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The Main Window of ABViewer

The ribbon makes it easier to find commands and provides you with a quick access to all
the instruments of the program without additional toolbars.

The panel Properties displays the

properties of the selected element and
allows to edit them.

All the commands are grouped according to their functions and are situated in the
corresponding tabs. By default there are four tabs: File, Viewer, Editor and Advanced. There is
a possibility of switching to the classical view of menus and toolbars.

The panel Explorer is used to

search for the files in the
directories or to open them. It is
possible to read files from ZIP
archives.

The panel Favorites is used to

form a list of favorite files. This
allows to print these files without
opening them preliminarily.

Additional modes: Snap, Grid, Ortho and Polar Tracking allow to switch snap on, to
display a rectangular grid of points, to draw strictly vertical or horizontal lines and to turn polar
tracking lines on. These modes are used while creating and editing elements and fasten the
process of creating entities relative to some other elements of the drawing.

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The Ribbon

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In the left upper corner you can see the quick

access panel. Pressing the down directed arrow
activates a list of commands which call the dialog box
of editing the ribbon and the quick access panel.

The File tab of the Ribbon contains commands connected with the files of drawings like creating a new one or
opening an existing drawing. This tab also has tools allowing to print and convert a file or a group of files without
opening them in the program window.
Menu items, which don't have icons, are a group of commands. When they are selected a list of
subcommands contained in this group appears on the right of the item.
The activation of the commands, with an icon next to them leads to opening a corresponding dialog box,
where additional settings are made. Such commands are Open, Save as, Properties and Options.
Such commands as New, Save, Reload File don't open dialog boxes and don't contain subcommands, they
fulfill operations of creating, saving and reloading the file in the window of the program

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In the right upper corner of the program

window there are commands that give access to the
help menu as well as allow the user to select the mode
of work and to register the program.

Mode
Viewer
Editor

Help
ABViewer Help
Quick Reference
Extensions

Redline

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The Ribbon
Viewer Tab: contains commands that are available in Standard, Professional and Enterprise versions

Rotate Countercllockwise

Zoom In

Rect Zooming

Previous File in Directory

Backwards ( previous file in the Last Files List)

Rotate Clockwise

Zoom Out

Fit drawing to window

Next File in Directory

Forward(next file in the Last Files List)

Rotate by Angle

Zoom Undo

3D Orbit and 3D views

Editor Tab: contains commands that are available in Professional and Enterprise versions

Delete

Line

Rectangle

OLE

Move

Scale

Bring to front

Circle

Arc

Leader

Break

Explode

Send to back

Intersection

Normal

Center

Spline

Point

Table

Union

Fillet

Copy Object

Nearest

Endpoint

Insertion

Pen

Polyline

Dimension

Ritate

Mirror

Paste Block

Midpoint

Tangent

Quadrant

Ellipse

Merge...

Text Styles...

Break at point

Trim

Create Block

Tracking

Extension

Parallel

Hatch

Image

Dimension Styles...

Extend

Bevel

The snap modes:

Cut
Copy
Paste
Paste as Block
Purge

Advanced Tab
Favorites

Redline is a group of commands to manage the markup file.

Report on Attributes allows to export block attributes to an external XLS,
RTF, DXF file or to add to the drawing as a table.
Favorites is a group of tools to manage the favorite files list.

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Open

New

Viewer

Favorites

Load Redline...

Editor

Add Current...

Save Redline

Redline

Add Files...

Hide Redline

Add All Files in Folder...

Delete

The commands Favorites, Explorer and Properties display or hide the

corresponding panels.

Delete All
Send to Batch
Send to Batch Print
Properties

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The Classical View of the Toolbars

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The command
Wipeout.Supplementary options
include the ways of creating
wipeout and defining visibility of
its borders:
rectangle, polyline
show, hide
The command Text
Allows to create:
Multiline Text
Single Line Text
Attribute Definition

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The command 3D Orbit.

contains a set of standard
orthogonal and isometric views.
It is possible to return to the
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subcommand Initial View. The
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display mode of 3D files.

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The command Viewport.

Supplementary options include
the ways of setting the viewport
area: rectangle, polyline, object

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Commands, containing
supplementary options. To make use
of them press the down-directed
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To switch to the classical view deactivate the option Ribbon menu style under the tab Common of the dialog box
Options.

The choice of the program mode: Viewer,

Editor, Redline.

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Positioning of the Drawing in the Program Window.

Navigation

Rotation, 3D Orbit

The mouse, the keyboard and the scroll bars are used.
With the help of the keyboard and the scroll bars the navigation is fulfilled only vertically
or horizontally.
The pointing device Mouse allows to scroll the drawing in any direction in the screen
plane. To pan the image use the right mouse button or scroll.

The keyboard, the instruments of the panel Position of the Viewer tab are used.
3D Orbit. The command gives access to the list of the standard orthogonal and
isometric views, allows to set the display modes for the 3D models of the drawings
and calls the 3D Orbit axis.

Clicking in the icon of the instrument 3D Orbit activates the axis

3D Orbit that allows to turn the image in the 3D coordinate system.
Clicking on the arrow next to the icon calls the list which is depicted
on the image below.

Scaling
The mouse wheel is mostly used, the tools located in the section Position of the
tab Viewer are also made use of.
Zoom in/Zoom out.
A single zoom in/out of the drawing relative to the
center of the view area. By default zooming is performed with the preset step, but
it is possible to switch to the mode of fine zoom. To select the zoom mode click on
the black arrow on the right of the command and choose the mode.
Rect Zooming. Allows to scale the selected part of the drawing to fit the view
area..
Fit drawing to window. Scales the drawing according to the size of the view
area. Double click on the mouse wheel fulfills the same function.
Zoom undo. Returns the image to the previous zoom size if available.

