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Black Box How To

Part 2: Using the Glide Reflection Macro 

To use a macro, you choose it from the macro menu.

Macro GR

If you turn on the Help feature, you will see the help text created with the macro. 

Help menu
GR help text

To use the Glide Reflection macro, simply click three times on the screen. The red points appear where you click and the blue point is the image of the large red point.  The smaller red points show the start and end of the vector defining the glide reflection.

Macro GR Glide reflection

If the macro was created so that the starting and ending points of the vector were hidden, then they will not appear when the macro is used.

Macro GR GR hidden

As the Origin point (Red) is moved, the Image point (Blue) moves as well.  The Trace tool can be used to show the motion. 

Trace tool GR traced

If you saved your macro to a file, you can use it again the next time you use Cabri. Either start Cabri by double clicking the macro file, or Open it from the File menu.

File Open

Supported by a research grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

Page last updated May 2005 by David Reid