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ssCVMenuView

 

The View Menu in hsCADView has the following options available:

 

1.Grid (Toggles the framework of evenly spaced/parallel vertical and horizontal lines used as a drawing reference on/off)

 

2.Grid Snap (Toggles the grid snap ability on/off)

 

3.Entity Snaps (Sub-menu)
a.Enabled (Enable/Disable Permanent Entity Snaps)
b.End Point (Snap to an end point of a line segment)
c. Mid Point (Snap to mid point of a line segment)
d.Intersection (Snap to the intersection point)
e.Center Point (Snap to center of a circle, ellipse or arc)
f.Insertion (Snap to the Insertion point of blocks, images, or text)
g.Nearest (Snap to the nearest point on the entity to the cursor)
h. Node (Snaps to the point entity only)
i. Parallel (Snap parallel to nearest line to cursor)
j.Perpendicular (Snap to perpendicular point on line segment)
k.Polar (Snap to 0, 45deg, 90deg... etc)
l.Quadrant (Snap to the nearest quadrant on a circle, ellipse or arc)
m.Tangent (Snap to the point tangent to the circle, ellipse or arc)

 

4.Toolbar (Sub-menu)
a.  File Toolbar (Show/Hide this toolbar)
b.  View Toolbar (Show/Hide this toolbar)
c.  Render Toolbar (Show/Hide this toolbar)
d.Measure Toolbar (Show/Hide this toolbar)

 

5.Property Bar (Prop tree Tool Properties to the right of the drawing screen when a tool is activated)

 

6.Status Bar (program information bar found at the bottom of drawing screen)

 

7.Regen (redraw all entities with updated information)

 

 

(Note: Each option above is equipped with a keyboard shortcut to improve drawing efficiency; to customize your shortcuts, see Key Accelerators under Options Menu)

 

Also See:

Toolbars