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User Interface

The cumulative user interface is designed to accommodate both beginners and advanced users. Beginners can launch commands primarily from the toolbars and the menu bar. Since operations are executed through command definitions, history appears in the command prompt. These command names can be typed directly into the command line, enabling advanced users to launch functions more naturally and quickly than via UI selection.


Select functions through pull-down menus.

  • File Menu
  • DXF Import
  • DXF Export
  • JWW Import

Side Palettes​

Located on both sides of the screen.

  • Switching between active palettes
  • Palette closing behavior

File Management Palette​

Displays a list of currently open files.

  • Create New, Open, and Close operations
  • Table view of files
    • Edit status
    • File name
    • File path
    • File size
  • Selection of active files

Layer Management Palette​

Displays a list of layers in the active file.

  • Add, Sort, and Discard unused layers
  • Layer list table
    • Current layer indicator
    • Layer visibility
    • Layer name
    • Default color
    • Default linetype
    • Default linetype scale
    • Default transparency
    • Plot enable/disable

Block Management Palette​

Displays a list of block definitions in the active file.

  • Sort, Insert blocks, and Discard unused block definitions
  • Block list table
    • Block name
Future Considerations:​
  • Block previews
  • Block size display

Image Management Palette​

Displays a list of image definitions in the active file.

  • Image previews
  • Register, Discard, and Insert images with scale specification
  • Image definition list table
    • Image name
    • Image type
    • Image width
    • Image height
    • Image size

Property Management Palette​

Displays information and allows editing of properties for pre-selected shapes.

  • Number of selected objects
  • Pre-selection activation and deselection
  • General properties
    • Layer
    • Color
    • Linetype
    • Linetype scale
    • Transparency
  • Property display panel for selected objects
    • Panel display per object
    • Selection filtering and exclusion by object type
    • Display and editing of specific properties per object type

Drafting Aids Palette​

Configure settings for user input drafting aids. Changes can be made mid-command (transparently).

  • Object Snap
    • Endpoint, Midpoint, Center, Node, Quadrant, Intersection, Insertion, Perpendicular, Tangent, Nearest
  • Toggle Ortho Mode
  • Polar Tracking
  • Background color adjustment

Configure default printing methods for the drawing.

  • Launch PNG, SVG, or PDF printing
  • Print Settings
    • Paper size
    • Print orientation
  • Area Settings
    • Position
    • Rotation angle
    • Scale

Toolbar​

Contains fundamental commands grouped by category.

  • File operations
  • Drawing commands
  • Editing commands
  • Coordinate system operations

File Bar​

  • Select current file
  • Select current layer
  • Select current global linetype scale
  • Select current dimension scale

Command Line​

Execute commands directly.

  • Command Prompt
  • Command History

Utility Bar​

Displays information relevant to user input and environment status.

  • Coordinate system and current cursor coordinates
  • Toggle Object Snap
  • Toggle Grid
  • Toggle Ortho Mode
  • Toggle Polar Tracking
  • Toggle Print Range display
  • Toggle Text margin display

UI Control Buttons​

Open and close the side palettes.

  • Reset side palette to default width
  • Fully close side palettes