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October 17, 2011 (Regular Meeting) additional Page 734 areas: ® The "Jump" feature is used to start an additional area at a precise location. Press "J" to position the cursor on an existing point closest to the cursor. The "Select Area" dialogue box will be displayed. TIP: If the desired starting point is other than the "Jump" location, press ESC to close the "Select Area" dialogue box and use the arrow keys to position the cursor to the exact location. Press Enter to display the "Select Area" dialogue box and resume drawing. ® The "Copy" feature is used to copy and existing area. Select the area to be copied by clicking inside the area on the grid or by clicking on the area in the "Subareas" pane. Once the desired area is selected, hold down CTRL and press "C" or click on the "Copy Area" icon on the shortcut pad. A copy of the area will now be attached to the cursor. Move the copied area to the desired location and click the mouse to release it. Opening an Existing Area for Editing To open an existing area, click on one or more adjacent lines which will change the color of the lines to green. Then press "0" or click the "Reopen Area" icon located on the shortcut pad. The selected lines will be removed and drawing can continue. Negative Areas In the case where an area encloses an area of a different type, the enclosed area can be place inside the enclosing area. This is done by first drawing the enclosed area separately and then moving that area inside the boundaries of the enclosing area. When the enclosed area is released inside the enclosing area, a dialogue box will be displayed prompting the user "Is the area of `A' to be subtracted from the area of `B' ? ". Click "Yes" to subtract the square footage of the enclosed area from the square footage of the enclosing area. Labels Once an area is closed, it will be labeled with the subarea code and total square footage. Lines are labeled with lengths as they are drawn. Drawing an area in a clockwise direction will position the length labels on the inside of the area. Drawing an area in a counter - clockwise direction will position the length labels on the outside of the area. The following features may be used with labels: ® Moving a label: A label can be moved by left clicking and dragging the label to the desired location. ® Hiding Square Footage: To hide the square footage section of the area label, select the area(s) and press "H" or click the "Hide Area Labels" icon located on the shortcut pad. Repeat this action to show the label. ® Flipping line lengths: To flip the line lengths to the opposite side of the line, press "F" or click on the "Flip Labels" icon located on the shortcut pad. ® Hiding common line lengths: To hide line lengths of common walls, hold CTRL and press "H" or click the "Hide Common Line Length Labels" icon located on the shortcut pad. ® Hiding the line length on a selected line: To hide the line length label of a selected line, select the line by clicking it and then press Shift + "H" or click on the "Hide Line Length Label" icon located on the shortcut pad. File Menu Items • New (CTRL +N): Used to create a new sketch. ® Open (CTRL +O) : Used to open an existing sketch file (.st) document. ® Save (CTRL +S) : Saves the currently open sketch. If no filename and location has been chosen, the user will be prompted. ® Save As: Prompts the user to save the currently open sketch to a specific location.