VMS Workstation Software SIGHT

This user guide provides comprehensive instructions for using SIGHT, an interactive graphics editor designed by Digital Equipment Corporation for VMS Workstation Software Systems (Version 5.0 or later). Intended for users without programming experience, SIGHT enables the creation of detailed drawings that incorporate geometric and freehand shapes, along with customizable text.

The manual details how to:

• Create Objects: Draw various shapes (lines, rectangles, polygons, arcs, circles, rings, pie slices) and enter/format text, including setting margins and tabs.
• Edit Objects: Manipulate objects through positioning (moving, rotating, reordering), sizing (enlarging, reducing, stretching), copying, and deleting. Text can also be altered and centered.
• Apply Attributes: Customize both shapes (fill patterns, colors, line widths, transparency) and text (fonts, point sizes, renditions, colors, formatting).
• Utilize Commands: Manage the drawing environment with commands for zooming, grid and cross-hair toggling, setting up drawing dimensions and color mixing, saving, clearing, and including other SIGHT drawings, as well as quitting or exiting the application.

Appendices offer a sample drawing session, outline system restrictions, and describe a "Draft Mode" for pen plotters, highlighting its specific functionalities and limitations.