Status bar

The status bar is divided into three fields:

Message box

This is at the left-hand end. It shows information about the progress of the current action, such as the name of the currently selected object, or the current iteration number or simulation time. Error messages are also shown here.

During a statics calculation, messages showing the progress of the calculation are shown in here. To see all the messages from the statics calculation click on the message box to open the statics progress window.

Program state indicator

In the centre and shows which state the model is in.

Information box

This is on the right. It shows additional information, including:

• Global coordinates of the position of the cursor, in the current 3D view
• Distances as measured by the measuring tape tool