Using a number of menu items at the top of the View Menu, you can turn all the individual toolbars on or off, and show or hide the navigation tree and status bar. Furthermore, you can drag the handle of the navigation tree, Python command window or any of the toolbars and drop them anywhere within the project workspace.
=== Changing the Environment Colors The Grid ===
The default background color of the main window is black, but it can easily be changed from the preferences dialog[[EM. Select the '''Colors''' tab of the this dialog and click the button labeled '''Color''' next to '''Background''Cube]]'s grid is used as a guide for drawing objects. A color selection window pops up, where When you can pick a new background color. Another global color in start the [[EM.Cube]] applciation, the grid is the selection coloroff by default. When you select an objectHowever, its color turns to the selection color'''Snap to Grid''' mode is enabled by default. When As you hover your move the mouse on an object without clicking (called in the mouse-over state)project workspace, it becomes translucent with a shade of small white square follows the selection color. You can snap mouse cursor snapping to the characteristic points of objects (enearest grid node.g. vertices, edge midpoints, face centers, etc.). These snap points appear in the complementary color of the selection color. By default, [[EM.Cube]]'s selection color is bright yellow, which grid can also be changed turned on or off from the '''ColorsGuides''' tab of the preferences dialog. In this tab of the dialog, check the box labeled '''Show Grid Lines''' and click the {{key|Apply}} button of the dialog to display the grid. From this dialog you can also change the color of grid lines. You can show or hide the axis lines in the project workspace.
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[[Image:backcolor_tngridsettings.png|thumb|left|600px480px|Changing The Guides tab of the background color of EM.Cube's project workspacePreferences Dialog.]]
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=== The When the "Snap to Grid ===" mode is enabled, a text reading like '''Grid Snap: 5''' appears on [[EM.Cube]]'s tatus bar. This shows the current grid cell size. As you zoom in or zoom out, the grid cell size changes accordingly. You can turn the "Snap to Grid" mode on and off from the status bar by double-clicking on this text to toggle its state.
[[EM.Cube]]'s has two types of grid is used as a guide for drawing objects: Adaptive and fixed. By The defaulttype is adaptive. As you zoom in or zoom out the view (e.g. using the mouse scroll wheel), when the size of the grid cells changes automatically. When you start [[EMzoom out, the actual grid cell size increases.Cube]]When you zoom in, it becomes smaller proportional to the total view size. It seems like you always have the same numbers of grid is on and cells to work with regardless of the total size of the visible workspace. You can alternatively opt for a fixed grid. To change the grid type, select the menu item '''Snap to View → GridProperties...''' mode is enabled. As In the Grid Properties dialog, select the desired radio button. If you move select the mouse in fixed grid option, you have to define the project workspacegrid cell size in all three X, Y and Z directions. In other words, you can have a small white square follows the mouse cursor snapping non-uniform grid. You also need to define the extents of the nearest grid node. [[EMYou do this by setting the lower left corner (Min Coordinates) and upper right corner (Max Coordinates) of the view box.Cube]]'s grid can be turned on or off through These are set as the '''Preferences Dialog'''Min X, Y, Z and Max X, Y, Z values.
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[[Image:gridsettingsgridprop.png|thumb|left|480px|The Guides tab of the Preferences DialogGrid Properties dialog.]]
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Select === Changing the '''Guides''' tab of this dialog and place a check mark in the box labeled '''Show Grid Lines'''. From this dialog you can also set the color of grid lines. You can show or hide the axis lines in the project workspace. When '''Snap to Grid''' is enabled, a text reading like '''Grid Snap: 5''' appears on the '''Status Bar'''. This shows the current grid cell size. You can turn the '''Snap to Grid''' mode on and off from the status bar by double-clicking on this text to toggle its state. You can also do the same using the keyboard shortcut '''G'''.Environment Colors ===
[[EM.Cube]] displays grid adaptive by The default. As you zoom in or zoom out the view (e.g. using the mouse scroll wheel), the size background color of the grid cells changes automatically. When you zoom out, the actual grid cell size increases. When you zoom inmain window is black, but it becomes smaller accordingly proportional to the total view size. It seems like you always have the same numbers of grid cells to work with regardless of the total size of the visible workspace. As you zoom in or out, you can see easily be changed from the grid cell size changing in the Status Barpreferences dialog. You can alternatively opt for a fixed grid. To change Select the grid from '''AdaptiveColors''' to tab of the this dialog and click the button labeled '''FixedColor''', selectnext to ''' Menu > View > Grid Properties...Background'''. In the Grid Properties DialogA color selection window pops up, select where you can pick a new background color. Another global color in [[EM.Cube]] is the desired radio buttonselection color. If When you select the '''Fixed Grid''' optionan object, you have its color turns to define the grid cell size in all three X, Y and Z directionsselection color. ThusWhen you hover your mouse on an object without clicking (called the mouse-over state), you can have it becomes translucent with a non-uniform gridshade of the selection color. You also need can snap to define the extents characteristic points of the gridobjects (e.g. vertices, edge midpoints, face centers, etc.). You do this be setting These snap points appear in the lower left (Min Coordinates) and upper right corners (Max Coordinates) complementary color of the "View Box"selection color. These are set as the Min XBy default, Y[[EM.Cube]]'s selection color is bright yellow, Z and Max X, Y, Z valueswhich can also be changed from the '''Colors''' tab of the preferences dialog.
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[[Image:gridpropbackcolor_tn.png|thumb|left|480px600px|The Grid Properties dialogChanging the background color of EM.Cube's project workspace.]]
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