View - Panes - World

The World pane shows the current center point of the active window on a simplified map of the world. In addition, the World pane is used to control Linked Views by specifying Show Position Reticule and Track Position settings for individual windows. Open the World pane by choosing View - Panes - World or by using SHIFT- ALT-O to toggle the pane on or off. The World pane may be docked underneath the project pane when using docked panes.

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The World pane is context sensitive: it shows the current Show Position Reticule and Track Position settings for the active window. The World pane announces the active window in the title bar and marks the center point of the active window with a reticule. In the example above, we have opened the Mexico sample drawing in a window. The World pane therefore announces Mexico as the active drawing and positions the reticule over Mexico in the World pane's minimap.

$images\btn_display_position.gif$	Show Position Reticule - Show a reticule in this window that always marks the center position of the currently active window (if it falls within the view seen in this window). Push in to activate.
$images\btn_track_position.gif$	Track Position - Pan this window so the center position of the currently active window is centered in this window's view. Push in to activate.
(Coordinates Readout)	The bottom of the World pane reports the coordinates of the center point of the active window.

To instruct a window to show a reticule at the current position

1. Open a component in a window.

2. Open the World pane and push in Show Position Reticule.

If any other window is now opened (even a second copy of the component opened above) the center point of the current position of the active window will be shown with a reticule.

To instruct a window to track the current position

1. Open a component in a window.

2. Open the World pane and push in Track Position.

If any other window is now opened (even a second copy of the component opened above) the tracking component will be panned so that it always shows the current position of the active window centered in view.

See the Linked Views topic for examples.