The View menu contains commands for changing the way in which the drawing and data windows are displayed.

The Zoom function allows you to examine the contents of the Perspective, Plan, Body Plan or Profile window in detail by enlarging any particular area to fill the screen.

Choosing Shrink will reduce the size of the displayed image in the front window by a factor of two.

Choosing Pan allows you to move the image around within the front window.

Choosing Home View will set the image back to its Home View size. Seakeeper starts up with default Home View settings for the view window. However, the Home View may be set at any time by choosing the Set Home View function.

Choosing Set Home View allows you to set the Home View in the View window.

To set the Home View, use Zoom, Shrink, and Pan to arrange the view as you require, then select Set Home View from the View menu.

Activates the Rotate command, which is a virtual trackball which lets you freely rotate a design in the Perspective view window.

The Colour function allows you to set the colour of lines displayed in the graph and view windows.

Changes to the colours will be saved in the program’s preferences and re-loaded when Seakeeper is re-started.

To set the colour of a given line:

§   Select Colour from the View menu.

§   Select the line type from the scrollable list.

§   Click in the coloured box on the left.

§   Select a colour from the colour pallet.

§   Click OK in the pallet dialog.

The Font command allows you to set the size and style of text used in the windows.