{"id":32492,"date":"2026-04-27T12:17:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T12:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/technical-manuals\/graphical-editor-basics\/graphic-editor-user-interface-12-4-2022\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T12:37:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T12:37:53","slug":"graphic-editor-user-interface-12-4-2022","status":"publish","type":"wiki","link":"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/wiki\/graphic-editor-user-interface-12-4-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Graphic Editor User Interface 12 4 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"
When ProtaStructure is started the "Project Manager" is initially displayed. If \u2018New Project\u2019 is clicked the Graphic Editor is opened with a clear drawing area. Alternatively, if an existing project is selected the Graphic Editor is opened with the project data loaded, showing the storey last saved in the plan window.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
The Graphic Editor is equipped with standard MS-Windows user-interface features such as pulldown menus, toolbars and icons to provide better and faster data input.<\/span>
<\/span><\/div>\n

<\/span><\/div>\n
The Graphic Editor window is composed of following parts:<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

<\/span><\/div>\n

<\/span><\/div>\n
\n

Version of the ProtaStructure
<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/h3>\n
This field shows the number of the ProtaStructure is being used. Alternatively, you can check your version number by going to Help > About ProtaStructure.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\"Notes\"<\/p>\n
To update your ProtaStructure, kindly go to Help > Check Updates. Alternatively, update your ProtaStructure by going to Help > Start Page > Notification Panel > Click Update.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

<\/span><\/div>\n

Plan View
<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n
The middle-right section of the Graphic Editor Window displaying drawings, surrounded by the above items.
<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
View orientation is from a point on the positive Z-axis.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

3D View
<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n
Multiple 3D Views of the model can be concurrently made active by:
<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
    \n
  1. right click the \u201cViews\u201d and select the \u201c3D Physical Model\u201d.
    <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  2. or under "Views" tab click on \u201c3D Physical Model\u201d.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    View orientation can be set using the provided view control buttons.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

    <\/span><\/div>\n
    <\/div>\n
    1) Quick Access Toolbar<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n

    <\/span><\/div>\n
    The Quick Access toolbar displays commonly used commands. Any command can be added to the Quick Access toolbar by right-clicking on the command \u2192 <\/span>Add to Quick Access Toolbar.
    <\/span><\/i><\/b><\/div>\n
    <\/div>\n
    <\/div>\n

    2) Tab Toolbar<\/span>
    <\/span><\/h3>\n
    Tab Toolbar \/ Ribbon Tab menus are located above the drawing environment area. All commands\/tools are located inside ribbon tab and categorized in ribbon groups.<\/span>
    <\/span><\/div>\n

    <\/span><\/div>\n
    \n

    3) Search and Display Controlling Tab<\/span>
    <\/span><\/h3>\n
    Enter the member labels in this field to locate the member in plan view or 3D view.
    <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
    For other functions in this tab:<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
      \n
    1.  – Refresh Display
      <\/span><\/li>\n
    2.  –  Change the Rotation Center<\/span><\/li>\n
    3.  – Rotates the 2D coordinate system on floor plan<\/span><\/li>\n
    4. –  Toggle to On or OFF the axis labels at the edge of the axes
      <\/span><\/li>\n
    5. – To switch the Display Style of the 3D view between Linear and Rendered
      <\/span><\/li>\n
    6.  – Zoom Window
      <\/span><\/li>\n
    7.  – Zoom Previous
      <\/span><\/li>\n
    8.  – Zoom Extents: Zoom closely to the selected member
      <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
      \n

      4) Structure Tree<\/span>
      <\/span><\/h3>\n
      Structure Tree provides a complete hierarchical list of all axes and members in the selected storey.
      <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

      <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
      Members may easily be selected by clicking on their labels under the storey they belong. Selected members will also be highlighted in plan and 3D view.
      <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

      <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
      Also provides quick access to many menu options displayed by right-clicking on the selected node.<\/span>
      <\/span><\/div>\n

      <\/span><\/div>\n

      5) Right-Click Menu<\/span>
      <\/span><\/h3>\n
      This menu can be called out by selecting a member then right-click. In the menu, user can select to view analysis result diagram, properties of the selected member, member tables, modelling tools, etc<\/span>.
      <\/span><\/div>\n

      <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

      6) Status Bar and Command Entry<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n
      All prompts and help to user appear in the status bar. Status bar is located at the lower-left corner of the Graphic Editor Window. <\/span>
      <\/span><\/div>\n

      <\/span><\/div>\n
      Command box is located at bottom of the Graphic Editor Window. By entering name of command can easily access to tools\/command that you are looking for.
      <\/span><\/div>\n

      <\/span><\/div>\n

      <\/span><\/div>\n

      7) Properties Window<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n
      A Properties window for each member type can be opened by choosing a member from the Member pulldown or by selecting the Properties option in the shortcut menu of a currently selected member.<\/span>
      <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

      <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
      All data fields for the selected member will be available in the Properties Window.<\/span>
      <\/span><\/div>\n

