Context Menu

VCollab Pro offers its users a context menu with various options that correspond to main menu options. The context menu opens up on the right mouse click event in the viewer. It helps in making a user’s interaction with a model more efficient and quick.

Context Menu

Reset	Resets view or displays standard front view
Fit View	Fits all parts of the model into the scene and displays.
Show / Hide	Provides different types of show - hide options.
Open File	Interface to load a CAX file.
Edit	Enables users to edit in Background, Mouse Customization, Product Explorer,Explode and Section.
CAE	Lists all CAE functionalities.
Pick	Allows users to pick, move and drop a part.
Measure	Allows users to measure distance and arc objects.
ViewPoint	Allows users to create a viewpoint and animate a view path.
Display Mode	Allows users to change display modes into different types.
Move Model As	Increases Rendering performances.
Label	Allows users to change visibility and delete labels/notes.
Refresh Normals	Recomputes normals and provides proper lighting to the model.
Navigator	Allows Passive Transform mode and displays the GUI on the right side of the viewer.
More	Shows more options.

Sub Menu items

Show / Hide

Hide Part	Hides the selected part(s).
Hide Other Parts	Hides all parts except the current selected one.
Show All Parts	Displays all parts.
Invert Visible Parts	Displays hidden parts and Hides displayed parts.
Deselect All Parts	Deselects all type selections.
Delete All Visible Parts	Deletes all visible parts
Delete All Hidden Parts	Deletes all hidden parts
Axis	Displays the axis
Origin	Displays Origin settings
Full Screen	Makes the viewer window full screen
Properties	Displays the properties

CAE

Result List…	Lists all results available for current dataset.
CAE Settings…	Allows users to edit and update legend.
Scale Factor…	Allows users to scale the model.
Animate…	Animates the CAE Model.
Animate Settings…	Allows users to define the animation.
Probe	Allows users to probe node/element and display the information on the viewer.
Probe Type	Allows users to select a probe type.
Hotspot Finder	Allows users to find CAE hotspots on the model.
Display	Allows users to modify CAE display attributes.
Symbol Plot…	Allows users to plot symbols at user defined vertices.
CAE Results	Allows users to set current result operations.
NodeSet Manager	Allows users to group a set of nodes and use it in other functional modules

Measure

Distance	Allows users to measure distance between points.
Arc	Allows users to measure arc / circle.
Point To Edge	Allows users to measure the shortest distance between a point and an edge.
Point To Face	Allows users to measure the shortest distance between a point and a polygon.
Snap Vertex	Allows users to select the nearest vertex while clicking on the model for measurement.
Vertex Info	Displays x, y, z coordinates of current mouse position on the model.
Compare Mesh	Allows users to compare two meshes and its deviation.

ViewPoint

Add View Point Allows users to add viewpoint to a path. Update View Point Allows users to update an existing view point. Next View Allows users to navigate to the next view point. Previous View Allows users to navigate to the previous viewpoint. Standard Views Allows users to select one of six standard views, Front, Rear,Top,etc. 3D Slide UI Shows/Hides 3D slide UI in the bottom right corner of the viewer. Play Starts viewpath animation Stop Stops Animation Pause Pauses Animation Loop Animation Animates continuously Perspective Projection Allows users to toggle between Perspective and Ortho Projection Ortho Projection Coordinate System Allows users to toggle between XY, XZ and YZ coordinate system Import View Points… Allows users to import viewpoints from .vpt or .cax files. Export View Points… Allows users to export viewpoints as .vpt files or .ppt files. Camera Settings.. Allows users to modify camera attributes.

Display Mode

Shaded	Displays model faces shaded.
Shaded Mesh	Displays model faces shaded with mesh triangles.
Wireframe	Displays model in wireframe mode.
Hidden Line	Displays model in wireframe mode after removing hidden lines.
Point	Displays model vertices.
Transparent	Displays model with 50% transparency.
Shaded Mesh Color	Allows users to modify shaded mesh line color (either contour color or user defined color).
Feature Edges	Allows users to modify feature edge properties.
Line Size	Allows users to modify line width of mesh between 1 to 5 range.

Move Model As

As Is	Displays the model in default mode.
Single Bound Box	Renders a single bound box while motion model takes place.
Part Bound Boxes	Displays a bound box for each part in the model, while motion model takes place.
Detail Culled	Displays the parts which consist of, at least 30% volume relative to model volume.
Feature Edges	Displays feature edges during motion model.
Detail Cull Settings…	Allows users to modify detailed cull percentage.
Set Rotation Center	Allows users to set motion model rotation center on the part.

Label

Delete Label/Notes Deletes labels or notes selected by the user Show Visible Labels Only Shows visible labels only at the time of event. Auto Visible Labels Shows visible labels only during user interaction. Show All Labels Shows all labels. Hide All Labels Hides all labels. Delete All Labels Deletes all types of labels. Delete All Hidden Labels Deletes only the hidden labels Delete All Probe Labels Deletes only the probed labels Hide All Probe Labels Hides all the probed labels. Invert Show Labels Inverts the label selection for display. Shows the hidden labels and hides the labels that are visible. Fit Labels Fits all labels inside view port Auto Fit Labels Fits all labels inside viewport automatically during motion model Arrange Label Arranges all labels in an order Auto Arrange Label Arranges all labels automatically Show Probed Parts Shows all the probed parts More

Copy Image To Clip Board Allows users to copy the current view as an image to clipboard buffer and paste in different applications. UnDo Erases the last change done in viewer, reverting it to an older state ReDo Recovers erased state/action. SnapShot Stores current view states into UnDo/ReDo array of action. Profile Settings Allows users edit, save and apply session profile settings. Users can turn Off/On the Toolbar and Status bar. Options Allows users to change default options Animator Player Allows users to play, pause and stop animation. Users can hide or show the player UI. Help Links to help manuals. About Describes the version of VCollab Pro.