The following is an explanation of what the different parts of the main ShapeMaster window are and how they work.

Quick Access

Create a collection of your favourite or most commonly used command buttons.

Title Bar

The title bar at the top of the ShapeMaster window shows the current drawing title and the program name.

Minimize, Maximize, Close

Clicking on these buttons will minimize, maximise and close your software respectively.

Clicking on the button will close the software product you are working in the same way as File > Exit. If you have made any changes to the drawing, you will be prompted to save it before the program closes. If you exit without saving your drawing, all the work that was done to it since it was last saved will be lost.

Ribbons

There are three main parts to the command ribbon.

1. Tabs sit across the top of the Ribbon. Each one represents an activity area.
2. Groups are sets of related commands displayed together on tabs, which pull together all the commands you are likely to need for a type of task.
3. Commands are arranged in groups in a toolbar. A command can be a button, a menu, or a box where you enter information.

Command Toolbar

You have the ability to create or modify Toolbars. Change the layout of buttons to suit your work with your favourite or most used buttons right where you need them most. Then remove the buttons you do not use.

Help Menu

Context Sensitive Help  provides help on whatever...

• command you click on in the ribbon; and
• page that you have opened Drawing Properties using the context   button in the title bar.

A Help  drop menu provides links to online documentation and videos.

Online Support

Click on the purple button found in the top right hand corner of your software and it will take you directly to a website that you can chat directly with a support technician during support hours or create/track a query.

Breadcrumbs Bar

The Breadcrumbs Bar displays the name of the current drawing and is used to navigate your way around shapes and parts. This makes it much quicker to move in and out of shape editing and back to list view or straight to another shape part for editing.

Status Bar

The Status Bar is displayed at the bottom of the ShapeMaster application window. It includes notifications that provides instructions on how to perform an operation or details of your current activity. These can be turned on/off using the right click menu. Above these are Page tabs.

Scroll Bars

You can move the scroll bar thumb to scroll the view to the left/right (shown below) or up/down. The scroll bars are on the right and bottom of the work area (or view).

List View

This is a listing of all the items currently on the drawing. In this view, items which do not represent any physical items can also be added. This means that you can add pricing information, independent of any specific shape e.g. freight. For a more detailed discussion, see topic on List View.

Title Bar and Shape Button

Double-clicking a shape brings up the Shape Properties page allowing individual shapes to be formatted.

Property Sheets for Drawings, Shapes etc all have a title bar which provides the ability to drag floating dialog boxes to be dragged across PC monitor/s.

Tool Tip On Hover

When you hover your mouse pointer over a button, selection, image etc, it provides more information about what happens with this option. Such as the 'Carcass' check box in the image below saying it turns the 'Flush With Doors' on and off.

Panning

You can move the page you are viewing, left/right or up/down, by holding down both right and left mouse buttons. See Mouse Shortcuts.