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123 <h1 class="whs1">Viewing 3D presentations. 
124  </h1>
125
126 <p>Each &nbsp;newly 
127  created presentation is displayed in the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>VTK 
128  3D Viewer</B></span>. <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>VTK 3D Viewer</B></span> 
129  is detailly described in the documentation on<span style="font-weight: bold;"><B> 
130  GUI module.</B></span> </p>
131
132 <p>To display an existing presentation, right-click on it in the Object 
133  Browser and select <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Display</B></span>. &nbsp;</p>
134
135 <p>&nbsp;</p>
136
137 <p>Right mouse-click on the Presentation gives access to the following 
138  options:</p>
139
140 <p>&nbsp;</p>
141
142 <p class="whs2"><img src="../image23.gif" width="169px" height="335px" border="0" class="img_whs3"></p>
143
144 <p>&nbsp;</p>
145
146 <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: 
147  NOT all types of visualization and NOT all properties can be set for a 
148  certain 3D presentation. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span 
149  style="margin-left: 40px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p>
150
151 <p class="whs6">&nbsp;</p>
152
153 <ul type="disc" class="whs7">
154         
155         <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs8">Erase all - <span style="font-weight: normal;">allows 
156  to hide all objects from the viewer.</span> &nbsp;</p></li>
157         
158         <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs8">Edit - <span style="font-weight: normal;">allows 
159  to return to the menu where the presentation has been created and change 
160  its parameters.</span></p></li>
161         
162         <li class=kadov-p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Rename</B></span> 
163  - allows to rename the presentation.</p></li>
164         
165         <li class=kadov-p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Copy</B></span> - 
166  allows to create a copy of the presentation in the same subfolder (time 
167  stamp) in the Object Browser.</p></li>
168         
169         <li class=kadov-p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Erase</B></span> 
170  - allows to hide the selected presentation from the viewer. </p></li>
171         
172         <li class=kadov-p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Display Only</B></span> 
173  - allows to display only the selected presentation, hiding all other from 
174  the viewer.</p></li>
175         
176         <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs8">Representation - <span 
177  style="font-weight: normal;">allows to switch among the available representation 
178  types.</span></p></li>
179 </ul>
180
181 <p class="whs9">&nbsp;</p>
182
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189 <td colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="33.334%" class="whs13">
190 <p class="whs8">Points</td>
191 <td colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="33.334%" class="whs14">
192 <p class="whs8">Surface</td>
193 <td colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="33.334%" class="whs15">
194 <p class="whs8">Wireframe</td></tr>
195
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197 <td colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="33.334%" class="whs16">
198 <p><img src="../image20.gif" width="204px" height="267px" border="0" class="img_whs17"></td>
199 <td colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="33.334%" class="whs18">
200 <p><img src="../image5.jpg" width="208px" height="266px" border="0" class="img_whs19"></td>
201 <td colspan="1" rowspan="1" width="33.334%" class="whs18">
202 <p><img src="../image2.jpg" width="204px" height="266px" border="0" class="img_whs20"></td></tr>
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206 <p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Insideframe</B></span> (displays the wires 
207  lying within the object)</td>
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209 <p class="whs8">Shrink</td>
210 <td width="33.334%" class="whs18">
211 <p class="whs8">Shading on</td></tr>
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215 <p><img src="../image3.jpg" width="208px" height="275px" border="0" class="img_whs22"></td>
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217 <p><img src="../image4.jpg" width="209px" height="274px" border="0" class="img_whs24"></td>
218 <td width="33.334%" class="whs18">
219 <p><img src="../image1.jpg" width="202px" height="256px" border="0" class="img_whs25"></td></tr>
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221
222 <p class="whs26">&nbsp;</p>
223
224 <ul type="disc" class="whs7">
225         
226         <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs8">Properties </p></li>
227         
228         <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs27">Opacity 
