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Figure 9: Dimensions during basic shape creation.
The coordinates of the cursor is also shown if the
user is more comfortable with the old version’s way
of input.
Figure 7: Dock panel for model attributes.
Stepping through the construction stages
We have also made it easier to cycle through
various construction stages by setting the stage
view control as one of the default panels docked at
the bottom right screen estate (Figure 8).
Figure 10: Dimensions during extrusion operation.
In Figure 10, the extrusion dimension from the
basic shape is displayed so that the user can easily
determine the third dimension in a 3-D view.
Figure 8: Construction stage controls
Dimensions indication feature
One new feature that has successfully made its way
into our prototype is the on-screen dimensioning
function. The length and width of the rectangle is
displayed on the screen to help user determine its
size for the example shown in Figure 9.
Reporting functions
We hear you! In the pipeline, we are adding a
report generation feature (Figures 11). The report
wizard allows the user to quickly create a new text
report. It includes features for filtering parameters
to output, and also allows the user to easily create
title box containing various information such as the
date, time and page number (Figure 12). We aim to
turn the tedious chore of drafting technical reports
into something close to playing a video game.