Visual Thought User's Guide
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Index

A

About Visual Thought menu item 195
Actual Size menu item 174
adding color to objects 90
Again key 108,109
Again/Redo key 89
Align dialog 96,202
Align Dialog menu item 178
Align in Column menu item 94,178
Align in Row menu item 95,178
Align menu item 178
Align to Grid menu item 178
aligning and spreading 93
alignment point 97
Alt key accelerator 49
Arrange menu 96,176
key accelerators 245
arrowheads
adding to connections 24
example of 72
toggling 25
asterisks in Title Bar 123
attachment
buttons 150
file attachment 150
sound 156
examples of 152
file attachment 149,150
activating 263
uses 264
image 149,151
sound 149,152
Attachments Inspector Panel menu item 187
attractor shapes 140,233
Bus 142,233
NPN transistor 233
AutoConnect mode 74

B

Backspace key
difference from Delete 3
Bold menu item 184
bolding text
example of 32,36
Booch Method 234,235
Bring to Front menu item 176

C

Center Justify menu item 184
circuit diagrams 236
Clear menu item 172
clearing objects 79
click
defined 3
click-and-drag 64,68
defined 3
Clipboard 171
Close menu item 169
Close Window menu item 185
closing
View or Document 124
CMY color model 209
color chooser 91,204
Add Saved Color menu item 211
recommended color models 205
saved colors 211
example of use 30
color model
CMY 209
Grayscale 210
HLS 206
named colors 211
RGB 208
color selection methods 205
connecting objects
example of 22
Connection tool 54
icon 52
key and button bindings 253
switching to 22
connections
arrowheads
adding 24,72
toggling 25
changing text location 117
concepts 67
creating and deleting
examples of 67
curving 72
example of 25
defined 57,67
deleting 69
ending
in free space 68
on an object 69
entering text 117
formatting 71
free 68
joints 23,69
moving 70
multi-segment, example of 23
stroke width, changing 71
constrained moving 146
conventions 2
keyboard 2
menu 2
mouse 3
Copy menu item 171
copying objects 77
creating shapes 58
cross-hair cursor 69
Ctrl-click
example of 27
Ctrl-Z key 109
cursors, list of 255
Curved Smoothness button 25
curving connections 72
Cut menu item 171

D

Delete key
difference from Backspace 3
deselecting objects 64
diagram
defined 7
dialog
Align 202
Grid 179,200
Inspector 200
Page Layout 169,203
Print 170,203
Selection 24,201
Type Binding 204,265
Zoom 173
dirty document 108
Document
closing 49,124
example of 48
dirty 108
file format 269
opening 124
example of 48
saving 37
example of 48
double-click
defined 3
drag-and-drop 59
defined 3
example 17
drag-and-drop palettes 12
drawing tools
button bindings 251
Connection tool 54
defaults 85
enumerated 51
key bindings 251
keyboard accelerators 51
Pan tool 55
Select tool 53
Shape tool 54
Text tool 53
Zoom tool 55,129
Duplicate menu item 172
duplicating objects 77
example of 18

E

ease-of-use 12
relative to Macintosh 12
relative to UNIX 12
Edit focus
example of changing using Tab 21
Edit menu 171
key accelerators 244
Edit mode
double-click shortcut 20
key and button bindings 253
e-mail address 13
Encapsulated PostScript (EPS)
exporting to 168,170
.eps (Encapsulated PostScript) file 154
Esc key
example of use 32,34
examples directory 197
Examples... menu item 197
Export... menu item 168
exporting
to EPS file 162,168,170
to GIF file 168
extension
.au 149
.eps 154
.vpalette 138
.vthought 37,48

F

file chooser 204
Export 153,168
filename completion 50
Open 167
resizing 50
Save 48
usage tips 50
file format 269
grammar 271
keyword definitions 275
language overview 269
File menu 166
key accelerators 243
file typing
defined 150
process 264
fill color, example of 30
Fit in View menu item 174
Flip Horizontally menu item 180
Flip Vertically menu item 181
flowcharts 238
focused View 46,125
focus-follows-mouse policy 126
Font Chooser menu item 183
formatting text
example of 35
free connection 68

