Toolbar

 

Toolbar is a collection of Tools. Tool buttons are grouped by their functionality into tool "bars". Similar tools are combined together in a toolbar for their easy placement and access. All of the toolbars have the ability to dock(be placed on the various edges of the drawing window) or place them anywhere on drawing screen.  A toolbar can be moved by one of following methods depending on position of the toolbar:

 

When a toolbar is moved near the edge of the hsCADCreator screen area, its title bar is removed and the toolbar tightly fits on the edge to save the screen space. Once you have managed to position the toolbars and tool windows to fit your needs you can manage their positions by using the following commands.  Visit Workspace Layout for more information on managing the layouts.

Save Layout (Saves the current placement and sizes of all user interface elements within the workspace)

Revert Layout (Returns the current placement and sizes of all user interface elements to the last Save Layout state)

Save As... Layout (Saves a layout file to a user defined location)
Load From... Layout (Loads a layout file from a user defined location)

 

Each toolbar in hsCADCreator can be customized weather that be size, location, tools located on the bar, or visibility.  To learn more about the modifications you can make to the toolbars visit the Customizing Toolbars chapter.

 

 

Flyout Toolbar

Many toolbars have one or more than one toolbars hidden within them. These are known as Flyout Toolbars. Flyout Toolbars are provided to save the screen space and allow easy access to different Tool Modes. Flyout Toolbars are sub-toolbars hidden withinthe normal toolbars and are designated by a small black arrow in the lower right hand corner of a toolbar icon  ( ).  By simply pointing at the icon with the mouse cursor and right clicking, this hidden submenu will appear. The user may now choose a tool from the sub toolbar by left clicking. When a user selects a tool from the Flyout toolbar the selected tool will take the place of the tool in the parent menu. 

       1. Activate the Flyout Toolbar:

Left Click on the ( ) down arrow located to the right of the icon.  This will activate the flyout toolbar.

 

2. Choosing New Tool to Activate:

       From the flyout toolbar select the tool you wish to use by left clicking on it.

 

3. Chosen Tool Replaces Old Tool in Parent Toolbar:

       After selection of the new tool notice that the chosen tool icon replaces the old icon in the parent toolbar.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Following Flyout Toolbars are present in hsCADCreator:

             

Entity Toolbar:

Arc Tools (4 additional tool choices available)

Dimension Tools (6 additional tool choices available)

              

View Toolbar:

Rotate View Tools (10 additional tool choices available)

               

Draw Plane/UCS Toolbar:

Preset UCS Snap Tools (6 additional tool choices available)     

Rotate Draw Plane Tools (4 additional tool choices available)

Translate Draw Plane Tools (4 additional tool choices available)

Clone Tools (4 additional tool choices available)

 

 

See also:

hsCADCreator Toolbars