GGU-ELASTIC: "Define nodes" menu item

With the left mouse button you can set a new node, and with the right mouse button you can delete a previously set node. The menu item can also be reached with the [F3] function key.

When setting new nodes, the current x- and y-coordinates of the mouse are shown in the status bar at the bottom of the window. If you have access to a scanner you can scan in the system to be processed and save it e.g. as a bitmap file (extension: ".bmp"). This bitmap can be displayed on the screen using the Mini-CAD program module (see the "Mini-CAD" manual). This greatly simplifies input of the principal system nodes.

Alternatively, you can also import a DXF file using Mini-CAD (see "Mini-CAD" manual). This can contain the system outline, for example. If Mini-CAD data are already present, the initial dialog box provides a check box with the option of locking on to Mini-CAD lines. If you activate this check box the mouse cursor appears as a rectangle with cross-hairs. If the end point of a Mini-CAD line is located within this rectangle the program will lock on to this point precisely; if a number of points are located within the rectangle, it will lock on to the one nearest the centre of the cross-hairs.