View entry

View can be read and saved from this menu.

The default extension for these files is '.vv'.

Save/Read View

Menu: View->View->Save...

Menu: View->View->Read...

The first of these two options lets you save the actual view configuration to a file. That configuration can than be loaded at any time using the View -> Read command.

The view file store something like this:

BeginZE C:\temp\example.gid\example.vv

x -541.13 27938.6

y 11314.9 -11314.9

z -56207 46237.2

e 17074

v 0.381929 -0.247061 -0.199851

r 0.867842

m 0.79804 0.158159 -0.581479 0 -0.535598 0.62838 -0.564157 0 0.276163 0.761659 0.586182 0 0 0 0 1

c 13698.7 -9.09495e-013 4984.91

pd 0

pno 0

pfo 0

pf 4

pv 0

NowUse 0

DrawingType 1

LightVector 90 90 150 0

EndZE C:\temp\example.gid\example.vv

The abreviations stand for:

x - left and right clip planes

y - top and bottom clip planes

z - near and far clip planes

e - margin between view and model box

v - rotation vector

r - rotation factor

m - rotation matrix

c - figure center

pd - perspective distance

pno - perspective near plane

pfo - perspective far planes

pf - perspective factor

pv - perspective view

NowUse - current use: 0=geometry, 1=mesh, post=2, graphs=3

DrawingType - render mode

LightVector - light direction