IBM Visualization Data Explorer User's Guide

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Special Characters
  • @ variables
  • Numerics
  • 3-D cursor (672), (687)
  • A
  • 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
  • B
  • back colors component (510)
  • binormals component (521)
  • box component (526)
  • by-name arguments in scripting language (912)
  • C
  • 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 (745)
  • 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)
  • D
  • 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)
  • E
  • 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)
  • F
  • 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)
  • G
  • 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)
  • H
  • 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)
  • I
  • 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)
  • L
  • 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)
  • M
  • 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)
  • N
  • 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)
  • O
  • 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)
  • P
  • 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)
  • R
  • 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)
  • S
  • 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)
  • T
  • 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)
  • U
  • Undo action (682)
  • use of memory (938)
  • user interface (614), (655), (763), (824), (858)
  • using the Sequencer (649)
  • V
  • 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)
  • W
  • waveforms in the Colormap Editor (758)
  • X
  • xform Objects in Data Explorer file format (1012)
  • Z
  • zooming into and out of an image (669)

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