Initially several toolbars are placed on top of the SuperEdit window. The main one with general viewing and printing functions and buttons for controlling SuperEdit documents named Main toolbar. The second one with dedicated functions for accessing raster drawings named Raster toolbar with Raster Snap toolbar placed along it. The next one with dedicated functions for accessing vector drawings named Vector toolbar with Vector Snap toolbar placed along it . Optionally other toolbars may be displayed during specific most complicated operations that require additional support, like the Calibration toolbar, which is shown only when the Calibration function is active .
You may show short description of each button by placing the mouse cursor over it. You may activate the toolbar buttons using the left mouse button click. Activating some buttons causes the SuperEdit Window to enter some special states that are indicated by showing those buttons pressed while the action is in progress. You may cancel the started action by depressing the activated button.
In the next paragraphs, all toolbars and buttons are described. Functions that SuperEdit performs as a result of clicking toolbars’ buttons are further described in appropriate paragraphs of SuperEdit Commands section. These paragraphs are referenced nearby description of each button.
Main toolbar contains several groups of buttons as follows:
File buttons - for controlling the New , Open and Save functions for document files (see File Commands paragraph);
Undo / Redo buttons- for going back and forth through subsequent steps of the editing process of opened document files (see Edit Commands paragraph);
Clipboard button - for controlling standard Copy Image clipboard functions (see Edit Commands paragraph);
Zoom buttons - for controlling the viewing scale and position of documents displayed in the SuperEdit Drawing window (see Zoom Commands paragraph);
Function buttons– for regenerating contents of drawing window (see Regenerate paragraph), defining and selecting viewports window (see Select / Edit Viewports paragraph), invoking the views manager window (see Views Manager paragraph), and call up Composite Document dialog window (see Image Properties paragraph);
Settings buttons – for direct access to several most popular settings from View tab of SuperEdit’s configuration dialog such as: crosshair, world-size cursor and grid. All buttons works as toggles;
Print buttons - for controlling the page layout, printed area, printer setup and executing print (see File Commands paragraph);
Help buttons - for accessing help (see Help Commands paragraph).
Vector toolbar contains several groups of buttons as follows:
Entity buttons - for creating basic geometrical elements in the current vector drawing (see Draw paragraph);
Spot buttons - for creating special complex labeled elements mostly for redlining (see Draw paragraph);
Editing buttons - for performing Cut / Copy / Paste selected entities to/from Windows clipboard and for deleting this entities from the current vector drawing (see Edit paragraph);
Transform buttons - for performing Move / Scale / Rotate operations on selected geometrical entities in the current vector drawing (see Transform paragraph).
Raster toolbar contains several groups of buttons as follows:
Clear / Crop buttons - for clearing rectangular or polygonal shapes in selected raster drawing(s) and cropping selected raster drawing(s) to rectangular or polygonal shape (see Raster Editing Commands paragraph);
Filter button - for removing spots or holes in selected raster files (see Filter spots / holes paragraph);
Transform buttons - for move, resize, rotate and change orientation operations on selected raster drawing(s) (see Raster Editing Commands paragraph);
Edit buttons– for cut, copy and paste rectangular or polygonal shapes from/to selected raster drawing (see Raster Editing Commands paragraph);
Merge button - for merging raster files (see Raster Editing Commands paragraph);
Create button - for create a new raster drawing (see Create raster paragraph) and for insert (rasterize) vector entities to raster drawing (see Insert vectors paragraph);
Trace button - for tracing raster drawing (see Trace raster paragraph);
Calibrate button - for performing calibration process (see Calibrate Raster Command paragraph).
Raster Snap toolbar contains buttons that are used to set and reset various kinds of raster snap.
First two buttons controls the snap mode in general:
Toggle snap button - for enabling or disabling permanent raster snaps, if the second Toggle single snap button is released, or for clearing or resetting single-click raster snaps, if the second Toggle single snap button is pressed;
Toggle single snap button - for controlling permanent raster snaps (using buttons from the next section) when released, or single-click raster snaps when pressed.
