- Form Modes
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Form modes provide an interface to standalone dialog boxes.
- Procedure
Modes
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Procedure modes provide an interface that uses the prompt area to guide the
user through a sequence of steps that collect input from dialog boxes or from
selections in the viewport.
If a mode needs to perform drawing or highlighting in the current viewport,
the mode must be a procedure mode. Because
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highlights objects that the user picks, any mode that requires the user to pick
in the viewport must also be a procedure mode. Procedure modes ensure that only
one procedure at a time has control over the scene in the current viewport. If
two different procedures could highlight different portions of the model for
different purposes, the resulting display would be confusing and ambiguous.