Quick Reference
What is a CAX file?
CAX file is the native proprietary file format of VCollab.
This file is currently generated using VMoveCAE utility from CAE result files.
How to generate a CAX file from CAE result and geometry files of Native CAD/CAM/CAE softwares?
Users can use VMoveCAE, a product of VCollab, to convert CAE result files into CAX files.
Visit http://www.vcollab.com to know more about VMoveCAE.
How to embed VCollab Presenter in Microsoft Powerpoint for Presentation?
Open Microsoft Powerpoint
Click Control Toolbox.
Select VCollab Control.
Draw a rectangle to indicate the size for the VCollab Control object.
Right click on the VCollab Control
Click VCollab Control | Edit menu item to get the Presenter ready.
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How to Open a file in VCollab Presenter?
Select Open File option from the Context menu.
Select the file to be opened from the file open dialog box.
The selected file will be loaded in the presenter.
How to use Scene Tree?
Select Product Explorer option from the context menu.
Select Scene Tree tab
This displays the scene tree window, which shows the hierarchy of groups, parts and transforms of the object in the viewer window.
Use the Product Tree to show / hide and highlight parts in the viewer.
How to Load CAE Results?
Click
icon which opens up Results dialog box.Select a Result
Select an instance from the Instance drop down list.
Select a derived type from Derived type drop down.
Notice that selected CAE results are applied concurrently in the viewer.
How to activate CAE Animation?
Click
icon to open up dialog to manage animation.
How to See Through a Model?
Click Display mode from the context menu.
Select Transparent and notice that all parts of the model are transparent.
How to Show/Hide parts?
Select Product Explorer from the context menu.
Select Scene Tree tab.
Expand Product tree.
Uncheck a Part to hide and check again to show.
How to create a viewpoint state?
Select Product Explorer from the context menu.
Select Viewpoints tab
Right click on the panel
Click Add Viewpoint
The Add Path dialog box opens if there is no path available.
Enter a name for the path.
Click Ok which opens up Add Viewpoint dialog.
Enter a name.
Current scene view is stored as a viewpoint state.
Users can retrieve the viewpoint state at any time by just clicking on the viewpoint state name.
Users can store all observations as a number of viewpoint states.
How to create a Viewpoint Animation?
Open Viewpoints panel from Product Explorer.
Right click in the viewpoints panel.
Select Animate Path from the drop down menu.
Animation starts with the first viewpoint state and ends with the last one.
How to change CAE legend colors?
Click
icon.Select Edit Legend tab.
Select Number of colors in the Palette drop down list.
Click a specific color in the palette to change the individual color.
Select a color or define a custom color in the opened up color picker dialog.
Click Apply to apply the changes in the viewer.
How to change the CAE Result range?
Click
icon. It pops up CAE Settings dialog.Click Update Legend Tab.
Check both the check boxes provided for Min and Max.
Enter a new range in edit boxes provided for Min and Max.
Click Update Current Instance to apply the change in current frame alone.
Click Update All Instances to apply the change to all frames.
How to find distance between two points in the model?
Select Measure option from viewer context menu items.
Select Distance option.
Click a start point on the model.
Click an end point on the model.
The distance value is displayed in the right most corner of the viewer.
How to pick and move a part?
Select a part or group of parts.
Select Pick from the context menu.
Drag with the right mouse button to move the part.
Select Pick option again to drop the part
How to set an exploded view?
Select Explode option from the context menu.
Click Explode in the opened up dialog to set the exploded view of the model.
Click Animate check box to enable animation in exploding model
How to probe CAE Result?
Click the probe icon
from the toolbar.Click on the model and notice that the CAE value for the clicked node is displayed as a label in the viewer.
Click away from the model to hide displayed labels.
How to move labels?
Click icon
from the toolbar.Click on a label and move the mouse pointer to the new position.
Click on the new position.