Hi there, and welcome to this beginner guide! This guide is intended for learning the first basics about phun, how to navigate, and how to build your first simple things.

gettting familiar

Ok, so we now have a screen with 27 buttons on it. Now what do we do? The top bar is the menu bar, and gives access to open other bars and controls. Pretty self-explanatory. The bar underneath that bar, is the sim(simulation) control bar. As the name suggests, it controls the simulation (starting, stopping, undo, redo...)

TIP: You can also start/stop the simulation with the space bar.

Then there's another bar, which is called the tool bar. From left to right we see:

1	sketch tool
2	brush tool
3	box tool
4	circle tool
5	plane tool
6	chain tool
7	spring tool
8	fixate tool
9	hinge tool
10	pen tool
11	drag tool
12	scale tool

So that's twelve tools, which might sound scary but it's pretty easy once you get the hang of it! You'll see all tools used during the rest of this guide

There are also a couple of mouse controls to understand.

1. left mouse button: either draw or move things..depending on which tool you are using
2. right mouse button: normally it's used for rotating, but when you drag the right mouse button on empty space, you can pan
3. middle mouse wheel: scroll to zoom in and out
4. left and right mouse buttons at the same time: pan the view

TIP: Hover with your mouse over any tool or other button in Phun to get tips on usage.

proceed to the next lesson (building a tower)