Strand7 Interface:  Context Specific Mouse Cursor
            Description
Strand7 uses a range of mouse cursors to signify a particular active function. This provides instant feedback about the current mode.
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                        Default Windows cursor - no specific function. | 
                             
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                        Dynamic rotation with 2D mouse. | 
                             
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                        Dynamic zoom with 2D mouse. | 
                             
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                        Dynamic pan with 2D mouse. | 
                             
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                        Double-click point for setting rotation origin. | 
                             
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                        Dynamic displacement scaling with 2D mouse via scroll wheel button. | 
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                             Explicit VISUAL/View/Pan function with 2D mouse.  | 
                    
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                             Explicit VISUAL/View/Zoom in function (zoom window) with 2D mouse.  | 
                    
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                             Explicit VISUAL/View/Zoom out function (zoom window) with 2D mouse.  | 
                    
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                             Insert element by clicking nodes, vertices or grid points (VISUAL/Insert - Element/Link/Path).  | 
                    
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                             Select by 2D region.  | 
                    
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                             Select by 3D region.  | 
                    
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                             Zoom in / zoom out in print preview mode.  | 
                    
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                             Hot pointer to retrieve data from the model window into dialogs such as the Attribute dialogs. The pointer is active whenever a retrieving edit box on a dialog is highlighted in yellow (after clicking it). It is also available when retrieving via Ctrl+Shift+Click and when the Retrieve icon is clicked on dialogs that provide the icon.  | 
                    
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                             Peeking pointer to extract a node or element result from the model window into the Peek window.  | 
                    
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                             Drag-and-drop to reorder lists.  | 
                    
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                             Drag-and-drop files onto the startup screen or model window.  | 
                    
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                             Help topics.  | 
                    
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