MENUBAR £This is a dummy paragraph of text just to fill the gap in the help file. MOVEMENT £The buttons on this panel allow you to move the viewing position of the garden. JOBS PANEL £Describes the work you should try to do in the garden each month. FEATURES PANEL £Lists all the features which can be edited in the Object Editor, and selected to put in your garden. PLANT PALETTE £This provides a convenient way of holding a collection of plants which have been selected using the database panel. GARDEN EDIT £This panel is used to create, view and edit the garden. GOTO £The Goto panel shows a plan view of the garden reflecting the current rotation. Click the mouse in the position you want to move to. The current viewpoint position is shown by a small circle. CAMERA £Use the camera to capture your favourite views of the garden, so that you can easily return to them, or to create a moving video sequence. You can change the number of frames that can be stored using the menu SETUP\MEMORY option. OBJECT EDITOR £Used to create and edit the man-made objects for your garden. Objects can be created, painted in a variety of colours or textures, resized or proportioned, saved, and loaded later when required. TASK BAR BUTTONS £Click on the appropriate button to open one of the panels. DATABASE £This panel allows you to select plants for the plant palette, on the basis of colour, plant type, size, soil type, etc. POSITION BAR £This bar shows garden position, object position and time information. £You can also use the position controls to move and rotate the currently selected object. To select an object, use your mouse pointer so that a wireframe appears, then double click or press CTRL I. Now adjust the position or rotation by either entering a value in the numeric control edit box or by pressing the up-down increment control. £Dummy help P 12
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From inside the garden, the viewpoint is rotated through 90 degrees clockwise (i.e. as if you turn through 90 degrees to your right).£ OUTSIDE£Moves the viewpoint outside the garden to the original starting point (when the garden was defined) with zero rotation.£ PAN LEFT£Moves the viewpoint to the left, shifts the garden towards the right.£ ROTATE UP£The viewpoint rises.£ ROTATE DOWN£The viewpoint moves down. £ PAN RIGHT£Moves the viewpoint to the right, shifts the garden towards the left.£ GOTO CENTRE£Moves the viewpoint to the centre of the garden, level view, with zero rotation.£ IN AND DOWN£Moves your viewpoint in towards the screen and down at the same time, so that your viewpoint becomes lower as you move in.£ UP AND OUT£Moves your viewpoint backwards out from the screen, raising it as you back away.£ MOVE IN£Moves your viewpoint forward at the height indicated by Z on the position bar.£ MOVE OUT£Moves your viewpoint backwards at the height indicated by Z on the position bar.£ LEVEL/PLAN£Switch between level view and close-up plan view of the garden, at the current viewpoint position.£ FAST FORWARD (hot key - Ctrl E)£Moves to the last frame, showing the frame number and the final picture.£ REWIND (hot key - Ctrl S)£Rewinds the camera to frame 0, and shows the first picture.£ RECORD (hot key - Ctrl R)£Takes one frame without advancing to the next frame. Records and stores position and time information from the Garden Edit panel.£ PLAY (hot key - Ctrl P)£Copies the current camera frame to the Garden Edit panel.£ STEP FORWARD (hot key - Ctrl F)£Moves forward one frame, showing the new frame number, and the next frame picture.£ STEP BACK (hot key - Ctrl B)£Moves back one frame, showing the new frame number, and the previous frame picture.£ AUTOPLAYBACK (hot key - Ctrl G)£Plays the recorded sequence until you press any key. £ RECORD ADVANCE (hot key - Ctrl A)£Advances one frame and records position and time information from the Garden Edit panel.£ TASK BUTTON£This button opens the panel shown on the button label.£ CLOSE£Closes this panel.£ YES£Accepts current option.