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103 <h1 class="whs1">SALOME preferences</h1>
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105 <p class="whs2"> To
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106 begin setting preferences for your study, select <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Preferences
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107 </B></span>in the main menu, the following dialog box will appear:</p>
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109 <p class="whs2"> </p>
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111 <p class="whs2"> <img src="../pics/pref1.png" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="607px" height="341px" border="0" class="img_whs3"></p>
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113 <p class="whs2">If you've just started
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114 your study and haven't yet loaded other modules, you'll be able to change
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115 only those settings, which refer to the whole GUI SALOME session. These
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116 settings will be valid for the whole study session.</p>
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118 <p class="whs2"> </p>
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120 <p class="whs2"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 12pt;"><font size=3 style="font-size:12pt;"><B>General
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121 Preferences</B></font></span> </p>
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123 <p class="whs2"> </p>
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125 <ul type="disc" class="whs4">
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127 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5">Study Properties</p></li>
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130 <ul type="disc" class="whs4">
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132 <ul type="disc" class="whs4">
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134 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5"><a name=MultiFile1></a>MultiFile
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135 Save<span style="font-weight: normal;"> - if this submenu is marked, you
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136 study will be saved in several HDF files (one file for the data created
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137 by each component used during the study session).</span></p></li>
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139 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5"><a name=ASCII1></a>ASCII
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140 Save - <span style="font-weight: normal;">if this submenu is marked, you
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141 study will be saved in ASCII format file (or files).</span></p></li>
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143 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5">Undo level -<span
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144 style="font-weight: normal;"> here you can define the number of actions
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145 which can be undone.</span></p></li>
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148 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5">External browser </p></li>
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150 <ul type="disc" class="whs4">
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152 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5">Application <span
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153 style="font-weight: normal;">this option allows you to set an external
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154 browser (IE, Netscape) which will be used for viewing SALOME reference
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155 manuals. By default, Mozilla is used. Press the </span><img src="../image69.gif" width="23px" height="29px" border="0" class="img_whs6"> <span
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156 style="font-weight: normal;">button to browse for the application you
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157 need in the data tree of your computer.</span></p></li>
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159 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5">Parameters</p></li>
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163 <ul type="disc" class="whs4">
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165 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5">Python console browser
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166 -<span style="font-weight: normal;"> here you can quickly set the parameters
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167 (style, size, face) of the font used in your Python console. For detailed
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168 settings press the </span><img src="../image68.gif" width="23px" height="29px" border="0" class="img_whs6"> <span style="font-weight: normal;">button.
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169 The </span>Select Font<span style="font-weight: normal;"> dialog box will
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170 appear. </span></p></li>
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173 <p class="whs2"><img src="../pics/selectfont.png" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="510px" height="393px" border="0" class="img_whs7"></p>
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175 <p class="whs8"> </p>
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177 <p class="whs8"><span
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178 style="font-weight: normal;">Please, note that the </span>Script<span
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179 style="font-weight: normal;"> dialog-box gives you the possibility to
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180 use not only Latin and Latin Extended but also Cyrillic, Greek, Arabic,
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181 Runic and many other subsets. </span></p>
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183 <p class="whs8"> </p>
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185 <p class="whs8">Object
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186 Browser Preferences</p>
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188 <p class="whs8"> </p>
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190 <p class="whs9">On
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191 the next page you can adjust your Object Browser Preferences.</p>
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193 <p class="whs8"> </p>
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195 <p class="whs8"><img src="../pics/pref2.png" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="607px" height="341px" border="0" class="img_whs3"></p>
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197 <p class="whs2"> </p>
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199 <ul type="disc" class="whs4">
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201 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Display
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202 or Hide</span> Value, Entry, IOR <span style="font-weight: normal;">and</span>
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203 Reference entry<span style="font-weight: normal;"> columns.</span></p></li>
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205 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Disable
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206 or Enable</span> Auto sizing <span style="font-weight: normal;">of</span>
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207 columns <span style="font-weight: normal;">of the Object Browser.</span>
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211 <p class="whs10"> </p>
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213 <p class="whs8">Viewers
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216 <p class="whs8"> </p>
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218 <p class="whs8"><span
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219 style="font-weight: normal;">Here you can set preferences for your OCC
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220 and VTK 3D viewers.</span> </p>
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222 <p class="whs8"> </p>
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224 <p class="whs8"><img src="../pics/viewerspreferences.png" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="580px" height="513px" border="0" class="img_whs11"></p>
