Arbortext IsoView Toolbar

Toolbar Button

Tool Tip

Description

Pan

Moves the image in the Arbortext IsoView window in any direction.

Select the Pan Pan tool

button, then drag the pointer in the window. The image moves in the dragging direction.

Rotate

Rotates 3D objects in the window in any direction. (This toolbar button only appears if the file contains 3D objects.)

Select the Rotate Rotate tool

button, then click in the window and drag the pointer. The image rotates in the dragging direction.

Zoom in

Increases the size of the graphic.

Select the Zoom in Zoom in tool

button, then click the part of the graphic that you want to make larger. The graphic size increases while remaining centered on the part of the graphic that you clicked. Each time you click in the window, the graphic gets larger.

You can also drag a selection rectangle around a region you want to zoom in on. When you release the mouse button, the region zooms to fit the entire window.

Click to zoom in; SHIFT-click to zoom out; CTRL-click to zoom inside hotspots; Drag a selection rectangle to zoom in on a region. (If you have a mouse wheel, you also can roll it to zoom in/out.)

Zoom out

Decreases the size of the graphic.

Select the Zoom out Zoom out tool

button, then click the part of the graphic that you want to make smaller. The graphic size decreases while remaining centered on the part of the graphic that you clicked. Each time you click in the window, the graphic gets smaller.

Click to zoom out; SHIFT-click to zoom in; CTRL-click to zoom inside hotspots. (If you have a mouse wheel, you also can roll it to zoom in/out.)

Show objects with hotspots

Highlights hotspot objects in the graphic.

Select the Show objects with hotspots Show objects with hotspots tool

button; all hotspots in the image are highlighted. The hotspots remain highlighted while the mouse button is pressed.

Start animations

Starts animation. (This tool only appears if the file contains animation.)

Click the Start animations Start animations tool

button to start or resume an animation sequence.

Stop animations

Stops animation. (This tool only appears if the file contains animation.)

Click the Stop animations Stop animations tool

button to stop an animation sequence at the current time point.

Rewind animations

Rewinds the animation. (This tool only appears if the file contains animation.)

Click the Rewind animations Rewind animations tool

button to rewind an animation sequence to the start point (time=0 seconds).

Prints the illustration file currently open in the Arbortext IsoView window.

Select the Print Print tool

button to open the Print dialog box and print the illustration, or, to print the file directly (without opening the Print dialog box).

Changing the view of an illustration in the Arbortext IsoView window will not change the appearance of the printed image. Rather, the appearance of the printed image depends on settings in the Print dialog box and, if supported, print preference settings stored in the file.

Finds elements and objects the in the graphic based on object data you specify in the Search dialog box.

Select the Search Search tool

button to open the Search dialog box. (See Searching for Elements and Objects in an Illustration.)

Home

Returns the graphic to its original view.

Select the Home Home tool

button to return the graphic view to its original size and location.

The display of a graphic in the Arbortext IsoView window has no effect on how that graphic appears when it is published. For HTML and web publishing, either the default view of the graphic—or an initial view specified by a view attribute in the file (if supported)—is used when publishing a document.

Toggle magnifier

Opens or closes the Magnifier window.

Select the Toggle magnifier Toggle magnifier tool

button; a small Magnifier window opens inside the Arbortext IsoView window.

(See Using the Magnifier Window.)

Toggle global view

Opens or closes the Global View window.

Select the Toggle global view Toggle global view tool

button; a small Global View window opens inside the Arbortext IsoView window.

(See Using the Global View Window.)

Toggle redlining mode

Switches Redlining mode on or off.

Select the Toggle redlining mode tool

button; all Redlining toolbar buttons become either selectable or not selectable—whatever state is opposite what they were before you clicked the button.

(See Redlining an Illustration.)

Draw redlining element

Activates the redlining freehand element drawing mode (only selectable if Redlining mode is active).

Select the Draw redlining element Draw redlining element tool

button; the pointer changes to a draw redlining element pointing finger draw redlining element pointer

With the pointer in the window:

1. Click and drag to draw a redlining element. Release the mouse button to finish the element.

2. Click and drag to start drawing another element.

3. Click any other toolbar button to exit this drawing mode.

Draw redlining circle

Activates the redlining circle drawing mode (only selectable if Redlining mode is active).

Select the Draw redlining circle

button.

With the pointer in the window:

1. Click and drag to draw a redlining circle. Release the mouse button to stop drawing and finish the circle.

2. Click and drag to start drawing another circle.

3. Click any other toolbar button to exit this drawing mode.

Draw redlining rectangle

Activates the redlining rectangle drawing mode (only selectable if Redlining mode is active).

Select the Draw redlining rectangle

button.

With the pointer in the window:

1. Click and drag to draw a redlining rectangle. Release the mouse button to stop drawing and finish the rectangle.

2. Click and drag to start drawing another rectangle.

3. Click any other toolbar button to exit this drawing mode.

Draw redlining line

Activates the redlining line drawing mode (only selectable if Redlining mode is active).

Select the Draw redlining line

button.

With the pointer in the window:

1. Click and drag to draw a redlining line. Release the mouse button to stop drawing and finish the line.

2. Click and drag to start drawing another line.

3. Click any other toolbar button to exit this drawing mode.

Add redlining annotation

Activates the redlining annotation mode (only selectable if Redlining mode is active).

(See Adding redlining annotations.)

Delete redlining annotation

Activates the redlining delete mode (only selectable if Redlining mode is active).

(See Deleting redlining information.)

Export redlining

Exports the illustration and the redlining information (only selectable if Redlining mode is active).

(See Saving, exporting, and importing redlining information.)

Import redlining

Imports redlining information (only selectable if Redlining mode is active).

(See Saving, exporting, and importing redlining information.)

Preferences

Opens the Arbortext IsoViewPreferences dialog.

(See Arbortext IsoView Preferences.)

More tools

Opens the vertical popup toolbar to provide access to toolbar buttons not shown on the horizontal toolbar.

Toolbar buttons that are set to in popup menu in the Preferences dialog box always appear on the vertical popup toolbar (whether they are selectable or not).