G

GIF image format 168
Grayscale color model 210
grid
examples of 143
moving objects on 146
snap 144
Grid dialog 144,179,200
Grid Dialog menu item 179
Grid menu item 179
Group menu item 104,177
grouping
changes allowed to 106
concepts 103
defined 103
hierarchical 105
Guided Tour 1,11,150

H

Help, how to get 1
Hide/Show Page Breaks menu item 175
Hide/Show Rulers menu item 174
Hide/Show Tools menu item 175
hiding text 117
hierarchical grouping 105
HLS color model 206
advantages 206
hot button
Group 104
Redo 108
Selection dialog 24
summary 200
Undo 108
Hot Button bar 200
hyperlinks 150

I

I-beam cursor 112
Iconify Window menu item 185
icons
drawing tools 52
image formats
PBM 149
PGM 149
PPM 149
Sun Raster 149
XBM 149
XWD 149
Inspector 200
Attachments panel 81,153,187,263
image, adding, example of 155
images, attaching 151
inspecting single object only 85
concepts 84
examples of use 86
inspecting
multiple objects 85
single object 84
tool defaults 85
introduced 12,44
Panel Selector 82
Position panel 81,88,189
Shape panel 81,188
example of use 25,72
for connections 83
for shapes 83
for shapes and/or connections 85
switching to 61
Style panel 81,90,92,190
example of use 71
summary of panels 81
Text panel 81,191
example of use 32,35
Location subpanel 118
using with Selection dialog 84
Inspector menu item 186
Italic menu item 184
italicizing text
example of 36

J

justifying text
example of 32

K

keyboard accelerators
drawing tools 51
menus 243
keyboard conventions 2

L

Larger (font size) menu item 183
Left Justify menu item 184
left-click
defined 3
License menu item 197
Lock menu item 177
locked objects
selection handles 177
look-and-feel 257
default 257
IBM CUA 261
Microsoft Windows 260
OSF Motif 258
Sun OPEN LOOK 259

M

magnification
change 126
Main window 43
menu
Arrange 176
Edit 171
File 166
Options 195
Services 192
Text 182
View 173
Windows 185
menu choice convention 41
menu conventions 2
menu item
(Open Window Names) 191
About Visual Thought 195
Actual Size 174
Align 178
Align Dialog 178
Align in Column 178
Align in Row 178
Align to Grid 178
Attachments Inspector Panel 187
Bold 184
Bring to Front 176
Center Justify 184
Clear 172
Close 169
Close Window 185
Copy 171
Cut 171
Duplicate 172
Examples... 197
Export... 168
Fit in View 174
Flip Horizontally 180
Flip Vertically 181
Font Chooser 183
Grid 179
Grid Dialog 179
Group 177
Hide/Show Page Breaks 175
Hide/Show Rulers 174
Hide/Show Tools 175
Iconify Window 185
Inspector 186
Italic 184
Larger (font size) 183
Left Justify 184
License 197
Lock 177
New 166
New Palette 166
New Window 185
Open 167
Page Layout 169
Palettes... 197
Paste 172
Plain 184
Position Inspector Panel 189
Print 170
Quit 170
Raise Application 186
Raise Inspector 186
Redo 171
Revert 169
menu item continued
Right Justify 184
Save 168
Save As 168
Scroll to Selection 174
Select All 172
Selection Dialog 172
Send to Back 177
Set Zoom... 173
Shape Inspector Panel 188
Show/Hide Grid 180
Size Height to Text 180
Size to Grid 180
Size to Image 180
Size Width to Text 180
Smaller (font size) 183
Spread along Column 179
Spread along Row 178
Strikethru 184
Style Inspector Panel 190
Subscript 184
Suggestion 196
Superscript 184
Text Inspector Panel 191
Turn AutoConnect On/Off 181
Turn Snap On/Off 180
Underline 184
Undo 171
Ungroup 177
Unlock 177
Unscript 184
Unzoom 173
XGrab Root Window 193
XGrab Selection 192
XGrab Timed Root Window 194
XGrab Timed Selection 193
XGrab Timed Window 194
XGrab Window 193
Zoom 173
menus
right-click to pop up 47
top-level 47
middle-click
defined 3
mouse conventions 3
moving connections 70

