The command can be called in one of the following ways:
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Ribbon |
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Keyboard |
Textual Menu |
<ESE> |
Edit > Draw > Section |
The command edits cutting lines, view arrows and view labels, including those created automatically.
Following options are available in the automenu, upon calling the command:
<*> |
Select All Elements |
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<Esc> |
Exit command |
Next, you can select an element to be edited. You can use a rectangular frame for selecting multiple elements, or use the automenu option for selecting all. Upon selecting multiple element, following option additionally appears in the automenu:
<Del> |
Delete Selected Element(s) |
Upon selecting a single element, following options are available in the automenu, regardless of a type of selected element:
<Ctrl>+<Enter> |
Finish Editing |
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<P> |
Parameters |
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<Alt>+<P> |
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<N> |
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<I> |
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<Del> |
Delete entity |
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<Esc> |
Exit command |
Additionally, there are options that appear upon selecting element of a particular type:
1. Cutting line.
<C> |
Select Point |
This option gets activated automatically, upon selecting a cutting line. While it's active, you can select anchor points represented by square blue markers. Click a marker to select a point. Selected pint starts following the cursor. Set the new position of the point by moving the cursor and click again to confirm repositioning. As long as point follows the cursor, the Delete entity option can be used for deleting such point. Next, you can select another point and reposition it in the same manner. Following option is an alternative to selecting existing points:
<L> |
Add Point |
While it's active, it is impossible to select existing points. Instead, clicking anywhere in a drawing window creates a new point under the cursor. The system automatically detects two nearest points of the current cutting line an adds a created point to the line between these two. A marker of a new point follows the cursor. Set the desired position and click to confirm it.
<Z> |
Change View Direction |
This option switches a view direction in relation to the cutting line to an opposite one in the same way as, when you create a cutting line.
2. View arrow.
<Z> |
Change View Direction |
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<H> |
Change Text Placement |
These options work in the same way, as when creating a view arrow.
View label selected for editing follows the mouse cursor. Clicking fixes the new position of a label and finishes editing.
View arrows defined by a single anchor point are edited in the same way.
If a view arrow is defined by two arbitrary anchor points (without linking to existing 2D nodes), then the cursor movement only affects the position of the first anchor point. The arrow remains pointing the second anchor point from the new position.
If a view arrow is defined by two existing 2D nodes, then initially upon calling the editing command the cursor movement doesn't affect arrow's position. In the meantime, the automenu contains following additional options:
<B> |
Set First Attachment Point |
Upon activating this option, you have to select an existing 2D node or an arbitrary point, that will be used as the first anchor point of the view arrow. When selecting an arbitrary point, a 2D node gets created there automatically.
<E> |
Set Second Attachment Point |
Upon activation of this option, the arrow starts rotating around the first point always pointing the cursor. A blue dashed line connects the cursor to the arrow tip. Set the desired direction of arrow by selecting an existing 2D node or an arbitrary point. Selected node will become the second anchor point of the view arrow. When selecting an arbitrary point, a 2D node gets created there automatically.
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