The Symbols submenu contains commands for controlling how shapes are drawn in the shape windows and how these shapes are labelled.

Turns on and off the display of the number of each shape in the Shape window. The number is displayed in the centre of the shape and is prefixed by a letter code for the type of shape, p for polygon, c for circle and r for rectangle. You can use these numbers to refer to the shapes in the Data window.

Turns on and off the display of the number of each vertex of each polygon in the Shape window. You can use these numbers to refer to the polygon coordinates displayed in the Data window.

Turn on or off the display of axes in the Shape window

Turn on or off the display of the principal axes of the section in the Shape window

Turn on or off the display of the overall depth and width of the section in the Shape window

Turn on or off the display of the minor dimension of the section drawn in the Shape window

Turn on or off the display of shapes as solid objects. When fill is turned off, the outline of shapes will be displayed using the current colour scheme.

Turn on or off the display of material patterns when drawing the fill colour of the shapes drawn in the Shape window.