Main Window Overview

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# 3.1 Main Window Overview

Main Window Overview

  The size of the main window can be changed by dragging on the resizing borders.

  Minimizing the Main Window will minimize all XTrackCAD windows.

The Main Window contains (from the top down):

Title bar

  Current filename, XTrackCAD version number, and window manager buttons. An asterisk (*) after the filename indicates that there are unsaved changes.

Menu Bar

  Contains from left to right;
  - File (Section 2.5)
  - Edit (Section 2.4)
  - View (Section 2.12)
  - Add (Section 2.1)
  - Change (Section 2.2)
  - Draw (Section 2.3)
  - Manage (Section 2.9)
  - Options (Section 2.10)
  - Macro (Section 2.8)
  - Window (Section 2.13) and;
  - Help (Section 2.6) menu buttons.

Tool Bar

  Manipulate track and other objects

Hot Bar (Section 2.7)

  Scrolling list of Turnouts and Structures

Main Canvas

  Main drawing area with rulers along each side.

  The Main Canvas is where all tracks and objects are drawn.

  The scale of the Main Canvas can be changed using the;
  - Zoom selections (Section 2.12.3) under the View (Section 2.12) menu
  - Zoom buttons on the Tool-bar
  - Mouse Wheel
  - PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN keys.

  Tracks will be drawn with two lines and ties if you zoom in. When the drawing scale is 1:1 a dashed centerline is also drawn for each track.

  The ARROW keys move the Canvas left, right, up or down.

Map Window

  You can change which portion of the layout is displayed by using the Map Window (Section 3.2.2).

Status Bar

  Contains from left to right;
  - Drawing scale of the Main Canvas,
  - X position of the cursor,
  - Y position of the cursor,
  - Status and informational messages