In addition to its surface-level controls, the Sector Frame provides controls and options within its dialog. To enter the dialog, double-click along the border, or within the header. Or, select the Sector Frame and choose Open Selection from the Model menu. Figure 6-42 shows what you'll find.
|
Figure 6-42 |
As Figure 6-42 shows, the Sector Frame dialog provides a field for the Sector Name, a Comments box, Border Style options, Controls for assigning movies and for importing pictures, and a set of Check Box options. Right now, we'll look at each item in the dialog, except for the assign and import controls. Importing pictures and movies is discussed at the end of this chapter.
Sector Name: Within the dialog you have a field in which you can edit
the name of the sector. The results of your editing will be reflected on the
header of the Sector Frame, as well as in the corresponding Process Frame on the
Interface level if the "Link High-Level Map to Model" option is
checked (see Chapter 3 for details).
Comments Box: The large, auto-scrolling Comments box is a place for
you to record any thoughts, assumptions, or notes that you wish to retain
regarding the Sector.
Border Style: The software provides you with several border style
options for the Sector Frame. Choose the style that you desire by clicking on
the appropriate radio button.
Check Box Options: Running down the right side of the dialog is a
diverse set of options. "Show Header," if unchecked, will cause the
header to be hidden. "Make Opaque" and "Lock to Structure"
offer backup options to the associated functionality located in the Sector
header. Having backup becomes important when you elect not to have the header
showing. "Size to Frame" will cause a picture (or movie) to re-size
itself to fit to the border of the frame. This means that when you re-size the
frame, the picture will re-size correspondingly. "Do Visual Effect"
will cause a picture to undergo an "iris open" when shifting from the
opaque to the transparent state, and an "iris close" when moving from
transparent to opaque. This is as opposed to the picture simply disappearing
(zap!) and re-appearing (plink!).
Creating, Naming, Moving & Resizing Sectors
Operating Sector Frame Controls