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Navigating the Structure manager
Selection
To select a row, click the row’s left column (the Point or Polygon column). To select multiple rows,
click the rst row that you want to select then Shift-click the remaining rows that you want to select.
To remove a row from the selection, Shift-click the row again.
Selection frame
To select a cell, click it. You can also change which cell is selected using the cursor keys or the Tab key
and Shift-Tab. Press Home to change the selection to the rst row or End to change the selection to
the last row (the same column will be selected).
If you have a small Apple USB keyboard with no End key, press the ‘+’ key on the numeric keyboard
instead to change the selection to the last row.
To move the selection up or down a page, press the Page Up or Page Down key. To select a cell and
enter edit mode, double-click the cell. Once in edit mode, you can move cells while still in edit mode
using Tab to go right, Shift-Tab to go left, cursor up to go up, and cursor down to go down. To enter
a value while in edit mode, enter the desired value and press Return. If you make a change and press
Esc before pressing Enter to apply the change, the previous value is restored.
Drag-and-drop
You can drag elements within the Structure manager to a new position to change their order. For
example, if a Spline object and the Points tool are selected, you can drag and drop the bottom-most
point to above the top point to make what was the last point become the rst point. While you drag,
a red frame indicates where the dragged element will be placed if you release the mouse button in
this position.
To copy the content of one cell to another, hold down Shift and drag the cell of the value that you
want to copy and drop this onto the cell which you want to receive the copied value.
File Menu
New Line
A new line is inserted into the table below the selection frame.
If you are in the point mode (default), a new point is added to the object. This is created at the
object origin (X=0, Y=0, Z=0). By entering suitable X, Y and Z coordinates, you can change the
spatial position of the point. If the active object is a Bezier spline, you can also enter values for the
tangents.