Geometry Explorer Help

The Tool Panel:

Create Sub-Panel:

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The Button

Brief Summary of What it Does:

select   Selection Arrow 

Selects the object on which you click.  Click on the link to the left for more information. 

point  Point Creator 

Plots a point wherever you click upon the canvas.  If you would like to select each point as you create it, hold down the shift key (this works for other objects as well). If you create a point on top of a circle, line, segment, ray, or arc the point will be "attached" to that object.

circle Circle Creator
Plots the center of a circle where you first click the mouse, then a radial point on the circle where you release the mouse.
segmentSegment Creator 

Plots one endpoint where you first click the mouse, then the other endpoint when you release the mouse.  The segment connects the two endpoints.

ray  Ray Creator 

Plots one endpoint when you click the mouse, and then creates a ray which begins at the endpoint and goes through the point that is created when you release the mouse.

line  Line Creator 

Plots a point when you click the mouse and a second point when you release the mouse.  The line you see is the unique straight line between the two points.

text  Text Tool

 Textual creation tool. Click on the link at the left for more information.

info   Info Tool Information Tool. Click on the link at the left for more information.