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Object Control Window

The Object Control Window is the main window of the Tinker Toys Online java applet. It is displayed throughout the life of the applet and is used to view and control the "tinker toy" objects. It contains three main panels and a message bar:

• The World Panel shows a "Bird's eye view" of all the objects as they sit in world space. It is centered around the world-coordinate system and displays the model and the viewing parameters (viewing-reference coordinate system, view window, PRP, front clipping plane and back clipping plane) used to view it.
• The View Window Panel shows the view of the model visible in the view window using the current viewing parameter settings.
• The Operation Panel is used to select the desired operation and method of control when moving objects.
• The Message Bar, located at the bottom of the window, is used to display messages such as an object name and/or the coordinates of a mouse click in the World or View Window Panel.

The Window menu may be used to create the Matrix, View Control and Vertex child windows. These windows will be removed along with the Object Control Window if its File menu Exit item is selected. Multiple Object Control Windows may be created simultaneously and manipulated independently, and each independent Object Control Window will have its own set of child windows.

Additional Object Control Window documentation:

• Snapshot image of the Object Control Window
• Object Control Window objects
• Viewing the objects
• Moving the objects
• Menus
• Toolbar