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)Adds a new family of objects to the frontmost simulation.
When you select this command, the new family editor will be displayed, allowing you to specify a new family of objects in orbit around the selected object. At the top left of the new family editor, there is a Family Size field in which you can type the number of objects that you want in the new family. At the top right of the new family editor, there is a Quick Setup menu which allows you to choose a particular type of family, whose values will then be automatically placed in the fields below. The fields below are divided up into two boxes - the physical elements at the top and the orbital elements at the bottom. You can edit these fields and then choose OK to accept your edits, after which each of the frontmost simulation's open windows will be updated to reflect the change.
The entry of the physical elements and orbital elements is more complicated than in the case of a single particle, because a distribution of values is required for each element. This is done by having "from" and "to" fields to specify the ends of the distribution, together with a "bias" slider to specify the bias in the distribution, and a "random" checkbox to specify whether the distribution is to be random or even.
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which adds a new object to the frontmost simulation.
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which undoes the latest change to the frontmost simulation.
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which redoes the most recently undone change to the frontmost simulation.
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