SUBPICTURE

Purpose:

To administer the deletion of general subpictures in the current drawing.

Instructions:

1. In the Edit menu, click Delete, then Subpicture.

2. Initially, you are prompted to identify the subpicture to delete by cursor. However, it is possible to specify how to identify the subpicture to delete: just click Options and a multiple choice dialog will appear, containing the following alternatives:

   • By cursor (indicate)

   • By name

   • Envelope

   • By Area

3. When identifying by cursor, the level of the first indicated subpicture will be used as default level for subsequently indicated subpictures. In this way, the user only has to select the level once when deleting multiple subpictures on the same level. To change the default level of the subpicture there are three alternatives:

   • Leave and re-enter the function.

   • Click Options and re-select by cursor alternative

   • To get the currently selected subpicture deleted before changing the default level, first indicate another subpicture, then click Cancel twice.

4. When the subpicture has been identified, the system will then search for all other subpictures on the same level and with same name as the indicated one. If a single subpicture has been identified, it will be highlighted but not actually deleted until you confirm by

   • clicking Operation Complete or

   • identifying another subpicture to delete

5. To deny the deletion, click Cancel or Quit.

6. If more than one subpicture with the same name are found, all will be highlighted and the user can then order if all, or just the one indicated should be deleted. To deny the deletion, click Cancel.

7. When identifying by name, the system will find all subpictures with the given name on any level (it is supposed that a drawing does not contain identical subpicture names on different levels) and then proceed to highlight them one by one while letting user accept (Yes) or deny (No) the proposed deletion. To quit this dialog, click Cancel. To delete the remaining subpictures without confirmation, click Options.

When identifying Envelopes (by cursor), only the indicated enveloped subpicture will be handled here, regardless the name of this subpicture.

When identifying by Area, the system will capture all subpictures on a given level and totally inside a user-defined area (rectangle or polygon) and then proceed to highlight them one by one while letting user accept (Yes) or deny (No) the proposed deletion. To quit this dialog, click Cancel. To delete the remaining subpictures without confirmation, click Options.

Finally note that subpictures belonging to Drawing References can be deleted only if they are collapsed

Options:

None.

Result:

User-identified subpictures in the current drawing will be deleted.