1 Introduction
1.1 General Description
1.2 System Requirements
1.3 Concept of usage
1.4 Short reference
2 First steps
2.1 Tutorials
2.2 Constructing a cube
2.3 Construction of a tetrahedron
2.4 Suggested exercise
3 Elements of the Main Window
4 The menu
4.1 File
4.2 Edit
4.3 New Object
4.4 Macro
4.5 Refresh macro-directory
4.6 Measure and calculate
4.7 Typical tasks
4.8 Extras
4.9 Help
5 The Toolbar
5.1 Button ’Point’
5.2 Button ’Line’
5.3 Button ’Segment’
5.4 Button ’Plane’
5.5 Button ’Triangle’
5.6 Button ’Parallelogram’
5.7 Button ’Circle’
5.8 Button ’Sphere’
5.9 Button ’Locus surface’
5.10 Button ’Locus line’
5.11 Folding-Button ’Vector’
5.12 Folding-Button ’Intersection’
5.13 Button ’Transformation’
5.14 Button ’Model’
5.15 Button ’Help’
6 The smaller toolbar
6.1 Button ’Normal’
6.2 Button ’Parallel’
6.3 Button ’Intersection’
6.4 Button ’Slider’
6.5 Button ’Attach’
6.6 Button ’Unattach’
6.7 Button ’Group Objects’
7 Possible interactions
7.1 Selection of objects
7.2 Keyboard-shortcuts
8 The command-line
8.1 Points and vectors
8.2 Overview of all commands
9 Constructions
10 Locus surfaces
10.1 The general idea
10.2 Locus surfaces in
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10.3 Tracing a point that depends on a point on a sphere
11 Locus lines
.1Properties of locus lines and surfaces
12 Macros
12.1 Useful macros: add functionality to Archimedes
12.2 Select a macro directory
12.3 Take care when using macros
12.4 Recursive macros
12.5 Enter description and help-texts
13 Transformations
14 Textures
15 Measure and calculate
15.1 Settings for expressions
15.2 Examples
16 Light and shadow
16.1 Light
16.2 Shadow
16.3 Global Shadows
16.4 Recommendation
17 Animations
18 Commented examples
18.1 The in-sphere of a tetrahedron
18.2 Analytical Geometry
19 Frequently asked questions
20 Known problems
20.1 Known problems with the linux-version
20.2 Known problems with the Mac-version
21 Help, advice and bug-reports
22 Updates and bugfixes
Index