Quick Controls

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Mouse Controls in sketch window

Left mouse button	Start sketching a path.
CONTROL left mouse button	Lock onto node at start or end of sketching a path.
SHIFT left mouse button	End sketching a path.
CONTROL+SHIFT left mouse button	Start or End sketching a path on a grid intersection.
Middle mouse button drag	Dynamic rotate view [disabled by default].
CONTROL middle mouse button drag	Dynamic scale view.
SHIFT middle mouse button drag	Dynamic translate view.
Right mouse mutton	Select a path.
CONTROL right mouse button	Addtionally select a path that runs on from selected paths.
CONTROL+SHIFT right mouse button	Select a symbol.

Left hand panel of sketch window

Shift Picture	Move sketch view according to selected 2 or 3 point path.
Shift Background	Move background image according to selected 2 or 3 point path.
[text line]	File name of background image.
[Drop-down box]	Drawing type of selected path.
[W E P C D I F] [S]	Drawing type of selected path with modal button "S" for splined.
[text line]	The text displayed on selected path, unless it is centreline type.
paths/ areas/ symbols/	Index of selected component of sketch.
Stroke > >	Change of base stroke width in all sketches.
Deselect	Select nothing.
Delete	Delete selected path or symbol.
Back	Delete last node of current drawing path.
Fuse	Warp paths connecting to first node of selected 2 point path to second node.
Update SAreas	Calculate areas from paths according to their node connections.
V Group Area	Display total area in which a selected symbol is inside.
V Down Sketch	Does nothing.
V Down SketchU	Super-impose sketch selected in main window onto the sketch window, if compatible.

Menu bar of sketch window

File | Import Centreline	Calculate and copy in centreline paths of the survey the sketch belongs to.
File | Import Sketch	Warp and copy the sketch selected in main window into the sketch in the sketch window.
File | Print	Print sketch drawing to fit paper size [successful experimental feature].
File | HPGL thick	Output plotter instructions for the walls to the command line [experimental feature].
File | HPGL thin	Output plotter instructions for the details to the command line [experimental feature].
File | Close	Close sketch window.
View | Maximize	Maximize the view of the paths.
View | Centre	Centralize the view of the the paths.
View | Upright	Reset the rotational component of the view to zero.
View | Scale Down	Zoom out.
View | Scale Up	Zoom in.
View | Redraw	Refresh sceen in standard drawing mode.
Display | [] Centreline	Enable draw centreline type paths.
Display | [] StationNames	Enable draw centreline station names.
Display | [] XSections	Does nothing.
Display | [] Tubes	Does nothing.
Display | [] Axes	Does nothing.
Display | [] Depth Colours	Does nothing.
Display | [] Show Nodes	Enable draw square boxes around path end nodes.
Display | [] Show Background	Enable draw background image.
Display | [] Show Grid	Enable draw metre grid.
Motion | [] Track Lines	Enable dragged line to track black pixels in background image [successful experimental feature].
Motion | [] Tablet Mouse	Change mouse controls to make effective use of graphics tablet [experimental feature].
Motion | [] Enable Rotate	Enable dynamic rotation of view with middle mouse button drag.
Motion | [] Shear Warp	Change warping function used by the "Fuse" function.
Action | Detail Render	Redraw screen without colours, without improper symbols, and with correctly drawn pitch boundaries.
Action | Update SAreas	Calculate areas from paths according to their node connections [same as "Update SAreas" button].
Action | Update Symbols Lay	Calculate group areas in which the symbols belong, and fit random symbols correctly.
Action | Deselect	Select nothing [same as "Deselect" button].
Action | Delete	Delete selected path or symbol [same as "Delete" button].
Action | Fuse	Warp paths connecting to first node of selected 2 point path to second node [same as "Fuse" button].
Action | Back	Delete last node of current drawing path [same as "Back" button].
Action | Reflect	Reverse orientation of selected path.
Action | Set As Axis	Set selected path as axis of symbol that is being sketched [the sketches under "gsymbols"].
Action | Delete All Symbols	Delete all symbols in current sketch.

Menu bar of main window

File | New	Erase all.
File | Open XML dir ...	Select and recursively open directories containing Tunnel XML files.
File | Open XML svx ...	Select and open a Survex compatible ".svx" file.
File | Refresh	Refresh view of tree and file list components of the window.
File | Set XML dir ...	Select and recursively set full file paths for the currently loaded Tunnel data.
File | Save XMLDIR	Save all changed files (ones proceded by an asterisk) to their full paths.
File | Exit	Close everything.
Tunnel | Wireframe	Activate the wireframe view of currently selected survey (in tree view).
Tunnel | View Sketch	Activate the sketch window of currently selected sketch.
Tunnel | New Empty Sketch	Build and activate a new sketch in currently selected survey.
View | Cave Below	Activate the wireframe view of currently selected survey and those it contains.
View | Whole Cave	Activate the wireframe view of the whole cave.

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