Selecting Features in the Part View screen Features are selected in the Part View screen to perform operations including: • Constructions • Feature deletions
To select features in the Part View screen: 1 Press the desired features in the Part View screen. Selected features will appear as blue dashed lines. The features are selected as if they had been selected in the Feature List and will be highlighted in the Feature List. In this example, two circles were selected in order to create a distance construction between them. When a construction is completed, the constructed feature is shown as a blue dashed line and the parent features are shown as solid orange lines.
Zooming and Panning As features are measured, constructed and created, they will populate the Part View screen. Depending on the zoom level, features may extend beyond the viewable area of the Part View. Features that extend beyond the Part View can be brought into viewable range by using one of the several available zoom commands in the Zoom menu found in the Measure toolbar. Pinch-zooming can also be performed in systems with touch screen support. Panning allows the user to move the Part View in any direction using fingertips or the mouse cursor. To zoom in or out: 1 Select the desired Zoom function from the zoom menu. Measure toolbar > Zoom button > Zoom function 2 Or alternatively in multitouch systems, press two fingers to the screen and expand or pinch to zoom out or in. Press or click features to select them A construction between two circles is shown
To pan the Part View: 1 Right-click the mouse cursor in the Part View and drag the Part View image in any direction. 2 Or alternatively in touch screen systems, press two fingers to the screen and drag the image in any direction. In this example, the Part View was zoomed and panned to show the two circles and constructed distance shown earlier in greater detail.
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