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VTK 3D Viewer

The functionalities of VTK viewer are available via its Viewer Toolbar. Buttons marked with small downward triangles have extended functionality which can be accessed by locking on them with left mouse button.

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Viewer Toolbar


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Dump View - exports an object from the viewer in bmp, png, jpg or jpeg image format.

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Show/Hide Trihedron - shows or hides coordinate axes.

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Fit all - scales the presentation so that it could fit within the Viewer boundaries.

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Fit area - resizes the view to place in the visible area only the contents of a frame drawn with pressed left mouse button.

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Zoom - allows to zoom in and out.

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Panning - if the represented objects are greater that the visible area and you don't wish to use Fit all functionality, click on this button and you'll be able to drag the scene to see its remote parts.

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Global panning - allows to select a point to be the center of the presentation showing all displayeed objects in the visible ares


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Change rotation point - allows to to choose the point around which the rotation is performed.
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By default the rotation point is located in the Center of the bounding box of an object.
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Unchecking Use Bounding Box Center checkbox allows you to define the coordinates of the rotation point manually.
Set to Origin button restores the default rotation point coordinates.
Select Point from View button allows to select the rotation point in the 3D Viewer.
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Rotation - allows to rotate the selected object using the mouse.
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These buttons orientate the scene strictly about coordinate axes.

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Reset - restores the default position (isometric) of objects in the scene.

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Update Rate - allows to define the Update Rate for the presentations displayed in the viewer
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  • Desired Update Rate, FPS - allows to set the target Update Rate
  • Still Update Rate, FPS - allows to set the Update Rate for the periods when both the user and the application do not perform any actions in the viewer
  • Current Update Rate, FPS - shows the Update Rate currently available on your configuration
  • Number of Cells - shows the number of cells currently in display
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Scaling - represents objects deformed (stretched or stuffed) along the axes of coordinates.

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Graduated axes - allows to define parameters of axes and graduate them.
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  • Axis name
    • Is visible - if checked the axis name is displayed in the viewer.
    • Name - allows to redefine the name of the axis.
    • Font - allows to define color and properties of the font of axis name.
  • Labels
    • Is visible - if checked the labels are displayed in the viewer.
    • Number - allows to define the number of labels.
    • Offset - allows to define the distance between labels.
    • Font - allows to define color and properties of the font of labels names.
  • Tick marks
    • Is visible - if checked the tick marks are displayed in the viewer.
    • Length - allows to define the length of tick marks.
  • Is visible - if checked the axis is displayed in the viewer.

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