33.19.3 Vectors Dialog Box

The Vectors dialog box controls the display of vector plots. See Section  29.1.3 for details about the items below.

Controls

Options   contains check buttons that set various display options.

Global Range   toggles between basing the minimum and maximum values on the range of values on the selected surfaces (off), and basing them on the range of values in the entire domain (on, the default).

Auto Range   toggles between automatic and manual setting of the range of scalar field values.

Clip to Range   controls the display of vectors that have a value outside the range specified by Min and Max. When on, no vectors are displayed outside the range. When off, vectors are displayed outside the range using the colors at the top and bottom of the color scale. This option is applicable only when Auto Range is off. See Section  29.1.3 for details.

Auto Scale   enables the scaling of all vectors in the domain such that when the Scale is 1, there will be minimal overlap of vectors.

Draw Mesh   toggles between displaying and not displaying the mesh. The Mesh Display dialog box is opened when Draw Mesh is selected.

Style   selects the style in which the vectors are drawn. Available styles are cone, filled-arrow, arrow, harpoon, and headless.

Scale   sets the factor by which the vectors should be scaled. See Section  29.1.3 for details.

Skip   allows you to "thin'' or "sample'' the vectors that are displayed. See Section  29.1.3 for details.

Vector Options...   opens the Vector Options dialog box, in which you can set additional options for vector displays.

Custom Vectors...   opens the Custom Vectors dialog box, in which you can define your own vector fields.

Surface Name Pattern   specifies the pattern to look for in the names of surfaces. Type the pattern in the text field and click Match to select (or deselect) the zones in the Surfaces list with names that match the specified pattern. See Section  29.1.3 for information about matching additional characters using * and ?.

Vectors of   contains a list from which you can select the vector field to be plotted.

Color by   contains a list from which you can select the scalar field by which the vectors are colored.

Min   shows the value to which the lower end of the color scale is mapped. You can set this value manually if Auto Range is off.

Max   shows the value to which the upper end of the color scale is mapped. You can set this value manually if Auto Range is off.

Surfaces   contains a list from which you can select the surfaces on which to display vectors. In 2D, vectors are displayed on the entire domain if no surface is selected.

New Surface   is a drop-down list button that contains a list of surface options:

Point   opens the Point Surface dialog box.

Line/Rake   opens the Line/Rake Surface dialog box.

Plane   opens the Plane Surface dialog box.

Quadric   opens the Quadric Surface dialog box.

Iso-Surface   opens the Iso-Surface dialog box.

Iso-Clip   opens the Iso-Clip dialog box.

Surface Types   contains a selectable list of types of surfaces. If you select (or deselect) an item in this list, all surfaces of that type will be selected (or deselected) automatically in the Surfaces list.

Display   draws the vectors in the active graphics window.

Compute   calculates the scalar field and updates the Min and Max values (even when Auto Range is off).