Toolbars

User interface

If the configuration you use is not the Actionbar configuration, you select tools on toolbars instead of using the Actionbar.

Using toolbars

Like the Actionbar, toolbars include icons you can click to select tools. Positioning the cursor over an icon displays a ToolTip with a short description of the tool.

You can arrange toolbars around the edge of the workspace (this is the default) or make them float anywhere on your screen. To float a toolbar, click the top border of the toolbar or its edge, press and hold down the left mouse button, and drag the toolbar into the workspace.

You can use Fix Toolbars on the View menu to protect the toolbars from being moved inadvertently.

Note: You can find detailed information on how to customize and work with toolbars at the end of "Customizing the user interface".

Basic Tools toolbar

The top half of the Basic Tools toolbar includes all the important tools. These are tools that you will require time and again – for example, drafting, text, dimensioning and edit tools. These tools are always available in the same configuration in all the modules.
The bottom half includes the tool for accessing the Modules palette and module-specific tools in the Create, Create II and Change flyouts. The contents of these tools change with the module you select. (The illustration shows the contents of the flyouts for the Draft module.)

Note: An empty icon is displayed when the Create II or Change flyouts do not include any tools.