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MeshTV User's Manual

August 2000

Version 4.1

UCRL-MA-132625

DISCLAIMER

This document was prepared as an account of work sponsored by an agency of the United States Government. Neither the United States Government nor the University of California nor any of their employees, makes any warranty, express or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or the University of California. The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or the University of California, and shall not be used for advertising or product endorsement purposes.

Work performed under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under Contract W-7405-ENG-48.

Introduction to MeshTV 1

Overview 1

MeshTV windows 2

Manual conventions 2

Manual chapters 2

On-line help 3

Glossary 3

Summary 3

Main Window 5

Overview 5

Selected files area 7

Overview 7

Selected files list 7

Open button 7

Replace button 8

Overlay button 8

Output window icon 8

Output window 9

Busy clock icon 9

Animation area 9

Overview 9

Animation slider 10

Animation slider text field 10

Reverse button 10

Back button 10

Stop button 10

Play button 10

Advance button 11

Active plots area 11

Overview 11

Active window 11

Maintain limits label and toggles 12

Replace plots toggle button 12

Auto update toggle button 12

Active plots list 12

Delete button 12

Draw button 13

Hide/Show button 13

Apply operators to all plots toggle button 13

Notepad area 13

Overview 13

Plots, Plot Attributes, and Variables 15

Overview 15

Plots menu 16

Overview 16

Block plot 16

Boundary plot 17

Contour plot 17

Filled boundary plot 18

Label plot 18

Mesh plot 19

Pseudocolor plot 19

Surface plot 20

Vector plot 20

Plot attributes menu 21

Overview 21

Similar items 21

Apply button 22

Dismiss button 22

Fill type radio buttons 22

Legend toggle button 22

Line color button 23

Line style menu 23

Line width menu 23

Log button 23

Make default button 23

Multiple button 23

Post button 23

Reset button 24

Single button 24

Block plot attributes 24

Block plot attributes menu item 24

Block plot attributes window 25

Point size text field 25

Separate toggle button 25

Boundary plot attributes 25

Boundary plot attributes menu item 25

Boundary plot attributes window 26

Boundary color buttons 26

Contour plot attributes 26

Contour plot attributes menu item 26

Contour plot attributes window 27

Contour color buttons 27

Select by options 27

Limits toggle button 28

Min text field 28

Max text field 28

Curve plot attributes 28

Curve plot attributes menu item 28

Curve plot attributes window 29

Labels toggle 29

Filled boundary plot attributes 29

Filled boundary plot attributes menu item 29

Filled Boundary plot attributes window 30

Material color buttons 30

Zone type radio buttons 30

Label plot attributes 30

Label plot attributes menu item 30

Label plot attributes window 31

Nodes toggle button 31

Node offset label and text field 31

Zones toggle button 32

Zone offset label and text field 32

Flip button 32

String label and text field 32

Number of labels to show toggle and text field 32

Horizontal justification option menu 33

Vertical justification option menu 33

Text height text field 33

Mesh plot attributes 33

Mesh plot attributes menu item 33

Mesh plot attributes window 34

Outline only toggle 34

Error text field 34

Point size 34

Pick plot attributes 35

Pick plot attributes menu item 35

Pick plot attributes window 35

Text color button 35

Pseudocolor plot attributes 35

Pseudocolor plot attributes menu item 35

Pseudocolor plot attributes window 36

Centering toggles 36

Limits toggle 36

Min text field 37

Max text field 37

Scale radio buttons 37

Skew factor text field 37

Lighting toggle 37

Point size text field 38

Reference line plot attributes 38

Reference line plot attributes menu item 38

Reference line plot attributes window 39

Endpoints area 39

Absolute endpoints radio button 39

Logical endpoints radio button 39

Surface plot attributes 40

Surface plot attributes menu item 40

Surface plot attributes window 40

Surf color button 41

Wire color button 41

Limits toggle 41

Min text field 41

Max text field 41

Surface toggle 42

Wire frame toggle 42

Vector plot attributes 42

Vector plot attributes menu item 42

Vector plot attributes window 42

Scale text field 43

Head size text field 43

Nvectors text field 43

Variables menu 43

Overview 43

Operators and Operator Attributes 45

Overview 45

Operators menu 46

Overview 46

Arbitrary slice operator 46

Erase operator 46

Index select operator 46

Material selection operator 46

