MAKEBOX(1)                TIPSY COMMANDS               MAKEBOX(1)

NAME

       makebox - make and load a box interactively

SYNOPSIS

       makebox box-number

ALIASES

       mbox

DESCRIPTION

       makebox is used to define the boundaries of box box-number
       interactively and then load that box.  The  requested  box
       must  be  between  1 and MAXBOX or an error will be gener-
       ated.  The value of MAXBOX can be found by using the  ver-
       sion  command.   If  the  currently plotted box is not the
       currently active box, or if the internal  state  has  been
       altered since the last plot an error is generated.

       Once  the command is executed a pointer will appear on the
       view surface.    Click the left mouse button while holding
       down  the  shift  key at the desired location of the lower
       left hand corner of box box-number.  This fixes the  lower
       left  hand  corner  of  the  box.  As the pointer is moved
       using the mouse, the outline of  the  box  is  plotted  in
       green.  Once the pointer is at the desired location of the
       upper right hand corner of the box, again click  the  left
       mouse  button while holding down the shift key.  The image
       is then rotated down 90 degrees and  redisplayed  so  that
       the  other two edges of the box can be defined.  The green
       line shows the projected edge of the  box  that  was  just
       previously  defined.   Press  the  left mouse button while
       holding down the shift key at the desired bottom edge  and
       press  it  again  while  holding down the shift key at the
       desired top edge.

       Remember, during the whole operation of the  makebox  com-
       mand, the mouse keys perform their normal functions: zoom,
       unzoom, and pan.  These can be used to aid  the  construc-
       tion of the box.  Only if the shift key is held down while
       pressing the left mouse button will  the  makebox  command
       record the position.  If the shift key isn't held down the
       image will just be zoomed as per usual.   Once  a  box  is
       made and loaded it still isn't the active box for plotting
       until the activatebox command is used.  Boxes are  removed
       using the unload command.

       Boxes  can  also  be  made and loaded using the setbox and
       setsphere commands.  Box 0 can also  be  made  and  loaded
       using the loadall command.  Boxes can be plotted using the
       showboxes command.

SEE ALSO

       activatebox(1), loadall(1), setbox(1), setsphere(1), show-
       boxes(1), unload(1), version(1)



KQ Release 2.0            22 MARCH 1994                MAKEBOX(1)