Drawing Timer

The amount of time spent creating a design is displayed near the bottom right corner of the application window.  The time is displayed in hours, minutes, and seconds.  The drawing time may be used to calculate billing hours.  The timer will automatically start when you open a design.  The timer will automatically stop if the mouse cursor does not move or no action is taken on the design screen after a specific amount of time.

To manually stop the drawing timer:

1. Click on the small red octagon symbol to the right of the drawing timer.  The timer will not start again until you manually click on the green play arrow.

To manually start the drawing timer:

1. Click on the small green play arrow symbol to the right of the drawing timer.

Note:

• If the mouse cursor does not move or no action is taken on the design screen, the drawing timer will automatically stop once a specified amount of time has passed.  The amount of time is set in the Options command on the General tab under the Drawing Options header.