Classic Toolbars

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  1. 3D Toolbar
  2. Align Toolbar
  3. Alignment Toolbar
  4. Annot Toolbar
  5. Cutting Plane Toolbar
  6. Display Mode Toolbar
  7. Edit Toolbar
  8. File Toolbar
  9. LogEditors Toolbar
  10. Print Toolbar
  11. Report Toolbar
  12. View Toolbar
  13. Zoom Toolbar

3D Toolbar

Icon

Name

Description

Edit View

Always enabled. Toggles Edit Mode on and off. Must be activated to manipulate the 3D model (3D orientation, Feature selection, display mode and cutting planes) in the View.

Select Features

Enabled when View is in Edit Mode. Click on a Feature marker to select the Feature. If a Feature is already selected, it is deselected and the new Feature is selected. Click on a selected Feature marker to deselect the Feature.

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Hold the Ctrl key and click on a Feature marker to add successive Features to the selected Features list. Click on a selected Feature marker to deselect the Feature and remove it from the list.

Select Features by Area

Enabled when View is in Edit Mode. Click and drag a bounding box around Feature markers to select Features and add them to the Selected Features list. If any Features are already selected, these are cleared from the list before the newly selected Features create the new list.

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Hold the Ctrl key, then click and drag a bounding box around Feature markers to select Features and add them to the Selected Features list. If any Features are already selected, the newly selected Features are added to the current list.

Push Selected Features

Enabled when at least one Feature marker is selected in the View. Opens the Selected Features List. You can push the selected feature(s) to DataSource, Subroutine or Reference.

Clear Selected Features

Enabled when at least one Feature marker is selected in the View. Clears all Selected Features from the list. All feature maker highlights are removed.

Zoom Fit

Always enabled. Sets the zoom of the View to fit the entire part (loaded Feature markers and 3D model) within the View.

Zoom Box

Enabled when View is in Edit Mode. Click and drag a bounding box to zoom in on an area of the 3D image.

Camera

Always enabled. Opens the Camera dialog to save information about the placement of a 3D image within a view. See here for more information on Cameras.

Align Toolbar

Icon

Name

Description

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.

Icon

Name

Description

Toggle Alignment

Toggles alignment on and off

Alignment Properties

Opens the alignment properties dialog

 

<no subroutine>

Select a Subroutine from the dropdown menu.

Examples:

Toolbar without an active subroutineToolbar without an active subroutine

Toolbar with an active subroutine and alignment mode offToolbar with an active subroutine and alignment mode off

Toolbar with active subroutine and alignment mode onToolbar with active subroutine and alignment mode on

Annot Toolbar

Icon

Name

Description

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 (deprecated)

New Picture

Creates a new Picture annotation

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New Graph

Creates a new Graph annotation

New Plot Space

Add a plot space to an existing chart while it is in edit mode. 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. See also, Chart Plot Space.

New View Axes

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

This tool is only enabled for use with Views using old Visualization.

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

Cutting Plane Toolbar

Icon

Name

Description

Toggle X Plane

Toggles the cutting plane along the X axis on/off.

 

Invert X Plane

Enabled when the X plane is active. Flips the cutting plane to cut the geometry in the opposite direction along the X axis.

Toggle Y Plane

Toggles the cutting plane along the Y axis on/off.

 

Invert Y Plane

Enabled when the Y plane is active. Flips the cutting plane to cut the geometry in the opposite direction along the Y axis.

Toggle Z Plane

Toggles the cutting plane along the Z axis on/off.

 

Invert Z Plane

Enabled when the Z plane is active. Flips the cutting plane to cut the geometry in the opposite direction along the Z axis.

Show/Hide Planes

Enabled when at least one cutting plane is active. Toggles the visibility of the cutting plane bounding box. By default, the cutting plane reference box is visible. While the plane is hidden, it cannot be moved.

Toggle Quadrants

Enabled when two or more planes are active. Toggles the cutting planes from a single cutting section to separate cutting sections.

  • OFF - All enabled planes are combined to act as a single cutting plane; cuts all geometry intersected by any plane.
  • ON - Each enabled plane acts an individual plane; cuts only geometry intersected by all planes.

Reset

Enabled when at least one cutting plane is active. Sets all cutting plane locations to default and turns off all cutting planes.

Display Mode Toolbar

Icon

Name

Description

Shaded

[Default Mode] Sets the rendering mode to Phong Shading. Colors are obtained from the CAD file. This mode displays the model geometry as shaded and opaque.

Shaded with Lines

Sets the rendering mode to Phong Shading with Lines. This mode displays the model geometry as shaded and opaque, with the addition of visible, unobscured lines. Colors are obtained from the CAD file. This is essentially a combination of the Shaded and Hidden Lines modes.

This mode may display some parts better than just Shaded.

Hidden Lines

Sets the rendering mode to Fast Hidden Line. This mode displays only visible, unobscured lines. Faces of visible geometry are used to obscure the lines in the model. All color defined in the CAD file is turned white. This mode is a simple view that may provide a better result for hardcopy or screenshots.

The Transparency option in the View properties is ignored when this mode is set.

X-Ray

Sets the rendering mode to X-Ray. This mode displays the model geometry as semi-transparent, but not the feature markers. This mode allows you to see through a complex scene to view or select the Feature markers.

The Transparency option in the View properties is not ignored when this mode is set.

Edit Toolbar

Icon

Name

Description

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

File Toolbar

Icon

Name

Description

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

LogEditors Toolbar

Icon

Name

Description

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

Icon

Name

Description

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.

Report Toolbar

Icon

Name

Description

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

View Toolbar

Icon

Name

Description

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

Zoom Toolbar

Icon

Name

Description

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

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 the document region

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.

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