VIEWS
Accessible by
button on the toolbar, this window provides an easy way to create
extremely detailed presentations. The idea is very simple: you record
some snapshots of your project and the software will put everything
together creating an animation. This animation can be even
automatically played everytime the project is loaded.
Recorded parameters are:
current simulation;
visualization;
point of view;
wich label layers are visible (see label tool documentation);
rendering settings.
View parameters
Every view has its own parameters; they can be edited after selecting it.
Name: view name;
Duration: how long it will take to pass from selected view to another;
Interpolation time: transition time between views;
Skip on play: if this option is active, selected view won't be used during animation;
Default view: if active, selected view will be activated on project load;
Report: open report options window, see next paragraph.
Report options
Since version 4.0, views can be used as print report pages. To insert labels into report views you just need to ativated "Report" option into them.
These are report options available for views:
Active: if selected, the view will be used as a report page;
Empty: if active, the view will be initially empty and won't contain current visualization;
Print resoliution: print page resolution in dpi;
Horizontal align: when empty is not active, controls current visualization's horizontal alignment;
Vertical align: when empty is not active, controls current visualization's vertical alignment;
Scale: when empty is not active, controls current visualization's scale;
Zoom: when empty is not active, controls current visualization's zoom;
Layout: print page layout;
Custom aspect ratio: controls print page's aspect ratio when layout is set to "custom";
Custom width: controls print page's width when layout is set to "custom".
Animation paramters
These properties are relative to animation and not specific to a particular view.
Play at startup: animation will automatically start after loading the project;
Repeat: continuously repeat animation;
Iconize window during play: if active, the window will be iconized while playing animation;
Hide labels on visualization change: if active, labels will be hidden every time visualization type will be changed;
Never hide label layer: labels with specified layer won't be hidden when hide labels on visualization change is active.
Commands
Here you are a list of commands to be used to manage views:
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Record current view and add it to the list. |
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Remove selected view from the list. |
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Clear views list. |
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Update selected view with current parameters. |
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Move selected view up in the list. |
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Move selected view down in the list. |
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Take a screenshot. |
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Open views library. |
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Play animation. |
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Pause animation. |