Quick Summary of RockPlot2D Tools

Toolbar Summaries

• Left-hand toolbar:
  • File operations (Open, Save, Print),
  • View operations (best fit, stretch, zoom, pan, magnify), and
  • Crop.
    
    
• Upper toolbar:
  • Edit-mode,
  • Draw points (circles, symbols, text),
  • Draw lines (arrows, lines, polylines, rectangles, polygons),
  • Draw miscellaneous (scale bars, text tables, legends, images, grids),
  • Create new layer,
  • Measure tools (bearing, distance, perimeter, area),
  • Digitize tools (vertices, lines, polylines, polygons),
  • Vertical exaggeration.
    
    
• Layers:  (right-click menu)
  • Edit name
  • Create new layer,
  • Delete layer
  • Select layer,
  • Stacking order (Send to back, bring to front). 
     
• Data toolbar:
  • Save,
  • Clear,
  • Copy all text,
  • Copy only numeric text,
  • Append to image,
  • Create new image.
    

Menu Summaries

• File menu: Open, save, print, append RK6 files, set RockPlot2D options, import files, export files, close RockPlot2D, close RockWorks.
  
• Edit menu: Undo, copy image, cut/copy/paste/delete individual items.
  
• View menu: Stretch, best fit, zoom in, zoom out, vertical exaggeration, set diagram extents, make all objects visible.
  
• Draw menu: Draw circles, symbols, text, arrows, lines, polylines, rectangles, polygons, scale bars, text tables, legends, grids, images, create new layer.
  
• Measure menu: Bearing, distance, perimeter, area.
  
• Digitize menu: Vertex (point), line, polyline, polygon.
  
• Utilities menu: Annotate with border, rescale, clip image, coordinate conversion.
  
• Data menu: Save contents of data pane, clear data, copy all/part of data, display data contents as graphic in new window or as overlay with current graphic.
• Layers menu: New layer, activate/deactivate all layers, change layer.
  
• Window menu: Tile RockPlot2D windows, access other Rockplot2D windows or main program.
  
  

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