Selecting this menu item pops up a window that allows you to choose the blocks you will use in your visualizations.
The
Block
window should look similar to
Block window
when it pops up. The list of the
Active blocks
will contain an entry if you have opened a file with blocks.
This window allows you to select the blocks which will be active when plots are generated.
If you don't see a description for an item in this window, check in the Shared items section near the front of the chapter.
Press this button to make all blocks active, the default for MeshTV. This is the quick way to make all your blocks active, though you can also make all blocks active by typing the full range into the Turn on textfield .
Press this button to make all blocks inactive. You can use this when you want most blocks to be inactive. First make turn them all off and then activate the ones you want by typing the appropriate block numbers or ranges into the Turn on textfield .
Use this textfield to turn on blocks or ranges of blocks. For example, to turn on block 5, you can enter "5" and then hit enter or click on the On button . If you want to enter multiple blocks, like blocks 5, 7, and 26, you can type "5 7 26" (separated by spaces or commas) and hit enter or click on the On button . To turn on blocks 1 through 10, you would enter "1-10" or "1:10" and then hit enter or click the On button . Once finished, you'll see the appropriate entry appear in the Active blocks list . To make that selection active, you need to click on the Apply button .
Use this button to turn on blocks or ranges of blocks. Once you enter a block or range of blocks into the Turn on textfield , click on this button to place the entry into the Active blocks list . Then, to make that selection active, you need to click on the Apply button .
Use this textfield to turn off blocks or ranges of blocks. For example, to turn off block 5, you can enter "5" and then hit enter or click on the Off button . If you want to turn off multiple blocks, like blocks 5, 7, and 26, you can type "5 7 26" (separated by spaces or commas) and hit enter or click on the Off button . To turn off blocks 1 through 10, you would enter "1-10" or "1:10" and then hit enter or click the Off button . Once finished, you'll see the appropriate blocks removed from the Active blocks list . To make that selection active, you need to click on the Apply button .
Use this button to turn off blocks or ranges of blocks. Once you enter a block or range of blocks into the Turn off textfield , click on this button to remove the blocks from the Active blocks list . Then, to make that selection active, you need to click on the Apply button .
This scrolled list contains a list of all blocks you are currently plotting. When a file is first opened, that list contains the entire range of the problem. As you turn off some of the blocks, the list will update to show you which blocks are still active. For example, if your problem contains 36 blocks ranging from 0 to 35, you'll see an entry that reads "0-35". If you now turn off block 12, you'll see two entries. The first will read "0-11" and the second will read "13-35".
This label shows you the block range for your current data file. For example, if your file contains 36 blocks ranging from 0 to 35, this text field will read "Block range: 0-35". When you don't have a file open, the range will read "Block range: None".