Using DOSSS

The Main Window

DOSSS uses only a single window with a menu bar, client area and status bar. All the scene manipulation, rendering and display takes place in the client window. You can use the mouse and/or keyboard to manipulate and place objects.

Menu Items

The main work of creating objects is done using menu items. In the following, a detailed explanation of the menu items is given.

• Menu File
• Menu Display
• Menu Object
• Menu Render

Mouse Commands

LEFT CLICK on object

Select object.

LEFT DCLICK on object

Open property dialog box.

LEFT CLICK and MOVE on object

Translate object.

RIGHT CLICK and MOVE

Move visible part of scene.

Keyboard Commands

F5

Render the scene.

DEL with object selected

Delete the object. Be careful, there is no UNDO function yet.

CTRL-C with object selected

Clone currently selected object.

CTRL-S

Save current scene.

PGUP, PGDN with object selected

Move selected object one step forwards / backwards. The z-order controls which objects appear on top of others.

UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT with object selected

Translate selected object one unit / one grid spacing upwards, downwards, to the left, or to the right.