# IBM Visualization Data Explorer User's Guide

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Special Characters
Numerics
A B C D E F G H I L M N O P R S T U V W X Z

Special Characters
- @ variables
Numerics
- 3-D cursor (672), (687)
A
- accelerator keys (625)
- adding comments to a visual program (744)
- adding input tabs (724)
- advanced looping constructs (610)
- align (for navigating)
- aligning interactors in a Control Panel (782)
- aligning tools in the VPE window (741)
- anchor symbol (620)
- angle for perspective rendering
- animation (652), (947), (970)
- arithmetic expressions in scripting language (901)
- Array items
- category (566)
- rank (568)
- shape (570)
- type (564)
- Array Objects in Data Explorer file format (1004)
- Array types
- Arrays
- compact
- constant (583)
- in Data Explorer file format (978)
- mesh (581)
- path (579)
- product (577)
- regular (575)
- irregular (573)
- items in (561)
- assignment statements in scripting language
- expression assignments (904)
- function call assignments (907)
- general description (903)
- at (@) variables in scripting language (882), (924), (926)
- attributes
- color multiplier (558)
- dependence (dep) (543)
- derived (der) (549)
- element type (552)
- opacity multiplier (555)
- reference (ref) (546)
- attributes, function call in scripting language
- attributes, setting interactor See interactor attributes
- AutoAxes (690)
- axes box B
- back colors component (510)
- binormals component (521)
- box component (526)
- by-name arguments in scripting language (912) C
- cache attribute
- cache in memory use (944)
- cache, object (939)
- cacheability, setting output (941)
- camera
- Camera
- getting precise settings (679)
- resetting (685)
- Camera Objects in Data Explorer file format (1015)
- category of an Array item (567)
- changing the look-to point
- changing the size of interactors (777)
- changing your view direction
- Clipped Objects in Data Explorer file format (1016)
- closing windows (629)
- color map component (515)
- color mapping (949)
- color multiplier attribute (557)
- Colormap Editor
- adding control points (755)
- entering values (754)
- menus
- Edit (843)
- Execute (844)
- File (842)
- Options (845)
- moving control points (757)
- selecting control points (756)
- using (752)
- colors component (508)
- comments
- adding to a visual program (745)
- in a Control Panel (642)
- in a data file (995)
- in a script (880)
- in a visual program (641)
- user-defined (640)
- Compact Arrays (574)
- component attributes (540)
- component sharing
- component, definition (494)
- Composite Field Groups (591)
- Composite Field Objects in Data Explorer file format (1002)
- configuration dialog box
- buttons (732)
- entering values in (726)
- for Compute module (737)
- notation field (727)
- toggle button (729)
- value field (730)
- connecting to the server (873)
- connection dependence (478), (500)
- connections (479), (501)
- Constant Array in Data Explorer file format (1005)
- Constant Arrays (584)
- constants in scripting language
- scalar numeric (886)
- string (885)
- constraints on 3-D cursor tool (673), (688)
- constructs, advanced looping (611)
- contours (950)
- Control Panels (963)
- access (797)
- adding interactors (771)
- building (766)
- customizing (780)
- deleting (778)
- Groups (798), (799)
- menus
- Edit (832)
- Execute (833)
- File (831)
- Options (835)
- Panels (834)
- placing interactors (769)
- saving and restoring (779)
- Control Panels, dialog-style (790)
- controlling view of an image See image, controlling view of
- copying tools (717)
- cuboid vertices ordering (503)
- cursor constraints
- customizing the VPE window (742) D
- data component (506)
- Data Explorer
- Data Model (485)
- environment variables (619), (1031)
- file format examples See examples of Data Explorer file format
- overview (473)
- scripting language (878)
- starting Data Explorer (617)
- system structure (474)
- windows
- Colormap Editor (753)
- Image (658)
- pull-down options (624)
- structure (621)
- using on-line help (631)
- VPE (700)
- working with windows (627)
- data flow (596)
- data mode clause in Data Explorer file format (1018)
