q How to activate a tool from the Control Panel
Click on the icon of the Control Panel that depicts the tool you want to activate.
· Some are tools that you take, use and then put aside (e.g., Show/Hide, Group/Ungroup, Measurements).
· Others are toggle options that allow the switching from one mode to another (e.g., Magnetization, Perspective).
· Still others open a window or a dialog box that you must close after use (Scene Manager, Info, Material Editor).
There are two ways to do this:
· Validate the action:
· In the Assistant Palette: Click the “Validate” button.
or
· With the keyboard: Press the Return key.
Validating the action will drop the tool. The Wand selection tool will be available again to select another tool or a different object.
· Putting the tool aside:
· If you chose the “Workshop”* interface, you put the tool aside by moving the cursor outside of the scene on the right, then moving it back into the scene. Now you are free to select an object or take another tool.
· If you chose the “Standard”* interface, select another tool to continue to work.
* See Chapter User Manual/Edition/Interface/Tools palettes.