Common tools overview

EvalViewer has a set of common user interface features that are used for both Cloud Data and Surface Evaluation. Some of these features are summarized below:

At any time, save the graphics window as an SGI RGB, an Alias Pix, or a JPEG/JFIF file by choosing FileÆSave Image As...
Share JPEG images over the Internet using the Snap JPEG menu selection to automatically format an HTML page that you can link to a home page to graphically document your work.
The graphics window can be printed to the default lp printer at any time.
Select from six standard views and four isometric upper oblique views.
Any view can be Orthographic or Perspective.
The Studio CameraÆLookAt and CameraÆMulti-View (Tumble/Track/Dolly) functions are always accessible.
A 1:1 View option is provided so that the viewed objects will appear in actual size on conventional 21-inch monitors.
The display of most geometry types (points, lines, polygons, CVs, or hulls) can be activated or deactivated independently.
Point Coordinate Query functions are available for Clouds, Lines, Polygon vertices, CVs, Polygon centers and Object centers.
Exact Point-to-Point distances can be measured.
An interactive screen-based Tape Measure and Protractor are available from any viewing angle.
A brief help statement is available for all user-interface elements via the F1 Key or Shift+F1.
The Multiple File Selector tells you immediately the number of selected kilobytes of data before you read in the data files.
Do Turntable or Rotisserie viewing.
Set the Eye Point and the LookAt point to exact analytic values.
Specify exact view parameters (field of view, near and far clipping planes, rotation angles, etc.).
Switch interactively between Z Up and Y Up viewing.
Set the view orthogonal or tangent to a polygon or planar section/curve.
Move, Scale, and Rotate Options can be either keyboard or mouse-driven input.
Box, Polygon, Trace/Lasso, Circle - Point Editing / Subsetting / Cropping Tools exist for all types of geometry.
Align objects using various techniques.
Backdrop images are supported for SGI RGB, Alias Pix, or JPEG/JFIF.
Use hardware transparency rendering for simulating glass surfaces (Note: glass objects must be placed last in the object list).
Run EvalViewer session on a local (master) machine and a remote (slave) machine simultaneously for demo purposes.
Replay previous EvalViewer session logs.

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