Owner`s manual

86 MaxMotion for Machines
the working area now while holding down the shift key (note that the
magnifying glass icon changes to a - sign) will zoom out without
resizing the objects. It is important to note that wherever you click will
become the center of the new screen.
Right mouse button also provides zoom out capability.
Selecting, Grouping, Resizing/Moving
Selecting
Is simply clicking on an icon, menu command, or a shape in the work
are with an arrow.
Grouping
Hold down the left mouse button, drag the mouse and a rectangle will
show. This rectangle is the grouping box. Cover all the shapes that are
to be grouped by continuing to drag the mouse, then release. The entire
shape or contour must be within the group rectangle to be selected and
grouped.
Alternately, click inside a shape or contour. Hold down the shift key
and continue to click additional shapes to group them.
All the selected shapes will show blue dots either on the inside or
outside of the shapes. These blue dots represent the cutter and the side
of the shape to which you can apply a tool offset and/or fill.
File
New
This command will open a new blank file. Now you can start your job
design.
Open
Open... command will allow you to open a previously saved job
(*.max) files or previously created templates (*.tpl).
Merge
Merge job command will allow you to insert a previously saved job file
(*.max or *.tpl files) into your current design that is already on the