Objetivos del título de grado en Estadística

Reset Plot

Displays the plot in its default configuration: removes any highlighting, sets ISO view, renders mode, and zooms to extent. This action may also be activated by clicking the F9 function key on the keyboard.

Undo/Redo

Disregards or repeats the user’s last action.

Zoom to Window The view can be zoomed in by dragging a box around the desired area.

Zoom to Extents

The model will zoom in or out to fit entirely on the screen.

Front/Back;

Top/Bottom;

Left/Right

Allows selecting among predefined generally used views. Pressing X, Y, or Z buttons on the keyboard will set the model in “right”, “top”, or “front” views correspondingly. Additionally, holding down the SHIFT button while pressing X, Y, or Z keys will show “left”, “bottom”, or

“back” views respectively.

ISO View

View in Southeast isometric mode. This action may also be activated by clicking the F10 function key on the keyboard.

Orbit

Activates an interactive rotation feature when the left mouse button is clicked.

Zoom

The model may be zoomed in/out by moving mouse up/down while clicking the left mouse button. The model may also be zoomed from under any other command by rotating the mouse wheel (when applicable).

Pan

The model may be panned left, right, up, or down. Upon clicking the button, the cursor with change to a hand; and the view may be panned by moving the mouse while clicking the “left”

mouse button. The view may also be panned from under any other command by holding down the middle mouse button/mouse wheel while moving the mouse.

Freehand Markup:

FreeHand, Circle, Rectangle, Annotate

On clicking this button, the drop down menu appears with the following options: Free Hand, Circle, Rectangle, and Annotate. The geometry or the text entered by this command, are not kept with the model, and get erased/deleted on any change (like zoom, pan, or rotate).

Walk Through

Allows interactively move inside the model, and look left, right, up, and down. A list of available commands/keys is displayed on the screen.

Gouraud Shading/ Hidden Lines/ Wire Frame/ Two Line Mode/ CenterLine View

Will switch the corresponding view mode of the model. Pressing the V button on the keyboard will switch the views in following order: Gouraud Shading (rendered mode) > Two Line Mode

-> Center Line View.

Select by Single Click

Clicking on elements when this option is selected causes the input spreadsheet for the chosen element to be displayed in the background. The element is highlighted and zoomed to selection.

Additionally, a dialog box with basic element geometry information is updated within the plot window. The Element Information dialog may be moved around or away from the view.

Clicking on the empty space will de-select the element.

Insert Cutting Plane

Inserts a cutting plane.

Annotate Model When the button is selected the user can add annotations with leader lines to the graphics. This is done by left-clicking the mouse to start the leader line, then dragging the line to the annotation point, typing in the annotation, and then pressing the Enter button.

NOTE: The annotation font face, size, and color may be changed by clicking the Change Display Options button.

Model Info Not active.

Change Display Options Allows the setting of colors, fonts and other definable defaults for the geometry and text on the plot. Changes to graphic settings are restored whenever plot is exited and restarted in the graphics view. Alternatively, the user may set a "standard" setup to be always restored upon entering graphics for this particular job. This is done through the use of this button, followed by the User Options tab.

Translucent Objects Enables the see through of elements. The degree of translucence is set in Plot Configuration under the Visibility tab. This option is especially useful when designing a jacketed pipe, when one or more pipes are hidden inside a jacket.

Perspective/ Orthographic/

Stretched Projection

Switches between the named model view projections. The default (set to Orthographic projection) can be set by the user for this particular job through the use of the Plot Configuration dialog, followed by the User Options tab.

Note: Most of the operations are also available by right-clicking the mouse and selecting an action from the popup menu. Pressing [ESC] or re-selecting the option from the popup menu exits the action.

4 Views

Allows viewing all four view modes simultaneously (right, top, front, and ISO). Upon clicking the button, the splitter bars appear, move the mouse to the desired position, and click the left mouse button.

NOTE: All four views can be operated on independently (zoom, pan, or orbit); however, the model-level operations (like selection, coloring for restraints or diameters, node numbers, etc.) update all four views simultaneously.

Expansion Joints/

Tees/ Nozzles

Displays and highlights with color the expansion joints, tees, or flexible nozzles correspondingly.

Anchors/ Hangers/

Restraints

Displays anchors (alternatively, Menu Plot/Options -> Anchors or “F2” function key), hangers (alternatively, Menu Plot/Options -> Hangers or “F4” function key), and non-anchor, non-hanger restraints (alternatively, Menu Plot/Options -> Restraints or F7 function button) correspondingly.

Note: The size of mentioned boundary condition symbols corresponds to the pipe sizing (OD). In addition, the size of restraints and the hangers may be manually adjusted to become larger or smaller by clicking the black arrow to the right of the button and selecting the size option from the drop down menu

Materials/ Diameters/

Wall Thickness/

Insulation

Displays a list of distinct construction materials (keyboard letter “M”), pipe outside diameters (keyboard letter “D”), wall thicknesses (keyboard letter “W”), and/or insulation thicknesses (keyboard letter “I”) used in the model, and colors the corresponding elements on the view with separate colors.

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Displacements/ Forces/

Uniform Loads/ Winds-Waves

Predefined displacements, Forces and Moments, Uniform Loads, and Wind/Wave loads may be graphically colored on the model. The corresponding legend window is filled with relevant information. The legend window may be dragged away from the viewing area. When printed, the legend in the form of grid is printed on the second page, following the graphics view.

View Compass Toggles the display of the coordinate system compass. In addition, the “compass” symbol may be toggled on the screen by typing the letter “P” on the keyboard.

Node Numbers

Labels plot with node numbers.

Note: The font face, size and color of the node numbers may be changed by clicking Change Display Options button. In addition, the node numbers may be toggled on the screen by typing the letter N on the keyboard.

Lengths

Labels plot with element lengths.

Note: The font face, size and color of the node numbers may be changed by clicking Change Display Options button. In addition, the node numbers may be toggled on the screen by typing the letter L on the keyboard.

Range

Displays elements based on node ranges. The dialog allows select all/clear all node numbers, reverse selection, or enter “from” and “to” nodes. Typing U from the keyboard will bring the range dialog out.

View Input Spreadsheet The View Spreadsheet command allows the user to maintain both the plot and the spreadsheet on the screen simultaneously. If the Select by Single Click button is clicked, the switching among elements in the spreadsheet view will highlight and zoom to the current element on the graphics view.

Show Temperatures/

Pressures

Displays each element temperature or pressure (respectively) as a separate color. If temperature/pressure 2-9 are used, a menu appears allowing the user to choose which

temperature/pressure range to display. The legend is displayed in a separate window, that may be dragged away from the view.

Find Node

When clicked, it will display the Find Node dialog . Entering node numbers will select/highlight the element (if found) and move it into the window (zoom to selection)

Note: The current plot may be output to the clipboard, a bitmap file (.TIF), or a printer through use of the Edit-Copy, File-Save As Bitmap, or File-Print commands, respectively.