Select

Changes to the Select tool. Click on this link to Select for more details on this.

Clipboard

This Group of commands allows you to Cut, Copy, Duplicate and Paste.

Return To Page View 

This command exits the parts Property Inspector viewed in the main window and returns to the original page view.

Unlock 

Unlocking a part means getting rid of the formulas that are behind it and allowing you to override the details.

To ensure you do not accidentally modify the machining of a part, all parts are locked until specifically requested to 'Unlock' before editing can take place.

Revert 

The Revert command reimports the part from its original source library, bringing back all the original formulas and recalculates all values based on the part size and other properties. The command button only becomes available when the part is unlocked.

Rectangle 

This command lets you insert rectangles onto a part. Using the right click menu you can move, chamfer, fillet or remove corners of the rectangle if desired.

Circle Or Ellipse 

These commands lets you insert a circle or ellipse onto a drawing in the same way as a rectangle.

• The circle command ensures that all points on the circle are equally far from the centre of the circle.
  
  
• The ellipse command allows you to create an ellipse which is shaped so that when you add together the distances from two points inside the ellipse (called the foci) they always add up to the same number. Ellipses vary in shape from very broad and flat to almost circular, depending on how far away the foci are from each other. If the two foci are on the same spot, the ellipse is a circle.

Polygon 

Use the Polygon tool where you require a closed, straight-sided figure that you cannot draw using the Rectangle tool as it lets you insert a freehand closed polygon into a drawing. Each click on the screen adds a vertex to the polygon. For example,click at three places to get a triangle.

To do this:

1. Select the Polygon Tool and click the mouse at the start position. This selects the first corner of the Polygon.
2. Click to place following points of the Polygon.
   • Do not be too concerned if it is not positioned quite right to start with - corners can be moved using the right click menu.
3. When finished, just click on another tool e.g. the Select tool.

Polyline 

This command lets you insert a freehand line into a drawing in the same manner as the Polygon tool, except that it does not have to form a closed shape, being just a series of joined straight lines. Each click on the screen adds a vertex to the line.

Bore 

The Bore command lets you insert a single drill hole.

Multibore Inline 

The Multibore Inline command lets you insert multiple (a gang) of drill holes.

Movement

This is one of the multiple ways in which you can move cutouts, drill holes etc on a selected machine part. 

For full discussion, see Movement topic.

Properties

A property is a user-defined variable (or default) that every shape in the library can access.

If a command is greyed out, as per the Part Properties, then this command is not available.

For full discussion, see topic on Shape Properties.