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USER’S MANUAL

ENGINEERING DYNAMICS, INC.

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INTRODUCTION



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1.0 INTRODUCTION

This program was developed to provide the design engineer with an intuitive and efficienttool with which geometric structures may be defined and manipulated.

1.1 GENERAL INFORMATIONThis program was developed to provide an easy method of generating hardcopy plotsfrom a Neutral icture !ile or "#$ file on a number of different hardware devices.

%nput to this program is in the form of either a Neutral icture !ile or an "#$ file in the

&'(%% format. The Neutral icture !ile may be in either )*%+s original format or in thenewly defined format.

,utput of this program is in the form of hardcopy plots on any indows printer.&dditionally the output may be a */! file which may subseuently be input into the

&utocad program developed by &utodes2 or the indows 3eta !ile format for inputinto any indows program such as wordprocessors or drawing programs.

)ntry into revue is provided by entering the command 4prevue filename5 wherefilename is the plot file name e7ample: prevue npfile.0018 or by selecting revue and thefilename from the '&(' )7ecutive.

,n-line help may be obtained by selecting the 4"elp5 option.

1.2 PROGRAM OVERVIEW

1.2.1 System Conf!"#$ton

9efore e7ecuting revue for the first time the '&(' system configuration file should begenerated using the '&(' )7ecutive. revue accesses the configuration file name

4configg.sac5 defined by environmental variable 4'&(#(!#5. *ata from the

configuration file is used in all subseuent e7ecutions and may be edited by using the'&(' )7ecutive. %f the configuration file is not found or if the file does not e7ist revuewill e7it with a 4configuration file not found5 error message.

Note: The environmental variable “SACGCFG” must contain the full path

name of the configuration file including the filename.

The configuration parameters used in recede may be changed for the current sessionusing the !ile,ptions option.



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GETTING STARTED



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2.0 GETTING STARTED

2.1 CREATING A PLOT FILE

The revue interactive plot program reuires that plot information be stored in either

'&(' Neutral icture !ile format or "#$ file format. The plot file must be created by a'&(' interactive or batch module such as recede ostvue '% etc.

2.2 %EGINNING A PREVUE SESSION

The revue interactive session is begun by entering the command 4revue filename5

where filename is the plot file name or by selecting revue from the '&(' )7ecutivethen selecting an N! or "#$ format plot file. revue will automatically determine the

plot file format N! "#$8.

%f a plot file name is not specified or if revue cannot open the specified file the

!ile,pen dialog is initiated. The user may then select the proper N! or "#$ filename or e7it the program.

2.& E'ITING T(E PREVUE SESSION

'elect the !ile)7it menu option to e7it the revue session.



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FILE MENU FEATURES



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&.0 FILE MENU FEATURES

The following section details the commands found under the !ile main menu.

&.1 OPEN

,pen is used to import an e7isting N! or "#$ plot file into revue.

&.2 SETTINGS

The ,ptions option allows program settings such as the scale factor for >ooming in and>ooming out to be modified. !oreground and bac2ground colors can be modified byselecting the (olors button.

Note: odifications to the program settings affect onl! the current

"revue session and are not saved to the configuration file.

&.& PRINT

The color plot chec2 bo7 may be chec2ed to create color plots.

Note: #lac$ % &hite printers &ill gra!'scale color plots. This ma! not

al&a!s be desired( especiall! for te)t and lines dra&n in color.

The lines ma! appear &ashed'out and hard to see. Gra!'scaling

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&.&.1 A)t*e Wn+o,

&ctive indow will print the plot in the currently active window.

&.&.2 A--

&ll will print all the plots in the plot file.

&.&.& Rest

Rest prints the current and all the following plots in the plot file.

&. E'PORT AS

&..1 D'F Fo#m$t

The *ata e/change !ormat */!8 format is widely supported by (&* and other

graphics programs.

&..2 WMF Fo#m$tThe indows 3eta !ile 3!8 format is supported by many indows graphics and

word-processing programs.

&..& Posts)#/t Fo#m$t

The ostscript !ile '8 format is a vector based file format understood by onlyostscript viewers and ostscript printers.

&. E'IT

The )7it option is used to e7it the revue session.



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EDIT MENU FEATURES



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.0 EDIT MENU FEATURES

!+e Ei) Men '(ovies )+e se( i)+ )+e -a'aili) )o anno)a)e inivial 'lo)s ain laels, )i)les, an o)+e( in*o(/a)ion.

Note: Te)t added from this menu is temporaril! added to the plot and is

not saved as part of the plot. The te)t is onl! included &hile the

plot is displa!ed and is lost as soon as another plot is

displa!ed.

.1 ADD TE'T!+e A !e7) o')ion is se )o anno)a)e )+e -((en) 'lo). Sele-) )+e )e7) s)a()in 'oin)i)+ )+e /ose, )+en )'e )+e esi(e )e7). 4(ess )+e En)e( 8e a*)e( )'in )+e esi(e

)e7) s)(in )o a ano)+e( s)(in.

