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     Using gCAD3D

    Graphic functions

    VWR (viewer)
    MAN (manual text entry)
    CAD (interactive graphic modelling)

    Menu - File
    Menu - SubModels
    Menu - Options
    Menu - Display
    Menu - Modify
    Menu Select
    Menu - Group
    Menu - Standards
    Menu - Catalog
    Menu Application
    Menu Process
    Menu Plugin
    Menu Remote

    Measure
    Search / Name
    Interaction

    Checkbox - Hide, View
    Checkbox - Search/Name
    Checkbox - RotCen
    Checkbox - 3D, Shade

    Keycodes

     menu - File:

    New
    Open Model
    Insert

    Import Mockup native

    save Model (as)

    compress native Models

    Print

     menu - Submodels:

    See  multi-model support
    See  use submodels (position)
    See  create assembly

     activate submodel
      activate a submodel or the main model.
      "- Main - is the main model.
      After creating a submodel: back to the main model,
      continue with  use submodels

     move main -> new submodel
      move all objects in the main model into a submodel.
      See  use submodels

     create new submodel
      create a new (empty) create submodel and activate it.

     save Submodel to File
      write the currently active submodel into a file.
      It can be loaded normally or be used as an external submodel.

     load Submodel from File
      a model is loaded but not as the main model
        but as an internal submodel.
      Submodellname is the filename of the loaded model.
      The submodel is not yet visible;
      see  use submodels

     rename Submodel

     delete Submodel

     modify position of submodel

      menu - Options:

     compile DLLs
      if ON: before loading a DLL - unload this DLL,
      recompile it, relink it and load again. (A debug function).

     Interaction
      if ON: Interaction is also active in CAD or MAN
        In mode VWR interaction is always active.

    MainToolBar
      if OFF: the main function bar at the top will disappear.

    MessageToolBar
      if OFF: messagewindow at the bottom is hidden.

    ScreenCast ON
      Only for Gtk3, if ON:
      - pressing the mousebuttons is indicated
      - pressing the keyboardbuttons is indicated

    BrowserWindow OFF
      if OFF: the browserwindow at the left side is hidden.

    RemoteControl OFF
      if OFF: RemoteControl is not active.

     menu - Display:

     ObjName
      Representation of the names of the text elements, eg "P20".
      Representation of the direction of all the processing paths by arrows.

     NC-text
      Of NC-toolbox (as text) at the respective positions.
      Shown are e.g. all insert text, STOP ....

     point display OFF
      Hide all points.

     plane display OFF
      Hide all layers.

     solid display OFF
      Hide all solids.

     menu - Modify:

     model position
     Curve-> Circ

    Linetyp

    SurfaceStyle

    SurfaceColor

     surface transparency
      solid
      50% - transparent
      transparent (fully transparent)

    SurfaceTexture

     object names
      See  Search /Name .

     Edit (F3)
      Open the currently active line of code with the system editor.

     APT-Clean (F4)
      Permanently delete all previousely deleted codes.

     Delete last Obj (Ctrl-Z)
      delete Last generated object.

     Restore last deleted (Ctrl-Y)
      reactivate last deleted object.

     menu - Group:

    Obj  add (remove)
      All subsequently selected objects are added to the group.
      Select an object again, remove from the group.

    save  Group -> File
      Write all objects in the group to a file (native format -. Gcad)

     checkbox - Hide /View

     Hide:
      - hide individual objects:
      select are any graphic object to hide.

     View:
      - redraw hidden objects:
      all currently hidden elements will be displayed;
      Select items to be shown again

     checkbox - Modify /Delete

    Select the checkbox "Modify /Delete" and the geometric object -
    or select the object while holding down the Control key;

    It is now the following menu appears:

    <<--prv
    nxt-->>
      shows all objects depending from the selected object

    Modify  items  Modify / Return key or the right mouse button

     Delete items  delete / delete-key (Del) key

     Done  End / Ctrl-right mouse button

    Delete: You will see the object and all its auxiliary objects.
    Each single object must be removed by using the delete key.
    Retrieving deleted objects using the key Ctrl-Y.

    Example:
    1 P20 = P (-16.71 -32.4 0)
    2 P21 = P (-0.83 -22.12 0)
    3 P22 = P (-2.1 -30.41 0)
    4 L20 = P20 P21
    5 L21 L20 P22 = CUT

      Property P20 has 2 dependent objects: L20, L21.
      L21 object has 4 auxiliary objects: L20 P20 P21 P2.

     checkbox - 3D, Shade

     3D:
      OFF: the model can not be rotated, the view plane is fixed.
              For 2D plan view: Button "Top", then "3D" OFF.

     Shade:
      OFF: surfaces and solids are presented only as a wire model.
      ON:  Solids and surfaces are shaded.