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1.7 Quick Tour

When XTrackCAD starts, it displays the Main (Section 3.1) and Map (Section 3.2.2) windows. The Map window is used to change the origin of the Main window when the entire layout cannot be displayed at one time.

The Menu Bar across the top of the Main window contains standard Windows menus. Some of these are particularly useful to the new user:


The Tool Bar contains icons for each of the commands in the Menus. The icons shown can be customized using the View->ToolBar submenu.

Under the Tool Bar is the Hot Bar. This contains defined track and drawing objects taken from parameter files. To use a template you select it and then click on the Drawing Area.


The main part of the window is the Drawing Area, this is where the Layout is shown in 2D. The view can be zoomed or panned. The Pan-Zoom command whise symbol is the crossed arrows allows easiest control, but in Select command you can pan with the arrow keys and zoom with the trackpad or mousewheel or Ctrl+"+" or "-" can affect the zoom level.


At the bottom on the screen are two more areas. The Status Bar contains messages about commands as they are being used, and the Info Bar shows the zoom level and the position of the cursor.