Main Sketch Screen Cut/Copy/Paste Objects (cont.

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<Ctrl>+<N> Add a Note • Paste has two modes: 1) paste everything (default), or 2) paste individual
<Ctrl>+<O> Add an Object objects.
<Ctrl>+<R> Add a Circle object • The clipboard does not accumulate objects; only the last set of objects (from
<Ctrl>+<I> Add an Instant object a cut/copy) are retained.
<Ctrl>+<D> Add a Dimension Line marker • The clipboard is persistent between sketches. This means you can copy
<Ctrl>+<S> Add a Vertical Side marker objects into the clipboard from one parcel, move to another parcel and still
have the clipboard contents available to you.
Basic Editing outside of the Drawing Toolbar
<Ctrl>+<A> Select all objects on a sketch Display Order, Bring to Front, and Send to Back
<Ctrl>+<C> Copy objects to the clipboard • Default display order is the order in which the objects on a sketch were
<Ctrl>+<X> Cut objects to the clipboard drawn. Specifically, the first drawn object on a sketch is the first in the
<Ctrl>+<V> Paste all objects from the clipboard display order.
<Shift>+<Del> Delete objects • Display order determines how an object overlaps (obscures) other objects.
<Ctrl>+<Del> Delete current sketch screen and its objects Objects higher on the list will overlap objects lower in the list.
<Ctrl>+<Z> Undo last operation 1. To move an object to the front of the display order:
<F5> or <Ctrl>+<T>Edit current object name a. Select an object.
<Ctrl>+<E> Edit current object sides b. Choose "Edit|Bring To Front" from the Main Menu.
2. To move an object to the back of the display order:
Drawing/Editing Object Sides using the Drawing Toolbar a. Select an object.
<Ctrl>+<A> Three-point arc b. Choose "Edit|Send To Back" from the Main Menu.
<Ctrl>+<C> Half circle
<Ctrl>+<D> Diagonal (hypotenuse of a triangle) Save Sketch to External File
<Ctrl>+<F> Free-ended line 1. Open a sketch.
<Ctrl>+<L> Horizontal/Vertical line drawing 2. Select "File|Save As" from the Main Menu.
<Ctrl>+<R> Radial line 3. Pick a directory to save to, and give the file a meaningful name and then
<Ctrl>+<S> Simple arc (quarter arc) press the <Save> button. File should have a "VSK" file extension.
<Del> Toggle on/off the dimension label
<Ins> Radial line guide toggle on/off Load Sketch from External File
<Alt>+<P> Toggle on/off the parenthesis around dim. label 1. Open a sketch.
<Alt>+<E> Reset the ending point of the object 2. To load into the existing sketch:
a. Select "File|Load|Into existing Sketch" from the Main Menu.
Miscellaneous commands within main Sketch window b. Locate the sketch file you want to load, and press the <Open> button.
<Ctrl>+<Shift><N> Create a new new sketch screen It will have a "VSK" file extension.
<Ctrl>+<Shift><O>Load a sketch file into a new screen c. Use the <Preview> button in the Open dialog to view sketch files
<Ctrl>+<P> Print current screen before opening.
<Ctrl>+<L> Begin linking of current object d. As many sketch objects from the saved file will be loaded into the
<Ctrl>+<Space> Toggle Select/Move Object/Move Text existing sketch (up to 255 objects).
<Ctrl>+<-> or <+> Scale down or scale up e. Scale will be adjusted to match the current sketch.
<F1> Invoke online help 3. To load into a new sketch screen:
<F7> Alignment Palette a. Select "File|Load|As New Sketch" from the Main Menu.
<F9> Line, color and fill-pattern toolbar b. Go through steps 2b and 2c.
<F10> Access the Main Menu c. Scale will be adjusted to match what the saved sketch was.
<Alt>+<F> File menu (save, print, etc.)
<Alt>+<E> Edit menu (general editing functions for entire sketch) Reverse Line Order
<Alt>+<I> Item menu (functions for an individual object) Useful if you need to change the direction a sketch was drawn in. Typically a
<Alt>+<S> Sketch menu (functions for a sketch as a whole) sketch should be drawn in a clockwise direction, which would cause the
<Alt>+<H> Help menu dimension labels to appear inside the object, but convenience (or ease) may
require you to draw the object in a counter-clockwise direction.
Moving Objects/Text With Arrow Keys 1. Select an object.
• Multiple objects can be moved at one time. 2. Choose "Item|Set Drawing Direction" from the Main Menu.
• Labels can only be moved one object at a time.
1. Pick Move Object/Text mode. Change Line Style/Color and Fill Pattern for an Object:
2. Select objects to move. • Select the object and press <F9> to open the Styles Toolbar (if not already
3. Basic <Arrow Keys> move the objects in one-foot increments. visible).
4. <Ctrl>+<Arrow Keys> moves objects in half-foot increments. • Style Toolbar can be used while in drawing/editing mode.
5. <Alt>+<Arrow Keys> moves objects in one-inch increments.

