Menus and Toolbar
The different menus in this window are explained in detail in the Menus section. A summary is given here.
File menu:
· You may print the image to a printer or a file (formats supported are Windows Enhanced Metafile (EMF), Encapsulated Postscript (EPS), HPGL plot file (PLT) and AutoCAD DXF). You can change the printer font from here.
Before printing to a printer or a file, you can change the title for the printout using the Plot Title command. Before printing a rendered image, you may want to select a white background and a quality of rendering (default is High). For DXF & PLT files use the “Drawing Size” command to change size.
View menu:
· Mainly for Graphics operations (Viewpoint, Previous view and Zoom All).
· Selective display of node numbers and graphic symbols makes CAEPIPE flexible and powerful (use Show and Show Nodes commands). In addition, other standard graphical operations such as pan, zoom, previous view, viewpoint change, center image, etc., are available through the menus or a readily available context menu.
· Selective display of elements is possible. Use the commands such as “Make Transparent”, “All Opaque”, etc.
· Render Mode: Use this mode for realistic visualization of your model using OpenGL®.
Even in this mode, you can selectively display symbols and/or node numbers. Use a combination of Show and Show Nodes commands available in the context menu (or from View menu). Image can be printed, too.
Options menu:
· Customize the display image by choosing a display font, repositioning the Axes symbol, and changing the size of the toolbar icons.
Window menu:
· From here, you can move the focus to the text window from which it came. F2 will move focus between text and Graphics windows. The real advantage of this hotkey (F2) is for users who have a small monitor and work with maximized windows for input, list, graphics and results. In such a setting, one keystroke (F2) will quickly move the focus to another window (without having to either minimize the one where the focus is or switch windows through the taskbar).
Help menu:
For online Tutorial and About CAEPIPE.