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Modules and plugins can now be added directly to the main menu, including their submenus. If,
for example, you install the Dynamics or MOCCA modules, their menus will no longer appear in the
“Plugins” menu. These modules will be available in the main menu. So, if you can’t nd a plugin, try
looking in the main menu.
Load Presets
Now, when presets are loaded, sub-directories will also be displayed, which speeds up navigation
and improves the overview.
Icon palettes
The default layout has two icon palettes (aka toolbars) containing the most popular commands as
icons. Some of the icons have a small black triangle, indicating a folded group of commands. To
access the group of commands, click and hold the left mouse button. Note that the icon shown before
unfolding the group is the most recently used command (provided that Lock Icon is disabled on the
folded group’s context menu).
Tabs
You can display windows and icon palettes as tabs. For example, the Object manager, Structure
manager and Browser are displayed as tabs in the default layout. This saves display space and helps
you to reach a manager or icon palette quickly. If the tabs cannot all be displayed in the available
display space, a torn tab is shown. Scroll the tabs by clicking the small triangle icons in the top right
of the window or by dragging one of the tabs.
Context menus
To open a context menu, right-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac OS).
Input boxes
Input boxes with two arrowheads (one pointing up, the other pointing down) offer the following
features:
 Click an arrowhead to increment or decrement the value by one.
 Drag an arrowhead to increase or decrease the value rapidly.
 Rotate the mouse wheel in a text box to increase or decrease the value.