The status bar

The status bar is located at the bottom of the drawing area.

  • It shows tool tips when you hover over a tool button on the status bar.
  • It allows to enter command names and prompts command options when the command window is closed.
  • It displays the current state of entity settings: layer, color, line style... and allows to edit these settings.
    Note: These are turned off in any workspace by default.
  • It displays the current dim style and text style and allows to set them.
  • It displays the current state of drawing aids, such as entity snap, and allows to toggle them on/off.
  • ...

Click the small black down arrow at the right side of the status bar to manage the display of the fields.