Splitting

Initially, the Workspace is a single window that accommodates content loaded into it. However, it may be split any number of times. A split may be performed on a window in any direction. Each split window has the same capabilities as the first window.

  Splitting

Use the split button that appears to the immediate right of the content selector in any workspace(s) to split in any direction using the options: Split left, Split right, Split above, and Split below.

  Unsplitting

Use the close button to remove the current workspace window, thereby “unsplitting” the Workspace as specified.

Managing Split Windows

In addition to the split and close buttons on the toolbar, which may be used singly to extend or reduce the split-window layout, the user may right-click on the divider between two workspace windows to perform compound operations on split windows.

Figure 1: The context menu on a clicked divider between two workspace windows provides menu options for operations on the windows; highlighting indicates which window(s) will be affected by the current menu selection. Click image to replay.

Workspace Dividers Right-Click Menu

Remove Left/Top/Right/Bottom Content Container

The first two options will cause the selected window to be removed from the current workspace layout. The window to be closed by this operation is highlighted (with an “X” in the center of the highlight) to signal which window will be closed.

Switch

The content container highlighted on either side of the divider will switch position with each other.

Set Divider Horizontal/Vertical

The orientation of the divide will be set perpendicular to its current orientation; this has the effect of “rotating” the content containers 90 degrees.

Related: Moving Workspace Content

One important limitation of the workspace is that the same content cannot be loaded into two different workspace windows.

• The workspaces for sketches, building blocks, geometries, or the Model are singular: only one instance may be present at a time.

• The workspaces for plots and data files are not singular, but the content within them is — the same plot or data file cannot be open in two plot or editor workspaces (respectively) at the same time.

The above two considerations produce the following result: given a split workspace containing window A and B, content already in workspace window A will be moved to workspace window B if an attempt is made to load it there. Window A will be left empty afterwards.

Figure 2: Moving workspace content around in a split context: (a) the Model workspace is on the left, a data file is on the right. The content selector is used to pick “Model” on the right. (b) When this selection is made, the Model workspace is opened on the right, and it is closed on the left, leaving behind an empty workspace.

Situations were a specific plot is opened in B while already open in A are easier to envision. However, the same thing will happen if a new sketch is opened in B while A already contains an existing sketch: the existing sketch is closed in A, which is left empty, and a new one is started in B. This is because the singularity of the sketch workspace requires that only one be present in the workspace at a time.