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118 <h1 class="whs1">Viewing 3D presentations.
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121 <p>Each newly
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122 created presentation is displayed in VTK viewer. To display an existing
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123 presentation, right-click on it in the Object Browser and select <span
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124 style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Display</B></span>. </p>
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128 <p>Right mouse-click on the Presentation gives access to the following
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133 <p class="whs2"><img src="../image23.gif" width="169px" height="335px" border="0" class="img_whs3"></p>
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137 <p class="whs4"><img src="../note1.gif" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="36px" height="38px" border="0" class="img_whs5"> All parameters are context-sensitive:
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138 NOT all types of visualization and NOT all properties can be set for a
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139 certain 3D presentation. <span
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140 style="margin-left: 40px;"> </span></p>
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142 <p class="whs6"> </p>
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144 <ul type="disc" class="whs7">
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146 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs8">Erase all - <span style="font-weight: normal;">allows
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147 to hide all objects from the viewer.</span> </p></li>
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149 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs8">Edit - <span style="font-weight: normal;">allows
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150 to return to the menu where the presentation has been created and change
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151 its parameters.</span></p></li>
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153 <li class=kadov-p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Rename</B></span>
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154 - allows to rename the presentation.</p></li>
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156 <li class=kadov-p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Copy</B></span> -
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157 allows to create a copy of the presentation in the same subfolder (time
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158 stamp) in the Object Browser.</p></li>
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160 <li class=kadov-p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Erase</B></span>
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161 - allows to hide the selected presentation from the viewer. </p></li>
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163 <li class=kadov-p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Display Only</B></span>
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164 - allows to display only the selected presentation, hiding all other from
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165 the viewer.</p></li>
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167 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs8">Representation - <span
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168 style="font-weight: normal;">allows to switch among the available types
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169 representation.</span></p></li>
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172 <p class="whs9"> </p>
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180 <td colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="33.334%" class="whs13">
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181 <p class="whs8">Points</td>
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182 <td colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="33.334%" class="whs14">
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183 <p class="whs8">Surface</td>
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184 <td colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="33.334%" class="whs15">
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185 <p class="whs8">Wireframe</td></tr>
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191 <p><img src="../image5.jpg" width="208px" height="266px" border="0" class="img_whs19"></td>
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192 <td colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="33.334%" class="whs18">
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197 <p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Insideframe</B></span> (displays the wires
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198 lying within the object)</td>
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199 <td width="33.334%" class="whs18">
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200 <p class="whs8">Shrink</td>
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201 <td width="33.334%" class="whs18">
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202 <p class="whs8">Shading on</td></tr>
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206 <p><img src="../image3.jpg" width="208px" height="275px" border="0" class="img_whs22"></td>
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208 <p><img src="../image4.jpg" width="209px" height="274px" border="0" class="img_whs24"></td>
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209 <td width="33.334%" class="whs18">
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210 <p><img src="../image1.jpg" width="202px" height="256px" border="0" class="img_whs25"></td></tr>
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213 <p class="whs26"> </p>
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215 <ul type="disc" class="whs7">
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217 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs8">Properties </p></li>
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219 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs27">Opacity
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220 - <span style="font-weight: normal;">allows to set the value of opacity
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221 of the presentation between 0 (transparent) and 100 (opaque).</span> </p></li>
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224 <p class="whs27"> </p>
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226 <p class="whs27"><img src="../pics/neo-transparency.png" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="354px" height="177px" border="0" class="img_whs28"></p>
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228 <p class="whs29"> </p>
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230 <ul type="disc" class="whs7">
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232 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs27">Line
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233 Width - <span style="font-weight: normal;">allows to set the width of
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234 lines representing edges of the presentation between 1 (thin) and 100
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235 (thick).</span> </p></li>
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238 <ul type="disc" class="whs7">
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240 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs8"><a href="scaling_presentations.htm">Translate
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241 Presentation</a> - <span style="font-weight: normal;">allows to translate
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242 the presentation along coordinate axes.</span></p></li>
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244 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs8"><a href="../clipping.htm">Clipping
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245 Planes</a> - <span style="font-weight: normal;">allows to create cross-section
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246 views of presentations.</span></p></li>
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248 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs8"><a href="sweeping.htm">Sweep</a>
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249 - <span style="font-weight: normal;">allows to display pseudo-animation
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250 of the presentation.</span></p></li>
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252 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs8"><a href="getting_elements_attributes.htm">Selection
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253 Info</a> - <span style="font-weight: normal;">provides information about
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254 the attributes of elements displayed in the viewer.</span></p></li>
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256 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs8">Dump view - <span style="font-weight: normal;">exports
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257 an object from the viewer in bmp, png, jpg or jpeg image format. </span></p></li>
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259 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs30"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Change
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260 Background</B></span> - allows to change the properties of the background.</p></li>
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263 <p class="whs30"> </p>
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265 <p class="whs30"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B><img src="../i_blue.jpg" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="30px" height="30px" border="0" class="img_whs31"> </B></span>When you create several presentations of the same
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266 object, you may wish to see them simultaneously, which
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267 might be impossible, because they all are located at the same place. To
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268 solve this problem, right-click in the viewer and select <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Arrange
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269 Actors</B></span> in the pop-up menu. </p>
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271 <p class="whs30"> </p>
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273 <p class="whs2"><img src="../pics/arrangeactors.png" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="302px" height="247px" border="0" class="img_whs32"></p>
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275 <p class="whs30"> </p>
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277 <p class="whs30">In <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Auto</B></span>
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278 mode you specify along which <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Axis</B></span>
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279 and at which <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Relative Distance</B></span>
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280 the presentations should be lined up.</p>
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282 <p class="whs30"> </p>
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284 <p class="whs2"><img src="../pics/arrangeactors1.png" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="305px" height="247px" border="0" class="img_whs33"></p>
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286 <p class="whs30"> </p>
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288 <p class="whs30">In <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Manual</B></span>
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289 mode you set the coordinates for each presentation separately.</p>
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291 <p class="whs30"> </p>
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293 <p class="whs30"> </p>
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295 <p class="whs30"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B><img src="../i_blue.jpg" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="30px" height="30px" border="0" class="img_whs31"> </B></span>Displaying several presentations at the same time
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296 may cause superposition of their scalar bars. To avoid this, check <span
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297 style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Arrange Scalar Bars</B></span> radio button in
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298 the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Preferences - > Post-Pro - >
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299 Scalar Bar. </B></span>A separate scalar bar will be displayed for each presentation.
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302 <p class="whs30">Alternatively you may wish to merge the
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303 scalar bars to have a common scalar bar for all presentations. To do this,
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304 select several presentations or fields in the object browser, right-click
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305 and from the pop-up menu select <span
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306 style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Merge Scalar Range</B></span>.
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309 <p class="whs30">To restore separate bars and scales for
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310 each module select <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Use Field Range</B></span>
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311 from the same menu.</p>
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