Line

In the Tool Properties toolbar, you choose between the options:

Select a line:

Individual needles within a needle bed can only be selected with the Pencil .

  1. The cursor functions are switched off.
    1
    Click the icon from the Drawing tools toolbar.
    -  or  -
    Press the B key.
  1. The selected drawing tool will be shown as a pressed icon.
    2
    Click on the starting point of the line and move the mouse pointer with the mouse button depressed.
  1. As long as the mouse button is pressed, the marking in the Technical View is shown in blue.
    3
    Release the mouse button at the end point of the line.
  1. The selection is shown in red.

The existing selection is zoomed in if the Ctrl key is pressed during the new selection.
The existing selection is zoomed out if the Ctrl and Alt keys are pressed during the new selection. The selection is zoomed out by the overlapping area.
Vertical, horizontal or diagonal lines are selected if the keys Ctrl and Shift are pressed during the selection.

The selection can be influenced with the following functions:

Should a selection not be at the desired location, move it during selection with the Tab key pressed.

The Search and Select function in the Drawing Tools toolbar is used to search and select the currently set cursor functions in different ways.