      <\/span><\/div>\n
      <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      When ProtaStructure is started the "Project Manager" is initially displayed. If \u2018New Project\u2019 is clicked the Graphic Editor is opened with a clear drawing area.…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_whitepaper_youtube_videos":"","_whitepaper_youtube_url":"","_whitepaper_youtube_thumbnail":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[171],"whitepaper_topic":[],"whitepaper_product":[],"whitepaper_type":[],"class_list":["post-32492","wiki","type-wiki","status-publish","hentry","category-graphical-editor-basics"],"yoast_head":"\nGraphic Editor User Interface 12 4 2022 - Prota Software<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"When ProtaStructure is started the "Project Manager" is initially displayed. If \u2018New Project\u2019 is clicked the Graphic Editor is opened with a\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/wiki\/graphic-editor-user-interface-12-4-2022\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Prota Software\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"When ProtaStructure is started the "Project Manager" is initially displayed. If \u2018New Project\u2019 is clicked the Graphic Editor is opened with a\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/wiki\/graphic-editor-user-interface-12-4-2022\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Prota Software\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-06-19T12:37:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/prota-doc-24b71263ffd6097f12af70eb88e84082.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Prota Software\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/protasoftware.com\\\/wiki\\\/graphic-editor-user-interface-12-4-2022\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/protasoftware.com\\\/wiki\\\/graphic-editor-user-interface-12-4-2022\\\/\",\"name\":\"Graphic Editor User Interface 12 4 2022 - Prota Software\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/protasoftware.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/protasoftware.com\\\/wiki\\\/graphic-editor-user-interface-12-4-2022\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/protasoftware.com\\\/wiki\\\/graphic-editor-user-interface-12-4-2022\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/protasoftware.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/prota-doc-24b71263ffd6097f12af70eb88e84082.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-27T12:17:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-19T12:37:53+00:00\",\"description\":\"When ProtaStructure is started the "Project Manager" is initially displayed. If \u2018New Project\u2019 is clicked the Graphic Editor is opened with a\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/protasoftware.com\\\/wiki\\\/graphic-editor-user-interface-12-4-2022\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/protasoftware.com\\\/wiki\\\/graphic-editor-user-interface-12-4-2022\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/protasoftware.com\\\/wiki\\\/graphic-editor-user-interface-12-4-2022\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/protasoftware.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/prota-doc-24b71263ffd6097f12af70eb88e84082.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/protasoftware.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/prota-doc-24b71263ffd6097f12af70eb88e84082.png\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1108},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/protasoftware.com\\\/wiki\\\/graphic-editor-user-interface-12-4-2022\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/protasoftware.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Wiki\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/protasoftware.com\\\/wiki\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Graphic Editor User Interface 12 4 2022\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/protasoftware.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/protasoftware.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Prota Software\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/protasoftware.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/protasoftware.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/protasoftware.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Prota Software\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/protasoftware.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/protasoftware.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/protasoftware.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/prota-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/protasoftware.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/prota-logo.png\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":340,\"caption\":\"Prota Software\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/protasoftware.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Graphic Editor User Interface 12 4 2022 - Prota Software","description":"When ProtaStructure is started the "Project Manager" is initially displayed. If \u2018New Project\u2019 is clicked the Graphic Editor is opened with a","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/wiki\/graphic-editor-user-interface-12-4-2022\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Prota Software","og_description":"When ProtaStructure is started the "Project Manager" is initially displayed. If \u2018New Project\u2019 is clicked the Graphic Editor is opened with a","og_url":"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/wiki\/graphic-editor-user-interface-12-4-2022\/","og_site_name":"Prota Software","article_modified_time":"2026-06-19T12:37:53+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/prota-doc-24b71263ffd6097f12af70eb88e84082.png","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Prota Software","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/wiki\/graphic-editor-user-interface-12-4-2022\/","url":"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/wiki\/graphic-editor-user-interface-12-4-2022\/","name":"Graphic Editor User Interface 12 4 2022 - Prota Software","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/wiki\/graphic-editor-user-interface-12-4-2022\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/wiki\/graphic-editor-user-interface-12-4-2022\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/prota-doc-24b71263ffd6097f12af70eb88e84082.png","datePublished":"2026-04-27T12:17:27+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-19T12:37:53+00:00","description":"When ProtaStructure is started the "Project Manager" is initially displayed. If \u2018New Project\u2019 is clicked the Graphic Editor is opened with a","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/wiki\/graphic-editor-user-interface-12-4-2022\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/wiki\/graphic-editor-user-interface-12-4-2022\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/wiki\/graphic-editor-user-interface-12-4-2022\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/prota-doc-24b71263ffd6097f12af70eb88e84082.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/prota-doc-24b71263ffd6097f12af70eb88e84082.png","width":1920,"height":1108},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/wiki\/graphic-editor-user-interface-12-4-2022\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Wiki","item":"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/wiki\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Graphic Editor User Interface 12 4 2022"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/","name":"Prota Software","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/#organization","name":"Prota Software","url":"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/prota-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/prota-logo.png","width":1200,"height":340,"caption":"Prota Software"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wiki\/32492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wiki"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wiki"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wiki\/32492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36304,"href":"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wiki\/32492\/revisions\/36304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32492"},{"taxonomy":"whitepaper_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/whitepaper_topic?post=32492"},{"taxonomy":"whitepaper_product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/whitepaper_product?post=32492"},{"taxonomy":"whitepaper_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/protasoftware.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/whitepaper_type?post=32492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}