Entities of Interest Workflow Tool

The entities of interest tool allows users to visualise specified entities in D3PLOT and action them, we use PRIMER to set the tool up.

Introduction

In D3PLOT, this tool displays all the entities as specified by the user with options to action on them, such as Only, Highlight and GLB Export. In PRIMER we can set the tool up for models, by selecting the entities of interest. The user can then save to file or save to model.

How to use the Workflow Tool

When this tool is initially launched, D3PLOT will display the entries in a list much like PRIMER, with action buttons. The GUI of this tool will look something like this by default:

GUI

Reset

Users can reset the selected models to default by pressing this button (Unblanks etc).

Only

Users can select as many entries as they like and only them by pressing the 'Only' action button.

Highlight

Users can select as many entries as they like and highlight them by pressing the 'Highlight' action button. This will give the non-highlighted entities a slight transparency and turn grey, whilst the highlighted entities will be opaque and red.

GLB Export

Users can select as many entries as they like and GLB Export them for use in D3PLOT Viewer by pressing the 'GLB Export' action button. This will open the GLB Export Options window, it has the following options: Directory - You must give a valid directory location for saving GLB files. Output - You must choose the output, either Current Frame or Animation. Frame Rate - If Animation is chosen for output, you must choose the default Frame Rate. Export - If the above options are all valid, then the 'Export' button will become active. The files will be exported when the user presses 'Export'.