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Advanced Mode

Items of the advanced mode of the visualization tree are indicated in purple and they are only visible when the "Advanced" button on the Data Visualization tab is selected.

Expand the "Snapshot" item at the top level of the tree and you will see that in addition to the current snapshot number, it also displays information about the minimum and maximum snapshot numbers (the valid range of snapshot number you can choose for this particular simulation) and the check box SynchronizeChildren for you to force all the rendering in the viewport to show the data of the same snapshot – the one specified by the current snapshot number at this level.


At the level of AtmosphericCondition or TracerParticleGeneratorManager you have an additional option to SynchronizeWithParent. Conceptually, each of these two items can have multiple Monitors, so you can force the rendering of the group of Monitors to synchronize their snapshots to the one specified at this level. Or, you can use this SynchronizeWithParent check box to let the rendering of the group of Monitors use the snapshot specified at the parent level, which is the top level of the tree.

Similarly, at the Monitor level, you can choose to synchronize all the rendering (no matter from what quantity or what actor as long as they are from this particular Monitor) to the snapshot specified at this level (by the SynchronizeChildren check box) or the one specified at its parent level (by the SynchronizeWithParent check box). For Tracer Particle Monitors, there is an extra setting to specify the length of the history ribbons for particles: NumOfPastSnapshotsForHistory.

At the quantity level of Domain Monitors (Domain Wind Monitor and Domain Fluid Species Monitor), children (Actors) are classified into two groups according to their Read Mode: Snapshot Read Mode or Animation Read Mode. The check box SynchronizeChildrenSnapshotReadModes synchronizes all the Actors that are using the Snapshot Read Mode to the snapshot specified at the current level. Similarly, the check box SynchronizeChildrenAnimationReadModes synchronizes all the Actors that are using the Animation Read Mode to the snapshot specified at the current level.


At the Actor level (the lowest level of the visualization tree) of Domain Monitors, the settings include "SynchronizeWithParent" and "Read Mode". If it is not synchronized to its parent, then you are free to display the snapshot as you wish provided it is within the valid range.

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