The View menu provides access to panels such as the Inspector and Tools.
The Navigator panel shows the coordinates of the cursor and has a popup menu that provides easy switching between layers.
The Notes window is a basic text editing window. It allows you to create and edit multiple notes consisting of styled text. These notes are saved with your plot file.
Report windows can be created and modified using the Report sub-menu.
The Section window can show either a side or front projection of the plot.
Each of the two sections can have a graphic pasted into it. You can click and drag or use the arrow keys to adjust the position of the underlying graphic.
The section view has its own zoom setting. Each of the two sections also has its own grid and rulers.
The section view will display the x-axis with normal cartesian values increasing to the right. If desired, this can be reversed to higher values on the x-axis are plotted to the left.
The section view can display the names of positions when they are being labeled in plan view. A section can also display the plotted locations of lights using plan symbols when possible. There are some situations when using plan symbols would not make sense. For example, when lights point directly towards or away from the section direction.
The Views menu allows you to save the current view setup including display options, zoom, the visibility of layers, and the current layer so that it can be recalled easily. Saved views can be recalled using the Views menu or by right clicking or holding down the control key and clicking on the plot.
To make the layout of a drawing easier and more accurate, you can display rulers (Show Rulers) and a grid (Show Grid).
The Snap To Grid option will cause objects to stick to the nearest half grid square when they are dragged. If you are dragging a selection handle, it will snap to the closest half grid point.
When Snap To Grid is enabled, symbols will snap to the grid according to their center point. Symbols also "attach" themselves to positions and align themselves along the line. Holding down the shift key toggles this behavior, inverting the Snap To Grid setting.
There are also Zoom commands to adjust your view of the plot.
Clear Device Colors causes all devices that can change the color of a symbol (such as a color scroller) to clear that color. This results in white for fill and black for stroke depending on the "automatic" preference setting.
Faster PDF Display uses a bit map version of imported PDFs when displaying on the screen. This uses more memory and results in a lower quality rendering of the PDF. But, for large complicated PDF images, screen redraw is much faster. Full resolution rendering of an imported PDF is still used when printing and exporting, even when Faster PDF Display is enabled.
The Draw Symbols in B&W option draws the plot with all symbols having black stroke and white fill. The symbols' stroke and fill colors are preserved. The command temporarily overrides how they are drawn, which may be useful in situations such as printing to black and white printer. Draw Symbols in Color restores normal drawing.