N

named colors color model 211
New menu item 166
New Palette menu item 166
New Window menu item 185
nudging 147

O

objects
adding color 90
aligning 93
bolding and italicizing text in 117
changing shape, example of 26
clearing 79
connecting, example of 22
copying 77
defined 57
deselecting 64
duplicating 77
fill color, changing 30
formatting text 119
grouping 103,177
locking 177
nudging 147
numerical positioning, examples of 88
pasting 78
rotating, example of 89
selecting 64
by type 201
three methods 63
sizing height to text 114
example of 36
sizing width to text 114
example of 36
spreading 93
stroke width, changing 92
text, showing and hiding 117
ungrouping 177
unlocking 177
Open key 50
Open menu item 167
(Open Window Names) menu item 191
opening
Document or View 124
Options menu 195
key accelerators 248

P

page breaks
color of 175
page layout
dimensions 161
margins 161
number of pages 161
orientation 161
Page Layout dialog 169,203
Apply button 161
Page Layout menu item 169
PageView 154
Palette
closing 138
closing in Solaris with OpenLook 138
drag-and-drop 12,135
introduced 45
modes, toggling between 136
opening predefined 135
Palette mode 136,138
predefined
Arrows 140,232
Attractors 140,233
Basic 231
Booch Class 234
Booch Others 235
Circuit 236
Entity-Relationship 237
Flowchart 238
Logic 239
OMT Dynamic + Functional 241
OMT Object Model 239
saving 138
View mode 135,136
Palette mode 126
palettes directory 197
Palettes... menu item 197
Pan tool 55
icon 52
key and button bindings 254
Paste menu item 172
pasting 78
"smart" 78
example of 18
PBM image format 149
PGM image format 149
Plain menu item 184
Position Inspector Panel menu item 189
PostScript
saving as 170
PPM image format 149
predefined shapes 57
Print dialog 170,203
Print menu item 170
printing 161
available printers 161
to PostScript file 162

Q

Quit menu item 170

R

Raise Application menu item 186
Raise Inspector menu item 186
redo 108
introduced 12
Redo hot button 109
Redo menu item 171
Return key accelerator 49
Revert menu item 169
RGB color model 208
disadvantages 208
Right Justify menu item 184
right-click
defined 3
to pop up menus 47
rubberbanding 57,67
rulers 123
hiding and showing 174
indicators 18
Rumbaugh Object Modeling Technique 239

S

Save As menu item 168
Save menu item 168
saving a document
example of 37
Scroll to Selection menu item 174
select
defined 3
Select All menu item 172
Select tool 53,70
icon 52
key and button bindings 252
key modifiers 64
switching to, example of 36
selecting
all objects 65,91
by click-and-drag 64
by type 65
multiple objects 64
three methods 63
selection
extending 64
toggling 64
Selection dialog 24,27,65,201
Select button 65
using with Inspector 84
Selection Dialog menu item 172
selection handles 63
on shapes 17
Send to Back menu item 177
Services menu 192
key accelerators 248
Set Color... button
for changing text color 36
for filling 30,91
Set Zoom... menu item 173
Shape Inspector Panel menu item 188
Shape tool 54,60
changing the default shape type 60
editing defaults, example of 85
icon 52
key and button bindings 254
shapes
attractor 140,233
Bus 142
NPN transistor 233
changing types 61
creating 58
by drag-and-drop 58,59
of default size 60
of specific size 60
with Shape tool 58
defined 57
predefined 57
shell window prompt 41
Shift-Ctrl-Z key 109
Show At End? checkbox 25,72
Show At Start? checkbox 72
Show Grid? button 144
Show Text? checkbox 117
Show/Hide Grid menu item 180
showing text 117
Size Height to Text menu item 36,114,180
Size to Grid menu item 180
Size to Image menu item 180
Size Width to Text menu item 36,114,180
Smaller (font size) menu item 183
"smart" pasting 78
example of 18,78
Snap On? button 144
snapshot
selection or window 192
sound
.au format 149,156
Sound Editor 156
Edit menu
key accelerators 249
Spread along Column menu item 95,179
Spread along Row menu item 95,178
status line 123
Strikethru menu item 184
stroke width, changing 71,92
Stroked
defined 92
Stroked? button 92
Style Inspector Panel menu item 190
Subscript menu item 184
Suggestion Box 13
Suggestion menu item 196
Sun Classing Engine 264,267
hierarchy 268
platform availabllity 268
Sun Raster image format 149
Superscript menu item 184
System Type Dictionary 264,265