- Data Model, Data Explorer (486)
- data section of Data Explorer file format (996)
- data statistics component (528)
- data structures supported (487)
- data-driven interactors (817)
- debugging visual programs (934)
- decimal notation in scripting language (888)
- default values
- in configuration dialog box (731)
- in scripting language (920)
- deforming a surface field
- dependence (dep) attribute (548)
- dependence, data (476), (493)
- derivative (der) attribute (542)
- description button in configuration dialog box (733)
- dialog-style Control Panels (789)
- distributed computation (475), (859)
- drag and drop (719) E
- edges component (531)
- element type attribute (551)
- end clause of the Data Explorer file (1019)
- environment variables (618), (1030)
- error messages (654)
- examples of Data Explorer file format
- faces, loops, edges, and polylines (533), (990), (991), (992)
- header and data in separate files (985)
- image files (993)
- irregular grid (984)
- Product Arrays (987)
- regular grid (981)
- regular skewed grid (982)
- series (988)
- two-dimensional grid (989)
- warped grid (983)
- executing a visual program (647)
- execution Groups (860)
- assigning Groups to workstations (868)
- creating (861), (864)
- deleting (863), (866), (867)
- modifying (862), (865)
- execution model (595)
- execution, stopping (936)
- explicit state, preserving (604)
- expression assignments in scripting language (905) F
- faces component (530)
- Field attributes
- color multiplier (559)
- opacity multiplier (556)
- Field Objects (490), (495), (1003)
- Fields
- Data Explorer file format (977)
- Data Model (484)
- general discussion (481)
- file format
- CDF (1020)
- Data Explorer (976)
- HDF (1029)
- netCDF (1021)
- Find Tool dialog box (738)
- flow control (598)
- flow, data (597)
- frame display rate (695), (971)
- front colors component (509)
- function call assignments in scripting language (906)
- function call attributes (917)
- function call conventions in scripting language
- by-name arguments (911)
- function call example (916)
- introduction to (908)
- missing arguments (915)
- positional arguments (909) G
- GetGlobal (preserving state) (605)
- GetLocal (preserving state) (606)
- graphical user interface (616), (656), (764), (822), (856)
- graphics card hardware rendering options (693)
- grid types (504)
- gridconnections keyword in Data Explorer file format (1009)
- gridpositions keyword in Data Explorer file format (1006)
- Groups (588)
- Composite Field (592)
- general description (586)
- in Data Explorer file format (997)
- Multigrid (587), (1000)
- Series (594) H
- header section of the Data Explorer file format (994)
- help
- Context-Sensitive Help (632)
- in a Control Panel (645), (646), (781)
- in a visual program (644)
- Overview (of Window) (633)
- Table of Contents (634)
- Technical Support (636), (637)
- Tutorial (639)
- user-defined (643)
- Using Help (635)
- hexadecimal numbers in scripting language (892)
- hiding input tabs (736)
- hints for using Data Explorer (933)
- Histogram (954)
- in Colormap Editor (759) I
- identifiers in scripting language (881)
- Image Window
- changing the name of (696)
- menus
- Connection (840), (848)
- Execute (838), (847)
- File (837), (846)
- Options (841)
- Windows (839), (849)
- organization (836)
- image, controlling view of
- changing look-to point (roaming) (671)
- changing view direction (660)
- navigating (676)
- panning (674)
- resizing (681)
- rotating (666)
- selecting view mode (659)
- zooming (668)
- import, changing data
- importing data (974), (979)
- include command (925)
- input tabs, adding and removing (723)
- input tabs, revealing and hiding (734)
- instance attribute in scripting language
- interactive use (961)
- interactor attributes
- in general (788)
- incrementing (791)
- label (796)
- layout (786)
- style (784)
- updating (792)
- interactor stand-ins (765)
- interactors
- adding and moving to existing Control Panel (770)
- and Control Panels (962)
- changing the label (795)
- changing the layout (785)
- changing the size of (776)
- changing the style (783), (787)
- deleting (775)
- Dial (803)
