Tinker Toys Object Control Window 

Object Control Window - Menus

The Object Control Window contains the following menus:

• File
  • Reset: Reset the windows to their initial state.
  • Exit: Remove the Object Control Window and its associated Matrix, View Control and Vertex Windows from the screen.
  
  
• Move
  • Snap to XY (front): Display an orthogonal view of the world-coordinate system XY-plane in the World Panel. This is the front view of the world. Using this option does not affect the View Window Panel since the neither the position of the viewing parameters nor position of the model has changed.
  • Snap to YZ (side): Display an orthogonal view of the YZ-plane, which is a side view.
  • Snap to ZX (top): Display an orthogonal view of the ZX-plane, which is a top view.
  • Backup: Back-up the selected objected one transformation (translation, rotation, scale) at a time. To back-up an object, select it by clicking the mouse on one of its vertices and then select this menu item.
  
  
• View: Control viewing options.
  • Control View Components Independently: This item is used to move the viewing-reference coordinate system, view window, PRP, front clipping plane and back clipping plane independently of each other. Note that there are restrictions on the movements of the view window and clipping planes when they are being moved independently of the viewing-reference coordinate system. The view window can only be translated in the VRC UV-plane and cannot be rotated, and the clipping planes can only be translated along the VRC N-axis.
  • Show All View Components: Display the VPN, VUP, front clip plane and back clip plane, and outline the view volume.
  • Perspective/Parallel Projection: Toggle the projection type used to display the model in the View Window Panel. The initial projection is parallel, thus the menu item is initially set to perspective.
  
  
• Window: Create the other windows. If the window is already active, it will be brought to the top of the window stack, otherwise it will be created.
  • Matrix Window: Create the Matrix Window.
  • View Control Window: Create the View Control Window.
  • Vertex Window: Create the Vertex Window.
  
  
• Font : Allow the user to select the font used to display text in the World Panel, View Window Panel and Matrix Window from a system specific list of the available fonts. Different fonts will look better on different machines.