Status bars

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Status bars

The area at the bottom of the application window displays status information and includes some controls for changing the view.

The controls on the left side of the uppermost status bar show the following:

• Online/offline switch
• Two-dimensional/three-dimensional buttons
• The vertical exaggeration setting (Click the down arrow to select a different setting.)
• Command (Displays the command line window.)

The controls on the right side of the uppermost status bar show the following:

• Warnings (View warnings by clicking the icon.)
• The current view scale (Change this by clicking the down arrow.)
• Whether styling is linked to zooming (Toggle this by clicking the lock icon.)
• Autodesk Trusted DWG (This indicates that the drawing is a DWG, DWT, or DWS file that was created with Autodesk applications or RealDWG™-based applications that are trusted by Autodesk.)
• Drawing Status bar menu (Click the arrow to see choices.)

The controls on the left side of the lower status bar show the following:

• Current cursor coordinates
• AutoCAD tools

The controls on the right side of the lower status bar show the following:

• Model/layout buttons (View model and display space and add layouts.)
• AutoCAD viewing tools
• Workspace switching
• Toolbar/Window Position locking (Toggle the locked status of toolbars and windows.)
• Application status bar menu (Click the arrow to see choices.)
• Clean Screen (Toggle the display of all tool areas.)

Instructions for the current command will replace some status bar items, and some items will appear only while an operation is in progress, for example, publishing or plotting.