- Integer (800)
- List (808)
- moving a group (774)
- moving single interactor (773)
- placing in Control Panel (768)
- radio-button (812)
- Reset (813)
- Scalar (801)
- selecting a group (772)
- Selector (794), (811)
- SelectorList (809)
- Slider (804)
- Stepper (802)
- String (805)
- Toggle (815)
- use of (767)
- Value (806)
- Vector (807)
- interface, user (615), (657), (762), (823), (857)
- interpolation (480)
- invalid-positions and invalid-connections components (518)
- irregular Arrays in Data Explorer file format (572)
- isosurfaces (951)
- issues of visualization presentation (972)
- iteration using looping (601) L
- light object in Data Explorer file format (1014)
- lists in scripting language (900)
- loading modules (870)
- locating tools (739)
- look direction (for navigating) (678)
- look-to point (670)
- looping
- constructs, advanced (609)
- iteration using (600)
- loops component (532) M
- macros
- in scripting language
- body (921)
- definition of (918)
- example of macro execution (932)
- examples (922)
- expansion (930)
- header (919)
- variables in (931)
- in visual programs
- creating (818)
- loading (820)
- naming (819)
- opening (821)
- Map (952)
- matrices in scripting language (898)
- maximizing windows (630)
- memory, use of (937)
- Mesh Array Objects in Data Explorer file format (1011)
- in data model (582)
- message window
- Message window (855)
- menus
- Commands (853)
- Edit (851)
- Execute (852)
- File (850)
- Options (854)
- minimizing windows (628)
- missing arguments in scripting language (914)
- modules, loading (871)
- mouse, use in Data Explorer (622)
- moving tools (718)
- Multigrid Groups (590)
- Multigrid Objects (589), (999), (1001) N
- named arguments (913)
- naming the image (697)
- navigating around the image (677)
- neighbors component (524)
- netCDF file format
- complex Fields (1024)
- description (1022)
- examples (1028)
- series data (1025)
- simple Fields (1023)
- networks (483)
- normals component (522)
- notation field in a configuration dialog box (728) O
- object attributes (553)
- object cache (940)
- Objects
- Array (560)
- definition of (488)
- Field (489)
- Group (585)
- in Data Explorer files (975)
- Objects, Array
- compact
- constant (583)
- in Data Explorer file format (978)
- mesh (581)
- path (579)
- product (577)
- regular (575)
- irregular (573)
- items in (561)
- octal numbers in scripting language (891)
- on-line help
- Context-Sensitive Help (632)
- in a Control Panel (645), (646), (781)
- in a visual program (644)
- Overview (of Window) (633)
- Table of Contents (634)
- Technical Support (636), (637)
- Tutorial (639)
- user-defined (643)
- Using Help (635)
- opacities component (512)
- opacity map component (516)
- opacity multiplier attribute (554)
- operators in scripting language (902)
- options box (626)
- ordering of vertices
- orthographic projection method (664)
- outboard modules, loading (869)
- output cacheability, setting (943) P
- panning (675) See also look-to point
- parallelism (612), (613)
- Path Array Objects
- in Data Explorer format (1010)
- in the Data Model (580)
- paths component in the Data Model (538)
- perspective projection method (663)
- pick paths component (539)
- picking (535), (689)
- Plot (953)
- pokes component (537)
- positional arguments in scripting language (910)
- positions component (498)
- positions dependence (477), (492)
- positions, definition (491)
- preserving explicit state (602)
- printing an image (699)
- probes (686)
- Product Array Objects
- in Data Explorer format (1008)
- in the Data Model (578)
- projection methods (662)
- pull-down menus, selecting (623) R
- rank of an Array item (569)
- Receiver tool (721), (965)
- Redo action (683)
- reference (ref) attribute (545)
- Regular Array Objects
- in Data Explorer format (1007)
- in the Data Model (576)
- remote tab connections (720)
- removing input tabs (725)
- render options (692)
- rendering, volume (959)
- required inputs (713)
- reserved words in scripting language (883)
- Reset interactor (814)
- resetting the camera (684)
- resetting the server (876)
- resizing the image (680)
- restoring a camera setting