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226 <p class="whs5"> </p>
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228 <ul type="disc" class="whs4">
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230 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5">OCC Viewer 3d <span
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231 style="font-weight: normal;">&</span> VTK Viewer 3d - in these menus
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232 you can set preferences for your </p></li>
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234 <ul type="disc" class="whs4">
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236 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5">Trihedron size
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237 - <span style="font-weight: normal;">this submenu allows to set the size
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238 of axes of coordinates displayed in the viewer.</span></p></li>
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240 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5">Number of isolines
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241 along U <span style="font-weight: normal;">(or</span> V<span style="font-weight: normal;">)
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242 - this submenu allows to specify the number of isolines along the axes
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243 of coordinates.</span></p></li>
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245 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5"><a name=Select_Color></a>Background
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246 Color - <span style="font-weight: normal;">this submenu allows to select
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247 background color of a definite viewer (OCC, VTK, Plot2d). Simply click
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248 on the colored line to access to the </span>Select Color<span style="font-weight: normal;">
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249 dialog box. The same procedure applies to color selection in all other
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250 dialog windows. </span></p></li>
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254 <p class="whs5"><img src="../pics/selectcolor.png" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="492px" height="392px" border="0" class="img_whs12"></p>
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256 <p class="whs2"> </p>
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258 <p class="whs2">In this window you can
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259 choose from either predefined <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Basic Colors
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260 </B></span>grouped in the upper left corner of the window or <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Custom
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261 Colors,</B></span> which you can define yourselves. To define a Custom Color,
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262 click on one of the Custom Color cells, select the color you need in the
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263 field of colors or by typing in its numeric parameters in the lower right
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264 corner of the window, then click <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Add
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265 to Custom Colors</B></span> button. The chosen color will be added to <span
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266 style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Custom Colors</B></span> table. </p>
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268 <p class="whs2"> </p>
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270 <ul type="disc" class="whs4">
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272 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs8">Plot2d
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275 <ul type="disc" class="whs4">
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277 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs8">Legend
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278 Position - <span style="font-weight: normal;">this submenu allows to set
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279 the default position of the legend, it can be located to the left, to
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280 the right, on top or on bottom of the graph.</span> </p></li>
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282 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs8">Curve
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283 Type - <span style="font-weight: normal;">this allows to set the representation
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284 of graphs in your presentations. You can see only</span> Points<span style="font-weight: normal;">,
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285 points connected with</span> Lines <span style="font-weight: normal;">or
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286 points connected with smooth</span> Splines. </p></li>
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288 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs8">Marker
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289 Size - <span style="font-weight: normal;">this submenu allows you to set
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290 the size of markers in your graphs</span></p></li>
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292 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs8">Horizontal
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293 <span style="font-weight: normal;">&</span> Vertical Axis Scale -
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294 <span style="font-weight: normal;">this submenu allows you to set the
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295 scale for vertical and horizontal axes. It can be either</span> Linear
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296 <span style="font-weight: normal;">or</span> Logarithmic</p></li>
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298 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs8">Background
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299 Color - Background Color - <span style="font-weight: normal;">this submenu
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300 allows to select background color of a definite viewer (OCC, VTK, Plot2d).</span></p></li>
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304 <p class="whs8"> </p>
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306 <p class="whs13">Directories Preferences</p>
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308 <p class="whs2"> </p>
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310 <p class="whs2"><img src="../pics/pref4.png" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="607px" height="341px" border="0" class="img_whs3"></p>
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312 <p class="whs2"> </p>
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314 <ul type="disc" class="whs4">
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316 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs5">Quick Directory List
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317 - <span style="font-weight: normal;">this section allows to create and
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318 manage a custom quick directory list. To add a directory in the list,
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319 press the </span><img src="../image70.gif" width="20px" height="20px" border="0" class="img_whs14"> <span style="font-weight: normal;">button,
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320 then the <img src="../image71.gif" width="22px" height="23px" border="0" class="img_whs15"> button and browse the data tree for the</span>
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321 <span style="font-weight: normal;">directory you need.</span> <span style="font-weight: normal;"><br>
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322 The <img src="../image73.gif" width="22px" height="21px" border="0" class="img_whs16"> and <img src="../image75.gif" width="23px" height="23px" border="0" class="img_whs17"> buttons help you to sort the
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323 directories in the list.<br>
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324 To remove the selected directory from the list, press the <img src="../image72.gif" width="25px" height="24px" border="0" class="img_whs18"> button.</span> <br> </p></li>
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