Display Three-Dimensional (D3D) User's Guide
Expanded Table of Contents
1. Using this
Guide
1.1 Overview of D3D
1.2 Intended Audience and Assumed User Skills
1.3 Organization of the Guide
1.4 Additional Vis5D Information
2. Getting to
Know D3D
2.1 First Things to Know About D3D
2.1.1 Input Devices
2.1.1.1 Mouse (Pointing Device)
2.1.1.2 Keyboard
2.1.2 Start-Up and Exit
2.1.2.1 Login
2.1.2.2 Start Application
2.1.2.3 Exit
2.1.3 Layout of the D3D Graphics Display
2.1.4 Windows, Tooltips, Menus, and Dialog Boxes in D3D
2.1.5 Other D3D Operational Information
2.1.5.1 Auto Update
2.1.5.2 Time Matching
2.1.5.3 General Status Messages
2.1.5.4 System Clock
2.1.5.5 Clock and Watch Face Indicators
2.1.6 The Menu Bar
2.1.6.1 File
Bundles
Cascading Menu
Print...
Movie (Disabled)
Exit
2.1.6.2 View
Clear Fields
Clear Model
Step Back
Step Forward
First Frame
Last Frame
Looping
Perspective
Top
Default
North
South
East
West
Spin
Zoom
Toolbar
2.1.6.3 Options
Loop Properties
Display Options
Box
Depth Cue
Grid Numbers
Legends
Reverse B/W
Alpha Transparency
Wind Arrows
2.1.6.4 Tools
Put Home Cursor...
Horizontal Location
Vertical Constraint
Set Vertical Scale...
2.1.6.5 Volume
2.1.6.6 Surface
2.1.6.7 Upper Air
2.1.6.8 Maps
2.1.6.9 Help
About...
User's Guide...
Show Popup Tips
For System Developers
Memory Use
Vis5D Status
Vis5D Interpreter
Vis5D Interface
2.1.7 The Toolbar
2.1.7.1 Load Modes
Latest Run
Previous Run
Inventory
Analysis Loop
DProg/dt
2.1.7.2 Scale
2.1.7.3 Clear
2.1.7.4 Stepping
2.1.7.5 Loop
2.1.7.6 Loop Properties
2.1.7.7 Print
2.1.7.8 Viewing Modes
Normal
Slice
Probe
Sounding
Trajectory
Clipping
Label
2.1.7.9 Perspective
2.1.7.10 Directional
2.1.7.11 Store, Recall, and Clear Views
2.1.7.12 Frames
2.1.7.13 Line Width
2.2 Working with Graphic and Image Products
2.3 The Volume Browser
2.3.1 The Volume Browser Dialog Box
2.3.1.1 The Volume Browser Menu Bar
File
Edit
Clear sources
Clear fields
Clear user-defined fields
Clear probe
Clear all
Mode
Probe
Help
About
Volume Browser
User's Guide
2.3.1.2 Data Selection Pull-Down Menus
Sources
Fields
Selecting a Field
2.3.1.3 Using the Product List
2.3.1.4 The Property Editor
Entry Box
Slider
Color
The Color Editor Dialog Box
Color Model
RGB Slider Bars
Color Wheel
Brightness
Color Swatch
Set
Fill
Color Bar
Edit Controls
Interpolate
Blue to Red
Red to Blue
Apply
Close
Undo
Redo
Revert
Read...
Save...
Load "Technique"
Default Values
2.3.2 The Volume Browser - Rendering Techniques
2.3.2.1 Isosurface
Description
Property Editor
Value
Immediate Mode
Color
Solid
2.3.2.2 Plan-View
Description
Property Editor
Interval
Level
Type
Color
Load Plan-View
2.3.2.3 Slice
Description
Property Editor
Interval
Grid Row/Column
Type
Color
Load Slice
2.3.2.4 Volume
Description
Property Editor
Color
Load Volume
Default Values
2.3.2.5 Surface
Description
Property Editor
Interval
Color
Load Surface
2.3.2.6 Winds
Description
Property Editor
Interval
Slider
Color
Load Winds
2.4 Other 3D Rendering Techniques
2.4.1 Sampling Techniques
2.4.1.1 Sounding
2.4.1.2 Probe
2.4.2 Trajectories
3. Working with
Graphics
Products
3.1 Product Legends
3.1.1 Toggle Products
3.1.2 Linking Cross-Sections
3.1.3 Missing Data
3.1.4 Hiding All Product Legends
3.2 Practice Modules on the Volume Browser
3.2.1 Module 1 - Display Model Data as Isosurfaces
3.2.1.1 Objective 1 - Display Model Data as an Isosurface
3.2.1.2 Objective 2 - Working with Graphics in the Large Display Pane
3.2.1.3 Objective 3 - Display Multiple Model Graphics as Isosurfaces - I
3.2.1.4 Objective 4 - Display Multiple Model Graphics as Isosurfaces - II
3.2.1.5 Objective 5 - Changing Object Colors
3.2.2 Module 2 - Display Model Data as Plan-View
3.2.2.1 Objective 1 - Display Model Data as Plan-View Contours
3.2.2.2 Objective 2 - Display Model Data as a Plan-View Image
3.2.2.3 Objective 3 - Add a Map to Plan-View Cross-Section
4. Other Topics
(Performance Dos and Don'ts)
5. Applications
5.1 Variable Maker
5.1.1 Clearing the User Defined Variable
6. Glossary
7. Supplemental
Information
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