User's Guide

Index

Special Characters
Numerics
A B C D E F G H I J L M N O P R S T U V W X Z

Special Characters

@ variables

Numerics

3-D cursor (672), (687)

accelerator keys (625)

adding comments to a visual program (744)

adding input tabs (724)

advanced looping constructs (610)

align (for navigating)

aligning interactors in a Control Panel (782)

aligning tools in the VPE window (741)

anchor symbol (620)

angle for perspective rendering

animation (652), (947), (970)

arithmetic expressions in scripting language (901)

Array items

category (566)

rank (568)

shape (570)

type (564)

Array Objects in Data Explorer file format (1004)

Array types

Arrays

compact

constant (583)

in Data Explorer file format (978)

mesh (581)

path (579)

product (577)

regular (575)

irregular (573)

items in (561)

assignment statements in scripting language

expression assignments (904)

function call assignments (907)

general description (903)

at (@) variables in scripting language (882), (924), (926)

attributes

color multiplier (558)

dependence (dep) (543)

derived (der) (549)

element type (552)

opacity multiplier (555)

reference (ref) (546)

attributes, function call in scripting language

attributes, setting interactor See interactor attributes

AutoAxes (690)

axes box

back colors component (510)

binormals component (521)

box component (526)

by-name arguments in scripting language (912)

cache attribute

cache in memory use (944)

cache, object (939)

cacheability, setting output (941)

camera

Camera

getting precise settings (679)

resetting (685)

Camera Objects in Data Explorer file format (1015)

category of an Array item (567)

changing the look-to point

changing the size of interactors (777)

changing your view direction

Clipped Objects in Data Explorer file format (1016)

closing windows (629)

color map component (515)

color mapping (949)

color multiplier attribute (557)

Colormap Editor

adding control points (755)

entering values (754)

menus

Edit (843)

Execute (844)

File (842)

Options (845)

moving control points (757)

selecting control points (756)

using (752)

colors component (508)

comments

adding to a visual program (744)

in a Control Panel (642)

in a data file (995)

in a script (880)

in a visual program (641)

user-defined (640)

Compact Arrays (574)

component attributes (540)

component sharing

component, definition (494)

Composite Field Groups (591)

Composite Field Objects in Data Explorer file format (1002)

configuration dialog box

buttons (732)

entering values in (726)

for Compute module (737)

notation field (727)

toggle button (729)

value field (730)

connecting to the server (873)

connection dependence (478), (500)

connections (479), (501)

Constant Array in Data Explorer file format (1005)

Constant Arrays (584)

constants in scripting language

scalar numeric (886)

string (885)

constraints on 3-D cursor tool (673), (688)

constructs, advanced looping (611)

contours (950)

Control Panels (963)

access (797)

adding interactors (771)

building (766)

customizing (780)

deleting (778)

Groups (798), (799)

menus

Edit (832)

Execute (833)

File (831)

Options (835)

Panels (834)

placing interactors (769)

saving and restoring (779)

Control Panels, dialog-style (790)

controlling view of an image See image, controlling view of

copying tools (717)

cuboid vertices ordering (503)

cursor constraints

customizing the VPE window (742)

data component (506)

Data Explorer

Data Model (485)

environment variables (619), (1031)

file format examples See examples of Data Explorer file format

overview (473)

scripting language (878)

starting Data Explorer (617)

system structure (474)

windows

Colormap Editor (753)

Image (658)

pull-down options (624)

structure (621)

using on-line help (631)

VPE (700)

working with windows (627)

data flow (596)

data mode clause in Data Explorer file format (1018)

Data Model, Data Explorer (486)

data section of Data Explorer file format (996)

data statistics component (528)

data structures supported (487)

data-driven interactors (817)

debugging visual programs (934)

decimal notation in scripting language (888)

default values

in configuration dialog box (731)

in scripting language (920)

deforming a surface field

dependence (dep) attribute (548)

dependence, data (476), (493)

derivative (der) attribute (542)

description button in configuration dialog box (733)

dialog-style Control Panels (789)

distributed computation (475), (859)

drag and drop (719)

edges component (531)

element type attribute (551)

end clause of the Data Explorer file (1019)

environment variables (618), (1030)

error messages (654)

examples of Data Explorer file format

faces, loops, edges, and polylines (533), (990), (991), (992)

header and data in separate files (985)

image files (993)

irregular grid (984)

Product Arrays (987)

regular grid (981)

regular skewed grid (982)

series (988)

two-dimensional grid (989)

warped grid (983)

executing a visual program (647)

execution Groups (860)

assigning Groups to workstations (868)

creating (861), (864)

deleting (863), (866), (867)

modifying (862), (865)

execution model (595)

execution, stopping (936)

explicit state, preserving (604)

expression assignments in scripting language (905)

faces component (530)

