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Once you have launched EvalViewer you will see the following interface:
The Object List is located at the bottom left of the EvalViewer interface. It lists the names of all objects in the current session, indicates whether objects are visible or invisible and selected or not selected, and lets you change the visibility state and selected state of any object.
When this box is selected (indicated by a check mark), the Object List indicates whether objects are visible or invisible. Visible objects are listed with gray letters on a black background. Invisible objects are listed with black letters on a gray background.
By clicking on object names in the Object List with the cursor, you can change each object's visibility state. (To make more than one object visible, click and drag over object names in the Object List, or hold down SHIFT or CTRL while clicking object names.) You can also use the Tgl, All and None buttons in the button box to change the visibility state of objects when the Vis box is selected (see Button box below). Only visible objects can be selected (see Sel below).
| Note: You can make a visible object invisible by selecting the tab Query > Obj Invis and then clicking on the object in the model view window (see Query tab). You cannot make an invisible object visible by clicking on the object in the model view window because you cannot see the object. |
When the Sel box is selected (indicated by a check mark), the Object List indicates whether visible objects are selected or not selected. Only visible objects can be selected, so only visible objects are listed. Selected objects are listed with gray letters on a black background. Un-selected objects are listed with black letters on a gray background.
By clicking on object names in the Object List with the cursor, you can change each object's selected state. (To select more than one object, click and drag over object names in the Object List, or hold down SHIFT or CTRL while clicking object names.) You can also use the Tgl, All, and None buttons in the button box to change the select state of objects when the Sel box is selected (see Button box below).
| Note: Clouds must be selected to be operated on by meshing tools on the Mesh tab. Any object must be selected to be operated on by tools on the Xform tab or Subset tab. In general, most operators apply only to selected objects, which are by definition also visible. |
| Note: You can make an un-selected object selected by using the tab Xform > Select and then clicking on the object in the model view window. You can make a selected object un-selected by using the tab Xform > Deselect and then clicking on the object in the model view window. |
There are six buttons in the button box, located at the top left of the EvalViewer interface.
Toggles items based on the check box selected in the Object List, namely:
Makes all objects visible if the Vis check box in the Object List is selected. Makes all visible objects selected if the Sel check box is selected.
Makes all objects invisible if the Vis check box in the Object List is selected. Deselects all objects if the Sel check box in the Object List is selected.
Creates a polygon mesh over the visible surfaces. Also found in the Surfaces menu and the Surfaces tab.
Centers and zooms in on the visible objects. Also found in the View tab.
Does the following viewing operations according to the mouse button pressed:
Left: tumbles (rotates) around the origin.
Middle: tracks (translates) left, right, up and down.
Right: dollies (moves the camera forward or backward).
Simply clicking this button stops any continuous tool by deselecting it.
Also found in the View tab.
The description of each menu is given starting on this page.
The description of each tab button is given starting on this page.
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