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Dagmar
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creating arrows in ABViewer professional

Post by Dagmar » 12 Apr 2007, 10:20

Hi all,
whenever I try to create an arrow in ABViewer Professional it always comes up as straight line only.
Following all the steps from the help menue I can click the arrow icon in the toolbar, I can click where the arrow should point to, I can drag the pointer to the targeted length. But the next step does not work: to enter the length via keyboard, it never changes the value it automatically allocates and I can't right click to enter the arrow after left click to finish.

Anybody knows how to fix this?
Thanks

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Post by support » 12 Apr 2007, 12:17

Dear Dagmar,

Here goes explanation how to draw an arrow on the image:
<ul><li>Select <b>Draw > Arrow</b> menu item.</li>
<li>Click once where arrow has to be directed to.</li>
<li>Drag mouse cursor to the point where arrow has to be started from.</li>
<li>Finishing:
<ul><li>Enter line length on the keyboard. Entered value will be displayed in the status bar.</li>
<b>or</b>
<li>Left mouse button click.</li>
<b>or</b>
<li>Right mouse button click. Popup window will arise with two items:<ul> <li>Enter - finishes drawing arrow.</li>
<li>Cancel - removes drawn arrow.</li></ul></li> </ul></li> </ul>

If arrow looks like a straight line, do the following:
<ul><li>Select <b>View > Properties</b> menu item. Panel <b>Properties</b> will arise.</li>
<li>Select arrow by mouse.</li>
<li>Find parameter <b>Arrow Size</b> in the panel <b>Properties</b> and enter new value in ten times greater then previous.</li>
<li>Press <b>Enter</b> button on the keyboard.</li></ul>
Sergey.





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eagroup
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Post by eagroup » 19 Apr 2007, 19:20

Also, if the arrowhead is too big, it isn't shown. I use orders of magnitude (1,10,100) to find the right range if I'm having trouble.

Using ABViewer 6.1.0.44 Pro on XP SP2

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Post by support » 19 Apr 2007, 19:58

<ul><li>Select <b>File > New</b> menu item.</li>
<li>Draw arrow across the screen.</li>
<li>The received arrow will be visible by a naked eye.</li>
<li><b>Arrow Size</b> parameter will be equal <b>5,94</b></li>
</ul>
If you draw arrow on some drawing, please send it us to support@cadsofttools.com. We will find acceptable <b>Arrow Size</b> accordingly to the drawing's scale.

Sergey.

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