DesignSpark Mechanical Online Help

Status bar

From left to right in the image above, the blue Status Bar shows the following:

• Status message: Displays messages and progress information about your actions in the current tool. You can also view these messages in the top left of the Design windowArea in the user interface that displays your model or assembly. Also known as Workspace. by selecting Show status messages in window in the Popular options.

  You can hover over status icons in the message window to see tool tips.

  The number of objects affected is included in status messages.

• Quick measurement: Displays simple measurements of the selected object(s), such as the distance between two objects or the X, Y, Z coordinate of a point. See Quick measurements. Use the Measure tool for other types of measurements, such as volume and mass. You can select the text that appears here for copy and paste operations.
• Error, warning and information messages: Displays messages as they occur. Click the icon to display all the messages currently relevant to your design. Click a message to highlight the object referenced by the message. Double-click a message to select the object(s) referenced by the message. Enable the Zoom option to zoom into the affected objects in the Design windowArea in the user interface that displays your model or assembly. Also known as Workspace. when you double-click the message.
• Selection list: Shows you a list of objects you currently have selected. Hover over the list area on the status bar to see a complete list. When Pattern is selected in the Structure treeDisplay in the Structure panel that shows you each of the objects in your design. You can expand or collapse the nodes of the tree to view the objects. You can rename objects, create, modify, replace, and delete objects, as well as work with components., the selection list updates to display the number of patterns included in the design.
• Select Parents or Select Children : Depending on the selection, you can select the parents (up arrow) of the currently selected objects or the children (down arrow) of the currently selected objects.
• Revert selection : Reverts your selection to your previous selection.

• Selection FilterSee Selection filter : Allows you to choose what can be selected in the Design windowArea in the user interface that displays your model or assembly. Also known as Workspace.. A label in the status bar displays the currently selected object.

  You can enable or disable the Smart selection checkbox for additional control over filtering:

  • Enable Smart to collapse the Selection FilterSee Selection filter. In this case, only the Box Selection options are selectable.

  • Disable Smart to expand the Selection FilterSee Selection filter to show all choices, as shown below:

  

• Selection mode : Choose Box, Lasso, or Paint.

• ViewOrientation settings that you can apply to your design, including spin, pan, and zoom. You can adjust these settings individually or you can apply one of the following preconfigured views: Trimetric, Isometric, Top, Bottom, Front, Back, Right, Left. You can also select Snap View and click a face to view it head-on. controls : Use these controls to spin, pan, zoom, and switch to previous or next views. You can also change your view using the tools found in the Orient group, which is found on most tabs.

  When spinning, you can also select one of the following from the SpinTool used to re-orient your design in any direction, allowing you to view it from any angle. pull-up menu:

  • On Center to spin around the center of your design
  • On Cursor to spin around the cursor location
  • RotateDesign: Using the Rotate tool to spin a design 90 degrees in the plane of the screen. You can rotate your design clockwise or counterclockwise. Object: Using the MoveA tool used to translate or rotate geometry. handle to spin an object around an axis. 90 Clockwise to rotate your design 90° in a clockwise direction
  • RotateDesign: Using the Rotate tool to spin a design 90 degrees in the plane of the screen. You can rotate your design clockwise or counterclockwise. Object: Using the MoveA tool used to translate or rotate geometry. handle to spin an object around an axis. 90 Counterclockwise to rotate your design 90° in a counterclockwise direction

  When zooming, you can also select one of the following from the Zoom pull-up menu:

  • Zoom ExtentsThe outer boundaries of the objects you have drawn. to zoom the selection so that it fills the Design windowArea in the user interface that displays your model or assembly. Also known as Workspace.
  • Zoom Box In to zoom into a selected area
  • Zoom In to zoom into the view
  • Zoom Out to zoom out from the view