Datasheet

Table 1-2 lists the different tray icons that are available in AutoCAD.

Table 1-2 Status Bar Icons

Button Name Description

Toolbar/Window Lock Controls whether toolbars and dockable windows

(palettes) can be moved. Locking/unlocking can

affect all toolbars or dockable windows. You can

specify which are floating or docked.

CAD Standards Identifies that a drawing has CAD Standards associ-

Notification ated with it. Access the tools related to CAD stan-

dards and receive notifications when the drawing

contains standards violations.

External Reference Identifies that External Reference drawings are

Notification attached. Receive notifications when the files have

been updated and need to be reloaded.

Plot Notification Accesses information about recently plotted draw-

ing files.

Attribute Extraction Identifies that a table object in the drawing is linked

Notification to the attributes of blocks in the drawing and receive

notifications when the table object becomes out

of date.

Trusted Autodesk Indicates whether the drawing was created with an

DWG application developed by Autodesk or using RealDWG.

Clean Screen Toggles the state of Clean Screen.

Data Link Indicates if data in a table is linked to an external

data source.

Vault Indicates whether you are currently logged into

Autodesk Vault. The icon is available only when

Autodesk Vault is installed on your computer.

Exercise 1-6: Controlling the Display of Icons and Notification Balloons

For this exercise, open a drawing (a new one or one open from a previous exercise).

Practice changing the global settings for the status bar tray and notification balloons.

1. On the right side of the status bar, click the Status Bar Menu button (located to

the left of the Clean Screen icon).

2. Choose Tray Settings.

3. In the Tray Settings dialog box, click Display Icons from Services so it’s

deselected.

4. Click OK.

The status bar tray is now hidden, with the exception of the Status Bar Menu and

Clean Screen buttons.

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