Manage Views

Introduction
EnSight provides a capability to save and restore viewing parameters for the data model and all viewports.
Collectively, this state is known as a View. This dialog portrays Views graphically as buttons with a
small picture (thumbnail) of the currently displayed data rendered with the underlying viewing parameters
of that View.

With the Views Manager you can create, save, restore, and apply viewing parameters in a simple point-
and-click interaction.

Basic Operation
1. The Views Manager dialog is displayed by right clicking on the EnSight graphics area background and
choosing View → Create New View

OR

by selecting the Views… icon on the Tools Icon Bar

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OR

in the main menu Windows → Views Manager...

The dialog will look similar to that shown here.

(Initially, the Views Manager will not contain any thumbnails of Views.)

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2. Click on the New button (or right-click on an empty area of the User Defined Views and select New) to
create a new view using the current orientation and viewing parameters in the main graphics window.

The Save views button will display a file browser in which the user can select a directory. The
manager will then write each View into a separate EnSight view file (named sequentially view0,
view1, view2...) A maximum of 16 Views can be used.

The button Restore views will display a file browser. Select a directory which contains EnSight View
files and click the Choose button. Any Views found in that directory will be loaded and displayed
as a thumbnail button with the currently loaded data.

Note:

The Restore views button will only look for views created by EnSight 8.2.1(e) or
newer. Older Views must be loaded individually via the right-click menu explained
later.

1. Clicking on a standard view will put the main graphics window in that view. It does not create a view in
the User Defined Views.

2. Clicking a thumbnail button with the left mouse button will apply that View to the EnSight graphics window.

3. Clicking the mouse's right button will display one of two pop-up menus.

If the right mouse button is clicked on top of a thumbnail image, then the following menu will be
displayed.

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4. Clicking the mouse’s right button in the background of the thumbnail drawing area will display this menu.

The menu options perform the following actions:

Apply Performs the same action as clicking the left mouse

button on the selected thumbnail button.
Add as keyframe (20) Adds a keyframe with this view with 20 Sub-Frames.
Edit keyframe count Pops up a window to query enter number of SubFrames,
then adds a keyframe with this view.
Replace Replaces the thumbnail button's viewing parameters and
image with the currently displayed state of the EnSight
graphics window.
Update image Replaces the thumbnail button's image with the button's
viewing parameters while using the currently loaded data.
Delete Deletes the selected thumbnail button and associated
viewing parameters.

Note:

Should the View be associated with an

EnSight View file, the file will not be
deleted.

Save as... Displays a file browser where you can specify both a
directory and an alternative file name for the View.
New Creates a new View button using the currently displayed
model data and all viewports.

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Update all images Performs the same action as Update image but for all
thumbnail buttons.
Delete all Performs the same action as Delete but for all thumbnail
buttons
Restore... Displays a file browser where you can select an EnSight
View file to load.

Note:

This option allows you to load all versions

of View files.

See Also
See the User Manual: Window Functions.

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