Overview
Installation
Licensing
Postprocessing in FlowSight
Mouse Controls
Preferences
Opening Results Files
Time Controls
Manipulating the Display
Background Color
Pivot Location
Views
Annotations
Mesh Blocks
Iso-surfaces
Components and Particles
Creating New Parts
Iso-surfaces
Vectors
2D Clips
Streamlines
Volume Renders
History Data
Probes
Using Viewports
Annotating Results
Saving Sessions and Context
Starting FlowSight, Opening results file, Advanced options
Starting FlowSight
Opening FLOW-3D Results
File open dialog - Basic Operation
Advanced options
Portfolio view / Directory list view / Detail list view
Server configuration options
Advanced Load options
Apply Context option
Drag and drop features
Create shortcut option from RMB menu
Remove shortcut option in RMB menu
Server Configuration
Basic operation
Time Controls
Master Timeline
Checkbox functionality
Timeline
Unload cases
Original
Flipbook
VCR Controls
Display time
Timeframe dropdown
Linking cases
How to link cases
Modifying links
Limitations
Viewport visibility
Example
Create Flipbook
Listboxes
Listboxes – General layout and behavior
Features
Mesh List
Mesh Listbox Functionality
Geometry List
Geometry List Functionality
Color by option
Viewports
Viewport toolbar
Basic operations
General
Background type
Constant (Single color)
Image
Blended
Inherit
Bounds
General
Axis specific
RMB (right mouse button) menu options
Viewports capabilities
Splitting options
Snapping options
Full size
Isosurfaces
How to Create Isosurfaces
Option 1: Create Isosurfaces Icon
Option 2: Top menu - Create, Isosurfaces...
Option 3: Create button in Isosurfaces listbox
Option 4: Create RMB menu on selected mesh blocks
Create Isosurface Options
Advanced options
General
Symmetry on Isosurfaces
Vectors
Modifying Isosurfaces
Vectors on isosurfaces
Clips
2D Clips
Types of 2D Clips
How to create 2D Clips - Basic Operation
Different ways to open the Create 2D clip dialog
Creating multiple 2D clips
Creating arbitrary 2D clips
Creating 2D clip from the Isosurface right click menu
2D-Clip Advanced options
General
Symmetry options
Blanking options
Contours options
Vectors on clips
Clip List
Modifying 2D clips - Right mouse button menu options
2D clip attributes
Additional functions
Modifying arbitrary 2D clips - Right mouse button menu options
Arbitrary clip tool functions
3D Clips
How to create 3D clip - Basic Operation
Different ways to open the Create 3D clip dialog
Advanced options
Modifying 3D clip — Right mouse button menu options
Animating 3D clip
Usage of 3D clips
Limitation
Streamlines, Pathlines
Streamlines
How to Create Streamlines - Basic Operation
Other ways to open the Create Streamlines dialog
Symmetry options
Additional emitter types for streamlines
Streamline List
Modifying Streamline —Right mouse button (“RMB'') menu options
Streamline query
Create from streamlines
Create from spline
Pathlines
How to Create Pathlines - Basic Operation
Other ways to open the Create Pathlines dialog
Pathlines options
Modifying Pathlines —Right mouse button (“RMB”) menu options
Splines & Vectors in a region
Splines
How to create Spline - Basic Operation
Adding control points to a spline
Modifying spline — Right mouse button options
Spline queries
Modifying control points — Right mouse button options
Offset control points
Spline Control Point File Format
Vectors in regions
Vectors in a specified region
Volume rendering
How to Create Volume render - Basic Operation
Different ways to open the Create volume render dialog
Stencils
Regions to render
Volume render list
Modifying Volume render
Controlling Volume render
Vortex Core Identification
How to create Vortex Cores - Basic Operation
Different ways to open the Create vortex cores dialog
Advanced options
General
Symmetry options
Vortex Cores List
Modifying Vortex — Right mouse button menu options
Limitation on Vortex Cores
Box tool dialog, Plane tool editor
Box tool dialog
Edit box tool dialog - basic operations
Length
Global Transformation
Local Transformation
Save and Load box tool attributes
Positioning the Box Tool using mouse
Right mouse button (“RMB'') options for Box tool
Plane tool editor
Basic operations
Interactive plane tool positioning
Transformations
Save and Load plane tool attributes
Positioning the plane tool using mouse
Right mouse button (“RMB'') options for Plane tool
NIRF (Non-inertial reference frame) motion
Activate NIRF motion - Basic Operation
Capturing animation with NIRF motion
NIRF motion controls
NIRF preview motion
Limitations of NIRF controls
Probes
Interactive Probes
How to Create Interactive Probes - Basic Operation
Advanced Options for Query Types
Probe Display Attributes
RMB (right mouse button) menu options
Point or Line or Spline probe
Basic operations
Point probes
