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SSERC Graphics CD-ROM
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-- SCIENCE & OTHER NON-ELECTRONIC GRAPHICS --
Work with two views on Draw. The first view
allows you to have an overview of more than
just your A4 paper. It is handy for shuffling
Drawfiles around to get them roughly in
position. If the second view is made visible
behind the first you can drag Drawfiles across
across the view edge from one to the other -->
VIEW 1 - Zoom 1:2, A2, Portrait, Show paper
limits, no Grid visible, no auto-adjust, lock
to hidden grid of cm with 10 divisions switched
on. Use this window for moving objects across
the full width & height of the paper. Click on
the 'straight line' icon at the top of the
Toolbox and draw a very short diagonal line in
the grey area off the bottom left-hand corner
of the paper. Remember the true paper limits
do not appear until your printer driver has
been loaded. This little line allows objects
to be dragged on to this paper size without
Draw reverting to the minimum paper size on
which they can be displayed.
VIEW 2 - Zoom 3:2, A2, Portrait, Show paper
limits, Grid on, no auto-adjust, lock to grid
on cm with 10 divisions. Note that with Zoom
3:2 all equipment on an Acorn RGB Colour
Monitor will appear life-size. Put a standard
size test tube up to the screen and see!
Adjust the size of the draw views to leave a
vertical strip about 3 cm wide down the right
hand side of the screen. The 1:2 zoom view
will not take up much space. Call up any
directory by double clicking on its icon.
Adjust the shape of the new window to fill the
vertical strip. The filenames of apparatus
shapes should be clicked on by the SELECT
button on the mouse and keeping the key
pressed, drag the icon down to the left-hand
bottom corner of the 1:2 zoom window VIEW 1.
The shape will appear on the A2 paper. Click
on the TOOLBOX 'Select' (arrow) and press the
mouse SELECT button to drag it into the A4 area
on the A2 page. Repeat this process until you
have all the apparatus you need. All apparatus
edges should match in to the 1 mm grid. If it
is apparent that they do not then you have
forgotten to switch the grid on. Flip to VIEW 2
for detailed manipulation and editing.
Hints and tips
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CAINE JUMP - Not a lot of people know this ...
but you can drag an object in Draw across the
edge of one window view on to another. This is
extremely useful as you don't have to position
objects accurately on VIEW 1 initially. It can
all end in tears though if you forget to set
the Grid lock on both of the views involved!
SMART COPY -------------------------------->
SMART COPY - Even less people know of this!
Start up a 2nd Draw window (not New View). Drag
a multi-object e.g. ($.Chemistry.Basic.Tubing)
Draw file into this window. Select one of the
pieces of tubing. Make sure nothing is selected
on your original Draw window behind. Press the
MENU button on the mouse, move through Select
and you will see the Copy option highlighted.
Select this and, as if by magic, the piece of
tubing from the 2nd window appears on the 1st.