T

Tab key 21
text
adding to a shape, example of 113
attributes summary 115
bolding and italicizing 117
bolding, example of 32,36
changing connection text location 117
Edit focus 112
Edit mode 111
defined 112
how to recognize 112
entering in connection 117
entering using Text tool 112
Esc 111
formatting
example of 35
methods 113
multiple objects 119
hiding 117
italicizing, example of 36
justification, example of 32
keyboard accelerators 115
showing 117
simplest way to start editing 111
Text mode defined 112
vertical alignment, example of 32
text fields
background colors 49
Text Inspector Panel menu item 191
Text menu 182
key accelerators 247
Text mode
key and button bindings 252
Text tool 53,112
Edit submode 54
example of switching to 34
icon 52
Text mode 53
Title Bar 123
asterisks in 123
toggle select
Ctrl-click, example of 27
Tool bar 123
hide/display menu options 175
tool defaults 85
triple-click
defined 3
Turn AutoConnect On/Off menu item 181
Turn Snap On/Off menu item 180
Tutorial
purpose and scope 15
Type Binding dialog 204,265
Type Dictionary 265
empty suffix warning 267
file format 266
System 264,265
User 264,265

U

Underline menu item 184
undo
concepts 109
introduced 12
levels of 107
using effectively 107
what cannot be undone 107
Undo hot button 109
Undo key 89,108,109
Undo menu item 171
Ungroup menu item 105,177
UNIX
how much do you need to know 2
Unlock menu item 177
Unscript menu item 184
Unzoom menu item 173
User Type Dictionary 264,265

V

vertical alignment of text
example of 32
View
closing 124
defined 121
focused 125
image of 122
introduced 46
multiple Views 125
multiple Views of the same Document 126
new View of a new Document 124
opening 124
rulers 123
scroll bars 123
status line 123
Title Bar 123
Tool bar 123
Zoom buttons 123
Zoom menu 123
View menu 173
key accelerators 245
View mode 126
Views
iconifying and de-iconifying 50
Visual Thought
benefits 13
business graphics applications 8
defined 7
engineering applications 10
file format 269
four main windows 16
Main window 43
menus 47
starting and exiting 41
technical graphics applications 11
uses 8
.vpalette extension 138
.vthought extension 37,48

W

"what if" games 107
window manager 124
focus-follows-mouse policy 126
Sun OpenLook 124
windowing system 2
windows
iconifying and de-iconifying 50
Windows menu 185
key accelerators 247
WYSIWYG
live 12,18

X

XBM image format 149
XGrab 192
XGrab Root Window menu item 193
XGrab Selection menu item 192
XGrab Timed Root Window menu item 194
XGrab Timed Selection menu item 193
XGrab Timed Window menu item 194
XGrab Window menu item 193
XWD image format 149

Z

Zoom buttons 123
Zoom dialog 133,173
Zoom menu 123
Zoom menu item 173
zoom settings 123
Zoom tool 55,129
example of use 130
icon 52
key and button bindings 254
panning 55
reset zoom 55
zooming in 55
zooming out 55

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