SCREEN LAYOUT AND HANDLING

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1 Sreen layout & handling SCREEN LAYOUT AND HANDLING Generally, 7-1 Keyboard shortuts, 7-3 Keyboard Must Know, 7-5 Generally It is not intended that the manual or on-line Help should replae knowledge of the operation of Mirosoft Windows and it is reommended that you beome onversant with at least the basi funtions and keyboard tehniques from your Windows manual. As OnSight adheres strongly to the Mirosoft Windows style rules you will find that understanding and using the system is very easily aomplished. The sreen is laid out in a reognisable fashion with Menu bar, Toolbar and Status bar whih an all be aessed via the keyboard or mouse as appliable. As with other Mirosoft programs, where menu options are not available to the urrent sreen, they will be shown as 'greyed out'. The main onstituent areas of the main sreen are as follows: Copyright Visual Preision Ltd

2 Title bar General toolbar Measurement tool bar Results Grid Visibility ontrols Layer and Objet tools Status bar Graphis sreen (main pane) Additional measurement tools Image ontrol Navigator pane As an be seen, apart from the standard Toolbar and Menu bar positions OnSight looks like a CAD or DTP based system having one main graphi area in whih all of the data from the drawing is displayed with additional side panes (whih an be moved and doked in different loations). The main display area of the system an be onfigured to show and hide various layers and objets using the visibility ontrols (see multi media Help for more information regarding visibility). The program is operated and ontrolled in several different ways by: 1. Use of the on-sreen drop down menus from the menu bar 2. Using the mouse right lik supported loal menus (ontext menus) 3. Using buttons on the systems Toolbar. In pratie you will find yourself adopting all three tehniques. The system an be further ustomised for eah user using the Options area (Tools>Options) allowing the system to onfigure the system for use differently for eah user as the log-in. Copyright Visual Preision Ltd

3 Keyboard shortuts During use, the system an be made to operate faster by utilising knowledge of keyboard shortuts. In short, it s faster to press F4 than to selet the area measurement button by use of the mouse, so those users who want to squeeze the best from the system, this list is for you! Where two or more keys are shown ie bt it implies that the first key is held down whilst the seond key is pressed. If three keys are shown, the first two keys are held down whilst the third key is pressed. Common Windows shortuts appliable to the program e v jv Loal menu key ay Aepts the urrent input wherever the fous is in the program. Tab key moves ursor fous to next valid field in a dialog Tab key moves ursor fous to previous valid field in a dialog Invokes right mouse lik equivalent and pops up loal menu Opens a ombo box to show (and allow seletion) from a list Projet Operations bn Starts a New projet bo Opens an existing projet bs Saves the urrent projet bp Prints the urrent projet bw Displays a Print Preview of the urrent projet bjs Opens the Save As dialog Editing bx Cuts seleted text to the lipboard (a standard Windows approah) bc Copies seleted text to the lipboard (a standard Windows approah) bv Pastes seleted text to the lipboard (a standard Windows approah) bg Invokes Global Searh bja Displays the Annotation list dialog bt Displays the Layer Styles list dialog bu Displays the User list dialog Sreen Controls bjz Enters Zoom mode so that you an drag a zoom box with the mouse bjo Zooms to the urrent Objet bjd Zooms to the Desktop bjp Zoom to Previous view Z Snap Zoom whole sreen (for the duration of the key press) L Instantly rotates the whole drawing so that seleted Line is horizontal Layer Controls (also known as the Results Grid ontrols) bl Create a New Layer bjl Create a New Sub-Layer bg Toggle objet visibility (i.e. show/hide objet) jkeypad + Expand the urrent layer jkeypad - Collapse the urrent layer bkeypad + Expand all layers bkeypad - Collapse all layers Measurement funtion ontrols Copyright Visual Preision Ltd