Note: The te)t input must be terminated &ith either a *C+,( another

mouse clic$ &ithin the graphics area( or an! menu selection.

.2 DELETE TE'T

!+is o')ion allos )+e se( )o ele)e )e7) )+a) as ae sin )+e ADD !e7) *ea)(e sele-)in )+e le*)/os) -+a(a-)e( o* )+e )e7) s)(in )o e ele)e i)+ )+e /ose.

Note: The te)t string &hose leftmost character is closest to the mouse

pointer &ill be deleted.

.& EDIT TE'T!+is o')ion allos )+e se( )o ei) )e7) )+a) as ae sin )+e ADD !e7) *ea)(e

sele-)in )+e le*)/os) -+a(a-)e( o* )+e )e7) s)(in )o e ei)e i)+ )+e /ose.

Note: The te)t string &hose leftmost character is closest to the mouse

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. TE'T SIE

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o')ion. Sele-) )+e le*)/os) -+a(a-)e( o* )+e )e7) s)(in )o e (esi9e. !+e )e7) ill *las+

)i-e )o ini-a)e )+a) i) +as een -+osen. Use )+e U4 a((o )o in-(ease )+e )e7) si9e an

)+e D$N a((o )o e-(ease )+e )e7) si9e.

. COP TO CLIP%OARD

!+is *ea)(e allos )+e se( )o -o' )+e is'lae i/ae )o )+e inos -li'oa(,

+i-+ -an )+en e 'as)e )o o)+e( a''li-a)ions as a i)/a' i/ae.



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DISPLAY MENU FEATURES



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.0 DISPLA MENU FEATURES

The *isplay menu features provide the capability to view the plots contained in the plotfile.

.1 FIRST

This option specifies that the first plot in the plot file is to be displayed.

.2 PREVIOUS

The revious option displays the previous plot in the plot file.

.& NE'T

The Ne7t option displays the ne7t plot in the plot file. The plot number is shown in thelower right corner of the screen.

. LAST

The $ast option displays the last plot in the plot file.

. GO TO

#o to brings up a dialog from which the user can choose which plot in the plot file to go

to.

.3 OOM IN

This option allows the user to window or bo7 a portion of the plot to be >oomed. &fterselecting the ?oom option one corner of the bo7 is pic2ed then the diagonally opposite

corner of the bo7 is selected. The area within the designated window is e7panded so thatit fills the entire display area.

Note: -nce the first corner of the &indo& is pic$ed( a bo) is dra&n from

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do&n the mouse button after pic$ing the first corner of the

&indo&.

.4 OOM OUT

This option specifies that the current display is to be redrawn so that the entire plot fits on

the screen.

.5 OOM %O'

This option allows the user to select a region of the image to >oom into a specified

section.

.6 RESTORE OOM

Restores the normal view of the image. The restore >oom option is used most commonlyafter the image is >oomed in to specific region with the >oom bo7 feature..

.10 REFRES(

Refresh redraws the current plot.

.11 AUTO REDRAW

hen the &uto Redraw option is set the plot will automatically redraw.

.12 DOC7 TOOL%AR

*oc2 Toolbar will doc2 the toolbar to the specified edge of the revue window.

.1& FLOAT TOOL%AR

!loat Toolbar will undoc2 the toolbar and allow it to be repositioned whereverconvenient.



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WINDOW MENU FEATURES



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3.0 WINDOW MENU FEATURES

3.1 CLOSE

(lose closes the current window.



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HELP MENU FEATURES



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4.0 (ELP MENU FEATURES

4.1 (ELP

'electing the "elp menu activates the help file browse facility.

4.2 A%OUT

&bout shows details of the version information for revue and the copyright information.



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INDEX



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A.0 INDE'

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&bout @-1&ctive indow =-;&dd Te7t A-1&ll =-;

&uto Redraw <-;

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9eginning & revue 'ession ;-1

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(lose 6-1(onfiguration 1-1

(opy To (lipboard A-;(reating ;-1

(R)&T%N# & $,T !%$) ;-1

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*elete Te7t A-1

*%'$&B 3)NC !)&TCR)' <-1 6-1*oc2 Toolbar <-;

*/! =-;

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)*%T 3)NC !)&TCR)' A-1)dit Te7t A-1

)7it =-;)7iting The revue 'ession ;-1

)7port =-;

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!ile 3enu !eatures =-1

!irst <-1!loat Toolbar <-;!loat Toolbar <-;

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#eneral information 1-1

#etting started ;-1#o To <-1

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"elp @-1")$ 3)NC !)&TCR)' @-1

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%ntroduction 1-1

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$ast <-1

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Ne7t <-1

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,pen =-1

,)N =-1,verview 1-1

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lot !ile ;-1ostscript =-;revious <-1

rint =-1rogram overview 1-1

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Refresh <-;Refresh <-;

Rest =-;Restore ?oom <-;

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'ession ;-1'ettings =-1

'ystem configuration 1-1

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?oom 9o7 <-;

?oom %n <-1?oom ,ut <-;



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