229  - <span style="font-weight: normal;">allows to set the value of opacity 
230  of the presentation between 0 (transparent) and 100 (opaque).</span> </p></li>
231 </ul>
232
233 <p class="whs27">&nbsp;</p>
234
235 <p class="whs27"><img src="../pics/neo-transparency.png" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="354px" height="177px" border="0" class="img_whs28"></p>
236
237 <p class="whs29">&nbsp;</p>
238
239 <ul type="disc" class="whs7">
240         
241         <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs27">Line 
242  Width - <span style="font-weight: normal;">allows to set the width of 
243  lines representing edges of the presentation between 1 (thin) and 100 
244  (thick).</span> </p></li>
245 </ul>
246
247 <ul type="disc" class="whs7">
248         
249         <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs8"><a href="scaling_presentations.htm">Translate 
250  Presentation</a> - <span style="font-weight: normal;">allows to translate 
251  the presentation along coordinate axes.</span></p></li>
252         
253         <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs8"><a href="../clipping.htm">Clipping 
254  Planes</a> - <span style="font-weight: normal;">allows to create cross-section 
255  views of presentations.</span></p></li>
256         
257         <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs8"><a href="sweeping.htm">Sweep</a> 
258  - <span style="font-weight: normal;">allows to display pseudo-animation 
259  of the presentation.</span></p></li>
260         
261         <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs8"><a href="getting_elements_attributes.htm">Selection 
262  Info</a> - <span style="font-weight: normal;">provides information about 
263  the attributes of elements displayed in the viewer.</span></p></li>
264         
265         <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs8">Dump view - <span style="font-weight: normal;">exports 
266  an object from the viewer in bmp, png, jpg or jpeg image format. </span></p></li>
267         
268         <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs30"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Change 
269  Background</B></span> - allows to change the properties of the background.</p></li>
270 </ul>
271
272 <p class="whs30">&nbsp;</p>
273
274 <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 
275  object, you may wish to see them simultaneously, &nbsp;which 
276  might be impossible, because they all are located at the same place. To 
277  solve this problem, right-click in the viewer and select <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Arrange 
278  Actors</B></span> in the pop-up menu. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
279
280 <p class="whs30">&nbsp;</p>
281
282 <p class="whs2"><img src="../pics/arrangeactors.png" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="302px" height="247px" border="0" class="img_whs32"></p>
283
284 <p class="whs30">&nbsp;</p>
285
286 <p class="whs30">In <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Auto</B></span> 
287  mode you specify along which <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Axis</B></span> 
288  and at which <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Relative Distance</B></span> 
289  the presentations should be lined up.</p>
290
291 <p class="whs30">&nbsp;</p>
292
293 <p class="whs2"><img src="../pics/arrangeactors1.png" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="305px" height="247px" border="0" class="img_whs33"></p>
294
295 <p class="whs30">&nbsp;</p>
296
297 <p class="whs30">In <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Manual</B></span> 
298  mode you set the coordinates for each presentation separately.</p>
299
300 <p class="whs30">&nbsp;</p>
301
302 <p class="whs30">&nbsp;</p>
303
304 <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 
305  may cause superposition of their scalar bars. To avoid this, check <span 
306  style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Arrange Scalar Bars</B></span> radio button &nbsp;in 
307  the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Preferences - &gt; Post-Pro - &gt; 
308  Scalar Bar. </B></span>A separate scalar bar will be displayed for each presentation. 
309  </p>
310
311 <p class="whs30">Alternatively you may wish to merge the 
312  scalar bars to have a common scalar bar for all presentations. To do this, 
313  select several presentations or fields in the object browser, right-click 
314  and from the pop-up menu select &nbsp;<span 
315  style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Merge Scalar Range</B></span>. 
316  </p>
317
318 <p class="whs30">To restore separate bars and scales for 
319  each module select <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Use Field Range</B></span> 
320  from the same menu.</p>
321
322 <p class="whs30">&nbsp;</p>
323
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