the Project Toolbar.

The Layer List Control

This control displays a list of the standard layers and their current visibility status. The visibility status is indicated by two symbols on the left side of each row. The first symbol indicates the default visibility setting for all drawings. It is one of the following:

•  -  Show measurements and annotations assigned to this layer.
•  -  Hide measurements and annotations assigned to this layer.

The second symbol indicates the visibility setting for this specific drawing. It is one of the following:

•  -  There is no specific setting for this drawing. The layer visibility will be determined by the default setting (above).
•  -  Show measurements and annotations assigned to this layer in this drawing.
•  -  Hide measurements and annotations assigned to this layer in this drawing.

You can change the visibility for a layer by clicking on the buttons. You can change the visibility for ALL layers by holding down the Ctrl key while clicking on a button.

The Quantity List Control

This control displays the quantities for the currently selected measurement. If no measurement or multiple measurements are selected this control will be blank. The default quantity for the measurement is highlighted.

The Rotation Control

This control displays the rotation angle for the current drawing. You can rotate the current drawing by clicking the rotation buttons.