About the AutoCAD Architecture and AutoCAD MEP toolset Toolsets Status Bar

The status bar displays the cursor location, drawing tools, and tools that affect your drawing environment.

The status bar gives quick access to some of the most commonly used drawing tools. Some settings, such as options for different elevations, only display if you are working within a project. In AutoCAD Architecture and MEP toolsets it also allows you to change the current display configuration of the active viewport and set the global cut plane height.

Click the icon to activate or deactivate any of the commands in this group. Blue indicates an active control; gray indicates an inactive control.

You can toggle settings such as snap, grip, polar tracking, object snap, and orthogonal mode or access additional settings from the shortcut menu. The coordinates shown in the left-hand side indicate the current location of the cursor.

You can preview and switch between open drawings and layouts. Additional tools can be used for scaling annotations.

You can change the annotation scale for the current viewport, and select a new one from the list.

With the Workspace button, you can customize workspaces and display the name of the current workspace.

You can define the elevation of the construct relative to the level you have selected. This button opens the Elevation Offset worksheet where you enter or pick the elevation offset.

Right-click on the Graphics Performance icon to access the display performance options. To expand the drawing display area, click the Clean Screen button.

Display Configuration shows the current display configuration of the active viewport and provides a drop-down list from which you can select another configuration.

Use Cut Plane to identify the global cut plane height for the active display configuration. Click on it to access the dialog box that allows you to adjust the setting.