Adjusting the picture properties

A picture inserted into the graphic output drawing may be "tuned" to reflect the user’s esthetical feeling and serve to the intended purposes.

The procedure for the adjusting of picture properties

Position the mouse cursor over the picture border.
Click the left mouse button to select the picture.
Click button [Properties] ( $image\GroDlg_Picture_settings.gif$ ) on the control toolbar.
The picture editing dialogue is opened on the screen. The dialogue summarises all the properties of the selected picture.
Make the required changes.
Confirm with [OK] button.

Pop-up menu of the editing dialogue

When the picture editing dialogue is opened, it is equipped with a pop-up menu. The pop-up menu may be opened via the right mouse button click and offer the following functions:

View	Sets the view in the direction of individual axes of drawing co-ordinate system.
Zoom	Offers the basic zooming functions.
Copy	Copies the picture in the standard Windows clipboard.
Save to file	Saves the picture into an external file.
Print	Prints the drawing on the connected graphical device.
Wired model for manipulation	Defines that a simplified wire representation of the drawing should be used for view adjusting functions. This option affects only fully rendered pictures.

Adjusting view in the editing dialogue

The graphical window of the picture editing dialogue is a standard SCIA Engineer graphical window. Therefore, the view in it may be adjusted the same way as in normal graphical window of the program.

Window scroll-bar wheel-like buttons for adjustment of the view

The graphical window has got three wheel-like buttons on the scroll-bar. The "wheels" may be used to adjust the required view. The function of the three wheels-like buttons is:

Zoom (located on the bottom scroll-bar)	Zooms in or out.
Rotate horizontally (located on the bottom scroll-bar)	Rotates the structure around the vertical axes (i.e. vertical axis of the screen).
Rotate vertically (located on the right hand side scroll-bar)	Rotates the structure around the horizontal axes (i.e. horizontal axis of the screen).

The operation of the wheel-like buttons is simple. Just place the mouse cursor over the "wheel", press the left mouse button, hold it down and "turn the wheel" with left-right, or up-down, movement of the mouse over the pad.

Mouse controlled adjustment of the view

In addition, SCIA Engineer offers also a set of fast-access functions for the view adjustment in the graphical window.

Zoom in	Press [Ctrl] and [Shift] keys simultaneously and hold them down. Then press the right mouse button and hold it down as well. Move the mouse up (away from you) over the pad.
Zoom out	Press [Ctrl] and [Shift] keys simultaneously and hold them down. Then press the right mouse button and hold it down as well. Move the mouse down (towards you) over the pad.
Rotate	Press [Ctrl] key and hold it down. Then press the right mouse button and hold it down as well. Move the mouse over the pad in order to get the required view direction.
[Shift]	Press [Shift] key and hold it down. Then press the right mouse button and hold it down as well. Move the mouse over the pad in order to get the required position of the structure on the screen.