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      <div class="title_topic4" id="xps10_pagetitle">Graphics window cursors</div>
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               <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('intro_to_nx/uiu_ov_uicomponents_m.html');return(false);">Overview</a></p>
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">The following cursors appear in the graphics window and indicate how you can interact with the model.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Arrow Point</div>
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               <p class="para_td">Arrow Point</p>
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               <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/uiu_curs_arrow.gif"></p>
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               <p class="para_td">The basic NX cursor, used for selecting menu and dialog options. No selection or position tracking. Cannot interact with the model in the graphics window.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Position</p>
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               <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/uiu_curs_pos.gif"></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Indicates positions in free space, but object selection is not available.</p>
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      </table><br><div class="title_division">Select</div>
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               <p class="para_td">Select (Large)</p>
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               <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/uiu_curs_sel_lrg.gif"></p>
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               <p class="para_td">The circle indicates that you can move over an object such as a line and &quot;pre-select&quot; it. Pre-selection means that an object is potentially selectable. NX highlights the object when it is pre-selected.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Select (Medium)</p>
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               <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/uiu_curs_sel_med.gif"></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Select (Small)</p>
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               <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/uiu_curs_sel_sma.gif"></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Select While Multiple Objects are Available</p>
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               <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/uiu_curs_sel_conf.gif"></p>
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               <p class="para_td">The three dots indicate that, at the current location, multiple objects are potentially selectable. If you click to select an object, NX opens the QuickPick dialog, allowing you to specify which object you want to select.</p>
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      </table><br><div class="title_division">Drag</div>
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               <p class="para_td">Drag</p>
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               <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/uiu_curs_drag.gif"></p>
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               <p class="para_td">The system displays this cursor while you drag an object or objects in detached or pre-selected mode.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Drag with Selection (Large)</p>
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               <p class="para_td">The circle indicates that you can move over an object such as a line and &quot;pre-select&quot; it. Pre-selection means that an object is potentially selectable. NX highlights the object when it is pre-selected.</p>
               <p class="para_td">If the operation supports dragging geometry to a selectable object or object's control point, NX presents one of these cursors.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Drag with Selection (Medium)</p>
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               <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/uiu_curs_sel_med_drag.gif"></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Drag with Selection (Small)</p>
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               <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/uiu_curs_sel_sma_drag.gif"></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Invalid Drag</p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Displays whenever you attempt an invalid drag in the graphics window. Dragging can be invalid when no drag gestures (handle, object, detached drag, rectangle selection, drag path) are enabled or you are currently pressing an invalid modifier key combination.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Drag Path</p>
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               <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/uiu_curs_drag_path.gif"></p>
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               <p class="para_td"> Displays when detecting candidate objects (as filtered by the current operation) along the drag path. Used by Quick Trim and Fillet. Implemented as a &quot;crayon&quot; line that reflects the path of the cursor while being dragged.</p>
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      </table><br><div class="title_division">Drag with Pre-Selection</div>
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               <p class="para_td">Drag with Pre-Selection (Large)</p>
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               <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/uiu_curs_sel_lrg_pob.gif"></p>
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               <p class="para_td">The circle indicates that you can move over an object such as a line and &quot;pre-select&quot; it. Pre-selection means that an object is potentially selectable. NX highlights the object when it is pre-selected.</p>
               <p class="para_td">The arrow on the upper-right indiates that the (highlighted) object over which the cursor is positioned is draggable. If you click MB1 and drag, it drags the highlighted object. You can drag handles or objects.</p>
               <p class="para_td">NX presents this cursor to select and drag objects.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Drag with Pre-Selection (Medium)</p>
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               <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/uiu_curs_sel_med_pob.gif"></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Drag with Pre-Selection (Small)</p>
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               <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/uiu_curs_sel_sma_pob.gif"></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Drag While Multiple Objects are Available</p>
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            <td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle">
               <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/uiu_curs_confirm_pob.gif"></p>
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               <p class="para_td">The three dots indicate that, at the current location, multiple objects are potentially selectable. If you click to select an object, NX opens the QuickPick dialog, allowing you to specify which object you want to select.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Detached Drag, No Selection</p>
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               <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/uiu_curs_npob.gif"></p>
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               <p class="para_td">You can position the cursor anywhere and drag the currently selected objects.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Detached Drag with Selection (Large)</p>
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               <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/uiu_curs_sel_lrg_npob.gif"></p>
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               <p class="para_td">The circle indicates that you can move over an object such as a line and &quot;pre-select&quot; it. Pre-selection means that an object is potentially selectable. NX highlights the object when it is pre-selected.</p>
               <p class="para_td">The perpendicular arrows on the upper-right indiate a that a detached drag is possible. This means that if you drag from the current cursor location, you will drag the currently selected objects.</p>
               <p class="para_td">Therefore, you can easily select objects and drag them from any cursor location.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Detached Drag with Selection (Medium)</p>
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               <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/uiu_curs_sel_med_npob.gif"></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Detached Drag with Selection (Small)</p>
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               <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/uiu_curs_sel_sma_npob.gif"></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Detached Drag &amp; Selection &amp; Multiple Objects</p>
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            <td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle">
               <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/uiu_curs_confirm_npob.gif"></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Indicates that multiple objects are selectable and you can perform a detached drag.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Detached Drag with Position Input, No Selection</p>
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               <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/uiu_curs_pos_npob.gif"></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Indicates that you can drag the selected objects or indicate a screen position in the graphics window.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Rotate</p>
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               <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/uiu_curs_rotate.gif"></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Indicates that you can <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('intro_to_nx/uiu_rotate_p.html');return(false);">rotate a view</a>.
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               <p class="para_td">Navigation</p>
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               <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/uiu_curs_nav.gif"></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Indicates Free Navigation Mode. Use this mode to easily fly through a view of a shaded or wireframe model. You can spontaneously control all movement using the mouse and/or keyboard. You do not have to first define a flight path trajectory, as you do with Guided Navigation.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Pan</p>
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               <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/uiu_curs_pan.gif"></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Indicates <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('intro_to_nx/uiu_pan_p.html');return(false);">Pan mode</a>.
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               <p class="para_td">&quot;Rectangle&quot; Zoom</p>
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               <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/uiu_curs_zoom.gif"></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Indicates <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('intro_to_nx/uiu_zoom_p.html');return(false);">Zoom mode</a>. Use Zoom to scale the entire part by zooming in or out of the view.
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               <p class="para_td">Zoom In/Out</p>
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               <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/uiu_curs_dyn_zoom.gif"></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Indicates <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('intro_to_nx/uiu_zoom_p.html');return(false);">Zoom In/Out  mode</a>. Use Zoom In/Out  to incrementally scale the entire part by zooming in or out of the view. NX dynamically updates the view as you move the cursor.
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               <p class="para_td">Create Constraints</p>
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               <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/uiu_curs_create_constraints.gif"></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Derived Lines</p>
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               <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/uiu_curs_derived_lines.gif"></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Quick Trim</p>
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               <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/uiu_curs_quick_trim.gif"></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Quick Extend</p>
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               <p align="center"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/uiu_curs_quick_extend.gif"></p>
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