User’s Manual

Welcome to the user manual for NaxToView. This manual is designed to guide you from the general overview to the specifics of our tool, NaxToView. Whether you’re a novice or an experienced user, this manual will help you navigate through the various features and functionalities of NaxToView effectively.

Contents

• 1. Introduction
  • 1.1. Supported file formats
• 2. Interface Overview
  • 2.1. Main Menu
  • 2.2. Program Manager
  • 2.3. Model, Session and Includes Tree
  • 2.4. Toolbar
  • 2.5. Scripting/Output
  • 2.6. Selection Info
• 3. Loading Model and Results Data
  • 3.1. Import Options
  • 3.2. Import Recent Files
  • 3.3. Loading a Model: Step-by-Step
  • 3.4. What Happens After Import
• 4. 3D Visualization Controls
  • 4.1. Camera Controls
  • 4.2. Visualization Toolbar
• 5. Selection Tools
  • 5.1. Toolbar Organization
  • 5.2. Selection Options
  • 5.3. Action Options
  • 5.4. Node and Coordinate System Selections
• 6. Model Tree
  • 6.1. Attribute Details and Editing Options
  • 6.2. Creating a New Coordinate System
• 7. Session Tree
  • 7.1. Session
  • 7.2. Window
  • 7.3. View
  • 7.4. Saved Plots
• 8. Includes Tree
  • 8.1. Common Controls (Both Tabs)
  • 8.2. Includes Structure
  • 8.3. Directory Structure
• 9. Results Visualization
  • 9.1. Contour Plot
  • 9.2. Vector Plot
  • 9.3. Tensor Plot
  • 9.4. Scalar Bar Options
  • 9.5. Clear Plot
  • 9.6. Deformed Settings
• 10. Output Window
  • 10.1. Plot Results and Make a Selection
  • 10.2. Customize Table Columns
  • 10.3. Filter and Sort Values
  • 10.4. Export Data
  • 10.5. Coordinate Axes Visualization
  • 10.6. Help
• 11. Saving an Image
  • 11.1. Image Creation Options
  • 11.2. Background Options
  • 11.3. Image Format
  • 11.4. Exporting the Image Configuration
  • 11.5. Capture the Image
• 12. Derived Results
  • 12.1. Derived Load Cases
  • 12.2. Envelope Load Cases
  • 12.3. Derived Components
  • 12.4. Edit and delete derived results
• 13. Reports
  • 13.1. Steps to create the report
• 14. Animations
  • 14.1. Animation controls
• 15. Free Bodies
  • 15.1. Configure the Free Bodies Sections
  • 15.2. Load Case and Increment Configuration
  • 15.3. Free Bodies Calculation
  • 15.4. Result Visualization
  • 15.5. Free Body Result Options
• 16. Attributes
  • 16.1. Contour attributes
  • 16.2. Imported attributes
  • 16.3. Derived attributes
• 17. Tags
  • 17.1. Standard tags
  • 17.2. Tags settings
  • 17.3. Tag groups
  • 17.4. Viewing, deleting, and editing tags
• 18. Measures
  • 18.1. Initial setup
  • 18.2. Saving a measurement
  • 18.3. Interface and workflow
  • 18.4. Measurement types
• 19. Card Manager
  • 19.1. Opening the Card Manager
  • 19.2. Card Manager Interface and Tools Overview
  • 19.3. Loading (with prior selection)
  • 19.4. Graphical Representation of Information — Visual Structure of Cards
  • 19.5. Card Filtering in the Card Manager
  • 19.6. Editing Cards in the Card Manager
  • 19.7. Individual Card Manager
  • 19.8. Controlling Message Display (Output)
  • 19.9. Reverting Modifications and Overwriting the Model
  • 19.10. Model Export
• 20. Scripting
  • 20.1. Basic Usage
  • 20.2. Application Overview
  • 20.3. Detailed Functionality
  • 20.4. Scripting IDE
  • 20.5. Execution of NaxToView Via Command Line
• 21. Arithmetical Expressions
  • 21.1. Introduction
  • 21.2 General Concepts
  • 21.3. Derived Load Cases
  • 21.4. Derived Components
  • 21.5. Derived Attributes
  • 21.6. Tags
  • 21.7. General Compatibility Table
  • 21.8. Validation of Formulas and Errors
• 22. The HDF5 file format
  • 22.1. General conditions
  • 22.2. Root file attributes /
  • 22.3. Hierarchical group structure
  • 22.4. Dataset PART_NAME
• 23. Interactive PDF files
  • 23.1. 3D PDF configuration
  • 23.2. Generating the 3D PDF file
  • 23.3. Handling 3D PDF tools
• 24. XY Chart
  • 24.1. Tabs
  • 24.2. Result Selection
  • 24.3. Entity Matching
  • 24.4. Plot Options
  • 24.5. Actions

Indices and tables

• Index

• Module Index

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