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QUESTION
When drawing in Chief Architect, I am used to my mouse pointer being a precision crosshair. It is instead displaying as a regular pointer or a text cursor.
What do I need to do to get the crosshairs back?
ANSWER
Display properties relating to the crosshairs are controlled within the program's preferences.
To control the display of the crosshairs
- Select Edit> Preferences
if you're on a Windows PC or Chief Architect> Preferences if you're on a Mac.
- On the Edit panel of the Preferences dialog that opens:
- Check Enable in Plan and Cross Section/Elevation Views to use a crosshair cursor in floor plan, cross section and elevation views. This option is checked by default.
- Check Enable in Perspective Views to use a crosshair cursor in perspective camera views and overviews.
- When Synchronize with Cursor is checked, the mouse pointer and crosshairs always move together on screen. If you feel that they do not keep up with your mouse movements, try unchecking this option.
- Click the Color bar to open the Select Color dialog and specify the color of the crosshairs.
- Specify the Width of the crosshairs lines, in Scaled Pixels.
- Crosshair Size is specified as a percentage of the view Window Width. Specify the Size as 100% to extend the crosshairs across the entire screen.
- Set the Aperture Size, measured in Scaled Pixels. The aperture is the space where the crosshairs meet. A value of 0 makes the crosshairs meet at a point. Larger numbers leave a gap in the center.
- Once you have made any desired changes to the display of the crosshairs, click OK to apply and close the dialog.
