Description of commands

The popup menu proposes two main lists of commands related to the display of the meshes elements, in addition to a few other standards actions:

 

 

Fig. 3 : Families or Groups item Popup menu

 

Command

Purpose

Sub-commands of Representation menu

Points

Display all nodes of the meshes elements

Wireframe

Display meshes elements (skin of the elements) by drawing lines on their boundaries.

  • Quadrangular items are represented by 4 lines (and not 2 triangles)

  • Quadratic elements are displayed like linear ones (i.e.: boundaries) as a standard display.

Remark: in the frames of this project, only Standard display will be implemented.

Surface

Shaded display of the skin of the elements

Insideframe

Same as Wireframe, but extended to all elements (inside included)

Surfaceframe

Equivalent to Surface + Wireframe display mode.

Shrink

Explode elements to distinguish their boundaries from each other (homothetic transformation). This mode can be activated either for Wireframe or Surface display mode.

Unshrink

Cancels Shrink toggle option

Sub-commands of Properties menu

Color

Or both:

   Cell Color

   Edge Color

in the case of ‘Surfaceframe’ presentation

Allows user to define the color property of the elements through a standard dialog:

 

Color is applied once user has pressed the OK button.

Opacity

Allows user to define the transparency property of the elements. The existing functionality allows to define a new value from a dialog and to apply it by pressing the OK button.

This behaviour will be changed to a modeless dialog, as it is already implemented in the SMESH module, so that the application of the transparency will be done in real time (using a slider).

 

To exit the dialog, user has to press the Close button (the current choice will be kept).

Line width

Allows user to define the line width property of the elements through a standard dialog.

Values can be set from 1 to 10 units.

 

 

Property is applied once user has pressed the OK button.

Note: this option affects only wireframe-based presentation.

Other commands

Rename

Allows user to redefine the name of the element. A dialog is opened to realize the input.

Erase

Erase the elements from the 3D view.

Display Only

Clear the 3D view and display the element alone.

Delete

Erase the elements from the 3D view and remove it from the study browser.