Classic Toolbars

File Toolbar

New

Starts a new CM4D document

Open

Opens an existing CM4D document

Open Managed Document

Opens the Select Managed Document dialog that was formerly only accessible by right-clicking the DataSource icon in the tree bar and selecting Open Managed Document from the menu

Save

Saves the current document; if it has not been previously saved, the Save As dialog will appear

Print Toolbar

Print

Prints your active document as per your Print Setup dialog

Export Data

Opens the Export Data dialog

Email Sheet

Sends your active sheet to an E-mail as a PDF attachment. This option only works if you have an E-mail client installed on your computer.

Edit Toolbar

Delete

Deletes current selection

Cut

Cuts your selection and places it on the clipboard to be pasted to another location on the current sheet, or another sheet or document

Copy

Copies your selection to the clipboard to be pasted to another location on the current sheet, or another sheet or document

Paste

Pastes object or text from clipboard to current sheet

View Toolbar

Toggle Tree Bar

Hides or restores the Tree bar to the User Interface

Toggle Info Bar

Hides or restores the Info bar to the User Interface

Annot Toolbar

Edit Sheet

Default selection tool

Edit Leader w/ Tool

Allows you to change a leader just by clicking on the annotation whose leader you want to change and dragging the cursor to the point where you want the leader to end

New Text

Creates a new Text annotation

New View

Creates a new View annotation

New Chart

Creates a new Chart annotation

New Table

Creates a new Table annotation

New Line

Creates a new Line annotation

New Shape

Creates a new Shape annotation

New Container

Creates a new Container annotation

New Picture

Creates a new Picture annotation

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New Graph

Creates a new Graph annotation

  • For all annotation except for Graph, a default sized annotation can be created by clicking once on the sheet using the desired tool. To create a custom sized annotation, hold down the left mouse button and draw a box to the size you want. A new Graph must be a custom size.

New Plot Space

Adds a plot space to an existing chart while it is in edit mode. You can have as many plot spaces as needed within a chart.

To add a plot space, double click on the chart to put it into edit mode, then click the new plot space button and draw a box within the chart where you want the new plot space. You can edit the properties of this plot space by going into the Chart Plot Space properties.

New View Axes

Creates a new view axes within a view annotation while it is in edit mode.

New Group

Creates an empty group that can have annotation added to it by placing it in edit mode and creating new annotation inside it.

  • To group existing annot, select all of the annot you want to group together, then right-click and choose Group from the context menu.

Execute Tool

When the Execute tool is active and clicked on an annotation, it executes any action set in the Execute Action section of the Annot Properties General Tab. This may link to another page, shrink the annot, or execute a selected Script.

Zoom Tool

Zooms the viewing area of your page by clicking the zoom tool and drawing a box around the area you want to zoom

OpenGL Toolbar

Edit View

Puts a View annotation into Edit Mode.

Clip 3D

Enables or disables the Clipping Manipulator. The Clipping function must be enabled within a View's properties to be able to select the Clip 3D button.

Rotate 3D

Place the mouse pointer over the 3D view, click and hold the left mouse button while moving it in the direction you want the 3D view to rotate

Translate 3D

Moves a 3D view within its frame by clicking and dragging the mouse pointer over it

Zoom 3D

Zooms the scale of a 3D view by clicking and dragging the mouse pointer to get the desired zoom scale

Zoom Fit 3D

Sizes a 3D object to fit inside the view's frame

Zoom Box 3D

Allows the user to select an area of the 3D image to zoom

Zoom Previous 3D

Returns the 3D image to its previous position

Camera

Opens the Camera dialog, where users can save custom 3D image orientations on five levels, which can be saved to the Database.

Zoom Toolbar

Zoom In

Increases the current sheet display scale incrementally with each click

Zoom Out

Decreases the current sheet display scale incrementally with each click

Zoom 100%

Zooms the sheet as close to a one-to-one ratio as the display will allow

Zoom Fit

Makes the sheet fit in your document area

  • If you hold the ctrl key and click Zoom Fit when in the array sheet, the sheet with the selected annotation will be zoom fitted to the view region; if no annotation is selected, if you have an Active Sheet, then the active sheet will be fitted to the view region.

Zoom Selected

Zoom in on a selected annotation

Zoom Scale

Allows you to choose at what scale you want to view your annotation on the sheet

Redraw

Repaints the entire display with all of the current information in CM4D

Align Toolbar

Align Left

All selected annotation are aligned based on the left edge

Align Right

All selected annotation are aligned based on the right edge

Align Bottom

All selected annotation are aligned based on the bottom edge

Align Top

All selected annotation are aligned based on the top edge

Align Vertical

Lines up the annotation in the direction of the Y axis, moving along the axis as their centers are aligned

Align Horizontal

Lines up the annotation in the direction of the X axis, moving along the axis as their centers are aligned

Space Horizontally

All selected annotation are spaced horizontally based on the size of the annotation

Space Vertically

All selected annotation are spaced vertically based on the size of the annotation

Same Width

Resizes all selected annotation to an average width

Same Height

Resizes all selected annotation to an average height

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Same Size

Resizes all selected annotation to an average width and height, making them the same size

Mirror Horizontally

Selected annotation are mirrored horizontally

Mirror Vertically

Selected annotation are mirrored vertically

Alignment Toolbar

To toggle alignment on and off in CM4D click Toggle Alignment in the toolbar. To view the Alignment properties of the active subroutine, click Alignment Properties. Click the drop down arrow to select a new subroutine from the list.

Toggle Alignment

Toggles alignment on and off

Alignment Properties

Opens the alignment properties dialog

Toolbar without an active subroutine

Toolbar with an active subroutine and alignment mode off

Toolbar with active subroutine and alignment mode on

LogEditors Toolbar

Feature Properties

Opens the Feature Properties dialog

Feature Editor

Opens the Feature Editor dialog

Process Control

Opens the Process Control Editor dialog

MSA Wizard

Opens the Measurement Statistical Analysis Wizard

Log Viewer

Opens the Process Change Log Viewer

Logging Enabled

Turns Process Change Logging on

Logging Disabled

Turns Process Change Logging off

Report Toolbar

Toggle

Toggles ReportTweak mode on and off

Activate

Creates or activates a ReportTweak report from the selected annotation

Add

Adds any missing annotation to the ReportTweak report

Clean

Deletes duplicate (blue) or invalid (red) annotation

Analysis

Opens the Tweak Analysis dialog, which supplies information about all annotation in the ReportTweak report

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