ICP programming | Programming ICP contours
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Selection functions
In ICP editor submode, the control provides various functions for
selecting contour elements, form elements, contour corners and
contour areas. You can call these functions by soft key.
Selected contour corners or contour elements are shown in red.
Selecting a contour area:
Select the first element of the contour area
Activate the area selection
Press the Next element soft key until the entire
area is marked
Alternative: Press the Previous element soft key
until the entire area is marked
Selecting contour elements
Next element (or the left arrow key) selects
the next element in the direction of contour
definition
Previous element (or the right arrow key)
selects the previous element in the direction
of contour definition
Select area activates the area selection
Selecting contour corners (for form elements)
Next contour corner (or the left arrow key)
selects the next corner in the direction of
contour definition
Previous contour corner (or the right arrow
key) selects the previous corner in the direc-
tion of contour definition
Mark all corners marks all contour corners
Corner selection
If the corner selecting function is active,
multiple contour corners can be marked
Mark
If the corner selecting function is active,
individual contour corners can be selected
and marked or unmarked