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Additional status items with AutoCAD:
Infer Constraints Yes ... BricsCAD has design intent
Isometric Drafting Yes ... BricsCAD has isometric mode
Transparency Yes ... BricsCAD sets transparency through variables
Selection Cycling Yes ... BricsCAD cycles through selections
Selection Filtering Yes ... BricsCAD has a selection cycling toolbar
Gizmo Yes ... BricsCAD does not have the 3D editing gizmo
Units Yes (Yes) BricsCAD settings is in Coordinates shortcut menu
Quick Properties Yes ... BricsCAD does not have Quick Properties
Graphics Performance Yes ... BricsCAD uses variables to set graphics performance
Clean Screen Yes ... BricsCAD does not have a clean screen function
As in AutoCAD, you right-click a toggle on the BricsCAD status bar to access options. BricsCAD,
however, goes one step further: to change a text or dimension style, just right-click the current name,
and then choose a different one from the shortcut menu. (AutoCAD does not offer this function.)
Accessing dimensions styles from the status bar in BricsCAD
All coordinate options are accessed from a single status bar button, while AutoCAD requires two
buttons for the same job.
Left: Accessing units formats from the status bar in BricsCAD; right: AutoCAD requiring two status bar buttons to do the same
Right-clicking the at the right end of the status bar produces a menu in BricsCAD and AutoCAD.
It controls the items seen on the status bar. The BricsCAD status bar does double duty: when the
command bar is turned off, the program’s prompts appear on the status bar. (AutoCAD does not
provide this function.)
Status bar in BricsCAD displaying command prompts
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