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You can translate, zoom and rotate your
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You've opened CompleteDrawing.cgm from
the samples folder.
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To translate, click the document and drag.
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To stretch the document, click one of the square
manipulators and drag.
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To zoom, press the middle mouse button, then click the
left mouse button and drag upward to zoom in, downward to zoom out.
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To rotate, in the 2D Move toolbar, click the
Rotate icon
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then click one of the round manipulators and drag.
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The number of degrees that you've rotated the drawing is
interactively displayed as you rotate, just near the manipulator you
chose to rotate the document.
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Translating and Rotating using the 2D Move dialog
box
It is now possible to translate and rotate a 2D document via a dialog
box based on the coordinates relative to the loaded document's origin
point.
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Click the Move icon in the DMU 2D Move
toolbar.
The 2D Move dialog box appears.
Note that clicking the Apply button will apply
the values that you enter, clicking the OK button or hitting
the Enter key will close the dialog box.
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To translate, in the Coordinates section of
the dialog box, enter a new value in the Along X text-entry
field and / or a new value in the Along Y text-entry field and
click the Apply button.
The new coordinates are applied relative to the loaded
document's origin point.
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To translate relative to the current values defined in
the Coordinates values, in the Increments section
of the dialog box, enter a new value in the dX text-entry
field and / or a new value in the Along dY text-entry field
and click the Apply button.
The new coordinates are applied relative to the
previously defined coordinate values. The new coordinate values relative
to the loaded document's origin point now appear in the Coordinates
values.
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To rotate, in the Coordinates section of the
dialog box, enter a new value in the Angle text-entry field
and click the Apply button.
The new coordinates are applied relative to the loaded
document's origin point.
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To translate relative to the current angle defined in the
Coordinates values, in the Increments section of
the dialog box, enter a new value in the dRot text-entry field
and click the Apply button.
The new angle is applied relative to the previously
defined angle value. The new angle value relative to the loaded
document's origin point now appears in the Coordinates values.
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