Field attributes

color multiplier (559)

opacity multiplier (556)

Field Objects (490), (495), (1003)

Fields

Data Explorer file format (977)

Data Model (484)

general discussion (481)

file format

CDF (1020)

Data Explorer (976)

HDF (1029)

netCDF (1021)

Find Tool dialog box (738)

flow control (598)

flow, data (597)

frame display rate (695), (971)

front colors component (509)

function call assignments in scripting language (906)

function call attributes (917)

function call conventions in scripting language

by-name arguments (911)

function call example (916)

introduction to (908)

missing arguments (915)

positional arguments (909)

GetGlobal (preserving state) (605)

GetLocal (preserving state) (606)

graphical user interface (616), (656), (764), (822), (856)

graphics card hardware rendering options (693)

grid types (504)

gridconnections keyword in Data Explorer file format (1009)

gridpositions keyword in Data Explorer file format (1006)

Groups (588)

Composite Field (592)

general description (586)

in Data Explorer file format (997)

Multigrid (587), (1000)

Series (594)

header section of the Data Explorer file format (994)

help

Context-Sensitive Help (632)

in a Control Panel (645), (646), (781)

in a visual program (644)

Overview (of Window) (633)

Table of Contents (634)

Technical Support (636), (637)

Tutorial (639)

user-defined (643)

Using Help (635)

hexadecimal numbers in scripting language (892)

hiding input tabs (736)

hints for using Data Explorer (933)

Histogram (954)

in Colormap Editor (759)

identifiers in scripting language (881)

Image Window

changing the name of (696)

menus

Connection (840), (848)

Execute (838), (847)

File (837), (846)

Options (841)

Windows (839), (849)

organization (836)

image, controlling view of

changing look-to point (roaming) (671)

changing view direction (660)

navigating (676)

panning (674)

resizing (681)

rotating (666)

selecting view mode (659)

zooming (668)

import, changing data

importing data (974), (979)

include command (925)

input tabs, adding and removing (723)

input tabs, revealing and hiding (734)

instance attribute in scripting language

interactive use (961)

interactor attributes

in general (788)

incrementing (791)

label (796)

layout (786)

style (784)

updating (792)

interactor stand-ins (765)

interactors

adding and moving to existing Control Panel (770)

and Control Panels (962)

changing the label (795)

changing the layout (785)

changing the size of (776)

changing the style (783), (787)

deleting (775)

Dial (803)

Integer (800)

List (808)

moving a group (774)

moving single interactor (773)

placing in Control Panel (768)

radio-button (812)

Reset (813)

Scalar (801)

selecting a group (772)

Selector (794), (811)

SelectorList (809)

Slider (804)

Stepper (802)

String (805)

Toggle (815)

use of (767)

Value (806)

Vector (807)

interface, user (615), (657), (762), (823), (857)

interpolation (480)

invalid-positions and invalid-connections components (518)

irregular Arrays in Data Explorer file format (572)

isosurfaces (951)

issues of visualization presentation (972)

iteration using looping (601)

Java Explorer (1000)

light object in Data Explorer file format (1014)

lists in scripting language (900)

loading modules (870)

locating tools (739)

look direction (for navigating) (678)

look-to point (670)

looping

constructs, advanced (609)

iteration using (600)

loops component (532)

macros

in scripting language

body (921)

definition of (918)

example of macro execution (932)

examples (922)

expansion (930)

header (919)

variables in (931)

in visual programs

creating (818)

loading (820)

naming (819)

opening (821)

Map (952)

matrices in scripting language (898)

maximizing windows (630)

memory, use of (937)

Mesh Array Objects in Data Explorer file format (1011)

in data model (582)

message window

Message window (855)

menus

Commands (853)

Edit (851)

Execute (852)

File (850)

Options (854)

minimizing windows (628)

missing arguments in scripting language (914)

modules, loading (871)

mouse, use in Data Explorer (622)

moving tools (718)

Multigrid Groups (590)

Multigrid Objects (589), (999), (1001)

named arguments (913)

naming the image (697)

navigating around the image (677)

neighbors component (524)

netCDF file format

complex Fields (1024)

description (1022)

examples (1028)

series data (1025)

simple Fields (1023)

networks (483)

normals component (522)

notation field in a configuration dialog box (728)

object attributes (553)

object cache (940)

Objects

Array (560)

definition of (488)

Field (489)

Group (585)

in Data Explorer files (975)

Objects, Array

compact

constant (583)

in Data Explorer file format (978)

mesh (581)

path (579)

product (577)

regular (575)

irregular (573)

items in (561)

octal numbers in scripting language (891)

on-line help

Context-Sensitive Help (632)

in a Control Panel (645), (646), (781)

in a visual program (644)

Overview (of Window) (633)

Table of Contents (634)

Technical Support (636), (637)

Tutorial (639)

user-defined (643)