The next section of buttons are listed in a snap hierarchy order:
Snap to center of circular raster shape ;
Snap to intersection of raster lines ;
Snap to raster line end ;
Snap to raster line corner ;
Snap to center of raster line ;
Snap to edge of raster area ;
You can set more than one type of snap. If, for example, both raster line corner and intersection are detected within the snap pickbox area, the point of intersection that is higher in the hierarchy will be returned.
If you check some snap options SuperEdit activates a red pickbox to show the area where to look for a snap point. Depending on raster image contents and zoom level, you should chose a convenient pickbox size on the Raster Snap tab of Configuration dialog. After successful snap, the snap point is shown temporarily as small red cross.
You can use Raster Snap tab on Configuration dialog (see Configuration command on Options menu) as the other way to choose and set preferred permanent raster snaps. The state of Raster Snap tab settings correspond to Raster Snap toolbar buttons when the Toggle Single Snap button is released. Permanent raster snap options are stored in supered.ini file.
Snap modes that you choose using the OTM Raster Snap submenu options set the modes for single-click snaps. They correspond to Raster Snap toolbar buttons when the Toggle Single Snap button is pressed.
Vector Snap toolbar contains buttons that are used to set and reset various kinds of vector snap.
First two buttons controls the snap mode in general:
Toggle snap button - for enabling or disabling permanent vector snaps, if the second Toggle single snap button is released, or for clearing or resetting single-click vector snaps, if the second Toggle single snap button is pressed;
Toggle single snap button - for controlling permanent vector snaps (using buttons from the next section) when released, or single-click vector snaps when pressed.
The next section of buttons are listed in a snap hierarchy order:
Snap to crossing point ;
Snap to insertion point ;
Snap to center point ;
Snap to mid point ;
Snap to end point ;
Snap to nearest point ;
You can set more than one type of snap. If, for example, both crossing point and end point are detected within the snap pickbox area, the crossing point that is higher in the hierarchy will be returned.
If you check some snap options SuperEdit activates a blue pickbox to show the area where to look for a snap point. Depending on vector image contents and zoom level, you should chose a convenient pickbox size on the Vector Snap tab of Configuration dialog. After successful snap, the snap point is shown temporarily as small blue circle.
You can use Vector Snap tab on Configuration dialog(see Configuration command on Options menu) as the other way to choose and set preferred permanent vector snaps. The state of Vector Snap tab settings correspond to Vector Snap toolbar buttons when the Toggle Single Snap button is released. Permanent vector snap options are stored in supered.ini file.
Snap modes that you choose using the OTM Vector Snap submenu options set the modes for single-click snaps. They correspond to Vector Snap toolbar buttons when the Toggle Single Snap button is pressed.
Calibration toolbar contains several groups of buttons as follows:
File buttons - for loading correction vectors (from CAV file), saving them in CAV file and for saving calibration report in REP file;
Add buttons - for adding new correction vectors: free ones or based on net nodes or vector entities;
Model buttons - for selecting desired calibration model;
Results buttons - the first button for inspecting list of correction vectors with numerical details; the second for previewing graphical results of calibration;
Execute button - for executing calibration process;
Settings buttons – for defining calibration net or reference entities, choosing calibration frame and selecting calibration options;
Finishing buttons – for finishing calibration with accepting or canceling it.
All calibration commands are described in paragraphs of Calibrate Raster section.
New Raster Pages Toolbar allows you to scroll between pages in multiple- page raster drawings with single button click. You may also jump to specified page writing its number into edit box and pressing Enter. Additional Print All Pages button causes printing all pages at once. Raster Pages toolbar's buttons are accessible only with single, multi-page raster selected.
Edit Spaces toolbar contains three groups of buttons as follows:
Walls and Spaces Options button – single button group, use it to display Walls and Spaces Options dialog that controls various general geometrical parameters.
Validate Spaces button - single button group, use it to display Validate Spaces dialog that automatically starts a walls and spaces validating procedure. You can inspect any problem that the validating procedure detects and solve it by manual drawing edition or simply ignore it. Some classes of problems can be solved automatically (the feature is controlled by appropriate settings in INI file) and in this case they are reported as already solved (see Validate Spaces Command paragraph);
Editing Walls buttons - for adding, deleting and moving various kind of walls (see Add Vertical Wall, Add Horizontal Wall, Add Oblique Wall, Delete Wall and Move Wall paragraphs);