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WORKING WITH THE QUAD CURSOR
All editions of BricsCAD provide the Quad cursor. (AutoCAD has nothing similar. )It provides intuitive
access to contextual commands. The Quad cursor changes its content, depending on the context.
Contexts that affect the Quad cursor include drawing/editing and the workspace:
1. When you first “hover” of an object (entity), the Quad appears and lists some of the properties of the object.
Hover means that the cursor is over an object, but the object is not picked with a click. You can change the
properties displayed by the Quad through the Customize command; see chapter 4.
Entity is not selected, so Quad shows some of its properties
TIPS If you do not see the Quad, then click the QUAD button on the status bar.
If you do not see properties in the Quad, click the RT button on the status bar; “RT” is short for rollover tooltips.
2. When no objects are selected, right-click to put the Quad cursor into drawing mode.
Drawing commands in the Quad when right-clicking an empty spot in the drawing
3. Selecting an object put the cursor into editing mode. The content of the cursor changes, depending on which
on the entity and the current workspace.
Initial set of editing commands displayed the by Quad
4. To see more commands, move the cursor into one of the blue tabs, such as “Model” or “Modify.”
TIPS When you right-click an empty area of the drawing with QUAD turned off, BricsCAD repeats the last command.
The first icon displayed by the Quad is the command that was last used.
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