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EDITING PRIMITIVES
CRIMSON USER MANUAL - MODULAR CONTROLLER
step in the indicated direction, while the Move To Front and Move To Back commands move
the selection to the indicated end of the z-order. Alternatively, if you have a mouse that is
equipped with a wheel, the wheel can be used to move the selection. Scrolling up moves the
selection to the back of the z-order; scrolling down moves the selection to the front.
EDITING PRIMITIVES
In addition to the above, primitives can be edited in various ways…
• The various clipboard commands on the Edit menu (eg. Cut, Copy and Paste), or
the corresponding toolbar icons, can be used to duplicate items or move them
around on a page or between pages. The Duplicate command can be used to
perform a Copy operation, immediately followed by a Paste operation. Note that
when a Paste is performed, Crimson will offset the newly-pasted item if it will
exactly overlay an item of the same type.
• The various formatting properties (eg. fill pattern, outline color, text justification
and so on) can be changed by selecting a primitive, and then either clicking the
various buttons in the appropriate toolboxes or by using the associated
commands on the Format menu. If multiple primitives have been selected,
Crimson will apply the changes to all selected primitives.
• The more detailed properties of a primitive can be edited by double-clicking the
primitive, or by using the Properties command on the Edit menu. A dialog box
will be displayed, allowing all of the primitives to be accessed. The properties
associated with each primitive will be described below.
PRIMITIVE DESCRIPTIONS
The sections below describe each primitive found in the drawing toolbox.
THE LINE PRIMITIVE
The Line primitive is a line drawn between two points. Its only property is the
style of line to be used. In addition to the solid colors shown on the line toolbox, a
number of dotted styles can also be accessed via the properties dialog box.
THE SIMPLE GEOMETRIC PRIMITIVES
The Rectangle primitive is a rectangle with a defined outline and fill pattern. The
fill pattern may be set to No Fill to draw the outline alone, or the outline may be
set to None to draw a figure without a border.
The Round Rectangle primitive is similar to the rectangle, but has rounded
corners. When the primitive is selected, an additional handle appears, allowing
the radius of the corners to be edited by dragging the handle from side to side.
The Shadow primitive is similar to the rectangle, but with a drop-shadow located
to the bottom right of the figure. The primitive is often drawn with no fill pattern,
so as to allow it to act as a frame around text primitives.
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