Status Bar

Provides prompts, context-sensitive assistance, and some interactive functionality.

Selected tool > prompt

Shows the name of the selected tool or view control and (usually) a prompt for the next step in the normal procedure for using it.

Message Center

Shows system message information. Clicking in the Message Center portion of the status bar opens the Message Center dialog box. This dialog box contains a running log of system messages and any further description about the message if applicable.

Snap mode

Shows the type of snap selected.

Clicking the Snap Mode field posts the pop-up Snap Modes menu. The effect is the same as pressing the Tentative button while holding down the <Shift> key.

Locks icon

Clicking the Locks icon provides access to the Locks submenu. (It does not indicate status information.)

Active level

Shows the Active Level setting.

Clicking the Active Level field opens the Level Manager dialog box, which is used to control level display and level symbology for the open DGN file and attached references.

Element selection indicator

If shown, indicates elements are selected and displays the number of selected elements.

Element Selection pop-up menu

Clicking the status bar when it shows the number of selected elements opens a pop-up menu containing the following items:

Pop-up menu item	Choose to
Select Element	Select an elements in the active model.
Select All	Select all elements in the active model (effect is same as choosing Edit > Select All ).
Select None	Deselect all elements in the active file (effect is same as choosing Edit > Select None).
Select By Attributes	Open the Select By Attributes dialog box (effect is same as choosing Edit > Select By Attributes).
PowerSelector	Select PowerSelector.

Fence indicator

If shown, indicates the fence mode of the fence that was placed. To place the fence, use a fence placement tool in the Element Selection tool box.

DGN workmode

Indicates which workmode is in effect. In DWG (“DWG”) mode, certain functionality is disabled by default in order to restrictMicroStation to creating only information that can be stored in DWG format.

DGN file changes indicator

If a “diskette icon” is shown in the lower right-hand corner, it indicates that the DGN file has been modified during the current session. If the preference Automatically Save Design Changes is off, it indicates that there are changes that have not been saved. If the diskette is red and has an “X” through it, it means that the file is read-only.