Orthogonal slice operator 47

Reflect plot operator 47

Segment operator 47

Remove last operator 47

Remove all operators 47

Operator attributes menu 47

Overview 47

Similar items 48

Apply button 48

Dismiss button 48

Make default button 49

Post button 49

Reset button 49

Arbitrary slice operator attributes 49

Arbitrary slice operator attributes menu item 49

Arbitrary slice attributes window 50

Origin text field 50

Normal text field 50

Up axis text field 50

Map to 2D toggle button 51

Erase operator attributes 51

Erase operator attributes menu item 51

Erase attributes window 52

Plane option menu 52

Status radio buttons 52

Longitude slider bar and text field 52

Latitude slider bar and text field 53

Radius slider bar and text field 53

Offset text field 53

Index select operator attributes 54

Index select operator attributes menu item 54

Index select attributes window 54

Dimension radio buttons 54

Min, max, incr text fields 55

Hierarchy radio buttons 55

Material selection operator attributes 55

Material selection operator attributes menu item 55

Material selection attributes window 56

Active materials list 56

All button 56

None button 56

Orthogonal slice operator attributes 57

Orthogonal slice operator attributes menu item 57

Orthogonal slice attributes window 57

Axis radio buttons 57

Slice by label and radio buttons 58

Slice by percent 58

Slice by coordinate 58

Slice by zone 58

Reflect plot operator attributes 59

Reflect plot operator attributes menu item 59

Reflect plot attributes window 59

Positive Z 59

Negative Z 60

Segment operator attributes 60

Segment operator attributes menu item 60

Segment attributes window 61

Initial zone area 61

Zone text field 61

Block text field 61

Use picked zone toggle 61

Layers slider and text field 62

File Menu 63

Overview 63

Select file 65

Overview 65

Select file window 65

Path text field 65

Filter text field 66

Directories list 66

Files list 66

Select button 66

Select all button 67

Selected files list 67

Remove button 67

Remove all button 67

Check for directories within files button 67

OK button 67

Cancel button 68

Print window 68

Set print options 68

Overview 68

Set print options window 68

Printer command radio buttons 69

Printer text field 69

Printer type 69

Raster postscript radio button 69

Postscript radio button 69

Print tiled toggle button 70

Screen capture toggle button 70

X/Y resolution text field 70

Banner text field 70

Print button 70

Apply button 71

Dismiss button 71

Save window 71

Set save options 71

Overview 71

Set save options window 72

Name text field 72

File type 72

Raster postscript radio button 72

Postscript radio button 73

Ppm radio button 73

RGB radio button 73

Tiff radio button 73

STL radio button 73

Family toggle button 74

Autosave toggle button 74

Save tiled toggle button 74

Screen capture toggle button 74

Resolution 74

Maintain aspect toggle button 75

Banner text field 75

Save button 75

Apply button 75

Dismiss button 75

Save movie 75

Overview 75

Save movie window 76

File name text field 76

File type option 76

Generate movie now toggle button 76

Frame options 76

Start frame text field 77

End frame text field 77

Increment by text field 77

Resolution 77

Generate button 77

Movie tips button 77

Dismiss button 77

Movie tips 78

Movie tips window 78

Save settings 78

Simulation 79

Overview 79

Simulation window 79

Simulations list 79

Pause button 80

Continue button 80

Dismiss button 80

Quit 80

Controls Menu 81

Overview 81

Similar items 83

Apply button 83

Dismiss button 84

Post button 84

Animation 84

Overview 84

Animation window 84

Cache toggle button 84

Speed Toggle button 85

Speed text field 85

Speed slider bar 85

Annotation 85

Overview 85

Annotation window 86

General options 86

User info toggle button 86

Database info toggle button 87

Plot legends toggle button 87

Viewport type options 87

Viewport text field 87

Verbose label and option menu 87

Banner options 87

Banner display toggle button 88

Banner text field 88

Banner location text field 88

Banner height text field 88

Banner color button 88

2D axes 88

2D axis labels options 88

2D grid lines options 89

2D tick marks options 89

2D tick mark locations options 89

3D axes 89

3D axis labels options 89

3D grid lines options 89

3D tick marks options 89

3D tick mark locations options 89

3D triad radio buttons 90

Viewgraph button 90

Reset Button 90

Block 90

Overview 90

Block window 91

Turn all on button 91

Turn all off button 91

Turn on textfield 91

On button 91

Turn off textfield 92

Off button 92

Active blocks list 92