- restoring a visual program file (748)
- revealing input tabs (735)
- roaming in the image scene
- rotating the image (667)
- RubberSheet (955)
- runtime modules, loading (872) S
- saving a visual program file (747)
- saving an image (698)
- scalar numeric constants in scripting language
- definition of (887)
- floating-point numbers
- scientific notation (896)
- standard representation (894)
- integers
- decimal notation (889)
- hexadecimal numbers (893)
- octal numbers (890)
- scientific notation in scripting language (895)
- Screen Objects in Data Explorer file format (1017)
- script execution model
- executing macro or module (928)
- macro expansion (929)
- top level environment (927)
- scripting language, Data Explorer (879)
- scroll bars (703)
- selecting options with an options box
- Selector interactor (793)
- SelectorList interactor (810)
- separate files
- for Data Explorer header and data (986)
- for netCDF variables (1027)
- Sequencer
- frame controls (653)
- script commands (923)
- sequence controls (650)
- using (651)
- Series
- for Data Explorer file format (998)
- for netCDF file format (1026)
- Series in the Data Model (593)
- server
- connecting to (874)
- resetting (877)
- SetGlobal (preserving state) (607)
- SetLocal (preserving state) (608)
- setting interactor attributes See interactor attributes
- setting output cacheability (942)
- setting render options (691)
- shape of an Array item (571)
- shared components (496)
- simplex vertices ordering (502)
- standard attributes
- color multiplier (558)
- dependence (dep) (543)
- derived (der) (549)
- element type (552)
- opacity multiplier (555)
- reference (ref) (546)
- standard components
- attributes
- dependence (dep) (541)
- derivative (der) (547)
- element type (550)
- reference (ref) (544)
- box (525)
- color map (513)
- colors, front colors, and back colors (507)
- connections (499)
- data (505)
- data statistics (527)
- edges and polylines (534)
- faces, loops, and edges (529)
- invalid positions and invalid connections (517)
- neighbors (523)
- opacities (511)
- opacity map (514)
- pokes, paths, and pick paths (536)
- positions (497)
- tangents, normals, and binormals (519)
- Start Server option (875)
- state, preserving explicit (603)
- stopping execution (935)
- string constants in scripting language (884)
- String Objects in Data Explorer file format (1013)
- structuring in modules (957) T
- tabs
- connecting (714)
- deleting (715)
- moving (716)
- tangents component (520)
- techniques for presentation (973)
- techniques, visualization (945)
- television
- color resolution (969)
- line resolution (968)
- tensors in scripting language (899)
- Throttle option (694)
- Toggle interactor (816)
- tool icons (705)
- tools
- deleting (711)
- icons (704)
- moving (709)
- moving a group (710)
- placing (707)
- requesting general information (638)
- selecting (706)
- selecting a group (708)
- special (948)
- specifying values for inputs (712)
- transformation modules (956)
- Transmitter tool (722), (964)
- type of an Array item (565)
- types of Arrays (563) U
- Undo action (682)
- use of memory (938)
- user interface (614), (655), (763), (824), (858)
- using the Sequencer (649) V
- vector Fields (958)
- vectors in scripting language (897)
- vertex ordering
- video output (967)
- video output design (966)
- view angle for perspective rendering (665)
- view direction, changing (661)
- view of an image, controlling See image, controlling view of
- Visual Program Editor (VPE)
- customizing (743)
- finding tools (740)
- menus
- Connection (829)
- Edit (826)
- Execute (827)
- File (825)
- Options (830)
- Windows (828)
- tool palette (702)
- visual program (definition) (701)
- visual programming (482)
- visual programs
- creating See tools
- executing (648)
- restoring previously created programs (751)
- saving
- a previous file (749)
- in general (746)
- to a different directory (750)
- visualization techniques (946)
- volume rendering (960) W
- waveforms in the Colormap Editor (758) X
- xform Objects in Data Explorer file format (1012) Z
- zooming into and out of an image (669)

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