Opens a dialog where you can specify display characteristics.
Options include:
•Clean Wall Intersections
•Show Roof pivot lines
•Fill & Figure handles
•Text display
•Section depth
•Line weight
•Wall & Polygon Fills
Not available unless you select a 2D or 3D tool or some element(s).
Hint: to open a tool's Settings… dialog, double-click on it or select it and press the [left-arrow] key.
Opens a dialog where you set various attributes & parameters for the selected elements corresponding to this tool or for the next element(s) to be created if none are selected.
Opens a dialog where you simultaneously edit the Layer & Pen attributes of selected element of different types.
Not available because you have not selected any element(s).
Opens a dialog where you simultaneously edit the Layer & Pen attributes of selected element of different types.
Opens a dialog where you define the Home View area in the Floor Plan and the characteristics of the Construction and Snap Grids.
Not available unless you are viewing the Floor Plan window.
Opens a dialog where you define the Home View area in the Floor Plan and the characteristics of the Construction and Snap Grids.
Opens a dialog where you define names and component attributes for Composite Walls applied to elements in the Wall Settings… dialog.
Opens a dialog where you define various characteristics of the Materials applied to elements in the tool Settings… dialogs for use in the Shading and PhotoRendering processes.
Opens a dialog in which you define the names, components and characteristics of the Fillpatterns applied to elements in the Wall & Fill Settings… dialogs.
Opens a dialog where you define the names, components and characteristics of Linetypes applied to elements in the tool Settings… dialogs.
Opens a dialog where you specify the Pencolor and Penweight for the 99 available Pens.
Turns off Clean Intersections mode so that the Reference Lines used to define and accurately join Walls are displayed as heavy lines.
Note: Reference Line mode increases ArchiCAD's operating speed.
Toggles between Clean Intersections mode (imitates printed output) and Reference Line mode (optimized for drafting).
Not available unless you are viewing the Floor Plan window.
Turns on Clean Intersections mode where connected Walls and their vectorized fillpatterns are beautified.
Note: increases the availability of Checkmark SmartCursor points for drafting.
Turns this mode off, hiding the Construction Grid lines.
Turns the Construction Gridlines on and off.
Not available unless you are viewing the Floor Plan window.
Turns this mode on, making the Construction Grid lines visible.
Hint: define the Construction Grid spacing using the Home View & Grids… dialog.
Turns this mode off so the SmartCursor moves freely in the Floor Plan window.
(unchecked = off)
When this mode is checked on, the SmartCursor gravitates to the nearest Grid point; when off, it moves freely.
Not available unless you are viewing the Floor Plan window.
Turns this mode on so the SmartCursor gravitates (snaps) to the nearest Grid point.
Options menu
This menu controls:
• Drawing/display modes
• Layers, Stories & global attributes
• Home View & Grids
• Preferences
• Tool & selection settings
Not available unless a Project is open or because you are editing an active graphic window.
