Why A Clean Screen Toggle?

I noticed under tools, a clean screen toggle. Other than turning the tool bars off and on, what is this useful for?

Glenn

USA

2009LT

Larger drawing area.

So you can have the largest possible drawing area. When you draw in hundreds of feet, it comes in handy. There are a lot of drafters who don't use toolbars at all, and type commands with the nomouse hand.

Have you ever had the cursor hide behind a palette or toolbar while trying to rotate something? The further you can get the cursor away the finer the rotation rate gets.

It's particularly useful in annoying the dude who thinks he knows everything about AutoCAD. Most don't even know it's there.

So you can have the largest possible drawing area. When you draw in hundreds of feet, it comes in handy. There are a lot of drafters who don't use toolbars at all, and type commands with the nomouse hand.

 

Have you ever had the cursor hide behind a palette or toolbar while trying to rotate something? The further you can get the cursor away the finer the rotation rate gets.

Excellent answers both. Thank you. I figured that was about it. I use both toolbars and type commands. Hot keys for the simple commands.

I wonder what the size of the biggest monitor in use is? I'm still hacking away at floor plans on a 19".

It's particularly useful in annoying the dude who thinks he knows everything about AutoCAD. Most don't even know it's there.

Heh ReMark, don't laugh. I expected a spritzer to pop out and actually clean the screen. There's plenty of things under that "A" button I've never used, but thanks to you guys, I'm exploring all the time now.

Excellent answers both. Thank you. I figured that was about it. I use both toolbars and type commands. Hot keys for the simple commands.

 

I wonder what the size of the biggest monitor in use is? I'm still hacking away at floor plans on a 19".

Nowadays I think monitor size is the sky's the limit.

I use a 36" wall mounted LCD/TV. Gave my 26" LCD/TV to my GF.

I have a few more. Refurbished units are fairly inexpensive and come with a new warranty.

I must say, the big screen is great. I use tool bars and the command line, the screen is still plenty large.

The only problem, a mental one, when I print a drawing to the laser printer the result looks so much smaller?

Nowadays I think monitor size is the sky's the limit.

 

I use a 36" wall mounted LCD/TV. Gave my 26" LCD/TV to my GF.

I have a few more. Refurbished units are fairly inexpensive and come with a new warranty.

 

I must say, the big screen is great. I use tool bars and the command line, the screen is still plenty large.

 

The only problem, a mental one, when I print a drawing to the laser printer the result looks so much smaller?

Like I've said before, bigger isn't necessarily better. It still depends on the maximum resolution of the display. All you have is an HDTV substituting for a monitor that has 36" of diagonal linear area, but a 30" actual computer monitor will sport a resolution much higher than the TV you're working on, giving you more screen real estate and thus "more viewing area" when compared to DPI. Just setting is straight is all.

Like I've said before, bigger isn't necessarily better. It still depends on the maximum resolution of the display. All you have is an HDTV substituting for a monitor that has 36" of diagonal linear area, but a 30" actual computer monitor will sport a resolution much higher than the TV you're working on, giving you more screen real estate and thus "more viewing area" when compared to DPI. Just setting is straight is all.

Exactly correct. The monitor pricing is way up there too!

I do miss my 22" Viewsonic graphics monitor but, was too big sittin' on my desk.

The LCD/TV is way cheaper, both $$$ and resolution.

It does work for a tight budget.