Palettes

Palettes are areas on the left or right side of the drawing window that manage drawing entities.

The palettes include the:

• Properties Palette. Lets you view and change drawing entity properties.
• References Palette. Lists and manages drawings and images that are referenced in your drawing.
• Lighting Palette. Lists and controls the lights inserted into the drawing to create realistic renderings.
• Tool Matrix Palette. Lets you collect and arrange toolbars on a panel.

You can display or hide the palettes.

Usually palettes are docked to the left of right side of the drawing window.

To make a palette floating, either double-click its caption or click and hold the left mouse button on the palette caption and drag the palette to a new position.

To dock a floating palette, either double-click its title bar or click and hold the left mouse button on the title bar and drag the palette to the left or right margin of the graphics area, and release the mouse button.

To save space in the graphics area, you can also overlap palettes in one location (at the left or right margin). Activate the palette you need by clicking the tab at the bottom of the palette area.