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- Moving the window
You can move the window in the direction indicated by the arrow.
A single click moves the window by a quarter of its dimension in the
corresponding direction. A lasting pressure on the mouse button will produce
continuous movement.
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- Redraw
Initiate a complete redisplay of the current graphic window.
Graphic elements that had been partially obscured (e.g. by erasure of an
overlying part of the drawing) are completely restored.
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- Part View
- only used in part oriented working -
The current graphic window displays an overview of the active part.
Hidden objects are ignored.
Figure 7: Overview of the active part
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- Overview
Generate an overview of the current drawing. Hidden objects are ignored.
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- Detail View
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- Show Details
You have the possibility of displaying detail views in additional windows.
To do so, at least one other (secondary) graphic window must be
open.
Generate the detail view in the secondary window and then click this icon. A
relation between the main graphic window 0 and the secondary graphic window is
established.
The rectangular frames, in the main window 0 marked in colors, will correspond
to those in the additional windows 1-9. The frames will disappear upon redraw.
Figure 11: Detail view in the secondary window
Figure 10: Detail view in the main window
The main window displays the overview of the drawing. The secondary window
displays the detail. You work in this secondary window.
When you click the main window icon, SISCAD-P generate frames showing the
excerpt of the main window in each secondary window. Every frame has a
different color.
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- Snap Mode
Display a menu with which you can activate or deactivate the snap mode.
If snap mode is active you are able to select objects (points, lines, .. )
lying within the snap circle.
Figure 12: Activate/Deactivate snap mode
- Snap mode switched on (green background)
The snap mode will be activated by clicking into the circle area.
At the same time you can change the size of the snap circle.
If the snap radius is chosen too large, performance may suffer when handling
large drawings.
Therefore, the snap property can be switched on or off optionally.
- Snap mode switched off (red background)
Clicking into the green area deactivates the snap mode. the cursor is seen as
cross hairs.
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- Magnifying glass
- the text point of magnification appears at the pointer -
The region will be displayed at maximal magnification.
Figure 13: Icon Magnifying glass activated
After the point of magnification has been placed, a detailed view of the
surroundings of this point, in which you can e.g. check the continuity of
line junctions, is finished.
Figure 14: Magnifying glass
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- Dynamic Zoom
A sliding knob used to zoom the detail in the current window.
Zooming means that you either enlarge or reduce the detail displayed in the
current window.
- Dragging the sliding knob will produce a continous variation of the
zoom factor of the displayed picture.
- Short clicks with the left mouse button left or right of the slider
zoom by a factor of 0.2 ( setting N. 20).
- Keeping the left mouse button depressed left or right of the slider
there will continuously vary the magnification by that factor.