User Guide

RISA-3D User’s Guide
Version 5.0
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the anchor point to the mouse. Move the mouse such that the part of the model
you wish to zoom in on is enclosed in the box, then let the mouse button go.
You can cancel the box zoom by dragging the mouse off of the model view
window area.
Go ahead and try a box zoom now.
The other two buttons, and , zoom in or out on the model as a whole. The
actual zooming is towards the center of the model view. You would typically use
the box zoom to get to an area of interest and then use these buttons to adjust the
magnification.
Try these buttons and see what they do. After you are finished click the Full
Model View button.
Editing
This button, , is used to toggle the Drawing Toolbar on and off in the current
model view. Remember you can have more than one view of the model open at
one time and clicking this button will only affect the current view.
Click the button a few times to see what it does and when you are finished leave
the Drawing toolbar ON.
Saving Views
You may use to save a view or recall a saved view. If you have a view that
you like to work with a lot or have created a view that took some time, save it.
Simply click this button and give the view a name. All of the plot options are
saved with the model for later recall.
Cloning Views
You can clone a view by clicking . Cloning a view creates a new model view
that is identical to the first. This allows you to preserve a view that you want to
keep and make adjustments in the new view. We will clone our current view and
then use the new view to explore the rest of the toolbar.
Click to clone the view and move the new window into view by dragging the
titlebar. You are now working in a new view and the old one is preserved.
Help
We mentioned the help button when we were working with the spreadsheets.
Remember, this help button will open the help file to the topic that you are
currently working in. If you were to click this button while in a model view the
help file would open in the “Navigating Graphics” topic.