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123 <h1 class="whs1">Viewing 3D presentations.
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>
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>. </p>
137 <p>Right mouse-click on the Presentation gives access to the following
142 <p class="whs2"><img src="../image23.gif" width="169px" height="335px" border="0" class="img_whs3"></p>
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. <span
149 style="margin-left: 40px;"> </span></p>
151 <p class="whs6"> </p>
153 <ul type="disc" class="whs7">
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> </p></li>
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>
162 <li class=kadov-p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Rename</B></span>
163 - allows to rename the presentation.</p></li>
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>
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>
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
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>
181 <p class="whs9"> </p>
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190 <p class="whs8">Points</td>
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192 <p class="whs8">Surface</td>
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194 <p class="whs8">Wireframe</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>
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211 <p class="whs8">Shading on</td></tr>
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219 <p><img src="../image1.jpg" width="202px" height="256px" border="0" class="img_whs25"></td></tr>
222 <p class="whs26"> </p>
224 <ul type="disc" class="whs7">
226 <li class=kadov-p><p class="whs8">Properties </p></li>
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>
233 <p class="whs27"> </p>
235 <p class="whs27"><img src="../pics/neo-transparency.png" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="354px" height="177px" border="0" class="img_whs28"></p>
237 <p class="whs29"> </p>
239 <ul type="disc" class="whs7">
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>
247 <ul type="disc" class="whs7">
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
272 <p class="whs30"> </p>
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, 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. </p>
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284 <p class="whs30"> </p>
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>
291 <p class="whs30"> </p>
293 <p class="whs2"><img src="../pics/arrangeactors1.png" x-maintain-ratio="TRUE" width="305px" height="247px" border="0" class="img_whs33"></p>
295 <p class="whs30"> </p>
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>
300 <p class="whs30"> </p>
302 <p class="whs30"> </p>
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 in
307 the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Preferences - > Post-Pro - >
308 Scalar Bar. </B></span>A separate scalar bar will be displayed for each presentation.
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 <span
315 style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Merge Scalar Range</B></span>.
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>
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