AutoVue Graphical User Interface
This section introduces you to the basics of working with AutoVue’s graphical user interface (GUI). The following image displays the AutoVue GUI for a 3D drawing:
Menu Bar
The menu bar is the main access to all the menu commands. The selection of commands changes according to the tasks being accomplished by AutoVue. In addition, the menu bar can be configured to include and exclude items via DDE scripting capabilities. For more information, refer to the AutoVue API Manual.
Toolbars
AutoVue has three toolbars: AutoVue toolbar, Markup Properties toolbar, and Markup Entity toolbar. The toolbars are fully adaptable to individual work preferences and can be easily customized, moved or removed. The toolbar buttons offer easy access to the options presented in the menus found in the menu bar.
To add buttons to a toolbar:
- Right-click anywhere on the toolbar and select Customize Toolbar.
The Customize dialog box appears.
- Select a menu option from the Categories list and a corresponding button from the Commands list.
A brief description of the button is provided in the Description field.
- Drag and drop the required buttons from the Commands list to the toolbar.
- Click Close to exit the Customize dialog box.
Note: To reset the toolbar to its default setup, right-click anywhere on the toolbar and select Reset All Toolbars.
See AutoVue Toolbar
AutoVue Toolbar
The AutoVue toolbar displays below the menu bar when you open AutoVue. It is the default toolbar and includes the most commonly used functions when viewing a file—open a file, create a new markup, print, zoom, and many others. Depending on the file that is opened, the toolbar buttons will change. For example, the following image shows the AutoVue toolbar when a 3D file is open:
Markup Properties Toolbar
The Markup Properties toolbar displays below the AutoVue toolbar when you enter Markup mode. It includes the available property and formatting options for the markup entities—save markups, change font, fill type, line style, and many others. The following image shows the default Markup Properties toolbar:
Markup Entity Toolbar
The Markup Entity toolbar displays on the left side of the AutoVue window when you enter Markup mode. It includes all the available markup entities for the opened file. Depending on the file that is opened, the toolbar buttons will change. For example, the following image shows the Markup Entity toolbar when a 3D file is open:
See Also Markups
Navigation Panel
The Navigation Panel is displayed on the left-hand side of the AutoVue workspace. Depending on the type of file that is open in AutoVue, the Bookmarks, Components, Models, Nets, or Views tabs will display in the panel.
See Also Working with EDA Files
Bookmarks Tab
The Bookmarks tab includes links to specific views (Draft views, 2D plans) or other files with information related to the drawing. Additionally, with the Bookmarks tab, you can also browse through different chapters of PDFs, Excel worksheets, and different pages of a multi-page 2D drawing.
Components Tab
The Components tab lists component instances and the associated pins.
Note: The Components tab displays only for EDA drawings.
Nets Tab
The Nets tab lists nets and associated net nodes (pins connected to a net).
Note: The Nets tab displays only for EDA drawings.
Models Tab and Model Tree
The Models tab includes the Model Tree. The tree displays the model’s hierarchy, inter-relation of different parts, assemblies, bodies, and missing XRef notifications. With the tree, you can select different parts and modify their attributes such as color, visibility, render mode or transformation.
Note: The Models tab displays only for 3D drawings.
See Models Tab
Views Tab
The Views tab lists all the standard, native, and user-defined views. You can switch to a standard, native, or user-defined view, as well as add or delete user-defined views.
Note: The Views tab displays only for 3D drawings.
See Also Views Tab
Markup Navigation Tree
The Markup Navigation Tree displays when you enter Markup mode. It displays a hierarchy tree of markup entities or comments created by users. For example, the following image shows the tree with three line entities:
See Also Markup Navigation Tree
Status Bar
In both View mode and Markup mode, there is a status bar located at the bottom of the main window. The fields displayed from left to right on the status bar are: marker, current active filename, file type, zoom factor, current page and total number of pages, current active file size, file creation date, and cursor’s coordinate position. The following image shows the status bar:
There are two markers that may be present on the Status bar: the Markup Indicator icon
indicates associated markups, and the Resource icon
indicate missing resources.
The Markup Indicator indicates that the current active file has associated markups. While in View mode, click the Markup Indicator icon to view the Markup Files dialog box, then select a Markup file or group of Markup files to open.
The Resource icon indicates that some main resources required to properly read the current active file are not available. To identify the missing resources, click the Resource icon to display the Properties dialog box.
Quick Menus
One of the quickest ways to access options is through Quick Menus or context-sensitive shortcut menus. These are the menus you see when you right-click in the workspace, Markup Navigation Tree, and Model Tree. The available Quick Menu options depend on the location where you right-click.
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