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The Settings menu offers the following commands controlling L3DD’s settings.  Most settings can be turned on and off by pressing a single, mnemonic, letter or number key:

 

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Scale --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

       

                       

Scale etc

       

Set L3DD’s scale parameters -- units, tolerance, grid, XYZ increments, etc.

AutoScale


Automatically set L3DD’s scale parameters to suit size of current object.

 

       

                       

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Display -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

       

                       

Coord. Display


Set the the type of collective coordinates displayed in the Status Bar

 

       

                       

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XYZ Axes

A

Show (default) or hide the X, Y and Z axes.

Groundplane

G

Show (default) or hide the Y-Z groundplane.

Vertex No.s

V

Show or hide (default) vertex numbers.

Face No.s

F

Show or hide (default) face numbers.

Stroke Fonts

S

Toggle on and off fast stoke fonts for face & vertex numbers.

Vertex Handles

H

Show or hide (default) vertex handles.

Vertex Diamonds

D

Show or hide (default) vertex diamonds.

Edge Handles

E

Show or hide (default) edge handles.

Handle Size

Z

Increase handle size in 6 steps --- then back to smallest.

 

 

                       

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Snap..------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

       

                       

Snap Mode

M

Set or unset Snap Mode - for snapping vertices to grid intersections.

 

       

                       

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D Move -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

       

                       

3D Move Mode

3

Set or unset 3D move mode - arrow keys move in absolute X,Y & Z.

 

 

                       

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