17.1.1 The graphic screen
A graphic screen, either two- or three-dimensional as appropriate,
automatically opens in response to a graphic command. Alternatively,
you can open a graphic screen with its own command line with keystrokes;
Alt+G for a two-dimensional screen and Alt+H for a
three-dimensional screen. The graphic screen will have an array of
buttons at the top right.
-
Red arrows move the image in the x direction.
- Green arrows move the image in the y direction.
- Blue arrows zoom in and out in a two-dimensional screen,
and move the image in the z direction in a three-dimensional screen.
- in and out buttons zoom in and out.
- ⊥ button orthonormalizes the graphic.
- button stops and restarts animations.
- auto button scales the image automatically.
- cfg button brings up the configuration screen
(see Section 2.5.7).
- M button brings up a menu.
The menu has the following submenus:
-
View
- which has entries which do the same as the
buttons.
- Trace
- for working with traces.
- Animation
- for working with animations.
- 3D
- for working with three-dimensional graphics.
- Export/Print
- for exporting and printing the graphic.
The image can also be moved in the screen by clicking and dragging
with the mouse. Scrolling with the mouse will zoom the images in and out.