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- SSERC Graphics CD-ROM
- 7
- -- SCIENCE & OTHER NON-ELECTRONIC GRAPHICS --
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- 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 -->
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- 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.
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