Problem block range label 92

Color table 92

Overview 92

Color table window 93

Color table manager 93

Color table selection option 93

Cale black option 93

Cale white option 94

Contoured option 94

Gray scale option 94

Hot to cold option 94

Rainbow option 94

X-ray option 94

User option 94

File name text field 95

New button 95

Delete button 95

Save to file button 95

MeshTV default button 95

Color table editor 96

Color spectrum 96

Add color button 96

Remove color button 96

Align button 96

Equal spacing toggle button 97

Smooth toggle button 97

Color value scroll bar 97

Color value text field 97

Expressions 97

Overview 97

Expression window 98

Name text field 98

Expression text field 98

Type option 99

Groups 99

Overview 99

Group window 100

Active groups list 100

All button 100

None button 100

Lighting 100

Overview 100

Lighting window 101

Lighting layout 101

Light selection 101

Light properties 102

Light preview 102

Line-out 103

Overview 103

Line-out window 103

Reference line plot attributes area 103

Logical toggle button 104

Replace on replot toggle button 104

Curve plot attributes area 104

Output window label and text field 104

Use 1st window toggle button 104

Replace on replot toggle button 105

Materials 105

Overview 105

Palette editor 105

Overview 105

Palette editor window 106

Select mode label 106

Output window colors 106

Background color 106

Foreground color 107

Colors 107

Color value 107

Color text 107

Lookup color by name 108

MeshTV default button 108

Powerwall 108

Overview 108

Powerwall window 109

Powerwall on 109

Powerwall replot 109

Layout area 109

Mapping 110

Token 110

Token tray 110

Mapping area 110

Unmap all button 110

Species 111

Overview 111

Species window 111

Active species list 111

All button 111

None button 112

Extra Menu 113

Overview 113

Command line 114

Overview 114

Command line interface window 114

Command line scrolled window 114

Command text field 115

Post/Unpost button 115

Dismiss button 115

Command log 115

Overview 115

Command log window 116

Dismiss 116

Preferences 116

Overview 116

Preferences window 117

Information Display area 117

Display hints toggle button 117

Display messages toggle button 117

Display warnings toggle button 117

Miscellaneous area 118

Show hidden variables toggle button 118

Renderer area 118

Optimize for 2D graphics toggle button 118

Depth cueing controls 118

Material interface reconstruction controls 118

Subdivision level 119

Maximum iterations 119

Use old isosurface algorithm 119

Volume fraction 119

Opening files area 119

Reset attributes on replace toggle button 119

Ignore file times toggle button 120

Use current working directory toggle button 120

Apply button 120

Dismiss button 120

Window Menu 121

Overview 121

Add 122

Delete 122

Clear all 122

Flip Main window 122

Layout 123

Overview 123

1x1 123

2x1 123

2x2 123

2x4 124

3x3 124

4x4 124

Help Menu 125

Overview 125

On help 126

Overview 126

Help window 127

Help on 127

Help text 127

User notes 128

Dismiss button 128

Getting Started 128

Overview 128

User's Manual 128

Overview 128

Command Line Interface 128

Overview 128

Release notes 129

Overview 129

Release notes window 129

Display areas 130

Chapter 130

Enhancements and Modifications 130

Corrected Bugs 130

Workarounds for Known Bugs 130

Section 131

Dismiss button 131

Copyright 131

Overview 131

Copyright window 132

Dismiss button 132

Credits 132

Overview 132

Credits window 133

Dismiss button 133

Information window 134

Information window 134

Dismiss button 134

Read release notes button 134

Query window 134

Information window 134

Visualization Windows 135

Overview 135

Window modes 136

Navigate mode 136

Zoom mode 136

Lineout mode 136

Pick mode 137

Slice pick mode 137

The Popup menu 137

Overview 137

Mode menu 139

Clear 139

Reset view 140

Redraw 140

Choose center 140

Print image 140

Save image 141

Copy menu 141

View from 141

Lighting from 141

Annotations from 142

Palette from 142

Everything from 142

Display menu 143

Invert background 143

Navigate bbox 143

Display toolbar 143

Perspective 143

Spin 144

Stereo 144

Flip xy toggle 144

Full frame toggle 144

The toolbar 145

Overview 145

Collapse/Expand button 146

Mode buttons 146

Reset view button 146

Lock button 146

Activate button 147

Glossary 149

Table of definitions 149

Introduction to MeshTV

Main Window

Plots, Plot Attributes, and Variables

Operators and Operator Attributes

File Menu

Controls Menu

Extra Menu

Window Menu

Help Menu

Visualization Windows

Glossary


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