1 Introduction - Finite Element Method Magnetics

Point Mode
Action Function
Left Button Click Create a new point at the current mouse pointer location
Right Button Click Select the nearest point
Right Button DblClick Display coordinates of the nearest point
Line/Arc Segment Mode
Action Function
Left Button Click Select a start/end point for a new segment
Right Button Click Select the nearest line/arc segment
Right Button DblClick Display length of the nearest arc/line segment
Block Label Mode
Action Function
Left Button Click Create a new block label at the current mouse pointer location
Right Button Click Select the nearest block label
Right Button DblClick Display coordinates of the nearest block label
Group Mode
Action Function
Right Button Click Select the group associated with the nearest object
3.3 View Manipulation
Table 2: FEMME Mouse button actions
Generally, the user needs to size or move the view of the problem geometry displayed on the
screen. Most of the view manipulation commands are available via buttons on the preprocessor
toolbar. The functionality of can generally also be accessed via the ‘View Manipulation Keys’
listed in Table 1. The View Manipulation toolbar buttons are pictured in Figure 3. The meaning of
the View Manipulation toobar buttons are:
Figure 3: View Manipulation toolbar buttons.
• The arrows on the toolbar correspond to moving the view in the direction of the arrow approximately
1/2 of the current screen width.
• The “blank page” button scales the screen to the smallest possible view that displays the
entire problem geometry.
• The “+” and “-” buttons zoom the current view in and out, respectively.
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