1 Edgar L. Coffey Applied Research Associates, Inc November 14, 2006

2 SmartView 3D Overview View Meshed ModelsView EM Observables Check Model for Errors Edit Meshed Model

3 SmartView I/O Formats Three CAD formats BYU, STL, X3D Two CEM code formats NEC, GEMACS XML Schema Two native formats GEMACS Surface Mesh NEC Wireframe Mesh X3D Surface Model

4 SmartView Handles More than Geometry Model Identity Status Flags Geometry Observables Selections Rendering Model Name, File Name Model Changed, Model Needs Updating Points, Edges, Polygons Selected Points, Selected Polys Points, Wireframe, Contours, Solid, etc. Data Set Points, Values

5 SmartView Top Level Design: What, Where, How View Object Model Display Lists Arc Ball Select X

6 Composition of the SmartView Screen SmartView Components - Model/Observable Name Menu Bar View Controls Render Controls Movement Controls Selection Box Viewing Mode Selection Axis Controls Model Statistics Reload Button

7 SmartView Menu Bar Menu Items - File– Open/Save, Reload, Print, Export, Exit Edit– Copy/Paste, Add, Delete, Edit View– Origin, Clip Planes, Set View, Fit to Screen Model– Copy, Display, Delete, Switch Preferences– Light, Axis, Colorbar, Integrity, Settings Observables– Load, Switch Tools– Decimate, Tessellate, Smooth, Transform… Utilities– Model Statistics Help– Index, Getting Started, License, About

8 SmartView File Menu New – Creates empty model Open – Opens a file and reads a model Save – Re-Saves model in its original file Save As– Saves model in user-selected file Reload – Reloads displayed model from its file Export – Exports graphic: JPEG or PNG Print – Prints screen view Exit – Closes all files and exits SmartView File menu also lists names of last four files accessed.

9 SmartView Edit Menu Copy –Copies selected points/polys into the copy/paste buffer. Paste –Pastes points/polys in copy/paste buffer into model. Add –Adds points and polys to model. Delete–Deletes points and polys from model. Edit –Edits properties of points and polys. Select All –Selects entire model.

10 Correcting a Modeling Error - Animation

11 SmartView View Menu Origin –Sets the origin of the viewer. Clip Planes–Sets and activates up to four clip planes. Set View –Manually set the viewing angle. Fit to Screen–Re-calibrate the viewing screen to fit the entire model in it.

12 Using Clip Planes

13 SmartView Model Menu Copy Model –Copies the model currently displayed. Delete Model –Deletes model currently displayed Rename Model –Renames the displayed model. Delete from List–Select a model for deletion. Select Model–Select a model for display. Models in memory are appended to this menu.

14 SmartView Preferences Menu Light –Set the lighting parameters for solid model viewing. Axis –Set the size and thickness of the XYZ axes. Colorbar –Set the colorbar parameters. Integrity–Set the error checking and model integrity parameters. Settings–Set the SmartView preferences and settings for files, fonts, and colors.

15 Using Light Sources

16 Using Colorbar to Accentuate Observables

17 SmartView Error and Integrity Checking SmartView can check the validity of your model via a set of integrity measures. –Mesh, patches, segments, junctions, connections. Upon completion, the model will be colored green/yellow/red for ok/warning/error.

18 Results of Integrity Checks

19 SmartView Observables Menu Read Pnt Data–Reads SmartView *.pnt observable data Read SV Data–Reads SmartView *.sv observable data List of observables associated with the displayed model are appended to this menu.

20 SmartView Tools Menu Decimate– Remove polys from model. Tessellate– Re-facet model more finely. Transform–Rotate, translate, scale model. Re-Feature– Recompute feature (crease) angle. Smooth– Smooth the model. Remove– Delete unused points. Normals– Recompute all point normals. Re-Visualize– Regenerate openGL display lists. Integrity--Check model integrity.

21 SmartView Utilities and Help Menus Help Index–Index of all help topics. Getting Started–Quick tour of SmartView. License Key–Enter or update license key. New User Info–Information for the new user. About SmartView – SmartView version, installation, and license summary. Model Stats–Display model statistics.

22 Sample Help Viewer Screen

23 SmartView Help Added to Help Assistant

24 SmartView View Controls Save Views UnZoom View Axis Reference Re-Center View Principal Plane Presets

25 SmartView Decorations Don’t Show Overlay Grid Show Points Distinct Contours Gouraud Contours Show Point Numbers Show Poly Numbers Show Colorbar Show Skeleton

26 SmartView Rendering Controls Show only the XYZ Axes Render with Points Render in Wireframe Render as Polygons Show Bounding Box Only Render as Solid

27 SmartView Movement Controls (you can also move the model with the mouse) Rotate Model Top to Bottom Rotate Model in Quasi- Roll Plane Translate Model Up/Down Zoom/UnZoom Model Rotate Model in XY Plane Translate Model Left/Right Change Slider Step Size

28 SmartView Axis Constraints

29 SmartView Viewing Modes ModeLeftRightCenterDouble- Click Shift-Left ViewRotateTranslate/ Pan ZoomPick Observable N/A ErrorRotateTranslate/ Pan ZoomPick Error List N/A EditDrag Box Selection Act on Selection N/ASelect/ DeSelect Move Point Mouse Controls vs. Mode View Error Edit

30 SmartView Initial Setup General features File options Font sizes Colors Errors Other (start-up options) Now would be a good time to start SmartView!

31 Preferences → SmartView Settings → Features Preferences → SmartView Settings → Files

32 Preferences → SmartView Settings → Fonts

33 Preferences → SmartView Settings → Colors Preferences → SmartView Settings → Errors

34 Preferences → SmartView Settings → Other

35 SmartView Demonstration - Basics Modeling basics –Reading models –Manipulating models –Rendering models –Quickly reloading a model Observables basics –Reading observables –Rendering observables –Changing colorbar settings Other basic features –Using clip planes –Using light sources Reading multiple models –Switching between models –Removing models from the list

36 SmartView Hands-on – Basics (tutorials by Michael Coffey) Tutorial #1 – page 5.29 –Loading a model –Changing rendering and viewing modes –Loading observable data –Viewing model data –Summary Tutorial #2 – page 5.33 –Loading a model –Changing rendering modes –Finding modeling errors –Using clip planes –Summary