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AD.2007-1001.1.3 Fly-out Toolbars

The amount of screen space occupied by a number of toolbar icons has been recovered by collapsing a number of similar icons into a single icon.

The active icon can be changed by holding down the left mouse button when clicking on the button. Icons that have this property are identified with a black triangle in their lower right corner:

There are four Geometry Toolbar icons that have this propery:
  • Add Beam
  • Add Plate
  • Add Solid
  • Snap Node Grid

The Add Beam icon supports four commands:

  • Add Beam from Node to Node
  • Add Curved Beam
  • Add Beam Between Mid Points
  • Add Beam Using Perpendicular Intersection

The Add Plate icon supports two commands:

  • Add Quadrilateral Plate
  • Add Triangular Plate

The Add Solid icon supports five commands:

  • Add 8 Noded Solid
  • Add 7 Noded Solid
  • Add 6 Noded Solid
  • Add 5 Noded Solid
  • Add 4 Noded Solid

The Snap Node Grid icon supports three icons:

  • Snap Node Beam
  • Snap Node Quadrilateral Plate
  • Snap Node Triangular Plate