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87 <p>Salome gives you a choice of four different viewers. This wide choice
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88 of instruments providing both common and unique possibilities aims to
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89 give the users of SALOME Platform maximum convenience and ease in their
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92 <p>Customizing the viewers you can define settings to be used in them by
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93 default in the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Preferences</B></span> menu.</p>
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95 <p>Salome Platform also provides you with <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Viewer
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96 Toolbars</B></span>, which make it possible to promptly operate your viewer
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97 scene. Some of the functions are common for all viewers. </p>
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99 <ul type="disc" class="whs1">
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101 <li class=kadov-p><p><img src="image77.gif" width="26px" height="25px" border="0" class="img_whs2"> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Dump
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102 View</B></span> - exports an object from the viewer in bmp, png, jpg or jpeg
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103 image format. </p></li>
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105 <li class=kadov-p><p><img src="image78.gif" width="27px" height="26px" border="0" class="img_whs3"> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Fit
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106 all</B></span> - resizes the view to place all represented objects in the
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107 visible area</p></li>
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109 <li class=kadov-p><p><img src="image79.gif" width="28px" height="26px" border="0" class="img_whs4"> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Panning</B></span>
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110 - in case if the represented objects are greater that the visible area
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111 and you don't wish to use <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Fit all</B></span>
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112 functionality, click on this button and you'll be able to drag the scene
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113 to see its remote parts. </p></li>
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116 <ul type="disc" class="whs1">
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118 <li class=kadov-p><p><img src="image86.gif" width="28px" height="29px" border="0" class="img_whs5"> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Clone
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119 view</B></span> - opens a new duplicate scene.</p></li>
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124 <p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>VTK 3d viewer</B></span>
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125 (Visualization ToolKit Viewer) and <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>OCC
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126 3d viewer</B></span> (Open CasCade Viewer) are both useful for creation of
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127 geometrical models in the GEOM module, however, there some differences,
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128 which specialize the use of the modules. </p>
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130 <p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>OCC 3d viewer</B></span> is the default
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131 viewer for GEOM Module. Only this viewer gives you the possibility to
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132 select sub-shapes (described in full detail in the help for the GEOM Module).
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133 Unfortunately, you can't visualize meshes in this viewer, for this, use
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134 VTK 3d viewer. </p>
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136 <p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>VTK 3d viewer</B></span>
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137 is the default viewer for SMESH Module. Using this viewer you'll be able
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138 to visualize and work with meshes. </p>
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140 <p>Most of functions in Viewer Toolbars of these modules are common for
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141 both viewers, they are:</p>
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145 <li class=kadov-p><p><img src="image88.gif" width="27px" height="25px" border="0" class="img_whs6"> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Show/Hide
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146 Trihedron</B></span> - shows or hides coordinate axes. </p></li>
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148 <li class=kadov-p><p><img src="image89.gif" width="26px" height="26px" border="0" class="img_whs7"> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Rotation</B></span>
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149 - click this button and rotate the selected object in the viewer using
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150 the mouse. </p></li>
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152 <li class=kadov-p><p><img src="image90.gif" width="28px" height="28px" border="0" class="img_whs8"> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Front</B></span>
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153 - shows the front view of the object.</p></li>
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155 <li class=kadov-p><p><img src="image91.gif" width="26px" height="26px" border="0" class="img_whs7"> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Reset</B></span>
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156 - returns the object in its initial position.</p></li>
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159 <p>One more function is available in <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>OCC
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160 3d viewer</B></span> only. </p>
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162 <ul type="disc" class="whs1">
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164 <li class=kadov-p><p><img src="image92.gif" width="27px" height="25px" border="0" class="img_whs6"> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Memorize
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165 view</B></span> - saves the view of the object. </p></li>
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170 <p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Plot 2d viewer</B></span> is destined to
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171 the representation of 2d
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172 plots and graphs obtained via Post-Pro module. </p>
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174 <p>Its viewer toolbar gives you fast access to the following operations:</p>
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178 <li class=kadov-p><p><img src="image80.gif" width="27px" height="27px" border="0" class="img_whs9"> Draw Points - represents points
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179 on the graph.</p></li>
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181 <li class=kadov-p><p><img src="image81.gif" width="29px" height="28px" border="0" class="img_whs10"> & <img src="image82.gif" width="25px" height="27px" border="0" class="img_whs11"> Horizontal
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182 axis logarithmic & Vertical axis logarithmic - changes the scaling
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183 on axes to logarithmic. </p></li>
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185 <li class=kadov-p><p><img src="image83.gif" width="28px" height="30px" border="0" class="img_whs12"> Show Legend - reveals all verbal
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186 and numerical information on the graphs.</p></li>
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188 <li class=kadov-p><p><img src="image84.gif" width="29px" height="28px" border="0" class="img_whs10"> Settings - calls a menu, in which
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189 you can specify advanced settings for your <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Plot
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190 2d Viewer</B></span>. </p></li>
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195 <p><img src="pics/plot1.png" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="402px" height="396px" border="0" class="img_whs13"></p>
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199 <p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>GL Viewer</B></span> is used by exterior
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200 modules built-in in the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>SALOME Platform.</B></span></p>
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