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The Tools Panel -> Position Tool  The position tool behaves like the line tool--it draws lines. However, the lines that the position tool draws are locations where light symbols can "hang". A position can have information attached to it and it can interact with symbols. Positions have information attached to them that is edited using the inspector's info tab. Any of the info fields can be shown on the drawing as text fields which behave like the objects created with the text tool. These fields can be selected and edited. In fact, changing the text of one of these field changes the associated property of the position that "owns" it. Any text fields created for a position will move when the position moves. The locations of a position's text fields relative to it's center can be copied using the Format menu's Copy Field Locations command. This then allows you to move other positions' fields into the same relative positions using the Paste Text Locations command. There are several differences between text objects created with the text tool and text fields associated with positions. First, the font and style of any text object is independent of any other. Text fields, on the other hand, share a font and style with all other fields of the same property. Second, text fields can only be selected by clicking directly. Dragging a selection "marquee" will not select them. Positions can interact with symbols. When the View menu's Snap To Grid option is active, symbols will "attach" themselves to positions when they are dragged. Positions and symbols also interact to automatically number lights as they are added The position tool can be selected by pressing the "5" key when a plot window is the front window. |