Using Help (635)

opacities component (512)

opacity map component (516)

opacity multiplier attribute (554)

operators in scripting language (902)

options box (626)

ordering of vertices

orthographic projection method (664)

outboard modules, loading (869)

output cacheability, setting (943)

panning (675) See also look-to point

parallelism (612), (613)

Path Array Objects

in Data Explorer format (1010)

in the Data Model (580)

paths component in the Data Model (538)

perspective projection method (663)

pick paths component (539)

picking (535), (689)

Plot (953)

pokes component (537)

positional arguments in scripting language (910)

positions component (498)

positions dependence (477), (492)

positions, definition (491)

preserving explicit state (602)

printing an image (699)

probes (686)

Product Array Objects

in Data Explorer format (1008)

in the Data Model (578)

projection methods (662)

pull-down menus, selecting (623)

rank of an Array item (569)

Receiver tool (721), (965)

Redo action (683)

reference (ref) attribute (545)

Regular Array Objects

in Data Explorer format (1007)

in the Data Model (576)

remote tab connections (720)

removing input tabs (725)

render options (692)

rendering, volume (959)

required inputs (713)

reserved words in scripting language (883)

Reset interactor (814)

resetting the camera (684)

resetting the server (876)

resizing the image (680)

restoring a camera setting

restoring a visual program file (748)

revealing input tabs (735)

roaming in the image scene

rotating the image (667)

RubberSheet (955)

runtime modules, loading (872)

saving a visual program file (747)

saving an image (698)

scalar numeric constants in scripting language

definition of (887)

floating-point numbers

scientific notation (896)

standard representation (894)

integers

decimal notation (889)

hexadecimal numbers (893)

octal numbers (890)

scientific notation in scripting language (895)

Screen Objects in Data Explorer file format (1017)

script execution model

executing macro or module (928)

macro expansion (929)

top level environment (927)

scripting language, Data Explorer (879)

scroll bars (703)

selecting options with an options box

Selector interactor (793)

SelectorList interactor (810)

separate files

for Data Explorer header and data (986)

for netCDF variables (1027)

Sequencer

frame controls (653)

script commands (923)

sequence controls (650)

using (651)

Series

for Data Explorer file format (998)

for netCDF file format (1026)

Series in the Data Model (593)

server

connecting to (874)

resetting (877)

SetGlobal (preserving state) (607)

SetLocal (preserving state) (608)

setting interactor attributes See interactor attributes

setting output cacheability (942)

setting render options (691)

shape of an Array item (571)

shared components (496)

simplex vertices ordering (502)

standard attributes

color multiplier (558)

dependence (dep) (543)

derived (der) (549)

element type (552)

opacity multiplier (555)

reference (ref) (546)

standard components

attributes

dependence (dep) (541)

derivative (der) (547)

element type (550)

reference (ref) (544)

box (525)

color map (513)

colors, front colors, and back colors (507)

connections (499)

data (505)

data statistics (527)

edges and polylines (534)

faces, loops, and edges (529)

invalid positions and invalid connections (517)

neighbors (523)

opacities (511)

opacity map (514)

pokes, paths, and pick paths (536)

positions (497)

tangents, normals, and binormals (519)

Start Server option (875)

state, preserving explicit (603)

stopping execution (935)

string constants in scripting language (884)

String Objects in Data Explorer file format (1013)

structuring in modules (957)

tabs

connecting (714)

deleting (715)

moving (716)

tangents component (520)

techniques for presentation (973)

techniques, visualization (945)

television

color resolution (969)

line resolution (968)

tensors in scripting language (899)

Throttle option (694)

Toggle interactor (816)

tool icons (705)

tools

deleting (711)

icons (704)

moving (709)

moving a group (710)

placing (707)

requesting general information (638)

selecting (706)

selecting a group (708)

special (948)

specifying values for inputs (712)

transformation modules (956)

Transmitter tool (722), (964)

type of an Array item (565)

types of Arrays (563)

Undo action (682)

use of memory (938)

user interface (614), (655), (763), (824), (858)

using the Sequencer (649)

vector Fields (958)

vectors in scripting language (897)

vertex ordering

video output (967)

video output design (966)

view angle for perspective rendering (665)

view direction, changing (661)

view of an image, controlling See image, controlling view of

Visual Program Editor (VPE)

customizing (743)

finding tools (740)

menus

Connection (829)

Edit (826)

Execute (827)

File (825)

Options (830)

Windows (828)

tool palette (702)

visual program (definition) (701)

visual programming (482)

visual programs

creating See tools

executing (648)

restoring previously created programs (751)

saving

a previous file (749)

in general (746)

to a different directory (750)

visualization techniques (946)

volume rendering (960)

waveforms in the Colormap Editor (758)

xform Objects in Data Explorer file format (1012)

zooming into and out of an image (669)

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