Visual Appearance

This version of CADSTAR offers a greater level of customisation through the use of Themes, Collapsible Menus, and customisable Menu Buttons and your open document Tab Locations

Themes

Under the 'Application Settings' tab in the 'Customise' dialog under the 'Tools' menu there are four different themes to choose between, all effect the appearance of the main CADSTAR application window in terms of its colour, you can change the selection in the box below to preview the theme;

Collapsible Menus

Under the 'Application Settings' tab in the 'Customise' dialog under the 'Tools' menu you can select 'Collapsible', this will hide menu items that are rarely used. Click on the arrow on the menu and the full list of options will appear.

Customisable Menu Buttons

Buttons on toolbars can now be changed to include text, and replaced to be text only. If you click on 'Tools' -> 'Customise' and then right mouse button click on any toolbar button you are given the following menu;

To apply these type of options across the whole of the application choose the appropriate option from the 'Global Button Appearance' settings in the 'Application Settings' tab in the 'Customise' dialog;   

Examples of the effect of these options -

Image Only:

Text below Image:

Text on Right of Image:

Text Only:

Tab Locations

You can choose whether the Tabs of your open documents appear on the top or bottom of the main application window. You can set your open designs to appear as tabs using the 'Tabbed Document' check box (also available from 'Window' -> 'Tabbed Documents'), and choose between 'Top' and 'Bottom' in the 'Tabs Location' grouping. If you change the setting you the main window will preview your change.