The Workspace is where the graphical representation of your database appears. The commands in the Menu Bar (and their associated toolbar buttons) control your view of the workspace and allow you to edit the data. You can change the background color of the workspace using the Options|Configure command.
Anytime VisualCAM is redrawing the display or highlighting a window of data, you may halt the drawing process by pressing the Esc key. This will not effect the operation of a command, and in many cases will speed up the operation of a command. If you would like to terminate a redraw using the right mouse button, you must disable the right-click shortcut menu. See the Options|Configure command.
A grid can be displayed in the workspace, by selecting the View|Grid command. The size of the grid, as well as the units of measure used for your database, can also be controlled using the Options|Configure command.
At the bottom of the Workspace are View Tabs. The default tabs are Log and Main. Log shows a record of all your actions since you opened or created a database, and is cleared when you select the File|New or File|Open command. To save the log as a file, right-click in the Log screen and select Save Log from the shortcut menu, or select the File|Save Log command. Main shows the graphical display of your database.
You can add additional tabs, maintaining one view of your database in each, so that you are not required to frequently zoom and pan your view. You can perform edits, such as copy data, from one view to another. You can also delete tabs which you have added.
The cursor, or "cross hair", is used to select objects, commands, buttons, etc. in the workspace. Moving your mouse moves the cursor accordingly. There are several ways that you can modify the behavior of the cursor, using hotkeys and the Options|Configure command.
Each mouse button has a unique function, which can be customized. By default, coordinates showing the current location of the cursor are attached to it. You can turn off this display, as well as change the size of the cursor.
The film box shows the extents of your film. The film size, as well as its display color, are stored in your saved .vcam files, and can be changed using the Options|Configure command.
The View|Film Box command allows you to quickly zoom so that the extents of the film box are displayed in the workspace.