How to create point probe query
Line probes
How to create point probe query
Line definitions
Using 2 points
Using normal to surface
Intersecting 2D clips
Spline probe
How to create spline probe query
History Data Dialog
Basic operation
Display data
Plot data
Save data
Advanced operation
Using “Sum''
Using “Specify equation''
Using “Scale''
Using “FFT''
Using “Combine, Multiply, Divide''
History data – Display dialog options
Plot PQ^2 diagram
Plotter RMB options
“Add trendline'' option in Plotter RMB
Legends
Basic Operation
Different ways to open the Legends dialog
Right mouse button menu options for Legends
``Create color scale'' option
Save Image
How to Save Image - Basic Operation
Other ways to open the Save Image dialog
Textures
How to map textures
Setting the texture map image
Texture operations and parameters
Texture projections
Using plane tool
Using a world map file
Annotations
How to Create Annotations – 2 possible methods
Using (Create) button
Using Right click menu
Annotations list
Annotation Listbox Functionality
Quick text
How to Create Quick text - Basic Operation
Advanced Quicktext options
Right mouse button (``RMB'') menu options
Logos
How to Modify Logo:
Modify Logo dialog
Quick shapes
Line
Right mouse button (``RMB'') menu options
Modify Line dialog
Rectangle
Right mouse button (``RMB'') menu options
Modify Shapes (Rectangle) dialog
Circle
Right mouse button (``RMB'') menu options
Modify Shapes (Circle) dialog
2D Arrow
Right mouse button (``RMB'') menu options
Modify Shapes (2D Arrow) dialog
3D Arrow
Right mouse button (``RMB'') menu options
Modify Shapes (3D Arrow) dialog
Modify Shapes (3D Arrow) – Show Advanced dialog
Dials
How to add a Dial and setup Dial attributes:
Add a Dial
Set up a Dial
Modify Dial
Right Mouse Button(RMB) Options:
Example of a Dial usage:
Gauges
How to add a Gauge and setup Gauge attributes:
Add a Gauge
Set up a Gauge
Modify Gauge
Right Mouse Button(RMB) Options:
Context Files – Save and Restore
Saving a Context File
Restoring a Context File
Restoring to a Loaded Case
Restoring to a New Case
Drag and Drop for context / session files
Limitations of Context Files
Output types
Images
Animations
Save time animation
Advanced Frame selection
Selecting frames
Time step
Frame step
Select cases
Save streamline animation
Save 3D clips animation
Scenarios
EnLiten
Reveal
Viewing Scenario Files
Modify plot attributes
Modify selected plot dialog
Plotter
Axis
Plot
Legend
Right mouse button (“RMB”) menu options
Adding plotter/query using information saved in an external file
Plot Style Manager & Views Manager
Plot Style Manager
Basic Operation
Different ways to use Create Style option
Different ways to create/set Default Style option
Delay update & Apply to Selected option
Apply to all option
Views Manager
Basic Operation
Transformations
Rotation
Translation
Zoom
Delay update & Apply to Selected option
Apply to all option
Image manipulation tool
View options
How to view a viewport through a camera
How to attach a camera to spline
Adjust view
Move Camera
How to view viewport through a camera
From a camera attached to a spline
From a camera with XYZ position
View Toolbar
Part Light settings
How to open Light settings dialog
Shininess, Intensity, Diffusion
Distance Measurement Tool
Measurement methods
Current Distance
Display Units
Distance List
Style Options
Pick Points Alternately
Measuring Distance:
Using 2 Points:
Using Surface Normal:
Editing Saved Distance
Conflicting Actions
Preferences
How to open preferences dialog
Setting load preferences
Setting viewport preferences
Setting text annotation preferences
Setting legend preferences
Adding variable specific legend preferences
Setting view preferences
Setting mouse preferences
Setting performance preferences
Setting image saving preference
FlowSight Interface Overview
Tour of the FlowSight Interface
Main Menu
FLOW-3D Context Toolbar
FLOW-3D Icon Toolbar
Visibility Toolbar
FLOW-3D Create Toolbar
FLOW-3D Custom Toolbar
Viewport Toolbar
View Options Toolbar
Annotations Toolbar
Animation Toolbar
Quick Edit Toolbar
Quick Edit toolbar – Graphical Objects
Quick Edit toolbar – Viewports
Quick Edit Toolbar – Color Legends
Quick Edit Toolbar - Plots
Quick Settings Toolbar
Hardware support
Supported Environments
Graphics Card Recommendations
Remote - Client setup for FlowSight
Configuring Windows Computers for Remote Connections
Passwordless SSH and client/server configuration
Windows client/Windows server
Client setup
Server setup
Configuring Pageant to Save Private Keys
GUI configuration
Troubleshooting
Windows client/Linux server
Client setup
Server setup
GUI configuration
Troubleshooting
Linux client/Linux server
Client and server setup
GUI configuration
Troubleshooting
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