ViewPoint List
The View point List is a tab found under Product Explorer. VCollab Presenter allows users to view as well as animate viewpoint states. Users can export and import VPT files that consist of all viewpoints for a specified viewpath.
View point state: This is a user defined viewpoint state to which more information can be added.
Users can store view points with view paths and retrieve them to view. They can also animate a path that contains a set of user view points.
Context Menu
Right Clicking in the Viewpoint list opens the context menu as shown below
The various fields and options available in the Viewpoint List context menu are explained below.
Add ViewPoint |
Adds a view point to current view path |
Rename Viewpoint |
Provides new name to the current view point |
Insert ViewPoint |
Inserts a view point before current view point |
Delete ViewPoint |
Deletes the view point selected |
Update ViewPoint |
Allows user to edit and update an existing viewpoint |
Capture Camera |
Adds current view to viewpoint without any states. |
Animate Path |
Animate the current view path |
Stop |
Stops animating view path |
Slide Show |
Switches viewpoint animation into slide show mode. |
Apply State |
Applies or Skips CAE states during viewpoint animation. |
Apply View |
Skips applying view/orientation if this flag is unchecked. Flag is checked by default. |
Loop Animation |
Enables to play animation continuously. |
Add ViewPath |
Adds new path to the list |
Rename Path |
Provides new name for the current path |
Delete path |
Deletes current view path. |
Generate Path |
Generates view path with various viewpoints for model presentations. |
Presentation 1 - Except focused part or group of parts, all others are in semi transparent mode. |
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Presentation 2 - Except focused part or group of parts, all others are in hidden mode. |
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CAE Results Viewpoints - Viewpoints for all CAE results and its components. |
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CAE Viewpoints Settings - Customized Viewpath generation |
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Import ViewPoints… |
Imports viewpoints from external vpt or cax file. |
Export Viewpoints… |
Exports viewpoints into vpt file or ppt file.. |
Export Image As |
Exports all viewpoint states into bmp, tiff, jpeg and png file formats |
AddVisibleLabelViewPt… |
This is applicable only if the selected viewpoint contains CAE probed labels. In the selected viewpoint, labels of parts that are not visible in the current view are hidden. The hidden labels can be used to create a new viewpoint which can be named by the user.
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Edit Mode |
Selecting a viewpoint clears current view information. Accidental selection of viewpoints may result in loss of current scene information. The Edit Mode option prompts users before applying the new viewpoint to the scene. |
Auto Backup |
This option helps users to have a back up of viewpoints during creating or updating viewpoints. If a user forgets to save viewpoints into CAX, he can retrieve the viewpoints created using this option. A VPT file with CAX file name will be created and updated. File will be available in %VCOLLAB_TEMP%\VCollab. |
A viewpoint state may contain
Notes
Annotation
Display mode
Probed CAE result labels
Pick and move part state
Exploded view
Measurements
Cut section
CAE result information.
Merged dataset view.
XY Plot
Vector Plot
etc.
Benefits
Users can create a CAE report with viewpoints.
Users can add and delete viewpoint states.
Animate path or a walk through model helps user to get more knowledge on model
Note:
Default view path with default viewpoints are,
Standard Views
All standard views front, back, left, right, top, bottom and isometric views are generated by default.
Users can add, and update viewpoints using the Capture Camera option in the context menu.
Only the viewing position and orientation is saved, not other states.
These viewpoints can be saved through profile. And it can not be saved in the CAX file.
Steps to add viewpoint
Right click in the Viewer Window, to open the Viewer Context menu
Click Product Exploreror click
Click the Viewpoint List tab.
Right click to open the context menu
Select Add View point option
Provide a name for the view path if no view path exists.
The Add View Point dialog opens up now.
Enter a name for viewpoint.
Click OK to add current view as a viewpoint state to the list.
Check Apply State to store all state variables (labels, display mode, section, etc.). By default only the current viewpoint will be stored.
Viewpoint name is now displayed in the list.
Repeat the process to add more view points.
Steps to animate view point states
Select a path from the path list if path exists.
Right click and select Animate Path in the drop down context menu.
Or
Click the Play button available at the bottom of the viewpoints panel.
Animation starts from the first view point state and ends with the last viewpoint state.
Click Loop Animation to play animation continuously.
Right click and click Stop to stop the animation.
Steps to export all viewpoint states as images into PowerPoint
Open the Viewpoints context menu.
Click Export Viewpoints
A Save file dialog opens up.Select file type as *.ppt.
Enter a filename .
Click Save
Another dialog opens which asks for a template.
Click Yes to provide a template.
Click No to continue without template.
Now all the viewpoint states are inserted as images into PowerPoint.
First slide is left empty of the presentation if the template is provided.
If a viewpoint contains CAE Animation state, animation will not be captured but first frame image will be captured in the ppt file.
Steps to export and import viewpoints
To Export viewpoints
Select Export Viewpoints from the Viewpoints context menu.
A Save file dialog opens up
Select file type as .vpt to store viewpoints.
Click Save.
To Import viewpoints
Click Import Viewpoints from the context menu.
A Save file dialog opens up.
Select any .cax or .vpt file to import view points.
Click Open and notice that view paths are imported.