Cut/Copy/Paste Objects
• Cut/Copy works on individual or groups of objects (up to 255).
• Cut removes selected objects from the current sketch and places
them into the clipboard. Links will be broken.
• Copy makes a copy of selected objects and places this copy into
the clipboard. The copies in the clipboard are not linked.
• Paste takes the entire clipboard contents and places a copy of them
back onto a sketch. This does not empty the clipboard.

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Drawing Toolbar buttons Quarter-Arc on the Drawing Toolbar
Draws a horizontal or vertical quarter-arc.
1. Enter a Radius length, then
2. Type a quadrant letter using the guide (below).
3. <Spacebar> inverts the line.

Horizontal/Vertical Line Drawing on the Drawing Toolbar

1. Enter length and press an <Arrow Key> to draw the line in that
direction. Half-Circle Arc on the Drawing Toolbar
2. Use the <Arrow Keys> again to position the dimension label. Draws a simple horizontal or vertical half-circle arc.
3. Repeat at step 1 for more H/V lines. 1. Enter the Diameter length, then
2. Press an <Arrow Key> to create the arc.
Free-ended Line Drawing on the Drawing Toolbar 3. <Spacebar> inverts the arc.
1. Enter length and press an <Arrow Key> to move in that direction, or
2. Press and hold down an <Arrow Key> to move the line in one-inch Circle Drawing on the Drawing Toolbar
increments. 1. Use the <Left Arrow> and <Down Arrow> keys to make the circle radius
3. Continue steps 1 or 2 until satisfied with the line, then press smaller in one-inch increments.
<Enter> to commit. 2. Use the <Up Arrow> and <Right Arrow> keys to make the circle radius
larger in one-inch increments.
Radial Line Drawing on the Drawing Toolbar 3. Entering a value and then pressing an arrow key enlarges (or shrinks) the
Line angle is always relative to the screen, not the previous line. circle radius by the given amount.
1. Enter a positive degree between 1° and 360° and press <Enter>.
2. Enter the length of line and press <Enter>. Styles
The Styles tab on the Drawing Toolbar allows you to set:
1. Line color, width, style and
2. Fill pattern color and style.

Reset End-point
1. Object must be "closed" (i.e., it can not be an open-ended line)
2. While in drawing mode, use plus <+> and minus <-> keys to move cursor to
desired point to that will become the new end-point for the object.
3. Press <Alt>+<E>, you will be prompted to confirm your change.
4. Object will be adjusted to make the selected line the new end-line, and the
point the cursor is on the new end-point of the object.
Diagonal Line on the Drawing Toolbar
Draws the hypotenuse of a right triangle after first drawing the two lines Drawing Toolbar Miscellaneous
that the length is known. • The <Home> key can be used to quickly "close" an object (it draws a line
1. Enter a length and then press an <Arrow Key> to draw the first from the current cursor position to the starting position). The following
line. This would be like drawing the line between points "A" to "C". commands recognize this key:
2. Enter a length and then press an <Arrow Key> to draw the second 1. Horizontal / Vertical line drawing,
known line. This would be like drawing a line between points "C" to 2. Free-ended line drawing,
"B". 3. Diagonal line drawing,
3. The diagonal will be drawn between the starting point and the 4. Three-point Arcs (during the initial step to set the ending point).
ending point (line "c"). 5. Half-Circle arcs (only if drawn on the horizontal or vertical axis).
• The plus <+> and minus <-> keys can be used at any time to navigate
around the sides of an object.
• Drawing of an object can only take place from the end.
• When editing an existing line, the cursor sits at the end of the line being
edited, not the front.
• When in doubt, read the sketch status bar.
• Objects can have either their Description Label or Area Label turned off but
Three-Point Arc on the Drawing Toolbar not both.
1. Determine the ending point by positioning the cursor as if you were • To boost performance, do not apply fill patterns until after the object you are
drawing a Free-ended line. <Enter> commits the line. drawing is complete.
2. Use all the <Arrow Keys> to move the radius point between the
starting and ending points determined in step one. Entering small
values (1 to 5) in the length field and then pressing an <Arrow
Key> moves the arc faster.
3. <Spacebar> inverts the line.

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