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Measuring and zooming

Zoom to a stretch of the shot, read what is in view, measure between two points with the ruler, and zoom and pan with the mouse, trackpad or keyboard.

A drag frames a window, on the Overview or on the detail chart itself. The (i) at the top right of the chart reads whatever that window holds. For a quick slope between any two points, press D for the ruler.

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Measuring, narrated: zoom to one hole by dragging across it, read what is in view, and measure a slope with the ruler.

Zoom to a stretch

Drag across the detail chart on Cable Length or Continuous VoD, and it zooms to that stretch. A drag also lets go of any hole or zone you had focused. The chip at the top right of the chart then gives the zoom and the window's duration: click it, press A, or double-click the chart to go back to the whole record.

Drag across the detail chart to zoom to that stretch; click the chip at the top right to go back to the whole record.

What is in view

Click the (i) at the left of the chip to open What is in view. It reads the first of these it finds: the zone you focused, the hole you focused, the window you framed, or the whole record. Its heading names the subject (Zone 2 · Hole 1, Hole 1 or Chart Selection), and its figures follow the view you are on. Metrics and deviations lists them view by view.

What is in view, reading a framed window on Cable Length

Under the figures, Add zone (N) turns the window into a zone, and Add hole (M) places a hole. Both open the dialog described in Holes and zones.

Measure between two points

On Cable Length, press D and drag between any two points on the trace. The readout gives the time between them (Δt), the cable consumed (Δ), and the velocity that slope implies (VoD est.). It is a quick check before you commit a zone. Press Esc or D again to leave the ruler. Changing view leaves it too.

Press D on Cable Length and drag between two points: the elapsed time, the cable consumed and the VoD that slope implies.

Zoom

ActionHow
Frame a windowDrag across the Overview
Zoom to a stretchDrag across the detail chart
Zoom in or out+ and -, or ⌘/Ctrl + scroll, or pinch
Zoom under the pointer↑ and ↓ while the pointer is over the plot
Reset the viewA or 0, double-click the chart, or click the zoom chip

In the full-screen workspace a plain scroll zooms too. Resetting the view also lets go of any focus.

Pan

ActionHow
Drag to panHold Space and drag
Nudge or glide← and → while zoomed (a tap nudges, holding glides)
Half a windowShift+← and Shift+→
Start or end of the recordHome and End while zoomed
TrackpadShift + scroll, or a two-finger swipe

When the chart is not zoomed, ← and → move to the previous and next event instead, as K and J do.

Cursor pills follow the pointer along the axes and read the exact values at that sample.

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