The Drawing Tree is a structured list of the drawing items in an active drawing. Items listed in the drawing tree can be selected and acted upon using commands in the right mouse button shortcut menu or ribbon tool bar. The drawing tree indicates the display status of the drawing items, as well as the relationship of drawing items with respect to the active model of the drawing.

The Drawing Tree is visible in the Detail and Format modes. However, it is not available in the Layout, Report, Markup, and Diagram modes.

By default, the Drawing Tree appears above the Model Tree in navigation area of the main window. You can expand and collapse both the Drawing Tree and the Model Tree. You can increase or decrease the height of the Drawing or Model Tree by dragging the divider bar between these trees.

When you select a drawing item on the Drawing Tree, it becomes part of the selection set, and that item may appear highlighted on the drawing sheet. If the selected item has a corresponding model item, then the model item appears selected on the Model Tree. If you select a draft entity node on the Drawing Tree, all draft entities represented by that node appear selected.