4 b a ba Snap the mouse pointer to the end point of a line (the vertex point or node ) Snap the mouse pointer to the line (the vetor ) Snap the mouse pointer to the mid point along a line (half way along a vetor) Measure a line (linear) objet Measure an area objet Measure an area objet + perimeter length simultaneously Measure a separate lines objet Measure a ount point (enumerated) objet Measure a irle objet Measure an Ar objet Complete an Objet (the green tik on the toolbar) Undo the last measured objet on a point (the undo button on the toolbar) or b Abort an objet measure (the red ross on the toolbar) Complete and repeat the same objet measure (the green tik and return arrow button on the toolbar) n o jo p q r s t u bq Drag measure a quik length (ruler tool) bjq Drag measure a quik angle be Display the objet properties dialog A Hold key down on last point (3 rd point) of a ontinuous line or area to form an ar of the last 3 lik points. Press Es key to fore typed annotation to alternate ase format Objet funtions be Plaes the urrent objet into edit mode so that it an be modified bh HotLink the results from the urrently seleted objet bi Hide or un-hide the urrent objet(s) bji Unhide ALL urrently hidden objets bai Unhide objets in the urrent layer bf Pops up the Inset/Offset dialog for the urrent objet bj Quikut using urrently seleted objet br Create utter from the urrently seleted objet b Exeute a ut on the fous objet using the designated utter bd Clone an objet or objets (in same position and layer) jd Clone and position objet or objets (in same layer) H Flips a floating lone before anhoring takes plae (horizontal mirror) V Flips a floating lone before anhoring takes plae (vertial mirror) Help funtions l jl Display the Multi Media Help dialog Display the keyboard Help dialog Print Preview bjz Go to the first page of the preview doument jz Go to the first page of the previous LAYER of the preview doument bz Go to the previous PAGE of the preview doument bx Go to the next PAGE of the preview doument jx Go to the next LAYER of the preview doument bjx Go to the last PAGE of the preview doument b, Zoom in one step b. Zoom out one step jp Print the projet report bjc Close the print preview sreen Copyright Visual Preision Ltd

5 Keyboard Must Know Even these onsolidated lists might seem ominous so to help even further we suggest the following list are the Must Know Keys whih will allow you drive the system in a very effiient manner. As an example, as most users insert the name of the objet they are about to measure in the Objet Properties Dialog (as it appears) their hands will naturally be on the keyboard. It is faster therefore to move the hands to the keyboard and press say o to measure an area than it is to selet the area measurement button with the mouse and then move hands to the keyboard to insert the objet name. These one and two seond time savings per objet add-up over the life a single projet to the point where they are easily measurable (we have done it so we know). During a single year the time and therefore ost savings are signifiant. You an add additional ones to your repertoire one these have been memorised. Just in ase you might want to print this page out and keep it on the desk for a time, we have made the type font bigger! Common Windows shortuts appliable to the program bc Copy bv Paste ay Opens a ombo box to show the list Program speifi shortuts Z L b a ba n o jo p q t A bi bf bd jd H V Snap Zoom (for the duration of the key press) Rotates the whole drawing so that seleted line is horizontal (think Level up ) Snap the mouse pointer to the end point of a line (the vertex point or node ) Snap the mouse pointer to the line (the vetor ) Snap the mouse pointer to the mid point along a line (half way along a vetor) Measure a line (linear) objet Measure an area objet Measure an area objet + perimeter length simultaneously Measure a separate lines objet Measure a ount point (enumerated) objet Complete an Objet (the green tik on the toolbar or mouse double lik [if not disabled]). Complete and repeat the same objet measure (the green tik and return arrow button on the toolbar) Hold key down on last point (3 rd point) of a ontinuous line or area to form an ar of the last 3 lik points. Hide or un-hide the urrent objet(s) Pops up the Inset/Offset dialog for the urrent objet Clone an objet or objets (in same position and layer) Clone and position objet or objets (in same layer) Flips a floating lone before anhoring takes plae (horizontal mirror) Flips a floating lone before anhoring takes plae (vertial mirror) Copyright Visual Preision Ltd