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95 <h1 class="whs1">SALOME Desktop</h1>
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97 <p class="whs2">The main SALOME Desktop
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98 consists of the following sections and toolbars:</p>
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106 <p class="whs4">Basic parts of the SALOME Desktop:</p>
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112 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs2"><span
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113 style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Main menu - </B></span>This is a set of context-sensitive
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114 menus, which will be updated according the functionality of the loaded
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116 menus contain all functional options of SALOME platform.</p></li>
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118 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs2"><span
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119 style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Standard Toolbar - </B></span>This toolbar contains
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120 icons allowing creating/saving studies, correcting mistakes, copying/pasting
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123 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs2"><span
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124 style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Components Toolbar - </B></span>This toolbar is
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125 destined for uploading components in SALOME platform</p></li>
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128 style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Module Toolbar</B></span> - This toolbar contains
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129 icons specific to the loaded module.</p></li>
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132 style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Viewer Toolbar - </B></span>This is a set of tools
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133 destined for visualization of the presentations in the viewer. </p></li>
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138 <p class="whs7">All toolbars in the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>SALOME</B></span>
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139 Platform are context-sensitive. Loading of a definite component (Geometry,
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140 Post-Pro, Mesh etc.) will automatically add some additional toolbars specific
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141 to this component. To display/hide a definite toolbar, in the main menu
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142 choose <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>View</B></span> > Toolbars, and
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143 from this submenu check or uncheck the toolbar, you would like to display/hide.
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146 <p class="whs8">By default all toolbars are located on
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147 the top of the SALOME desktop. But you can relocate toolbars by dragging
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148 with the mouse and dropping it in any place of the window. </p>
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150 <p class="whs9"> </p>
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152 <p class="whs4">Parts of the
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155 <p class="whs5"> </p>
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157 <ul type="disc" class="whs6">
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159 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs10"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Object
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160 Browser</B></span> - Management of objects created or imported into SALOME
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161 application</p></li>
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163 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs10"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Viewer
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164 - </B></span>This window is destined for visualization of presentations. </p></li>
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166 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs10"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Python
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167 console</B></span> - Window for Python interpreter. This window functions
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168 like a standard document: the pop-up menu invoked by right-click in this
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169 window gives access to <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Copy/Paste/SelectAll/ClearAll
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170 </B></span>options.</p></li>
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173 <p class="whs10"> </p>
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175 <p class="whs8">Object Browser, Python Console, MenuBar,
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176 etc are, in fact, separate dockable windows. Dockable
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177 windows can be placed in special areas, on the borders of desktop like
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178 toolbars. You can change the size and the position of dockable windows,
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179 hide them or even place outside desktop. SALOME saves in the same file
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180 all positions and sizes of dockable windows. It means that the difference
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181 in settings of the same windows (for example Python console) is possible
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182 between different modules (the same window can have different size and
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183 position when other module is activated). Also each module can indicate
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184 which common windows are necessary for working, and only they will be
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185 displayed when this module is active.</p>
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187 <p class="whs9"> </p>
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189 <p class="whs11"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Starting
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190 from the version 3.0.0 Salome uses a</span> Multi-Desktop Approach. <span
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191 style="font-weight: normal;">Multi-desktop Approach means that now there
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192 is separate Desktop for each document (Study) and
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193 all windows connected to a Study (viewers, dockable windows etc) are placed
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194 in one container. It is very comfortable, because you can't mix up windows
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195 from different studies. This approach positively differs from the classic
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196 multi document interface in case if many windows are used, i.e. when one
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197 document contains a lot of viewers, dialogs, etc. Each desktop also has
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198 its own menu and toolbar.</span></p>
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