Vizex right-click menus

When you right-click in the Vizex display while editing strings and points, a number of options are available to you via the right-click (context) menu.

History

Open the History submenu to view a history of recently selected commands. This provides a useful way of accessing those commands quickly from one place.

Selection

Open the Selection submenu to select from a list of Selection Restrictions which let you select, copy and save the objects you have selected in the display.

Begin digitising a new string in the display. As an alternative, press the 'N' hot key to start a new string.option to

To finish the string, either double-click as you digitise the last point or press Escape (Esc). This tool will be disabled when the display is in String Clipping mode.

Extend

Use the Extend function to append points to one end of a string. Right-click on the end point you want to append to and select Extend from the right-click menu. As you drag and move the appended point, a new string segment is rubber-banded:

To extend a string in its original orientation, drag the string to extend it, but hold down the CTRL key as you click the mouse to append a point.

If new points are added to the start of the string, an automatic Reverse String operation is performed before the new points are appended. If you select the Extend String tool (on the String Editor toolbar) points are appended to the last point on the string.

Close String

With a string selected, right-click and select the Close String option from the right-click menu. The start and end point of the string will be connected by a new segment.

Split String

Use the Split String function to split an open string or a closed string (polygon) into two open strings. You can also use this tool to split a closed string (polygon) into two polygons (by holding down the CTRL key as you click on the closed string where you want to split it).

Split Polygon

Use the Split Polygon function to split a closed string (polygon) into two closed polygons.

Multiple Split String

On the Design tab, in the Editing group: Select Split String | Multiple Split String (or select the Multiple Split String option on the Vizex right-click menu) to split selected strings or a segment using either a specified point spacing or a specified number of points.

The Split function can be applied to a segment (if invoked by right-clicking on the segment of a selected string).

See: Multiple Split String

Copy/Move Strings

On the Design tab, in the Editing group: Click Copy/Move Strings (or select Copy/Move Strings from the Vizex right-click menu) to copy, move, or replicate selected strings.

Copy Selected Strings

Click the Copy Selected Strings button (or select the Copy Selected Strings option from the right-click menu) to copy the strings currently selected in the display to the active layer.

If the active layer is not a String layer, you will be prompted to select a String layer as the active layer.

If the strings you have selected are already in the active layer, they will still be copied. If you use the mouse to move the copied strings, the original strings will be visible underneath.

See: Copy Strings to Active layer

Rotate Strings

Select an option from the Rotate Strings tool menu to rotate strings using either a form-based mode or an interactive mode.

See: Rotate Strings

Replicate String

Click the Replicate String button (or select Replicate String from the right-click menu) to copy a selected string multiple times, horizontally (along the X-Y plane) and vertically (along the Z plane).

The number of strings to be replicated and the horizontal and (optionally) vertical spacing plus an offset, can be specified in the Replicate String form. If no strings are selected, the Selection Assistant prompts you to select the string or strings you want to replicate.

You can also move and copy a single string by selecting Copy/Move String from the right-click menu (see above).

Save Selected Strings

On the Design tab, in the Editing group: Click Save Strings As (or select the same option from the right-click menu) to save the strings currently selected in Vizex to a new file. You will be prompted to enter the name and type of the target file.

Flatten String

Select the Flatten option to project the selected points or strings onto the currently defined Section Plane. If no Section Plane is defined, then the points are projected onto the current screen plane.

Reverse String

On the Design tab, in the Editing group: Click Reverse String to reverse the order of the points on a selected string (or select the Reverse String option from the right-click menu).

Polygons to Same Direction

On the Design tab, in the Editing group: Select Reverse to reverse the direction of selected polygons, where necessary, so that the direction of all polygons is the same. The point order of all selected polygons will match the point order of the first polygon in the selection.

Join Strings

With two or more strings selected, right-click and select the Join Strings from the right-click menu. See: Join Strings

Delete String

To delete a string or string segment, click on the string or segment to select it. The points of the string will be highlighted.

You can then either select this option from the right-click menu, or press the Delete key on your keyboard.

Insert Points

On the Design tab, in the Edit Mode group: Click Insert Points to insert multiple points along a selected string or segment (when you right-click on the segment of a string and Insert Mode is active).

Move Points

Select this option to move selected points in a specified direction and distance. If a Point layer is the active layer, you will be prompted to select the points you want to move if none are selected. If a Point layer is not the active layer, the Move Points option will not appear on the right-click menu unless one or more points are selected.

See: Copy/Move Points

Move Point Between

Select this option to move the selected point between two points that you define. The cursor shape will change to a crosshair cursor and the display will temporarily enter Between mode while you digitise the points on the string.

Condition String

On the Design tab, in the Editing group: Click the Condition String tool (or select Condition String from the Vizex right-click menu) to prepare a string for wireframing by setting the allowable length of string segments.

Insert Curve

To insert a curve which is either tangential or at a specified radius from the selected point, select Insert Curve at Point from the right-click menu. See Also: Generate Curve

Display Limits

Select this option to set the limits of the current display. In the Display Limits form, you can define Orthogonal, Transform, or 3D display settings.

Display limits which have been saved as form sets are also available for selection under the Display Limits node of the Vizex Layer Types pane.

View All

Select the View All tool to zoom to the full extents of the displayed objects.