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of the File menu is a list of recently opened fi les. Selecting one of these choices will re-open the selected fi le. The File
menu commands are covered in more detail in Chapter 6, "Working with Files."
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Keyboard shortcuts are useful for working effi ciently in Atmosphere and are included in parentheses in the manual
text.
The Edit menu
The Edit menu includes the Undo (Ctrl+Z) and Redo (Shift+Ctrl+Z) commands, which undo (or redo) the last
command. Edit also includes Duplicate (Ctrl+D), Clear (Delete), Clear Transform (Shift+Ctrl+T) and the Extrude
Walls From Floor (Ctrl+E) commands. The Edit menu also includes Select All (Ctrl+A), Deselect All (Shift+Ctrl+A)
and the Preferences (Ctrl+K) dialog box.
The Object menu
The Object menu includes commands that let you work with groups including Group (Ctrl+G), Ungroup
(Shift+Ctrl+G), New Group and Activate Group. The Object menu also contains commands for Hiding (Ctrl+H) and
Locking (Ctrl+L) objects. It also includes the Edit Selected Object command for switching between the Scene Editor
and Solid Object Editor. The Convert to Surface command enables you to convert Viewpoint Objects to Surface
Objects and the Edit Script (Ctrl+E) menu command opens a text editor where you can work with scripts. These
commands are covered in depth in Chapter 10, "Selecting and Editing Objects."
The View menu
The View menu includes commands to create a new wireframe view (Shift+N) or to display the Player View (F4)
window. You can also switch the current active wireframe view between Top (F5), Front (F6), Right (F7), and
Perspective (F8) views or Bottom (F5), Back (Shift+F6), Left (Shift+F7) and Isometric (Shift+F8).
The View menu includes options to control the window layout. Options include Cascade Views, Tile Views and
Mosaic Views. You can choose to have one, two, three, or four view windows and view settings can be saved and
restored.
There are commands to Zoom In (Ctrl++) and Out (Ctrl+-), Fit All (Ctrl+0) or Fit Selected (Shift+Ctrl+0) and
Rotate Clockwise or Counterclockwise 90 degrees. For each view you can choose to show or hide Grids (Ctrl+'),
Guidelines (Shift+Ctrl+') and Shadows. The fi nal command is to Reset Views (Shift+Ctrl+R). Chapter 7, "Changing
Views," covers working with views in more detail.
The Window menu
The Window menu includes commands to open all the toolbars and palettes. Palettes and toolbars that are open have
a checkmark to the left of their name. Selecting an unchecked palette or toolbar will open it. At the bottom of the
Window menu is a list of open views for the current scene.
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