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Select Command
The Select button will cancel any other command in progress.
Any auxiliary windows are closed and the main window is restored.
The Select command is an extension to the Describe command.
When active the following additional actions apply:
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Left-click - selects a track (or deselects a selected track).
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Left-double-click - selects all unselected tracks connected to the track you select.
Selection stops at selected tracks.
Caution: This can select all tracks on the layout.
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Left-drag - highlights an area, and all objects within the area are selected.
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Left-shift-click - unselects all tracks.
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Right-click - invokes the Modify track command.
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Right-double-click - invokes the Join command.
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Right-shift-click - controls how tracks are drawn during moves and rotates (see below).
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Right-drag - highlights an area, and all objects within the area are unselected.
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Left-shift-drag - moves the selected tracks.
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Right-shift-drag - rotates the selected tracks.
Also the Select All menu item on the Edit menu selects all tracks on the layout.
Selected tracks are drawn in Red (unless changed in the Color dialog).
Connections between selected and unselected tracks will be broken when
selected tracks are moved.
If the drawing scale is 8:1 or smaller, these about-to-be broken connections are marked with
a red X.
The Draw Moving Tracks Radio box on the Setup dialog selects how tracks are drawn during drags to move or rotate tracks.
This can be time-consuming when using a large number of tracks.
The options are:
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Normal - tracks are drawn normally.
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Simple - tracks are drawn using one line (instead of two when zoomed in), structures are drawn as outlines, no End-Points or lines are drawn
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End Points - only the End-Points are drawn (as stars).
During the select command you can cycle through these options with Right-shift-click.
The following commands operate on the tracks you have selected:
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Delete - deletes selected tracks.
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Tunnel - hides (or unhides) selected tracks.
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Parts List - lists the selected tracks.
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Export - exports the selected tracks.
In addition the Cut, Copy and Paste commands on the Edit menu operate on the selected tracks.
Note: the Default Command radio button on the Preferences dialog controls whether the Describe or
the Select command is used as the default command.
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