Use this page to show or hide certain objects in the drawing.

Option

 

Description

CAD Objects

Show hatches

Select a hatches display setting from this dropdown list. The options are All and None.

Show images

Select an images display setting from this dropdown list. The options are All and None.

Show attributes

Select an attributes display setting from this dropdown list. The options are All, All + Invisible and None.

Show text

Select a text display setting from this dropdown list. The options are All, Text to Boxes and None.

Show dimensions

Select a dimension display setting from this dropdown list. The options are All and None.

Annotative Objects

This toggles the display between:

  • All - Show all the annotative objects.

  • Current Scale Only - Show only those that support the current scale.

Show Splines

Display the splines according to the following options:

  • Smooth - Very accurately.

  • Normal - A series of very short line segments.

  • Fast - A series of longer line segments.

 

Option

 

Description

Tools

Show geometry

Select this checkbox to display geometry.

Show polar coordinates

Select this checkbox to display polar coordinates - distance and direction from last clicked point - in the Status Bar rather than the normal XYZ coordinates.

Show relative coordinates

Display the coordinates relative to the last reference point

Show big cursor

Select this checkbox to attach a large cross to the normal cursor. The cross runs from edge to edge on the drawing window.

Show arc centers

Select this checkbox to display the centre point of all arcs, circles and ellipses.

Show DP axis at DP origin

Select this checkbox to display the DP axis indicator at the DP origin point, rather than at the bottom right of the drawing window.

Show dimension anchors

Select this checkbox to show the definition points of dimensions.

Simple Annotative Scaling

Enable or disable annotative scaling.