II. CMS Environment
C. Moving Around the Screen


From the tool bar, you can make use of several buttons to move around the screen.

Tool Bar


Open Command

 Opens an existing project.

 

Grid Overlay command

 Toggles overlay of a grid on each deck displaying a red dot at every frame interval.

 

Obscurer

 When one deck falls behind another, Obscurer will hide all but the closest decks.

 

Pan command

Translates the viewpoint by digitizing a new view center.  After pressing this tool bar button or selecting this option from the menu,  the user can hold down the Viewport Button and drag the drawing to get the appropriate portion of the architecture on the screen.  This will be the default action for the Viewport Button until another Viewport action is selected.

 

Rotate

Three-dimensional rotation

 

Twist

 Three-dimensional twist

 

Zoom in/out command

Magnifies or reduces the size of the user's view of the drawing in the Viewport. After pressing this tool bar button or selecting this option from the menu, the user can click the Viewport Button over the Viewport to move the relative view closer to the structure. This will be the default action for the Viewport Button until another Viewport action is selected.

 

Zoom to Compartment

 Zooms to the compartment that you will select off a list.

 

Zoom to Device

 Zooms to the device that you will select off a list.

 

Full Zoom command

Change the user's view of the drawing in the Viewport to its original size and position.  After pressing this tool bar button or selecting this option from the menu, the user can click the Viewport Button over the Viewport to reset the size and position.

 

Redraw Command

Refresh the display of the CAD drawing. After pressing this tool bar button or selecting this option from the menu, the screen Viewport will refresh itself and eliminate any garbage in the Viewport.

 

About

Displays program information, version number, and copyright.

 

Help

Upon selecting this, the mouse cursor will change to a help mode. While in this help state, the user my click on anything on the screen and a help screen will be presented describing the function.


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