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DynaSCAPE Design (version 5.4)
Introduction to this Guide
How to Use This Manual
This manual is meant to be read from start to finish and contains information necessary to familiarize you with the basic features found in DynaSCAPE, to give you a high level of proficiency with the program.
Typographical Conventions
• Italics are used for new terms whose definition will follow the introduction of the term.
• Boldface is used for emphasis. • Terms in square brackets, such as [Ctrl], [Esc], [Shift], [F1], refer to keys on the key‐
board. Keyboard sequences are described in the following manner: “Use the short‐
cut [Ctrl + A]. (Hold [Ctrl] and press [A].)” Or, “Hold the [Ctrl] key and press [H].”
• Command paths are described as follows: Environment | Drawing Page means click the Environment button from the menu and the Drawing Page from the pull‐
down menu displayed. • Notes: Notes call your attention to important points, and are formatted in italics.
• Instructions or other information displayed in DynaSCAPE’s Prompt Line or Com‐
mand Line Interpreter (CLI) are given in Arial font, for example, “Select ‘from’
translate location”. Mouse and Keyboard Conventions
In DynaSCAPE (as in all Windows programs) there is a shared convention about two‐ button mouse commands. The following list defines some common terminology:
• Choose is equivalent to the terms click, select, and Click.
• Click means to click and release the left mouse button once and is equivalent to the terms Click and select.
• Right‐click means to click and release the right mouse button. Clicking the right mouse button is often equivalent to pressing the [Spacebar], which is used primar‐
ily to indicate that a selection process is complete.
• Click and drag means to click and hold the left mouse button down while you move the mouse and drag an object to a new location with it.
• Double‐click means to click the left mouse button rapidly two times.
Click means to click and release the left mouse button once and is equivalent to the terms click, choose and select. 1.2
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