** File: TPPlot3.hlp
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** Plot View's View Menu commands


Û  View menu

    The View menu contains commands that
let you view and change various plot
viewing points of plot object in Plot View.


Û  Zoom

    The View | Zoom command lets you expand
a rectangular area of a Plot View window.
This command is especially useful when you
have a plot that contains data curves tight
together such that you can't select them in
the normal view.  Use this command to blow
up a local area and edit it.


Û  UnZoom

    The View | UnZoom command lets you put
the zoomed plot view to its original size.


Û  Axes Zoom

    The View | Axes Zoom command lets you
change the axes range on-screen.  You must
select a graph first before you can select
this command.  This command will only
change the axes ranges to the rectangle
region you select.  This command differs
from the Zoom command in that it only
resizes the axes range, not any other plot
objects in the selected area.


Û  Axes UnZoom

    The View | Axes UnZoom command lets you
put the axes range of an axes-zoomed graph
back to its original state.


Û  Push Back

    The View | Push Back command lets you
put the selected plot object to the
beginning of the drawing list.  The order
of Plot View window drawing is the most
recent active one last. Once an object is
selected, it becomes the active object, so
it is at the end of the drawing list.  When
TechPlot checks for a selection, it checks
through the drawing list in a reverse
order.  This command is very useful when
you are in the situation that you have
several objects geometrically contained in
a large object.  If the large object is
active, then you cannot select those small
ones inside this large object.  So you must
push the large object back, then you will
be able to select the small objects.


Û  Move

    The View | Move command lets you move
a plot object on screen.  This command
displays the Move 2D Object dialog box.
In this dialog box, you can specify the new
location of an object.  The numbers are the
screen position of the object.  The
top-left corner of the plot view window
guidelines is (0,0).


Û  Resize

    The View | Resize command lets you
resize a plot object.  This command
displays the Resize 2D Object dialog box.
In this dialog box, you can specify the
new location of an object.  The numbers
are the screen position of the object.


Û  Rotate

    The View | Rotate command allows you
to rotate a 2D or 3D plot object.

    If the selected object is a 2D plot
object, a message will be displayed on
the status line to instruct you during
the rotating operation.  Use the arrow
keys to rotate the plot object.  When you
finish rotating, press <Enter>.

    If the selected object is a 3D plot
object, the plot view is changed to the
3D rotation mode.  In this mode, the
toolbox and color palette area are changed
to the 3D rotation tool.  You can either
use the mouse to click on the arrow buttons
to set the angles of x, y, or z axis, or
type in angle values in the respecting
inputline boxes and choose the Apply button
to see the rotating position.  Choose the
Done command button when you finish the
rotating operation.


Û  3D Move

    The View | 3D Move command lets you
move the position of a 3D plot object in
true three dimensional space.  When you
have selected a 3D object and chosen this
command, the plot view is changed to the
3D move mode.


Û  3D Resize

    The View | 3D Resize command lets you
resize the dimension of a 3D plot object
in true three dimensional space.  When you
have selected a 3D object and chosen this
command, the plot view is changed to the
3D resize mode.


Û  ReDraw

    The View | Redraw command lets you
redraw the plot view screen immediately.
The keyboard shortcut for this command
is <F7>.
