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Quad Cursor
Overview: In this lesson, you learn how to display the entity’s properties and to quickly and easily
modify the 3D solids using the Quad cursor.
Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:
Manage the context-sensitive Quad cursor.
Tutorial: How to use Quad Cursor & Rollover Tips
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About
The Quad cursor menu, or Quad for short, is an alternative to the command line or toolbars, offering a
rich set of tools while requiring fewer clicks, without cluttering the screen with loads of grip-glyphs.
The rollover tips are a limited set of properties displayed when selecting or hovering over an entity.
To toggle the Quad on/off, do one of the following:
Click the Quad eld in the Status bar.
Press the F12 function key.
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Edit the QUADDISPLAY system variable in the Settings dialog.
Type QUADDISPLAY in the command bar, then choose an option.
To toggle the Rollover Tips on/off, do one of the following:
Click the RT eld in the Status bar.
Type rollovertips in the command bar then set a value.
Quad Layout
The Quad has a oating feature set that adjusts its content, depending on what you are or are not
highlighting, and what you may have selected in the current workspace
Based on the highlighted entity type, the Quad displays the most recently used tool (1) with the
entity name(2).
Note: When multiple entities are under the cursor, hit the TAB key to cycle through the different
entities.
When the Rollover Tips setting is on, a limited set of properties (3) of the entity under the cursor
display in the Quad.
The property values in the Rollover tips can be edited.
The following gure shows the color of an arc being changed using the Rollover Tips.
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Note: To display the Rollover tips, simply click the title bar of the Quad after expanding it.
When the cursor is moved on the Quad, a number of tool tabs display at the bottom (4).
Note: The number of tool tabs is controlled by the Quadwidth user preference (default = 6).
When you move the cursor over the tool tabs title bar (5), the tool groups expand (6) under the
cursor, which provides you with more tool options.
Note: The number of available tool groups and the number of tools within a tool group depend on the
entity type under the cursor.
The Quad can also be accessed in the no selection If the cursor is on an entity, hold down the right
mouse button longer to display the No Selection Quad (7). Or when there is no selected/highlighted
entity in the drawing, right-click to display the No Selection Quad.
When an entity is selected and another one is highlighted, next to the entity type (title bar on the
top) a plus one (8) appears in the parentheses. The count, regardless of the type, increases each
time you select an entity. To reveal the selected the entity types which are hidden in the
parentheses, expand the quad by moving your cursor on it.
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Note: The Quad also adapts to the type of entities that have been selected. If you select two surfaces,
you will be provided with different tool options in the Quad, then if you selected a solid and a surface.
About: Selecting entities
The Quad adapts the type of entities that you have been selected. If you select a surface, you will be
provided with different tool options in the Quad, then selecting a solid or edge.
Selecting an edge, the QUAD appears showing the edge length, slope, and elevation (9).
Selecting a solid face, the surface area is shown in the Quad (10).
Highlighting a boundary, the Quad displays the perimeter and area of this boundary (11).
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Highlighting a solid, the Quad displays the color, layer, and elevation of the solid (12)
Tutorial: How to use Quad Cursor & Rollover Tips
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Procedure: Using the Quad
The following are general steps to use the Quad cursor.
Note: The Quad and Rollover tips are both enabled.
1. Hover the cursor over the entity you want to manipulate.
The entity under the cursor highlights.
The Quad displays a single icon (13), which is the most recently used tool with this entity type, and
a limited set of properties (14) of the highlighted entity.
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2. Right-click to launch the recently used tool. Or move the cursor to the single icon to expand the
Quad (15), then select one of the available tools to manipulate the entity.
3. Move the cursor over the blue eld to further expand the Quad.
All Quad tool groups for the current workspace display. When the rst tool group is expanded, click
an icon to use a tool or move the cursor to a different tool group.
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