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### The Graphic Window

Figure 5: Graphic Window

1
  Drawing Name
  The name of the currently loaded drawing is displayed in the first status field. If no drawing has been loaded, and a new one is being generated, its name is shown as work.

2
  Part Number
  The part number of the active part is displayed behind the caption
  part nr:.

3
  Scale
  The scaling factor of the active part is displayed behind the caption
  scale:.

4
  Pointer Co-ordinates
  The first number represents the X, the second the Y co-ordinate of the cursor while it is located in the drawing area.

5
  Layer
  The active layer is displayed behind the caption layer:. Default means that SISCAD-P's defaults are active.

6
  Command Line
  The CAD-commands are displayed in this line.
  The commands can be entered either by mouse (from the CAD-command window) or by keyboard.

Functions accessible in the Graphic Window:

Figure 6: Functions in the Graphic Window

1-4
  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.

5
  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.

6
  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

7
  Overview
  Generate an overview of the current drawing. Hidden objects are ignored.

8
  Detail View
  - Generate a detail view (left mouse button)
    - the message detail appears at the pointer -
    To get a detail view click the left mouse button in the graphic window, then draw the frame over the desired part of the drawing, and finally click the left mouse button again.

    Figure 9: Detail in graphic window

    Figure 8: Frame of detail in graphic window

  - Display the last detail (middle mouse button)
    Click the icon with the middle mouse button to display the last detail view.

9
  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.

10
  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.

11
  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

12
  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.

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