Element selection

Scaling

Rotate Counterclockwise. Rotates the drawing counterclockwise

by 90 degrees. The combination Ctrl+left arrow fulfilsl the same
function.
Rotate Clockwise. Rotates the drawing clockwise by 90
degrees. The combination Ctrl+right arrow fulfills the same
function.
Rotate by angle. Allows to rotate the image by a certain angle
relative to the axes X, Y, Z. The parameters of the rotation are
entered into the dialog box Rotate by Angle, which opens
automatically after the command is called.

Scrolling

Keyboard

Scrolling the drawing

vertically up

One click on the element

selects it.
Shift + click on the elements
allows to select several
elements.
Ctrl+holding pressed+drag
copies an element
Ctrl + Rectangular selection:
zoom in.

Turning the mouse wheel

changes the scale.
Double click scales the
drawing to fit the window.
Holding pressed scrolls
the drawing in the program
window.

Holding pressed: scrolls the

drawing in the program
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A single click calls the
context menu of the selected
element

Panning to
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Panning to the
right
Rotation
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Rotation
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Scrolling the drawing

vertically down.

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Measuring the Elements of the Drawing

General Information on the measure tools

The Panel Measure

Measuring elements is fulfilled with the help of a group of instruments situated in the
Section Measure of the tab Viewer. The results of the performed measurements
aredisplayed in the panel Measure that appears automatically after activating one of the

Parameters of the instrument

Distance.

Distance measures distance between two selected points on the

drawing.
Polyline length allows measuring a curvilinear outline as well as
the angle formed by the first three apexes of the specified outline.

Parameters of the instrument

Polyline length

Area allows measuring the area and the perimeter of the outline
marked with black while measuring.

Parameters of the instrument

Area.

When the Distance tool is activated the panel has two supplementary fields: Set size
as and Scale factor.
A new value for the measured distance is entered into the field Set size as, on the basis of
this value the scale factor is automatically calculated as a ratio of the entered value to the
real value of the measured distance. This calculated scale is displayed in the field Scale
factor and will be used in the following measurements of the current drawing.

The functions for the Distance tool:

An example of using the function Set size as:

Scale 2:1
19

Changes the scale factor for the

measurements on base of the entered
value.

Allows to redefine the scale factor of

measurements for the current drawing.

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The initial drawing
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Measure the length of the component side marked with

red. Its real length in the drawing will be displayed in the
Measure panel (38 units as the scale of the drawing is
2:1)

Set size as:

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Enter the value 19 and
press Enter. As a result the
recalculated scale factor
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Scale factor.

Measure the length of

the other side.

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panel Measure are as
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Distance = 6 mm
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the drawing.

The settings for the measuring instruments are performed in the tab Measure of
the dialog box Options (Ctrl+Shift+F11.

The context menu of the panel Measure.

The data in the panel received from the drawing after performing the
measurements can be selected with the left mouse button and then copied . Apart from
that clearing the panel is provided.
All these commands are represented in the contextual menu of the panel
Measure, which is called with the help of the right mouse click.
Copy

Ctrl+C

copies the selected text.

Select all

Ctrl+A

selects all the values in the panel received after the measurements.

Clear

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Alt+G

clears the panel Measure.

sets the cursor to the beginning of the specified line according to their
numeration in the panel Measure.

Precision

sets the precision of rounding the data that were received from the
drawing.

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Creating and Editing Entities.

To create a new file make use of the command New which can be activated by the
following means:
File Tab > New
Quick Access Panel >
Ctrl+N

Adding elements to the drawing is performed with the help of the drawing
instruments which can be found in the section Draw of the tab Editor. The instruments for
adding text and dimensions can be found nearby under the section Text.

Line

Pen

Ellipse

Circle

Spline

Hatch

Polyline

Rectangle

Arc

Merge...

OLE

Text Styles

Point

Image

Table

Dimension Styles

Leader

Tracking
It is often needed to place new objects at a certain angle to an earlier created object
and at a definite distance from it. One can use tracking and dynamic input to achieve such a
result.
For example, there is a line in an earlier created drawing. It is required to add a new
line that is parallel to the existing one and is at the distance of 10 mm from it. By using the
corresponding snap modes, that can be switched on under the Editor tab, and the dynamic
input form we will create the required line:

Dimension

Dynamic Input
The dynamic input is a possibility to enter some parameters of an object into a
special form that appears when creating or editing an entity. This is an example of the
dynamic input form when creating a line:

Editing with the Help of Markers

for the first point

for the second point

Select an entity by a single left click and place the cursor on the selection marker a small
blue square. After it changes its color and becomes yellow, left click on it, and having
acquired it move the marker. In this way an entity vertex is moved that leads to changing its
size. To move an entity without changing its size it is necessary to perform the second left
click not on the marker but on the entity image.

To switch between the dynamic input fields use the following combinations:
Tab - switches to the next field and locks the entrered value. If there were no changes in the
field it switches to the next field without locking the value.
Shift+Tab -acts like the button Tab but switches to the field above.
Space - releases a lock from the fields the values of which were locked or is used for a
forced lock of the current values.
Enter - confirms creating an entity point and finishes the work of the dynamic input.

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