Datasheet

TOURING THE INTERFACE
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Figure 1.5
All toolbars docked
at the top or left side
of the viewport
That arrow indicates that the tool is one of several offered in a flyout . A flyout is like a graphical
version of options in a menu bar. If you click and hold a tool that’s part of a flyout, you see a set of
other tools appear. For example, if you click and hold the Select and Uniform Scale tool, two addi-
tional tools appear.
Once you select an option from a flyout, it becomes the default button that you see in the toolbar.
Tool Palettes
Tool palettes (see Figure 1.6) are collapsible boxes containing materials and tools for quick onscreen
access. The palettes are collapsed by default, taking up a minimum of screen space, but expand
whenever the cursor rolls over them. Clicking on any of the named tabs switches the visible cate-
gory of tools or materials.
To constantly view the tools, right-click on the palette’s title bar and uncheck the Auto-hide
option in the context menu that appears.
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