£ CANCEL£Rejects current action.£ HELP£Displays the help panel.£ ROTATE OBJECT£Rotates the currently selected (highlighted) object to the specified angle. To highlight an object, move mouse until the object is outlined, then double click or press CTRL I.£ ROTATE INCREMENT£Alters the rotation of the currently selected (highlighted) object.£ CHANGE OBJECT HEIGHT£Changes height of current object.£ INCREMENT OBJECT HEIGHT£Alters the height of the current object.£ CHANGE WIDTH£Changes width of current object.£ INCREMENT OBJECT WIDTH£Alters the width of the current object.£ CHANGE DEPTH£Changes the depth of the current object.£ INCREMENT OBJECT DEPTH£Alters the depth of the current object.£ WINDOW X OFFSET£Moves the selected window or door feature sideways across the current panel.£ X OFFSET INCREMENT£Changes the distance of the window or door from the lefthand side of the current panel.£ WINDOW Y OFFSET£Moves the selected window or door feature up or down.£ Y OFFSET INCREMENT£Changes the distance of the window or door from the top of the current panel.£ WINDOW WIDTH£Changes the width of the current window or door.£ WINDOW WIDTH INCREMENT£Changes the width of the current window or door.£ WINDOW HEIGHT£Changes the height of the current window or door.£ WINDOW HEIGHT INCREMENT£Alters the height of the current window or door.£ OBJECT'S X POSITION£Moves the currently selected (highlighted) object's X position (across the garden). To highlight an object, move mouse until the object is outlined, then double click or press CTRL I.£ OBJECT X INCREMENT£Changes the currently selected (highlighted) object's X position.£ OBJECT'S Z POSITION£Changes the height above the ground of currently selected (highlighted) object. To highlight an object, move mouse until the object is outlined, then double click or press CTRL I.£ OBJECT Z INCREMENT£Alters the currently selected object's Z position (height above the ground).£ OBJECT'S Y POSITION£Moves the currently selected (highlighted) object's Y position (into the screen from the front of the garden). To highlight an object, move mouse until the object is outlined, then double click or press CTRL I.£ OBJECT Y INCREMENT£Changes the currently selected object's Y position (distance into the screen from the front of the garden).£ MAXIMIZE MINIMIZE£Toggles the panel's size between full screen and its former size.£ MOVE VIEWPOINT£Moves viewpoint.£ AUTO RECORD£This button clicks in or out. Click once to switch autorecording on, and a second time to switch off. During autorecord all changes shown in the Garden Edit panel are recorded in sequence including changes in time and position.£ TITLE BAR£Shows the name of the panel. Used to drag the panel to a new position.£ £ £ 2UTTON£Undoes last insert into garden.£ 3UTTON£this is only dummy info.£ Edit Garden£Right click and drag to insert a feature. Left click and drag to move. Double click (or CTRL I) to highlight for precise positioning by position bar. DEL to delete.£ 5UTTON£this is only dummy info.£ 6UTTON£this is only dummy info.£ 7UTTON£this is only dummy info.£ 8UTTON£this is only dummy info.£ 9UTTON£this is only dummy info.£ 10TTON£this is only dummy info.£ 11TTON£this is only dummy info.£ 12TTON£this is only dummy info.£ 13TTON£this is only dummy info.£ 14TTON£this is only dummy info.£ 15TTON£this is only dummy info.£ CHANGE VIEWING MONTH£Selects the viewing month of the year£ MONTH INCREMENT£Change the viewing month forwards or backwards through the year.£ CHANGE VIEWING YEAR£Selects the viewing year.£ INCREMENT YEAR£Increases or decreases the viewing year.£ 16TTON£this is only dummy info.£ GOTO£Point and click in the GOTO panel, and your viewpoint will move to the same location on the GARDEN EDIT panel.£ 18TTON£this is only dummy info.£ CHOOSE PLANT£Select a plant from list by highlighting it.£ Resize bars£Resizes the current window.£ 20TTON£this is only dummy info.£ CHOOSE TEXTURE£Click on any of the colours or textures to select a new fill pattern. 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